Harrell Gill-King

  1. Personal

A. Birth 01-22-47 Dallas, TX

B. Marital Joan Elizabeth Jenkins, Ph.D.

C. Children : Adrienne F. King 02-04-76; Stepson / Zachary D. Perez 10-29-83

  1. Education
  2. Carlsbad, NM Public Schools, Dallas Public Schools, St. Mark’s School of Texas
  3. BA Southern Methodist Univ, Dec.1967 (Maffet Scholar, Dallas Civitan Scholar,

Superior Studies)

  1. MA Southern Methodist Univ. May 1971 Anthropology
  2. Ph.D. Southern Methodist Univ. Dec 1974 Anthropology (“Biochemical Assessment

of Phylogenetic Relationships among the Catarrhini”)

  1. Postdoctorate- Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences 1975-76

(Human Skeletal Pathology with Charles S. Petty, M.D. Director)

  1. Postdoctorate- Delta Regional Federal Primate Center, Covington, LA 1976-77 (Diurnal Variation in 17 OH ketosteroid Levels in Papio ssp. with A.J. Riopelle, PhD)
  2. Fellowships:

-Teaching Fellow Department of Anthropology, SMU 1971-73

-NSF Summer Fellow Dept.of Biostatistics Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY ‘72

-NSF Summer Fellow Delta Regional Primate Center, Covington, LA ‘73

-Prosector, Human Gross Anatomy, Univ. North Texas Health Science

Center /TCOM ’71 (summer)

  1. Professional Experience
  2. Teaching Posts

Southern Methodist Univ. / University College 1974

Texas Christian Univ. 1972-73 Anthropology

Baylor College of Dentistry / 1971 (Orofacial Genetics—Pedodontics Program)

Univ. of Texas (Dallas) Adjunct Assoc. Prof. Anthropology 1979-83

Gartner Honor Lecturer, Southern Methodist Univ. 2000

Visiting Professor, Forensic Anthropology, Southern Methodist Univ. 2001

Univ. of Texas (Dallas) Adj. Professor, Biology 2001-present

  1. Univ. North Texas / Inst.of Applied Sciences 1983-88 / Bioanthropology
  2. Univ. North Texas / Dept.of Biological Sciences / Assoc. Prof. 1988-present

Currently Director of the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology and Human Identi-

fication, Department of Biological Sciences.

Concurrent appointments in

The Institute for Applied Anthropology, Univ. of North Texas

Dept. of Pathology and Anatomy, UNT Health Science Center, FW, Texas

D.Curatorial

Adjunct Curator of Anthropology- Dallas Museum of Natural History 1980-88

Adjunct Curator of Anthropology- Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History 1991-

97

Program Design Consultant- The Science Place, Dallas Fair Park 1993-95

  1. Administrative/ Private

Director of Professional Training, Dallas Memorial Hospital and Metropolitan East

Hospitals (Training Affiliates of Univ. of North Texas Health Science Center)1977-81

Supervisor, Special Chemistry Diagnostics, Department of Pathology, Metropolitan East Hospital 1977-81

Owner/Operator Chemlab Diagnostics, PC, 1978-1991

Co-Owner/Operator (with M. H. Sorg, D. France, L. Eisenberg) Forensic Solutions, PC 2000-present

Director, Institute for Studies in Identification Technology (A 501c3 Corporation)

Associated with the University of North Texas

Board of Directors, American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Inc. 1998-2004

Vice President – American Board of Forensic Anthropology 2001-04 (Sponsored

by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences)

Forensic Science Oversight Committee, National Disaster Medical Affairs (NDMS)

Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2001 - present, Washington, DC

Deputy Medical Examiner of El Paso County, 2002- present

Panelist, Dynamic Health, Inc. Instituional Review Board, Waco, TX, Robert Allison, PhD., Director 1998-present

Texas Committee on Identification of Missing Persons, Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse, Sponsored by U.S. Department of Justice

F. Board Certifications

Diplomate-American Board of Forensic Anthropology (Sponsor: American Academy

of Forensic Sciences, by examination) Certificate #46

G. Professional Organizations / Societies

American Academy of Forensic Sciences / Fellow

Society of the Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honorary

International Association of Forensic Sciences /Fellow

International Association for Identification

Southwestern Association of Forensic Sciences

American Society of Microbiologists

Texas Society of Electron Microscopists

Texas Academy of Sciences

Mountain, Desert, and Coastal Forensic Anthropology Society

American Federation of Clinical Chemists

Homicide Investigators of Texas, Inc. (past Vice President)

