H. J.

DE BLIJ
Geographer

Florida Massachusetts

P.O. Box 608, VH 28 P.O. Box 787

Boca Grande, FL 33921 Chatham, MA 02633
Phone/Fax: (941) 964-1645 Phone/Fax: (508) 945-5426
Email: deblij@c4.net email: deblij@c4.net

EARNED DEGREES

Ph.D. 1959 Northwestern University

M.A. 1957 Northwestern University
B.Sc. 1955 University of the Witwatersrand

HONORARY DEGREES

Doctor of Humane Letters 2001 North Carolina State University

Doctor of Humane Letters 2001 Grand Valley State University
Doctor of Science 1999 Michigan State University
Doctor of the Humanities 1995 Rhode Island College
Doctor of Science 1991 Marshall University

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Michigan State University 2006 – John A. Hannah Professor

Michigan State University 2000 – 2006 Distinguished Professor
Marshall University 1997 – 2000 John Deaver Drinko Chair
University of South Florida 1995 – 1997 University Scientist
Georgetown University 1990 – 1995 George Landegger Chair
University of Miami 1969 – 1990 Professor, Chair
Michigan State University 1960 – 1969 Assistant, Associate, Professor
University of Natal 1959 – 1960 Lecturer

VISITING APPOINTMENTS

Marshall University 1990 John Deaver Drinko Professor

George Washington University 1985 Professorial Lecturer
Colorado School of Mines 1981 – 1982 Presidential Professor
University of Hawaii 1979 Visiting Professor
University of Colorado 1978 Visiting Professor
Northwestern University 1961 Visiting Assistant Professor
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CONCURRENT

NBC Television 1996 – 1998 Geography Analyst

ABC Television 1989 – 1996 Geography Editor
National Geographic Society 1984 – 1990 Editor

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Systematic: Political Geography, Geopolitics, Environmental Issues

Regional: Africa South of the Sahara

LANGUAGES

Dutch, Afrikaans, German, Some French

GRANTS AND AWARDS

1994 Annenberg Foundation

1983 Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society
1967 Midwest Consortium for International Assistance
1966 Ford Foundation
1962 Ford Foundation
1958 African Studies Program, Northwestern University

HONORS (Excluding Honorary Degrees)

2009 Jean Mayer Award for Global Citizenship, Tufts University

2008 Media Achievement Award, Association of American Geographers
2006 George J. Miller Award, National Council for Geographic Education
2004 Presidential Achievement Award, Association of American Geographers
2003 Distinguished Geographer Award, Pennsylvania Geographical Society
1998 Gilbert M. Grosvenor Award, National Council for
Geographic Education
1996 Publication Award, Chicago Geographical Society
1994 Distinguished Geography Educator,
National Geographic Society
1994 Honorary Life Membership, National Geographic Society
1991 Honors Award, Association of American Geographers
1991 Journal of Geography Award, National Council for
Geographic Education
1989 Honorary Fellow, American Geographical Society
1987 Outstanding Service Award, Southeast Division
Association of American Geographers
1984 Prix d’Economie et Legislation Vitivinicole, Office
International de la Vigne et du Vin

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1976 Presidential Scholar, University of Miami

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

2010a The Endarkenment. In Review and Revision.

2010b Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts. Fourteenth Edition. New York: John Wiley &
Sons. With P. O. Muller.*

2009a The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny and Globalization. New York: Oxford University
Press.

2009b Human Geography: People, Place and Culture. Ninth Edition. New York: John Wiley &
Sons . With E. H. Fouberg and A. B. Murphy.*

2009c The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography. Fourth Edition. New York: John
Wiley & Sons. With P. O. Muller and A. M. G. A. WinklerPrins.*

2008a Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts. Thirteenth Edition. New York: John Wiley &
Sons. With P. O. Muller.*

2007a Survey of Subsaharan Africa: A Regional Geography. New York: Oxford University Press.
With R. Cole.

2007b The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography. Third Edition. New York: John
Wiley & Sons. With P.O. Muller.*

2007c Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture. Eighth Edition. New York: John Wiley &
Sons. With A. B. Murphy and E. H. Fouberg.

2007d Wartime Encounter. (revision of 2000a, Wartime Encounter with Geography). New York:
Hudson River Publishing

2007e Why Geography Matters. (Paperback version of 2005c)

2006a Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts. Twelfth Edition. New York: John Wiley &
Sons. With P. O. Muller.

2006b Atlas of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press. Editor.

2005a Atlas of North America. New York: Oxford University Press. Editor.

