Bruce Alden Cox, who passed away in 2001, was professor of anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. His scholarly publications include works on conflict resolution, ethnohistory, and intellectual history. He was the editor of A Different Drummer: Readings in Anthropology with a Canadian Perspective and Cultural Ecology: Readings on the Canadian Indians and Eskimos. At the time of his death he was working on a biography of the anthropologist William Rivers.