  1. Television Productions

Writer-Coordinator Man and Environment PBS/KERA 1974

Writer-Coordinator People andCultures PBS/KERA 1976-78

Writer McNeil-Lehrer Productions Ancient Man in Texas 1983 PBS/WGBH

Writer Bioethics Series KXTX/CBS 1984

Writer Bones of Contention (History Lab Series, BBC) YAP Productions, London Spring 2001

Cold Case Files / Chad Choice Case 2004

Court TV / 2005 “Murder in the Desert” (Univision – Huesos en el Desierto)

PBS Television “History Detectives” 2005

  1. Grants and Contracts

- Principal Inv. USPHS (DPE 150-5-1978) $155,000 (Program development, Family

Medicine Residency, UNTHSC Dallas Training Campuses). 1978

- Principal Inv. Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, Division

of Medical Affairs , $136,000 Implementation of Family Practice Training of

Clinical Clerks on the Univ.of North Texas Health Science Center Dallas

Campuses, 1979

- Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, Division of Medical

Affairs $121,000 (continuation of above) 1980

- USPHS (extension of DPE 150-5 1978 above) $96,500 1980

- Intramural Arts and Sciences Developmental Award, Univ.of North Texas

$40,000 1990 (Program development and capital equipment forensic sciences

program 1990).

- Intra-mural Arts and Sciences Developmental Award, 1996 $59,000 (Program

development and space refurbishment, forensic sciences programs)

- Co-principle Inv with W. Hathaway, Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History

National Science Foundation Program Development Award, (In cooperation with

the National Consortium of Museums of Science and Technology) 1992 $650,000

- Servicio Periciale, (National Forensic Science Service, Mexico City, DF Mexico)

Periodic consultation in mass disasters, paramilitary deaths, and deaths during

incarceration.

- Oklahoma Indigent Defense Fund (Contracts for review of ongoing cases

in behalf of indigent clients).

- Judicio Federal Districto de Chihuahua (Bimonthly casework for the

Procurador General – State Medical Examiner, Juarez, Chih.)*

- Texas Legislative funding FY 2002-04 biennium $1,200,000 (Co-PI with Arthur

Eisenberg UNTHSC) for laboratory development CODIS Missing Persons

mtDNA Database, Renewable biannually

- Intramural Funding FY 2002-03 $66,000 , Graduate Dean of Arts and Sciences,

Univ. of North Texas Biological Sciences, for laboratory expansion and equipment

in the Laboratory for Human Identification, Biol. Sci., Univ. of North Texas

H.Editorial / Review

- Advisory Board, Annual Editions in Anthropology, Dushkin Co. 1982-88

- Advisory Board, Annual Editions in Physical Anthropology, Dushkin Co

1989-present

- Reviewer, International Journal of Forensic Sciences, M.Y. Iscan, ed. (1993-

present)

-Reviewer, Journal of Forensic Sciences, R.Gaensslen, ed. (1997-present)

-Reviewer, Forensic Science Communications (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

I.Intramural

- University Honor Professor (Outstanding Service to Students) 1994

- Mortar Board Society Top Prof Award 1994, 96, 97, 99

- Texas Monthly Annual Review of Colleges and Universities Most Popular

Classes in the University, Sept 2004

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L. Current Graduate Committees Currently Chaired

- Mark L. Ingraham (MS) Histomorphology and Skeletal Age from the Proximal

Clavicle

- Amy Lynn Smuts (PhD) Quantitation and Sequencing of mtDNA and Short

Tandem Repeats by PCR in Burned Human Bone

- Mark Lee (MS, Problem in lieu of Thesis) Gunshot Residue Analysis by

X-ray Fluorescence

- Kelley Belcher (MS) Atomic Absorption Spectra of External Trace Chemical

Transfer from Condoms

- Dawn Jacobsen (MS) Metal Striations on Zipper Tooth Components as

Individualizing Evidence by Scanning Electron Microscopy

- Laura Czepiel (MS) Degradation of Ballistic Impressions by Oxidative Processes as

a Function of Body Compartment in Buried Cadavera

- Dax Malone PCR-Driven DNA Recovery from Burned Human Bone and Dental

Tissue

- Courtney Wenke (MS) Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Fluorescence of Burned

