About Merle C. Prunty, Jr.
Lived 1917 – 1982 (aged 64–65). Merle C. Prunty, Jr. was an American geographer and university teacher.
Merle Charles Prunty (2 March 1917 – 5 October 1982) was an American geographer, academic and researcher.
Early life
Prunty was born in Kansas, United States. He was the son of Dr. Merle C. Prunty, Sr. and Grace E. Moulton. His father was a school superintendent from Missouri. He completed his Ph.D. at Clark University in 1944.
Career
Prunty founded the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Georgia and served for 26 years as the Department Head of Geography and Geology there. In 1951, he established the MA program. In 1961, he established the PhD program, and in that year the department's building was completed and the department was split into separate Geography and Geology departments.
In 1957, he held a Guggenheim Fellowship. until his retirement in 1999. In 2022, it was announced that Deepak Mishra had been appointed to the position.
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American geographer
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Merle C. Prunty, Jr. was born in 1917.
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Merle C. Prunty, Jr. died in 1982.
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Merle C. Prunty, Jr. was a geographer and university teacher.
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Merle C. Prunty, Jr. was American.
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