Wilton S. Dillon

Wilton S. Dillon was a cultural anthropologist renowned for leading the Smithsonian Institution's interdisciplinary conference series that brought together prominent figures from the humanities and sciences to discuss civilization. Born in Yale, Oklahoma in 1923, he served as Senior Scholar Emeritus at the Smithsonian for over forty years after joining in 1969. He passed away on August 22, 2015, at age 92 in Alexandria, Virginia due to congestive heart failure.