Bone- A Short Reference Series for Determination of Burn Temperatures

M. Professional Consultancies

- Federal Bureau of Investigation

- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

- United States Secret Service (Cybercrimes Unit)

- Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Dept. of Justice

- U.S. Public Health Service DMORT Region VI (National Disaster Mortuary

Response Team)

- Office of Naval Research

- United States Department of Defense

- United States Drug Enforcement Administration

- Criminal Investigation Division, U.S. Army

- Attorney General of Texas, Division of Criminal Prosecution- Cold Case Unit

- Attorney General of California

- Judicial Federal Police, Chihuahua, Front. Mexico

- Oklahoma Indigent Defense Fund

- Texas Department of Public Safety

- Texas Rangers- Cold Case Unit

- Medical Examiners, Coroners, District and County Attorneys, police and sheriff’s

agencies throughout Texas and the Southwest, (listings by case number or alpha)

  • Legislative Consultancies (Texas)

-Senate Criminal Justice Committee (1990-present)

-House Public Safety Committee (1990-present)

-Texas Association of District and County Attorneys

-Texas Sheriffs’ Association

-Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education

-Texas Funeral Directors Association

  1. Publications / Book Chapters / Presentations / Symposia / Workshops
A.Texts / Technical Manuals

1978 J.B. Aceves and H. Gill King CulturalAnthropology, Scott Foresman Co

Morristown, NJ 446 pp

1980 J.B. Aceves and H. Gill King Introduction to Anthropology,Silver Burdett Co.

Morristown, NJ 560 pp

1990 H.Gill-King and John E.B. Stewart Laboratory Exercises in Physical

Anthropology University of North Texas 166 pp

1984 H. Gill-King What to Do About Bones: Retrieval and Processing of Human

Skeletal Remains – A Field Manual for Crime Scene Professionals

Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences

96 pp + ref.

1977 H.Gill-King Agarose Gel Lipoprotein Electrophoresis with the Millipore MB 700

Scanner System, Millipore BiomedicaProduct Series 24 pp

1977 H.Gill-King Rapid Determination of Fredrickson Phenotypes from Total

Triglyceride, Cholesterol, , and pre- Lipoproteins with the Millipore

RapidRuleTM Millipore Biomedica Product Series 16 pp

B.Chapters

1973 H. Gill King The Biological Foundations of Human Behavior in Aceves, J.B.

Identity, Survival, and Change- Exploring Social/Cultural Anthropology, General

Learning Press, Morristown, NJ (Ch 2)

1973 H.Gill King Toward the Future: Whither Homo Sapiens ? in Aceves, J.B.

Identity, Survival, and Change- Exploring Social/Cultural Anthropology,

General Learning Press, Morristown, NJ (Ch 14)

1991 Gill-King and Charles Odom Canons of Digital Videosuperimposition

in Problems in Human Identification, National Association of Medical

Examiners, Honolulu, HI.

1997 H.Gill-King Chemical and Ultrastructural Aspects of Decomposition in

Haglund, W. and Sorg, M. eds Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human

Remains CRC Press (Ch 6)

2001 H.Gill-King Factores de Identificacion: Calculo de edad; Sexamiento; y

Caracteristicas Etnicas en Identificacion Forense Estomatologica, 1a Edicion

de Dra. Irma Rodriguez-Galarza, Procuradora, Judicio Federal, Chih. pp 77-89

2003 Incidental findings at Autopsy: Ethics vs. Human Needs in The Hard

Evidence, D.W. Steadman, ed Prentice Hall, Ch 17

C.Articles, Abstracts, Proceedings

1971 H.Gill King and J.V. Cornish Penicillin Anaphylaxis; The Case for Gene

Mediation in Texas Journal of Science 23:1: 151-63

1973 H.Gill King Trace Mineral Evidence for Diet in a Late Prehistoric Female

from the Sam Kaufman Reservoir X41RR1 in SMU Contributions to

Anthropology, Ft. Burgwin Papers No. 3 S.A. Skinner, ed. SMU Press

1987 H.Gill-King The Skeletal Biology of Lake Ray Roberts in Archeological

Investigations at Lake Ray Roberts Reservoir C.R. Ferring, ed. U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers

1989 H.Gill-King Nutrition, Infectious Disease, and Trauma at Hurricane Hill

in Archeological Investigations at Hurricane Hill 41HP106 C.R. Ferring, ed

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1989 Kathleen Gilmore and H. Gill-King Murder She Wrote: A Suspicious Death on

the LaSalle Retreat in Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society 60:303-25

