Background
Hitchcock, Charles Baker was born on March 16, 1906 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Esther Mary (Baker) Hitchcock.
Hitchcock, Charles Baker was born on March 16, 1906 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Esther Mary (Baker) Hitchcock.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1928. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1933. Doctor of Science (honorary), Temple University, 1954.
Joined American Geography Society, New York City, 1930, chief department Hispanic American research and assistant director, 1943-1948, acting director, 1949, executive secretary, director, 1956-1966, research associate, 1967-1969, chairman advisory committee American cartography, 1948-1969, research and development board, 1949. Member of advisory committee American Geography Pan American Institute Geography and History. Member of national atlas committee National Research Council.
Member of advisory committee census atlases Bureau Census.
Expeditions American Museum Natural History, Southern Venezuela, 1929, Phelps Venezuela, 1947-1949, 51-53, United States delegate to International Geography Congress, Amsterdam, 1938, Rio de Janeiro, 1956, London, England, 1964. United States delegate Pan American Institute Geography and History, Lima, 1941, Caracas, 1946, Buenos Aires, 1948, Santiago, Chile, 1950, Dominican Republic, 1952, Mexico, 1955, Ecuador, 1959, Stockholm, Sweden, 1960.
Alternate United States delegate to the Commission Cartography, from 1957.
Member of advisory committee American Geography Pan American Institute Geography and History. Member of national atlas committee National. Member Association American Geographers (treasurer, 1948-1949), Arctic Institute, New York Academy Sciences, Society Geography de Lima (correspondent.
Member), Society Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales (honorary), Scottish Geographical Society (honorary), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society American, National Geography Society (honorary).
Married Agnes Murchie, December 3, 1931. Married second, Anita Kincaid, January 19, 1957. Children: Gail, Suzanne, Esther Lee.