Background
Archer, Alford was born on April 11, 1908 in Garrettsville, Ohio, United States. Son of John Clark and Cathaline (Alford) Archer.
Archer, Alford was born on April 11, 1908 in Garrettsville, Ohio, United States. Son of John Clark and Cathaline (Alford) Archer.
Student, Hiram College, 1926. Student, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1929. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1935.
Master of Science, Columbia University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1962.
Assistant department geography Ohio State University, Columbus, 1936-1941. Instructor geology and geography Indiana State Teachers College, 1941-1942. Assistant professor commerce and geography Toledo University, 1942-1946, assistant director summer session, 1946.
Geographer geography division United States Bureau Census, Washington, 1946-1949, 55-59, 68-71, chief cartographic methods branch, 1959-1961. Census geography advisor International Statistical programs loaned to Agency International Development, assigned to census and statistics offices of Panama, 1949-1950, United States Bureau Census, Bolivia, 1950, Honduras, 1951-1955, 60, Costa Rica, 1952-1954, El Salvador, 1953-1955, 61, Thailand, 1961-1963, Iran, 1966-1968, Argentina, 1969, Paraguay, 1971-1972, 74, chief foreign census research branch, 1963-1966, staff geographer, 1972-1974. Geografic advisor to census and statistics office population laboratory University North Carolina, Kenya, 1975.
Cartography adviser central bureau statistics development programme United Nations, Indonesia, 1978. Adjunct instructor George Washington University, American University, United States Department Agriculture Graduate School. Member advisory committee Pan-American Institute Geography and History, National Academy of Sciences, 1959-1962.
President Rolling Terrace Civic Association, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1958-1959, 64-65. Member Association American Geographers, Congress Surveying and Mapping.
Married Barbara Kathleen Dietrich, October 14, 1938 (deceased). Children: John Clark, Joan Elizabeth.
