David Soren (archaeologist)

David Soren (born Howard David Soren on October 7, 1946) is an American archaeologist and former vaudeville performer.

Soren was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 7, 1946. He began his career in the entertainment business at the age of eight, and a year later was the youngest cast member of CBS television's The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour. Subsequently, Soren performed in vaudeville and road shows with members of the Philadelphia Eagles football team, Pete Boyle (father of actor Peter Boyle) and, regularly, with local children's program hosts Sally Starr and Chief Halftown. He is included in the Encyclopedia of Vaudeville.

Switching gears in his late teens, Soren received a B.A. in Greek and Roman Studies from Dartmouth College, then an M.A. in Fine Arts and a Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from Harvard University. During this time he directed archaeological investigations for the Smithsonian Institution at Utica, Thuburbo Majus and El Djem in Tunisia.

He taught at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri for 10 years from 1973, becoming department head in the Art History Department and directing excavations at Miróbriga, Portugal, where he co-designed a large room of the Santiago do Cacem Museum with Star Wars production designer Harry Lange. He was also Guest Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City from 1980 to 1988. Soren moved to the University of Arizona in 1983, first as department head in Classical Studies, later being appointed Regents Professor of Classics and Anthropology.

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