CONVERSE, Hyla Stuntz (née Hyla Clark Stuntz). Lahore 31.10.1920 — Tulsa, Oklahoma 6.10.1990. U.S. Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Daughter of Clyde Bronson Stunz (1886–1965), a missionary, and Florence Ada Watters. B.D. 1949 Union Theological Seminary. Ph.D. 1971 Columbia. At Oklahoma State University (1974). Married 1951 Paul Everett Converse (1921–1993).
Publications: Edited: Raise a Signal: God’s action and the church’s task in Latin America today, a symposium. 126 p. N.Y. 1961.
– Diss. The historical significance of the first occurrence of the doctrine of transmigration in the early Upanishads. Columbia Univ. 1971, publ. 477 p. 1986.
– “The Agnicayana rite: indigenous origin?”, Hist. of Rel. 14, 1974-75, 81-95.
– “Similarities in Certain Pottery Fabrics Found at Hastināpura, an Unexcavated Site in Kashmir, and Shāhī Tump”, JAOS 98, 1978, 478.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet; family details in findagrave.com.
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