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Department of Pathology

Pathology Faculty

William M. Bass, III, Ph.D.

William M. Bass, III, PhD

Professor Emeritus, UTK
Adjunct Professor

Education

University of Kentucky - M.S., Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania, - Ph.D., Anthropology, 1961

Certification

American Board of Forensic Anthropology

Teaching

Professor of Anthropology, University of Kansas
Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee

Special Appointments

Consultant to Tennessee State Medical Examiners Systems as State Forensic Anthropologist
Consultant to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in Forensic Anthropology
Consultant to United States Air Force Mortuary Services
Consultant to United States Armed Services Graves Registration Office (ASGRO)


Selected Recent Publications

Berryman HE, Bass WM, Symes SA, Smith OC. Recognition of cemetery remains in the forensic setting. J Forensic Sci 1991;36(1):230-237.

Bass WM. Outdoor composition rates in Tennessee. Chapter 12 in "Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains," edited by William D. Haglund and Marcella H. Sorg. CRC Press, New York.

Bass WM. Forward in "Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains," second edition, edited by Kathleen J. Reichs. Page ix. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois.

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Department of Pathology

1924 Alcoa Highway
Knoxville , Tennessee 37920 Phone: (865)305-8994
Fax: (865)305-8563