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Ralph Leon Beals (July 19, 1901 – February 24, 1985) was an anthropologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, a former president of the American Anthropological Association, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He worked on community development in Egypt with UNESCO and studied Mexican students in American universities. His brother was journalist Carleton Beals. His father's stepmother was Carrie Nation.

Further reading

  • "UCLA Professor Ralph L. Beals Dies". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 1985. ISSN 0458-3035.
  • Krogh, David (ed.). "Ralph Leon Beals, Anthropology and Sociology: Los Angeles". University of California: In Memoriam, 1986. University of California Academic Senate.
  • Mears, Alyce A. (1981). "Register to the Papers of Ralph Leon Beals" (PDF). National Anthropoligical Archives, Smithsonian Institution.