HUGO G. NUTINI (1929–2013) was University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. He authored numerous articles and books on central Mexico, including The Mexican Aristocracy: An Expressive Ethnography, 1910–2000; Social Stratification and Mobility in Central Veracruz; and Social Stratification in Central Mexico, 1500–2000 (with B. L. Isaac).