2005b Concepts and Regions in Geography. Second Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
With P. O. Muller. *

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2005c Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America. New York: Oxford
University Press.

2005d Migrant: In Search of Geography. In Revision.

2004a Physical Geography: the Global Environment. Third Edition. New York: Oxford
University Press. With P. O. Muller and R. S. Williams, Jr. *

2004b Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts. Eleventh Edition. New York: John Wiley &
Sons. With P. O. Muller. *

2003a Human Geography: Culture, Society and Space. Seventh Edition. New York:
John Wiley & Sons. With A. B. Murphy. *

2003b Concepts and Regions in Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
With P. O. Muller.

2002 Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts. Tenth Edition. New York:
John Wiley & Sons. With P.O. Muller. *.

2000a Wartime Encounter with Geography. London: The Book Guild.

2000b Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts. Ninth Edition. New York:
John Wiley & Sons. With P. O. Muller. *

1996a Physical Geography of the Global Environment. Second Edition.

New York: John Wiley & Sons. With P. O. Muller. *

1996b Human Geography: Culture, Society and Space. Fifth Edition. New York:
John Wiley & Sons. Translated into Italian and published in 1996 by Zanichelli, Rome.

1995a Harm de Blij’s Geography Book. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

1995b The Earth: an Introduction to Its Physical and Human Geography.

1994a Nature on the Rampage. Editor. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books.

1994b Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts. Seventh Edition. New York:
John Wiley & Sons. With P. O. Muller. *

1993a Human Geography: Culture, Society and Space. Fourth Edition. New York:
John Wiley & Sons. *

1993b Physical Geography of the Global Environment. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
With P. O. Muller.

1992 Viticulture in Geographic Perspective: Proceedings of the 1991 Miami

Symposium. Editor. Coral Gables: Miami Geographical Society

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1991 Geography: Regions and Concepts. Sixth Edition. New York:

John Wiley & Sons. With P. O. Muller. *

1989a World Geography. Chicago: Scott Foresman. With G. Danzer, R. Hart and D. Drummond.

1989b Systematic Political Geography. Fourth Edition. New York:

John Wiley & Sons. With M. I. Glassner. Translated into Chinese and
published (unauthorized) by East China Normal University, Shanghai

1988 Earth 88: Changing Geographic Perspectives. Editor. Washington, DC:

National Geographic Society

1987 The Earth: a Physical and Human Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons

1986 Human Geography: Culture, Society and Space. Third Edition. New York:
John Wiley & Sons. With P. O. Muller. *

1985a Wine Regions of the Southern Hemisphere. Totowa: Rowman and Allanheld.

1985b Geography: Regions and Concepts. Fourth Edition. New York:

John Wiley & Sons. With P. O. Muller. *

1983 Wine: a Geographic Appreciation. Totowa: Rowman and Allanheld.

1982 Human Geography: Culture, Society and Space. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Translated into Chinese and published (1986) by Beijing Normal U. Press

1981a Geography of Viticulture. Coral Gables: Miami Geographical Society.

1981b African Perspectives. Editor. New York: Methuen. With E. B. Martin.

1981c Systematic Political Geography. Third Edition. New York:

John Wiley & Sons. With M. I. Glassner.

1981d Geography Regions and Concepts. Third Edition. New York

John Wiley & Sons. Translated into Italian and published in 1984 by Zanichelli, Bologna.

1980 The Earth: a Topical Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

1978 Geography Regions and Concepts. Second Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

1977a African Survey. New York: John Wiley & Sons. With A. C. G. Best.

1977b The Earth in Profile. San Francisco: Canfield Press. With D. Greenland.

1977c Human Geography: Culture, Society and Space. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

1974 Man Shapes the Earth. Santa Barbara: Hamilton Publishing Company.

1973a Essentials of Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

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1973b Systematic Political Geography. Second Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

1971 Geography: Regions and Concepts. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

1968 Mombasa: an African City. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.

1967 Systematic Political Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Translated into Russian and published without attribution in Moscow, 1969.

1964 A Geography of Subsaharan Africa. Chicago: Rand McNally.

1963 Dar es Salaam: a Study in Urban Geography. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.

1962 Africa South. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.

*Editions

ARTICLES, CHAPTERS

“From Schiedam to Singapore” (Chapter), in J. Wheeler and K. C. Parker, Eds., Geographical

Autobiographies, University of Alaska Press, 2009

“European Union at the Crossroads” (Article), Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2007

"Raising Geography's Profile in Public Debate" (Forum), Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 29,
No. 2, 2005, 167 – 173.

