21 January: Dick Morrill on Seattle's Changes
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Dick Morrill explains the transportation
planning map from the 1960s which shows
the now famous additional bridges &
tunnels across Lake Washington and
Puget Sound.
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Photo: g.krumme |  |
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004
21:33:53 -0800 (PST)
From: W. Beyers
Subject: Morrill lecture
Hi all:
I just want to say how wonderful it was to hear Dick talk about
the region we live in tonight. He brought to a roomful of people insights
that have come from being a most wonderful example of a faculty member
getting off his duff and participating in the community for almost all of
my lifetime in this city. And I'll tell you that his zeal about this has
had more than a small impact on my own behavior for more than the last 40
years. Dick, you did a splendid job of characterizing dynamics of our
region from a multifaceted perspective, which has been your trademark for
as long as I've known you. Kudos to Dick!!
Bill
On Wednesday evening 21 January 2004, Professor Emeritus Richard L.
Morrill will lead us on a provocative journey: "Not Quite 50 Years:
Experiencing Change in Seattle's Landscape."
He'll use his
multi-disciplinary eye to interpret 49 years of change in the region's
economy, politics, and demographic profile. What with massive changes in
economic structure, rapid population growth, attempts at growth
management, and the inevitable downturns, what's left of the Seattle that
Dick Morrill found in 1955?
Dick Morrill arrived in Seattle in 1955 to study economic
geography under
William Garrison at the University of Washington. He earned his Ph.D. in
1959, and spent a year at Northwestern University and a year at the
University of Lund (Sweden), before returning to UW as an Assistant,
Associate, Full, and Emeritus Professor. In these 49 years, he has turned
his writing and teaching to political geography, economic geography, and
social geography, making major imprints on the literature and on students
in all these subfields. He has been willing to take controversial
positions, out of his strong belief that academic research can improve
society. He's served as President of the Association of American
Geographers and of the Western Regional Science Association, and as
department Chair of Geography for a decade.
Please join us on this journey: Wednesday 21 January, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.,
in Smith Hall 407. Call 206-543-5843 or e-mail
dsmolar@u.washington.edu
if you need more details.
