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Ames, Walter L.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1946-

Biographical History

Walter L. Ames (1946-) is a professor at Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University in Utah, and had a career in Law.

Walter L. Ames was born in 1946 in California, where he spent his childhood. He moved to Provo to attend Brigham Young University in 1964. He deferred his education for two years to serve a mission to Japan. Upon his return to Provo, he continued his education in Anthropology and Asian Studies. He continued to study Anthropology at the University of Michigan, earning his PhD in 1976. He spent a few years around this time in Japan doing anthropological research regarding the police and law. He would eventually spend many more years in Japan. He then attended Harvard Law School, obtaining a Doctor of Law Degree. He used this to practice law for many years. He was also an associate professor of Anthropology at BYU and now is an adjunct faculty at Utah Valley University and at Brigham Young University.

Citation:
UPB files, Oct. 20, 2016 (Walt; lived in Japan, Okayama prefecture, 1974; police connections)

Amazon, via WWW, Oct. 20, 2016 (author of Police and Community in Japan).

Ames Law, via WWW, Oct. 20, 2016 (attorney; Harvard Law School JD 1979; University of Michigan, Anthropology PhD 1976; BS Brigham Young University, anthropology, magna cum laude)

Scholars of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Testify, via WWW, Oct. 20, 2016 (Japan mission; studied Japanese before serving; returned from mission, stayed with professor at BYU; served in many bishoprics; called to YM, met his wife; Bain & Company, Tokyo; tenured anthropology position at BYU; stake president; president of Japan Nagoya Mission; adjunct faculty of BYU and UVU)

Review: The Role of Police in Japanese society, Law and society Review, via JSTOR, p. 1305 Oct. 21, 2016 (Ames; anthropological study of Police in Japan, 1975-1975)

LinkedIn, via WWW, Oct. 20, 2016 (BYU 1964-1971, anthro and Asian studies)

Ancestry, via WWW (Walter Lansing Ames; b. 1946, LA)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Spencer J. Palmer collection on the Shizutani School

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8892
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials concerning the Shizutani School located in the Okayama Prefecture of Japan. Materials in the collection include photographs which capture teachers performing a Confucius Ceremony. Also included are the correspondences of Brigham Young University professor of religion, Spencer J. Palmer, and other individuals concerning the Shizutani School located in the Okayama Prefecture of Japan. Subjects of the letters concern attendance and details of the Ceremony. Other...
Dates: approximately 1971-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Spencer J. Palmer collection on the Shizutani School

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