"Explicating Geography's Dimensions -- an Opportunity Missed" (Forum), Annals of the

Association of American Geographers, Vol. 94, No. 4, 2004, 994 – 996.

“Africa’s Unequaled Geographic Misfortunes” (Article), The Pennsylvania Geographer, Vol. 42,
No. 1, 2004, 3 – 28.

“The Big Picture” (Editorial), The Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2001.

“Political Geography of Devolution in the Americas: the Case of Brazil’s South” (Article), The
Pennsylvania Geographer, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, 2001. With E. K. Spears.

“Geographic Factors in Ethnic Conflict in Africa” (Article), The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict to
National and International Order in the 1990s: Geographic Perspectives. Conference Report,
Library of Congress, October, 1995.

“A World Astir” (Article), Academy of World Enquiry, Vol. 6. Georgetown University, 1994.

“The Splintering of Nations” (Article), Thompson Forum on World Issues, University of Nebraska,
1993

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“Geographic Perspectives on Global Change” (Article) in I. W. Ginsberg and J. A Angelo, Jr. Eds.,
Earth Observations and Global Change Decision Making, 1991: a National Partnership.
Ann Arbor: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, 1992.

“A Garcia Quadrangle? Or, How Some Physical Geography Made a Difference” (Article), Journal
of Geography, Vol. 91, No. 6, November/December, 1992.

“Political Geography of the Post-Cold-War World” (Commentary), Professional Geographer,

Vol. 44, No. 1, February, 1992.

“Africa’s Geomosaic Under Stress” (Article), Journal of Geography, Vol. 90, No. 1,
January/February, 1991.

“The Organization of Political Space” (Article), in Storia del Secolo XX. Rome:
Enciclopedia Italiana, 1990.

“Facilitating Fieldwork” (Editorial), The Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2, November, 1990.

“Writing a Textbook” (Chapter), in M. S. Kenzer (Ed.), On Becoming a Professional Geographer.

Columbus: Merrill, 1989

“Location, Scale, and Climate: Geographic Dimensions of Viticulture” (Article), The Mid-South
Geographer, Vol. IV, No. 1, 1988. With G. Peters.

“Viticulture and Viniculture in the Southeastern United States” (Article), The Southeastern
Geographer, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, November, 1987.

“Viticultural Areas and Mental Maps” (Article), East Lakes Geographer, Vol. 21, No. 1,
September, 1986.

“Nine Canons of the Geography of Viticulture” (Article), East Lakes Geographer, Vol. 21, No. 1,
September, 1986.

“The United States and Its Maritime Neighbors” (Article), Focus, Vol. 36, No. 3, Fall, 1986.

“Heat Summation Regions and Cultivar Distribution in the Cape, South Africa” (Report),
National Geographic Society Research Reports, Vol. 20, 1985.

“Wine Quality and Climate” (Article), Focus, Vol. 35, No. 2, April, 1985.

“Geography in an Engineering Context” (Article), Great Plains/Rocky Mountains

Geographical Journal, Vol. 11, Fall, 1983.

“Geography of Viticulture: Rationale and Resource” (Article), Journal of Geography,

Vol. 82, No. 3, May – June, 1983.

“Wine in the Land of the Rising Sun” (Article), Wines and Vines, Vol. 63, No. 5, May, 1982.

“Mocambique” (Chapter) in H. J. de Blij and E. B. Martin, African Perspectives: an Exchange of

Essays on the Economic Geography of Nine African States. Methuen, London, 1981.

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“New Directions, 1963 to 1978” (Chapter) in P. E. James and G. J. Martin, The Association of
American Geographers: the First Seventy-Five Years. AAG, Washington, DC, 1979

“A Regional Geography of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean” (Article), University of Miami
Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, December 1978.

“Visual Evidence in Geography” (Report), Professional Geographer, Vol. XXIX, No. 1,

February, 1977.

“Namibia: Political Geography of a Coveted Prize” (Article), Focus, Vol. XXVI, No. 3,
January – February 1976. With A. C. G. Best, Boston University.

“Mocambique: Fragile Independence” (Article), Focus, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, November – December
1976.

“Persistent Colonialism in Southern Africa” (Chapter) in C. G. Knight and J. L. Newman,

Contemporary Africa. Prentice-Hall, New York, 1976.

“Continental Drift and Present Landscapes” (Article), Journal of Geography, Vol. 73, No. 5,
May, 1974.

