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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Carl Ortwin Sauer |
1915 - 1922 | Professor of Geography |
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Kenneth Charles McMurray |
1919 - 1965 |
Professor of Geography Chair Department of Geography 1923-1956 |
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Kenneth C. McMurry |
1920 - 1965 |
Professor of Geography Chair Department of Geography 1923-1956 |
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Darrell Haug Davis |
1920 - 1922 | Assistant Professor of Geology, Geology |
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Robert B. Hall |
1923 - 1966 |
Professor of Far Eastern Languages and Literatures, Geography Director of the Center for Japanese Studies |
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Preston Everett James |
1923 - 1945 | Professor of Geography |
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Stanley D. Dodge |
1925 | Professor of Geography |
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Charles Moler Davis |
1939 - 1971 |
Professor of Geography Chair Department of Geography 1956-1966 |
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Douglas D. Crary |
1943 - 1973 | Professor of Geography |
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Ross Norton Pearson |
1953 - 1970 | Professor of Geography |
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Lee A. Peter Gosling |
1956 - 1994 |
Professor of Southeast Asian Studies Professor of Geography Chair Department of Geography 1966-1968, 1971-1974 |
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John Nystuen |
1959 - 2000 |
Professor of Urban Geography & Planning Chair Department of Geography 1979-1982 |
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Waldo R. Tobler |
1961 - 1977 | Professor of Geography |
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John F. Kolars |
1964 - 1994 |
Professor of Near Eastern Studies Professor of Geography |
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Rhoads Murphey |
1964 - 1990 | Professor of History |
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Melvin G. Marcus |
1964 - 1974 |
Professor of Geography Chair Department of Geography 1969-1971 |
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Gunnar P. Olsson |
1966 - 1977 | Collegiate Professor of Geography |
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James D. Clarkson |
1967 | Associate Professor of Geography |
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Thomas R. Detwyler |
1967 - 1978 | Associate Professor of Geography |
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Donald R. Deskins Jr. |
1968 - 2002 |
Professor of Sociology and Urban Geography Chair Department of Geography 1974-1979 |
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Barnard Q. Nietschmann |
1970 - 1977 | Associate Professor of Geography |
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Kathleen M. Brown |
1974 | Assistant Professor of Geography |
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Everette N. Bannister |
1975 - 1979 | Assistant Professor of Geography |