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Jan F. Simek (born April 15, 1953) is an American archaeologist and educator who was the interim president of the University of Tennessee system from 2009–2010. A faculty member in the department of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Simek's research interests include Paleolithic archaeology, human evolution, quantitative analysis, spatial analysis, archaeology of the southeastern United States, and cave archaeology. He has been involved in the discovery and exploration of numerous “Unnamed Caves”, a naming practice used to protect their location, in the Cumberland Plateau for the past fifteen years. He has been instrumental in the discovery of prehistoric artwork; dating back thousands of years. He has also conducted important research in France at Neanderthal habitation sites.〔Sullivan, John Jeremiah. “America’s Ancient Cave Art”. Slate. 2011, March 21. http://www.slate.com/id/2288619/〕 Before his stint as interim president of the University of Tennessee system, he served in leadership and administration positions including department head, interim Director of the School of Art, interim Dean of Architecture and Design, and interim Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Knoxville. ==Early life and education== Simek was born April 15, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York. His father, Vasek Simek, was a Czechoslovakia-born New York theater director and Hollywood character actor whose roles included Soviet premiers, Russian chess players, and ambiguously “foreign” scientists.〔 His mother, Susan Tours Simek, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and worked after the war at the new Radio Free Europe in Germany, where she met her future husband, Vasek.〔“Susan Tours Simek, mother of UT president Jan Simek has died”. University Relations. The Pacer. May 22, 2010.〕 Jan Simek grew up in California. Simek received a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1976 and master's and Ph.D degrees from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1978 and 1984, respectively. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Simek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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