“Concept as Teaching Device: the Example of Buffer Zones in Africa” (Article), Journal of
Geography, Vol. 71, No. 9, December, 1972. With J. M. Hunter.

“Cultural Pluralism and the Political Geography of Decolonization: the Case of Surinam”
(Article), Pennsylvania Geographer, Vol. VII, No.2, July, 1970

“Cyclic Erosion surfaces in Swaziland” (Article), Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy
of Sciences, Vol. 22, No. 4, December, 1970.

“Islam in South Africa” (Chapter) in J. Kritzeck and W. H. Lewis, eds., Islam in Africa.
Van Nostrand, New York, 1969.

“Wildlife Conservation in East Africa: an Application of Field Theory in Political Geography”

(Article), Southeastern Geographer, Vol. IX, No. 2, November, 1969. With D. L. Capone.

“The Southern Extent of the African Rift Valley System” (Article), The Pennsylvania Geographer,
Vol. IV, No. 2, March, 1966.

“The Functional Structure and Central Business District of Lourenco Marques, Mocambique”
(Article), Economic Geography, Vol. 35, No. 1, January, 1962.

“The Land” (Chapter) in O. Williams and N. Hurwitz, eds., The Economic Framework of South
Africa. Shuter and Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1962.

“Colonialism in East Africa: a Study in Contrasts” (Article), Proceedings of the Second University
Conference on Commonwealth Affairs, Winnipeg, 1962.

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“The Functional Organization of Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika” (Article), African Studies Bulletin,
Vol. V, No. 4, December, 1962.

“The Relationships between the Swaziland Lowveld and Adjoining Areas” (Article), Transactions
of the Geological Society of South Africa. Vol. LVIII, 1960.

“Geography in South Africa” (Report) Professional Geographer, Vol. XII, No. 4, July, 1960.

“Landscape Study: the Case of Exfoliation” (Article), Nucleon, Vol 2, July, 1960.

“The Concept of the Physiographic Province Applied to Swaziland” (Article), Journal for
Geography/Tydskrif vir Aardrykskunde, Vol. 1, No. 7, September, 1960.

“The Scope of Biogeography” (Article), South African Journal of Science, Vol. 56, No. 10,
October, 1960.

“The Sea Fishing Industry of South Africa” (Article), Journal of Geography, Vol. LVII, No. 3,
March, 1958.

“The Geography of South West Africa” (Article), Journal of Geography, Vol. LVII, No. 7,
October, 1958.

“The Kariba Hydroelectric Project in the Central African Federation” (Article), Journal of
Geography, Vol. LVI, No. 9, December, 1957.

MEDIA PUBLICATIONS

1997 “Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Culture and Identity in Rwanda and Burundi” MSNBC on the
Internet. May, 1997.

1997 Worldview Geography. CD – ROM. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997.

1997 On Location with H. J. de Blij. 3 VHS Tapes, 30 Scripted Segments. John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 1997.

1996 The Power of Place. CPB/PBS Television Series. Cambridge Studios, Boston, 1996.

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS (Including Popular Literature)

“Foreward” to I. Vojnovic, Ed., Sustainability: A Global Urban Context. East Lansing: Michigan
State University Press, 2010

“Flat Wrong.” Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 26, 2008.

“American Impotence.” Chicago Tribune, Sunday, August 17, 2008.

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“Korean Context” (Column), Boca Banner, Vol. 1, No. 6, February 18, 2005.

“The Trouble with Europe” (Column), Boca Banner, Vol. 1, No. 4, February 4, 2005.

“Foreword” to M. Monmonier, How To Lie With Maps (Second Edition), University of

Chicago Press, 1996.

“Of Wine and Music” (Column), Focus, Vol. 42, No. 3, Fall, 1992.

“Trouble in Beaujolais” (Column), Focus, Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer, 1992.

“Wine in China?” (Column), Focus, Vol. 42, No. 1, Spring, 1992.

“Foreword” to L. L. Haring, J. F. Lounsbury, and J. W. Frazier, Introduction to Scientific

Geographic Research. Wm. C. Brown, Dubuque, 1992.

“Rioja Resurgent” (Column), Focus, Vol. 41, No. 4, Winter, 1991.

“Enchanting Chateauneuf” (Column), Focus, Vol. 41, No. 3, Fall, 1991.

“Two Sessions on Viticulture at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Miami, April, 1991,” (Short Communication), Journal of Wine Research, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1991.

“Hope at the Cape” (Column), Focus, Vol. 41, No. 2, Summer, 1991.

