Last year we centered on the Department of Political Science and our first Drinko Fellow, Dr. Simon Perry. This year the spotlight is directed toward our Department of Geography. Earlier today the John Deaver Drinko Symposium featured two distinguished members of the Geography Department. He received the first John Deaver Drinko Distinguished Scholar Award. I would like to thank Dr. Jim Davis and Dr. Peggy Gripshover for their remarks about Sam.
Harm is truly a distinguished scholar and world renowned geographer.
He has taught at a number of prestigious institutions and he has some 30 books to his credit as well as two nationally aired series on geography. Dr. de Blij also has close ties with Marshall University. He served as a visiting Drinko Distinguished Scholar in our Geography Department during the Fall 1990 term. He was the commencement speaker at Marshall s graduation exercises during the Spring of 1991 at which time he also received an honorary Doctorate of Science. Harm was the featured speaker the Elizabeth Gibson Drinko Honors Convocation last year.