1970-present  Illinois State University

1978-1988  Illinois State University

1974  Ph.D. Geography  The University of Chicago
1967  M.A. Geography  University of Missouri
1966  B.A. Geography  University of Missouri

2011-present  Executive Council, Illinois Geographical Society
2007  Service Award, Illinois Geographical Society
2004  Service Award, Illinois GIS Association
2003  Meritorious Service Medal, United States Army Reserve
2000  Distinguished Teaching Award, National Council for Geographic Education
1997  Army Commendation Medal, United States Army Reserve
1989  Distinguished Geographic Educator, Illinois Geographical Society
1988-1990  Executive Board, National Council for Geographic Education
1985-2007  Executive Council, Illinois Geographical Society
1966  Phi Beta Kappa

2004  Township: Diffusion and Persistence of Grassroots Government in Illinois,
1850-2000
1990  Paper Counties: The Illinois Experience, 1825-1867
1980  East Central Illinois: A Look into the Future (co-author)
1975  Farmers on the Road, 1939-1969
1973  Commentary on a Corn Belt Countryside (co-author)

Articles, Atlases, Reports, Map, Professional Papers, Book Chapter

Current Scholarly Interests

Modern landscape impact in Illinois of certain nineteenth-century Indian treaty boundaries
Downstate-Upstate-Outstate Phenomenon in the United States

Doing Geography, Field Geography, Seminar in Geography, Illinois, Geography Internships

1985-2002  United States Army Reserve  Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
1981-1985  Illinois Army National Guard  Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
1961-1965  Missouri Army National Guard  Highest Rank: Sergeant