“America’s Zinfandel” (Column), Focus, Vol. 41, No. 1, Spring, 1991.

“Geography on ‘Good Morning America’ ” (Article), Focus, Vol. 40, No. 4, Winter, 1990.

“The German Question” (Column), Focus, Vol. 40, No. 3, Fall, 1990.

“Inventory and Prospect” (Editorial), National Geographic Research, Vol. 6, No. 3, Summer, 1990.

“High-Latitude Challenge” (Column), Focus, Vol. 40, No. 2, Summer, 1990.

“Disseminating Environmental Knowledge” (Editorial), National Geographic Research,

Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring, 1990.

“Back Labels” (Column), Focus, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring, 1990.

“Geography and Environment” (Editorial), National Geographic Research, Vol. 6, No. 1,

Winter, 1990.

“Iberian Regions” (Column), Focus, Vol. 39, No. 4, Winter, 1989.

“Rise of the Lowly Blender” (Column), Focus, Vol. 39, No. 3, Fall, 1989.

“Wine List Geography” (Column), Focus, Vol. 39, No. 2, Summer, 1989.

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“Greenhouse Effect” (Column), Focus, Vol. 39, No. 1, Spring, 1989.

“In Praise of Older Wines” (Column), Focus, Vol. 38, No. 3, Fall, 1988.
“The Appeal of Appellations” (Column), Focus, Vol. 38, No. 2, Summer, 1988

“Chile’s Maturing Wine Map” (Column), Focus, Vol. 38, No. 1, Spring, 1988.

“Closure” (Column), Focus, Vol. 37, No. 4, Winter, 1987.

“African Wine Frontiers” (Column), Focus, Vol. 37, No. 3, Fall, 1987.

“Vintage Years and Wine Futures” (Column), Focus, Vol. 37, No. 2, Summer, 19987.

“Wines of Southeast” (Column), Focus, Vol. 37, No. 1, Spring, 1987.

“Wine Label Geography” (Column), Focus, Vol. 36, No. 3, Fall, 1986.

“Devastating Phylloxera” (Column), Focus, Vol. 36, No. 2, Summer, 1986.

“Malta” (Column), Focus, Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring, 1986.

Geography of Viticulture, (Text and Slide Series), National Council for Geographic
Education/GPN. Lincoln, 1986. 60pp.

“Regional Wine Bottles” (Column), Focus, Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring, 1986.

“Congo” (Article), Compton’s Encyclopaedia. Chicago, 1986.

“Central African Republic” (Article), Compton’s Encyclopaedia. Chicago, 1986.

“From Grape to Wine” (Column), Focus, Vol. 35, No. 4, October, 1985.

“The Wine Cellar” (Column), Focus, Vol. 35, No. 3, July, 1985.

“The Wine Industry of Brazil” (Article), Chronicle of the Society of Wine Educators,
Vol. 8, Spring, 1985.

“Regional Environments for Viticulture in Argentina and Chile”, (Article), Chronicle of the
Society of Wine Educators, Vol. 6, Winter, 1983.

“Sampling New Zealand’s Restaurants” (Review), New Zealand Wineglass, Vol. 16, No. 3,
March, 1983.

“South Africa” Is Violent Change Inevitable?” (Article), The Oredigger, Vol. 62, No. 19,
February 3, 1982.

“No Story Before It’s Time” (Article), The Oredigger, Vol. 62, No. 20, February 10, 1982.

“Report on Field Trip” (Report), Chronicle of the Society of Wine Educators, Vol. 5, Fall, 1982.

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“The Society of Wine Educators, U.S.A.: Coordinating the Communicators” (Article), New
Zealand Wineglass, Vol. 15, No. 2, February, 19982.

“Geography of Viticulture: Success and Opportunity” (Commentary), Chronicle of the Society

of Wine Educators, Vol. 5, Spring, 1985.

“United States Geography: The Physical Habitat”, (Text and Illustrations), Encyclopaedia
Britannica Educational Corporation, Chicago, 1982. With H. K. Flad.

“Selecting Right Wine at Holiday” (Article), The Colorado Transcript, Vol. 115, No. 93,
November 12, 1981

“Have Patience? Invest in a Wine Cellar” (Article), The Colorado Transcript, Vol. 115, No. 91
November 12, 1981.

“Time and Place in the Development of the Japanese Wine Industry” (Abstract), SEDAAG
Abstracts of the 36th Annual Meeting, Georgia State University, 1981.