1992 H. Gill-King and M.A. Krouse Paleodiet of the Archaic Sinagua by Stable

Isotopes of 13C and 15N in Papers of the Museum of Northern Arizona, Fall

’92 Steven Pilis, ed Univ. Northern Arizona Press

1992 H. Gill-King A Japanese Trophy Skull from the Battle of Saipan in Proc.

American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 44:36 New Orleans, LA

1992 H. Gill-King Traumatic Erb-Duchenne Palsy in an

Unidentified Skeleton Given: American Academy of Forensic Sciences

1993 H.Gill-King The Forensic Anthropologist’s Bookshelf: A Guide to Silent

Consultants in The Connective Tissue, May-June

1993 H.Gill-King Taphonomy in Texas: The Challenge of Six Biotic Provinces

Given: American Academy of Forensic Sciences

1994 H.Gill-King Esqueletos Quemados despues de Descomposicion: Dos Ejemplos

Traumatismos in Boletin deAsuntos Forenses, Irma Rodriguez de Galarza

y David Trejo, eds, Facultad de Medicina Legal , Universidad Autonoma de

Nueva Leon

1994 H.Gill-King Race: Denial and Biological Reality in the 1990’s

Given: American Academy of Forensic Sciences

1997 H.Gill-King Obituary: Michael Charney- Forty Years in Forensic Anthropology

in The Connective Tissue, Sept-Oct

1998 H.Gill-King and M. Ingraham Skeletal Steroid Facies in a Young Male

Decedent in Proc.American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 50:42

1998 H.Gill-King Common Scientific Knowledge and the Edges of Expertise

in Proc. American Academy of Forensic Sciences 50:41

1999 H.Gill-King Review: Occupational Markers in Human Remains,

Kenneth A.R. Kennedy, Turin, in The Connective Tissue May-June

1999 H.Gill-King Human Skeletal and Dental Materials from Hackberry Creek

41DL383 in The Hackberry Creek Archeological Site S.A.Skinner and

C.R. Ferring eds. Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District

D.Presentations

1970 H.Gill King A Cybernetic Approach to Evolutionary Field Theory

Given 69th Annual Conf. American Anthropological Assn. New Orleans, LA

1970 H.Gill King Cultural Barriers to Acceptance of Tuberculosis Prophylaxis in

Spanish-Speaking Dallas, Texas Medical Assn. 61st Annual Conf. Houston, TX

1971 H.Gill King and W.L. Leap A Hypothetical Look at the Origins of

Language Given 70th Annual Conf. American Anthropological Assn.

San Diego, CA

1971 H.Gill King Diabetes Mellitus: An Adaptation in Subsistence Societies- A

Critical Review of the Evidence Given Texas Academy of Sciences,

Annual Conf. Nacogdoches, TX

1973 H.Gill King An Alternate Method of Biochemical Assessment of the

Phylogenetic Status of the Catarrhines Given American Assoc.of Physical

Anthropology 33rd Annual Conf. Dallas, TX (Juan Comas Prize Nomination)

1976 H. Gill King The Curious History of Spontaneous Human Combustion

from 1560-1976 Given Texas Academy of Sciences, Annual Conf

Dallas, TX

1977 H. Gill King Reconciliation of Paleontological, Biochemical, and Immuno-

logical Models for Primate Evolution- The Twenty Year Perspective

Given American Association for the Advancement of Science, SWARM

Section, Denver, CO

1988 H. Gill-King The “Poor Man’s” Infrared Survey: Reverse FLIR for

Location of Clandestine Graves Given 8th Annual Conf. Mountain,

Desert and Coastal Forensic Anthropologists, Lake Mead, NV

1991 H.Gill-King Digital Superimposition with Preadolescent Crania- Criteria and

Cautionary Remarks Given National Association of Medical Examiners

40th Annual Conf. Honolulu, HI

1991 H. Gill-King and M.A. Krouse* Identification from Burned Bone: A Review of

Chemical and Microscopic Techniques Given Annual Conf. Texas Medical

Assoc./ Pathology Section, Dallas, TX

1991 H. Gill-King DNA Determinations from Human Bone: Current Status, Future

Prospects Given International Association for Identification Annual Conf.

