Mary Haas

Mary Haas
Born	(1910-01-23)January 23, 1910 Richmond, Indiana, U.S.
Died	May 17, 1996(1996-05-17) (aged 86) Alameda County, California, U.S.
Known for	Training linguists; work in North American Indian languages; work in Thai, and historical linguistics.
Spouses	Morris Swadesh (1931–1937) Heng R. Subhanka (divorced in 1949)
Awards	Honorary doctorates from: Northwestern University, 1975 University of Chicago 1976 Earlham College, 1980 Ohio State University, 1980
Academic background
Education	PhD in linguistics, Yale University, 1935
Alma mater	Earlham College University of Chicago Yale University
Thesis	A Grammar of the Tunica Language (1935)
Doctoral advisor	Edward Sapir
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Sub-discipline	Historical linguistics, Language documentation
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral students	William Bright, William Shipley, Karl Teeter, Catherine Callaghan, Margaret Langdon, Terrence Kaufman, Victor Golla, Marc Okrand, Sydney Lamb
Main interests	Native American languages, Thai

Mary Rosamond Haas^[1] (January 23, 1910 – May 17, 1996) was an American linguist who specialized in North American Indigenous languages, Thai, and historical linguistics. She served as president of the Linguistic Society of America. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.