“Colorado Wine Achieves Surprising Result” (Article), The Colorado Transcript, Vol. 115,
No. 89, November 5, 1981

“Wine in China” (Report), The Wine Report, September, 1981

“Rhodesia” Regionalism and Rationalism” (Commentary), Geographical Survey,

Vol. VI, No. 3, July, 1977.

“South Africa” (Article), CBS News Almanac, Hammond, Maplewood, 1977.

“Moçambique” (Article), Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago, 1974.

“Anniversary and Anguish” (Editorial), Journal of Geography, Vol. 71, No. 1, January, 1972.

Instructor’s Manual to Geography: Regions and Concepts, John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 1971, 104 pp.

A Glossary and Guide to Study Geography, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1971. 312 pp.

“The Wonder of Zimbabwe” (Article), Museum, Vol. II, No. 6, October, 1970.

“Apartheid: Potential Threat to the Peace of Africa?” (Article), The Miami News,
Saturday, April 4, 1970.

“Rural Geography: a comment” (Commentary), Canadian Journal of African Studies,

Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter, 1969. With J. M. Hunter, Michigan State University.

A Guide to Subsaharan Africa, Michigan State University Continuing Education

Service, East Lansing, MI, 1968. 112 pp.

Political Geography. University of the Air, East Lansing, MI, 1965. 225 pp.

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Subsaharan Africa. Michigan State University Continuing Education Service,

East Lansing, MI, 1963. 176 pp.

“The Physiographic Provinces and Cyclic Erosion Surfaces of Swaziland” (Abstract

and Dissertation Title), Dissertation Abstracts, Vol. XX, No. 9, 1959.

REVIEWS

Reviews of books and other professional publications in scholarly journals including:

The Professional Geographer (1968, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993)

Economic Geography (1962, 1970)

The Geographical Review (1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989)

The Journal of Geography (1964, 1965, 1968, 1971-1974, 1988)

The International Journal (1962)

The American Political Science Review (1962)

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1963, 1964, 1968, 1971)

The Journal of Developing Areas (1966)

Journal of Asian and African Studies (1967, 1968)

African Studies Review (1979)

The Journal of Wine Research (1991)

Progress in Human Geography (1991)

Annals of the Association of American Geographers (1992, 2002, 2004)

Urban Geography (2000)

PAPERS PRESENTED

“The Meaning of Freedom: Challenges to America in the Twenty-First Century” (The 29th
Feinstone Lecture), United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 2001.

“Raising Geography’s Profile in Public Debate,” Association of American Geographers,

Philadelphia, PA, 2004.

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“Geographic Literacy and Public Policy,” National Council for Geographic Education,
Boston, MA 1999.

“Geographic Factors in Ethnic Conflict in Africa”, U. S. Government Symposium,

Reston, VA, 1994.

“Environmental Cycles and Human Diffusion” Georgetown Leadership Seminar,

Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1993.

“The Splintering of Nations” Thompson Forum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1993.

“Political Geography of the Future” Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division, Association

of American Geographers, Manhattan, KS, 1992.

“Political Geography of the Post-Cold-War World” Association of American Geographers,

Miami, FL, 1991.

“Wine and Geography: a Natural Alliance” National Council for Geographic Education,
Williamsburg, VA, 1990.

“Geographic Perspectives on Global Environments” School of Foreign Service Leadership

Seminar, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1990.

“Field Theory and Boundary Landscapes in Political Geography: Island Borderland

Dilemmas” International Geographical Union. Specialty Group, Perth, Australia, 1988.

“Confusion of Innovations” President’s Session, Association of American Geographers.

Portland OR, 1987

“Viticulture and Viniculture in the Southeastern United States” Southeastern Division,

Association of American Geographers, Lexington, KY, 1986.

“HEAT Summation Regions and Cultivar Distribution in the Cape, South Africa”
Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers, Chapel Hill, NC, 1985.

“Geographic Dimensions of Oenology” Society of Wine Educators, Seattle, WA, 1983.

Time and Place in the Development of the Japanese Wine Industry” Southeastern Division,
Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, GA, 1981. With D. H. Kornhauser.

“Geopolitical Resolutions for the Third Century” Presidential Scholars Series, Miami, FL. 1976.

“Viewpoints in Regional Geography” (Commentary), Association of American Geographers,

New York, NY, 1976.

“Visual Evidence in Geography” African Studies Association, Boston, MA, 1976.

“Persistent Colonialism in Southern Africa” New Directions in Southern Africa: The Dynamics
of Change, Michigan State University Symposium, 1975.

