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DOCTOR WALLACE R. MCCONNEL has been the head of the geography department at Miami since 1918. His college background includes an AB. at the University of Illinois, an A.M. at the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. at Clark University. While his teaching experience has been chiefly in the field of social studies, his interests cover a much wider range of subjects, especially those relating to current educa- tional and social problems. He has trained thousands of teachers and for a number of years he conducted extension classes in geography. In this way, Dr. Mc- Connell has been directly responsible for shaping the curricula in many cities in the Middle West. F 01' four years he broadcast geography lessons over station WLW in Cincinnati, supplementing classroom teach- ing in the elementary grades and in the high schools. His texts have sold millions of copies and are the foremost elementary and high school geography books in the country. Among the most widely used of Dr. McConnell's books are The United States in the Modern World, The Geography of Many Lands and The Geography of World Peoples. He edited the Appleton Modern School Atlas and has written several articles, treatises and reviews for publication. He is a member of Kappa Delta Pi and a past president of the National Council of Geography Teachers. He lives in Oxford with his wife, Della and his chief pride is his daughter, Ruth Ann, who is the edi- tor of the J ournal of the American Bar Association. FACULTY Since its establishment at Miami in 1922, the Scripps F oundation for Research in Population Problems has been under the direction of Pro- fessor Warren S. Thompson. E. W. Scripps, founder of the Scripps-Howa'rd papers, was bene- factor for the bureau, which is now the most widely known authority on population growth, change and problems in the world. Doctor Thompson received his A.B. from N ebraska Wes- leyan, an A.M. from the University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He stud- ied at the University of Chicago and taught at Cornell before assuming his position here in 03:- ford. He has written several monographs and books, one of which, Population Problems, is used in many colleges throughout the country as a text for advanced sociology courses. As a research professor, he is particularly interest- ed in world problems and has published two books based on his studies, Plenty of Peo- ple and Danger Spots in World Population. At present, the F oundation is chiefly engrossed with the increasing problem of population redistribution in the United States. Since the war, shifting population has brought about many changes in some areas in the country. He is a former president of the Population Association of America and a member of the American Council of Learned Scientists, the National Resources Board and the Social Science Research Council. He is vice-president of the A.A.A.S. '
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PROFESSOR WALTER E. HAVIGHURST has, in addition to his English classes at the university, many active interests in modern literature. As one of Mi- amiis two research professors, he has made a literary study of American life-its settlement and develop- ment. Three volumes of Doctor Havighursfs studies have been published: Upper Mississippi, an account of the settlement of that region; The Long Ships Passing and The Land of Promise, narrative histories of Great Lakes transportation and the Old N orthwest Territory. He has also written several novels, including: The Quiet Shore, The Winds of Spring and Signature of Time, all stories of regional American family life. P'ro- fessor Havighurst is a graduate of the University of Denver and Columbia University. After serving in the United States Merchant Marines from 1924 to 1926, he studied at Kings College, University of London until 1928. He has received honorary Doctor of Letters degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University and Lawrence College. In addition to his novels and non-fiction, Professor Havighurst is a contributor of short stories to many magazines, including Colliers, The Saturday Evening Post and Tomor- row. He also does book reviews for the Chicago Tribune and is well known as a critic of the modern short story and novel. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta and Phi Beta Kappa. With his wife Marion, who is also a novelist, Professor Havighurst lives on Shadowy Hills Drive in Oxford. FAMOUS DOCTOR F. ALTON WADE, professor of geology at Mi- ami, has filled his post college life with adventure, activity and accomplishment. In 1926 he was graduated from Ken- yon with a masteris degree in chemistry. After five years of teaching at colleges and prep schools, he went to J ohns- Hopkins to work for his doctorate. However, in the fall of 1932, the young scientist was interested in the proposed trip of Admiral Richard Byrd to the Antartic. More than a year of correspondence and work gained him the position of combination clog drive'r-geologist. This expedition lasted from 1933 to late 1935. On the next South Pole exploration, four years later, Doctor Wade was the senior scientist. Be- tween the two trips he came to Miami, after completing his dissertation with material gathered at the South Pole. Dur- ing World War II he went into the Air Force as a major and headed the Base Ice Cap Detachment in Greenland, which explored the possibilities of founding inland weather stations and air bases on that island. In 1950, he became a civilian advisor for the far east and 5th Air F orce in Ja- pan and Korea. He has been awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his work with the Air Force. Doctor Wade is a member of Delta Tau Delta, Gamiha Alpha and Sigma Gamma Epsilon. Today he is again in Oxford, until that time when he may be called to devote his knowledge elsewhere, aiding those students with a vital interest in the field of geology to increase their knowledge for professional pursuits. He lives with his wife, Sarah and their young son on Maple Street.
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