Donald A. Swan

Donald A. Swan (28 March 1935 – June 1981) was an American anthropologist and advocate for eugenics and segregation.

Early life Donald A. Swan was born on 28 March 1935.

He got a degree from Queens College. He studied economics in graduate school at Columbia University but was expelled for stealing books from the library. He wrote a letter in appreciation to Karl Donitz, the successor to Adolf Hitler. He was a co-founder in 1959 of the International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics (IAAEE), serving as treasurer and corresponding secretary, and he was involved in the Northern League. He and a colleague were later convicted of 12 counts of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Death and legacy Swan died in June 1981. After his death, Swan's papers were purchased and donated to Roger Pearson at the Institute for the Study of Man, under a Pioneer Fund grant of $59,000.