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“Cyclic Erosion Surfaces in Swaziland” Southeastern Division, Association of American

Geographers, Columbia, 1970.

“A Geographic Appraisal of the New African Nations: National Council for Geographic
Education, Los Angeles, CA, 1966.

“Urban Patterns in East Africa: Some Comparisons” African Studies Association,

Bloomington, IL, 1966.

“Apartheid: Conflict Resolution and the Peace in Southern Africa” Association of American
Geographers, Toronto, Canada, 1966.

“Adventures in Geographic Research in Africa” National Council for Geographic Education,

New York, NY, 1965.

Colonialism in East Africa: a Study in Contrasts” Second University of Manitoba Conference

on Commonwealth Affairs, Winnipeg, Canada, 1962.

“Southern Africa: Problems in Political Geography” Association of American Geographers,

Miami, FL, 1962.

“The Relationships Between the Swaziland Lowveld and Adjacent Areas” Geological Society
of South Africa, Potchefstroom, 1960.

OFFICES

2005 – Columnist, The Geography Teacher

1990 – 1996 Member of Council (AGS)

1988 – 1992 Member, Committee of Advisors, International Geographical Congress (IGC)

1986 – 1993 Editorial Board, Annals (AAG)

1986 – 1990 Member, Endowment Committee (AAG)

1985 – 1988 Member, AAG International Action Committee (Chair, Education Subcommittee)

1985 – 1993 Columnist, Focus (AGS)

1985 – 1993 Contributing Editor, Focus (AGS)

1984 – 1986 Contributing Editor, Chronicle (SWE)

1984 – 1986 Board of Directors, Society of Wine Educators (SWE)

1984 – 1990 Editor, National Geographic Research

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1982 – 1988 Editorial Consultant, The Journal of Geography (NCGE)

1980 – 2001 Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society (NGS)

1980 – 1984 Editorial Committee, The Southeastern Geographer (SEDAAG)

1980 – 1981 Task Force on Geography and International Education, Association of

American Geographers (AAG)

1977 – 1984 U. S. National Committee for International Geographical Union (USNC/IGU)

1977 – 1979 Long-Range Planning Committee, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

1977 – 1978 Chair, Committee on Travel Grants, U. S. National Committee for the
International Geographical Union (USNC/IGU)

1977 – 1978 Chair, Task Force on Management, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

1976 – 1977 Chair, NSF – AUFS Task Force on Geography

1975 – 1976 Program Committee, Southeastern Division, Association of American

Geographers (SEDAAG)

1972 – 1975 Secretary, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

1972 – 1974 Editorial Board, Comparative Urban Research

1971 – 1974 Board of Directors, Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)

1970 – 1974 Editor, The Journal of Geography (NCGE)

1970 –1974 Executive Board, National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)

1970 – 1973 Steering Committee, Southeastern Division, Association of American

Geographers (SEDAAG)

1970 – 1972 Member of Council, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2002 – 2004 Consultant (General) National Geographic Atlas, 8th Edition, 2005

1994 – 2000 Member, Board of Advisors, the John Deaver Drinko Academy for
American Political Institutions and Civic Culture

1993 – 1996 Senior Academic Advisor, CPB/PBS Series, “The Power of Place”

1991 – 1995 Honorary Dean of Faculty, Georgetown University/Royal Viking Line

World Affairs Program

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1987 External Examiner, University of Chandigarh, India (Graduate)

1984 – 1987 Consultant for Geography, Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia

1984, 1990 External Examiner, University of Melbourne, Australia (Graduate)

1980 – 1984 Member, Wine Tasting Panel, The Miami Herald

1980 – 1983 Consultant (AAG Representative), Encyclopaedia Britannica

Educational Corporation

1979 – 1980 Consultant on Africa Maps and Text, Atlas Project, National Geographic Society

1975 – 1978 Editorial Advisory Board, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

1974 – 1993 Editorial Advisory Board for Cartography, Hammond Inc.

1972 – 1975 Hamilton Publishing Company, Editorial Advisor

1970 Founder, Miami Geographical Society

1967 – 1970 Visiting Geographical Scientist, Association of American Geographers

1966 – 1972 Consultant, Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Geography

1963 – 1965 Consultant, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.

