Gabriel Ward Lasker (April 29, 1912 – August 27, 2002) was a British-born American biological anthropologist.
[1] He taught anatomy at Wayne State University School of Medicine for 36 years and served as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Human Biology for 35 years.
He served as president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists from 1963 to 1965 and received their Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
[3] Lasker also received the Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1996.
[1] In 2005, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists established the Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award in his honor.