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| Home >> Undergraduate Program | Graduate Program >> Awards >> David G. Arey | ||
| Professor David G. Arey's Endowment Benefits Geography Students | ||
David G. Arey, professor emeritus, former Chair of the Department of Geography and former Assistant Director of the SIU Coal Research Center passed away at the age of 64. Dr. Arey began his career at Southern Illinois University in 1971 when he moved from Pittsburgh to Carbondale for a faculty position in the Department of Geography. He served as Chairman of the Geography Department from 1982 until 1986, then as Assistant Director of the SIU Coal Research Center until his death in June, 2001. He also continued to teach until spring 2000.
Dr. Arey participated in dozens of student and faculty committees at SIU, of particular note was his coordination of the SIUC Advisory Committee on the planning of Cedar Lake for the City of Carbondale. From 1989 to 2000 he served as Adjunct Faculty to the University of Chicago and as Consultant to the Environmental Sciences and Information Services Division at Argonne National Laboratory. Beginning with his dissertation in 1968, he published a large quantity of research on the geography of natural resources in five books and numerous articles, professional journals, and reports. Dr. Arey textured his role as a mentor to students developing their careers in geography and related fields. Over three decades, he served as a Graduate Student Advisor and Chaired numerous PhD and MA/MS committees. As a teacher and advisor, he influenced the education and futures of thousands of students. Outside his work with the university, David developed a strong commitment to bettering the community he had made his home serving Southern Illinois and the state as a whole in a variety of capacities. A memorial fund has been established by Dr. Arey's family and friends to benefit the Department of Geography in David's name. The David G. Arey Award recognizes creative problem solving in the natural resources and environmental field demonstrated in a MS thesis. |
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| 2006 Award Poonthip Sirikulchayanon, "Assessing the Impacts of the 2004 Tsunami on Mangroves Using GIS & Remote Sensing Techniques: A Case Study of Phang Nga Thailand," Wanxiao Sun, Advisor 2005 Award Michael Schultz, "Using Cloud to Ground Lightning as an Indicator of Debris Flow and Flash Flood Producing Storms in a Post Wildfire Environment," S. Jeff Underwood, Advisor 2004 Award: Emily D. Yates, "Recruitment of Three Non-native Invasive Plants into Fragmented Forests of Southern Illinois," Del Levia, Advisor 2003 Award: Bradley D. Larson, "A Spatial Decision Support System Capable of Applying Species-Specific Viability Parameters to National Gap Analysis Program Datasets," Raja Sengupta, Advisor 2002 Awards: Reuben Heine, "Two New Automated Methods for Stream Channel Extraction Using Multivariate Channel Source Approximation," Christopher Lant, Advisor
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| Alumni and friends who would like to honor Dr. Arey may send contributions to: | ||
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David G. Arey Endowment Fund
SIUC Foundation Colyer Hall Mailcode 6805 Carbondale IL 62901 |
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