1962 – 1968 Editorial Advisory Board, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Geographical Society (Honorary Fellow)

Association of American Geographers (Life Member)
Florida Society of Geographers
Les Amis du Vin (Honorary Life Member)
Mid-Atlantic Division, Association of American Geographers (Life Member)
National Council for Geographic Education (Life Member)
National Geographic Society
Royal African Society
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Life Member)
Society of Wine Educators
Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers
Virginia Geographical Society
Pennsylvania Geographical Society (Life Member)

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LISTINGS

AAG Directory
African Studies Directory
Contemporary Authors
Dictionary of International Biography
NCGE Directory
Who’s Who in American Education
Who’s Who (U.S.) (Marquis)
Who’s Who (World) (Marquis)

HONORARY SOCIETIES

Gamma Theta Upsilon

Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Xi

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APPENDIX A

TEACHING (University of Miami)

a. Undergraduate

Courses offered regularly (once or more than once every two years):

GEG 101 Physical Geography

GEG 110 Introduction to Geography
GEG 211 World Regional Geography
GEG 320 Political and Marine Geography
GEG 431 Geography of Viticulture
GEG 525U Problems in Geography

Courses offered occasionally or infrequently:

GEG 201/2 Physical Geography

GEG 319 Africa South of the Sahara

b. Graduate: Participated in teaching of:

GEG 503 Political Geography of Africa

GEG 531 Tropical Geography
GEG 525G Problems in Geography
GEG 612 Field Research
GEG 662 Seminar in Geographic Education

c. Theses and Dissertations:

Directed 11 Ph.D. dissertations (NU and MSU) and approximately 25 M.A. theses
(NU, MSU, UM). Chaired or participated in dissertation and thesis committees in
Geography, History, Law, Anthropology, and International Studies.

d. General Education: Wrote scripts for and taped two 36 – lecture television series
aired nationally and in Canada:

“Subsaharan Africa” (MSU Continuing Education)

“Political Geography” (University of the Air)

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APPENDIX B

Personal

National Public Lecture Circuit, 1985 – .

Cape Cod Chamber Music Society, Member of the Board, 2002 – 2005. Program Notes, 2004 -
2005.

Meeting House Chamber Music Festival, Member of the Board, 2000 – . Program Notes, 2004 – .

Lecturer in Crystal Visions Program, Crystal Cruise Line, Los Angeles, CA 1996 – .

Lecturer in World University Program, Cunard Cruise Line, New York, NY 1996

Lecturer in Enrichment Program, American Geographical Society, 1989

Lecturer in Enrichment Program, Royal Viking Line, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990

Chamber Music Society of Greater Miami, Member of the Board, 1980 – 1985

International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association, Charter Member, 1983

Occasional violin soloist, various venues, 1949 – 1968, 1981, 1995, 2000

Orquestra de Concert, Lourenco Marques, Second Violinist, 1959

Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, First Violinist, 1955

South African Youth Chamber Orchestra, First Violinist, 1950 – 1954

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APPENDIX C

Invited Lectures

Amherst College
Appalachian State University
Blinn College (Texas)
California State/Fullerton
California State/Long Beach
California State/Northridge
Chinese University of Hong Kong
College of William and Mary
Colorado School of Mines
Cooper Union
Dartmouth College
Duke University
East Carolina University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Florida State University
Framingham State College
George Mason University
Georgia State University
Georgetown University
George Washington University
Grand Valley State University
Hamline University
Indiana University
Indiana State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University/Purdue University IN
Jacksonville University
Johns Hopkins University
Kansas State University
Louisiana State University/Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University/New Orleans
Marquette University
Marshall University
Metropolitan State College/Denver
Michigan State University
Mississippi State University
Morehouse College
Mount Holyoke College
National Geographic Society
National University of Singapore
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina State University
Northwestern University
Oakland University

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Ohio State University

Pennsylvania State University
Rhode Island College
Rice University (Baker Center)
Rockland College
Rosary College
Royal Geographical Society of Australia
Rutgers University
San Diego State University
Shippensburg University
Smithsonian Institution
Syracuse University
Tarrant County Junior College, TX
Texas A&M University
Texas Christian University
Texas State University
Tufts University
Trenton State College
United States Air Force Academy
United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
University of California/Santa Barbara
University of Colorado/Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of District of Columbia
University of Hawaii/Manoa
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Manitoba
University of Massachusetts/Amherst
University of Massachusetts/Boston
University of Michigan
University of Missouri/Kansas City
University of Nebraska/Kearney
University of Nebraska/Lincoln
University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill
University of Oklahoma
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Tasmania
University of Texas/Austin
University of Texas/Dallas
University of Texas/San Antonio
University of Toronto
University of Utah
University of Wisconsin/Platteville
University of Western Australia
University of Wyoming
Utah State University
Wayne State University

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Western Michigan University

Western Washington University

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