Ph.D.  Geography and Botany, University of Illinois (1953)
M. A.  Geography, University of Illinois (1950)
A. B.   Geography, Colgate University (1949)

Academic Appointments

1993 -   Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University
1971 – 1993 Professor of Geography, Syracuse University
1959 – 1971 Associate Professor of Geography, Syracuse University
1958  - 1959  Associate Professor of Geography, University of Georgia
1953  - 1958 Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Georgia

Honor: 1955 – 1956   Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

Specialties:  Environmental Geography and Taxonomy of Gymnosperms

Books and Monographs:

A Geography of Plants and Animals, 1970.
Gymnospermes, Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, 1972.
Mapping the World’s Vegetation, 1975.
Coniferales, Flora Malesiana, 1988.
It’s Hard to Believe in Infinity, 1992.

In the field in New Caledonia examining Podocarpus beecherae.

The External Morphology of Coniferous Leaves, Phytomorphology 3 (1953) 1-20.

The Ozark Upland in The North American Midwest, Wiley (1955) 212-217.

Where Sherman Passed By, Geog. Rev. 47(1957) 381-395.

The Status of Conifers in Vegetation Classification, Annals Assoc. Am. Geog. 47
(1957) 145-149.

Parasitic Conifer Found in New Caledonia, Science 130 (1959) 97.

New Zealand Focus 11(1960) 6pp.

The Primitiveness of Polycotyledony Considered with Special Reference to the
Cotyledonary Condition in Podocarpaceae, Phytomorphology 12 (1962) 196-300.

25 Jahre Wandlung in der Geographie in der Stadt Syracuse, New York,
Raumforschung und Raumordnung 21 (1963) 225-228.

World Vegetation in One World Divided, Blaisdell (1964) 442-443, map on pp.
16-17.

The Relationships of Fitzroya cupressoides and Diselma archeri,
Phytomorphology 15 (1965) 414-419.

The Urban Landscape in Geography of New York State, Syracuse U. Press (1966)  90-103. 

Australoids, Negroids, and Negroes, A Suggested Explanation of Their Disjunct Distribution, Annals Assoc. Am. Geog. 58 (1968) 42-50.

The Variation of Vegetation from Place to Place, Professional Geographer 20 (1968) 107-111.

A Revision of the Malesian and Pacific Rainforest Conifers, I Podocarpaceae in parts, J. Arnold Arb. 50 (1969) 274-369.

The Vegetation Formations of Latin America, Revista Geog. 72 (1970) 96-138.
Gymnospermes, Flore de Madagascar et de Comores, Mus. Nat. D’Hist. Natturelle (1972) 22 pp.

The Moluccan Dammars, Blumea 24 (1978) 499-504.
The Taxonomy of Philippine Coniferae and Taxaceae, Kalikasan 7 (1978) 117-152.

The Species of Agathis of Borneo, Blumea 25 (1979) 531-542.

The Endemic Species of Podocarpus in New Guinea, Blumea (1980) 139-143.

Ethnic Geography of the Neolithic, Mankind Quarterly 22 (1981) 119-143.

Podocarpaceae, Flora de Venezuela 11 (1982) 7-41.

Studies in the Anatomy of Parasitaxus ustus and its Root Connections, Phytomorphology 32 (1981:  issued in 1983) 85-92.

The Upper Palaeolithic Revolution, Mankind Quarterly 23 (1983) 329-356.

Podocarpaceae in Pacific Plant Area 4 (1984) 204-217.

Proposal to Reject Pinus dammara, Taxon 33 (1984) 337-347.

A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Podocarpus, Blumea 30 (1985) 251-279.

A Rift Relationship for Earthquakes in Eastern North America, Geog. Rev. 77 (1987) 196-208.

The Podocarpaceae of Costa Rica, Brenesia 33 (1990) 119-121.

Las Podocarpaceae del Peru, Boletin de Lima 73 (1991) 57-60.

Commentary:  The Organization of Female Structures in Conifers, Int. J. Plant Science 153 (1992) VII-VIII.

Geographic Views of Human Development, Human Evolution 10 (1995) 281-282.

Gondwanan Conifers on the Pacific Rim in The Origin and Evolution of Pacific Island Biotas, Academic Publishing (1996) 261-265.

A Taxonomic Revision of the Genera Cycas and Epicycas, Blumea 43 (1998) 351-400.

The Families of the Cycadaceae Encephalartos 59 (1999) 7-9.

A New Species of Podocarpus from the Maquis of New Caledonia, New Zealand Journal of Botany 41 (2003) 715-718.

Podocarpaceae in Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Mo. Bot. Gard. Press 8 (2004) 297-300.

Dicots and Polycots, Conif. Quart. 23 (2006) 28-29.