James Ferguson, of Palo Alto, February 12, at 65. He was the Susan S. and William H. Hindle Professor of Anthropology, emeritus, and former department chair who oversaw the merger of Stanford’s two anthropology departments in 2007. His research interests included political economy and economic development, and in 2009 he delivered the Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture, the most significant annual lecture in cultural anthropology. He wrote numerous books (including The Anti-Politics Machine), artic...
