Catherine Callaghan (linguist)

{{Short description|American linguist (1931–2019)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|10|31}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|3|16|1931|10|31}}

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| nationality = American

| occupation = Linguist

| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley (1963)

| doctoral_advisor = Mary Haas

| main_interests = Penutian languages, Utian languages

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Catherine A. Callaghan (October 31, 1931 – March 16, 2019) was an American linguist and Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.{{Cite news|url=https://linguistics.osu.edu/people/callaghan.1|title=Catherine Callaghan|date=2013-05-15|work=Department of Linguistics|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=In Memoriam: Cathy Callaghan|url=https://linguistics.osu.edu/news/memoriam-cathy-callaghan|access-date=2020-07-15|website=linguistics.osu.edu|language=en}}

She received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. Her doctoral dissertation was a grammar of Lake Miwok,{{Cite web|url=https://lx.berkeley.edu/publications/grammar-lake-miwok-language|title=A grammar of the Lake Miwok language {{!}} Linguistics|website=lx.berkeley.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09}} written under the supervision of Mary Haas. She then started work on the Lake Miwok Dictionary, which was published in 1965.{{Cite web|url=http://newsfromnativecalifornia.com/blog/miwoklanguage/|title=All Miwok Language Symposium|website=News from Native California|date=21 December 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-09}} She was appointed Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University in 1965 and remained there until her retirement.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/deptwebsite/transitionsite-5-7-2014/transitionsite.asc.ohio-state.edu/history-linguistics-department.html|title=History of the OSU Linguistics Department|access-date=2018-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074354/https://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/deptwebsite/transitionsite-5-7-2014/transitionsite.asc.ohio-state.edu/history-linguistics-department.html|archive-date=2018-03-10|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://linguistics.osu.edu/people/callaghan.1|title=Catherine Callaghan|date=2013-05-15|work=Department of Linguistics|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en}} She was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1969.{{cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/fellows/historic|title=Historic Fellows|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|access-date=2021-04-11}}

Throughout her career, Callaghan's research focused on the Penutian languages of California, especially connections between Yokuts and Miwok. She appeared briefly in the documentary, How Dead do I Look?,{{Cite news|url=https://linguistics.osu.edu/news/cathy-callaghan-documentary|title=Cathy Callaghan in Documentary|date=2014-08-19|work=Department of Linguistics|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en}} which was filmed in 2014. Her papers on Miwok Languages are collected at the California Language Archive.{{Cite web|url=http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/27?search_within_string=&tab=description|title=California Language Archive|website=cla.berkeley.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09}}

In 1973, Callaghan co-founded Feminists for Life, an anti-abortion feminist non-profit.{{cite web|url=http://www.feministsforlife.org/news/human-life-review.htm |title=Feminists for Life on Campus |last1=Meehan |first1=Mary |date=Summer 2008 |work=Human Life Review |publisher=The Human Life Foundation |accessdate=Sep 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919181715/http://feministsforlife.org/news/human-life-review.htm |archivedate=2010-09-19 }}

Callaghan died on March 16, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.{{cite web|title=We Remember FFL Co-founder Cathy Callaghan|url=https://www.feministsforlife.org/we-remember-ffl-cofounder-cathy-callaghan/|publisher=Feminists for Life|date=2019}}{{Cite web|last=by|date=2019-03-20|title=Catherine Callaghan October 30 1931 March 16 2019 (age 87), death notice, USA|url=https://usobit.com/obituaries-2019/03/catherine-callaghan-october-30-1931-march-16-2019-age-87/|access-date=2020-07-15|website=United States Obituary Notices {{!}} 2019 March|language=en-US}}