Ft. Worth, TX

1993 H.Gill-King Monte Carlo Analysis of Hard Tissue

Blade Injuries in 1100 Fatal Stabbings; Part 1: A Predictive Model

Given, National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Conf. Seattle, WA

1993 H. Gill-King Monte Carlo Analysis of Hard Tissue

Blade Injuries in 1100 Fatal Stabbings; Part 2: Results and Discussion

Given, National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Conf. Seattle, WA

1993 H. Gill-King, Problems in the Initial Investigation

of the Branch Davidian Diaster- A Dissenting View Given, Southwestern Assoc.

of Forensic Sciences Annual Conf. Padre Island, TX

1994 H.Gill-King Collection of Entomological Evidence from

Decomposed, Burned, Buried, and Submerged Human Remains Given,

American Entomological Society Annual Conf. Dallas, TX

1995 H. Gill-King and Kathleen Gilmore* Sieur de Marle Revisited: FORDISC II

Analysis of Individual 571-A from E.H. Moore’s Farm- A Final Answer to

Critics. Given 15th Annual Conf. Mountain, Desert, and Coastal Forensic

Anthropologists Lake Mead, NV

1996 H. Gill-King y Dra. Irma Rodriguez -Galarza Marques de Dientes en Dos

Victimas de las Homicidas en Serie Maquiladoras Given, IX Congreso

Internacional de Ciencias Forenses y Medicina Legal, Presentada de Instituto de

Servicios Periciales, Ciudad Mexico

1997 H. Gill-King and Elizabeth Peacock Precocious Calcification of the Thyroid,

Arytenoid, and Cricoid Cartilages in Insulin-Dependent Diabetics-Preliminary

Results from Eight Subjects Given, 17th Annual Conf. Mountain, Desert and

Coastal Forensic Anthropologists, Lake Mead, NV

1998 H. Gill-King Ethics and the Exhumation of Historic Personages: A Shameful

Trend in ‘Popular’ Forensic Science Given 18th Annual Conf. Mountain,

Desert, and Coastal Forensic Anthropologists, Lake Mead, NV

1999 H. Gill-King The Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building Bombing: The

Multiple Roles of the Forensic Anthropologist in Incendiary Mass Fatalities

2nd Conference on Identification in Mass Disasters, Smithsonian Institution

and the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Honolulu, HI

.

2000 Gill-King and Mark Ingraham SEM-EDAX in the Interpretation of an Atypical

Gunshot Injury Given Texas Society of Electron Microscopy Annual Conf.

Houston, TX

2000 H. Gill-King Protocol-Driven Investigations of Questioned Livestock Deaths

At the invitation of the Institute for Discovery Science, Inc, (Annual meetiing of

the Scientific Advisory Board) Las Vegas, NV

2005 H. Gill-King Advances in the Attribution of Skeletal Age and Ancestry, American

Assoc. of Anatomists, 35th Congress of Physiological Sciences, San Diego, CA.

April, 2005

2005 H. Gill-King U.S. Attorney General / Department of Justice Conference on
America’s Missing Philadelphia, PA May (Invited Pesentation) Forensic
Anthropology and DNA Biology: Tandem Laboratory Operations Identify Texas’
Missing
E.Workshops, Symposia, Short Courses
(All programs listed are accredited by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement

Officer Standards and Education-‘TCLEOSE’)

--- Mass Disaster Simulation Field Exercises (NDMS Region VI)

(Uvalde, TX April 1996; Houston, TX April 1997; Arlington, TX March 1998;

Albuquerque, NM April 1999)

--- Short Course on Mass Disaster Identifications (Oklahoma Medical Examiner

System through the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, September

1995)

--- Location, Recovery and Analysis of Human Remains (Three Day Workshop

Sponsored by the Texas District and County Attorneys’ Assoc., 1994, ’95, ’98

Participants are Texas DPS, Texas Rangers, District Attorneys’ Investigators)

--- Forensic Osteology Review (A four week short course conducted for forensic

scientists, pathology board candidates, Dallas police physical evidence specialists,

each December/January 1986-1990) Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences

--- Crime Scene Investigation (Three-day workshop for North Texas Council

of Governments to benefit Sheriffs’ agencies in north Texas and panhandle area,

Wichita Falls, summer 1996, 1998)

--- National Death Investigation Seminar 1991 (A one week comprehensive course

for crime scene analysts, medical examiner investigators, and first-responders

Spomsored by the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology and Human Identification

University of North Texas, (Denton, TX March, 1991)

--- National Death Investigation Seminar 1995 (A one week comprehensive course in