Duane Francis Marble

Background

Marble, Duane Francis was born on December 10, 1931 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Francis Augustus and Beulah Belle (Simmons) Marble.

Education

Bachelor, U. Washington, 1953; Master of Arts, U. Washington, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Washington, 1959.

Career

Assistant professor real estate, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1959; assistant professor regional science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1960-1963; from associate professor geography to professor geography, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1963-1973; associate director Transportation Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1966-1973; professor geography and computer science, State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst, New York, 1973-1987; professor geography and natural resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1987-1998; professor emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1998. Chairman of Commission on geografic data sensing and processing International Geography Union, 1980-1988. Board directors Castlereagh Enterprises, Phoenix.

Founder International Symposium Spatial Data Handling. Consultant on geografic information systems to the United States Bureau Census, United Nations, also private organizations.

Achievements

• Duane Francis Marble has been listed as a noteworthy Geography educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association American Geographers (honors 1993), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, Association Computing Machinery.

Connections

Married Jacquelynne Hardester, August 18, 1957. Children: Kimberley Eileen Beauclair, Douglas Craig.

Father:

Francis Augustus Marble

Mother:

Beulah Belle (Simmons) Marble

Spouse:

Jacquelynne Hardester

child:

Kimberley Eileen Beauclair Marble

child:

Douglas Craig Marble