Background
Bunkse, Edmunds Valdemars was born on July 29, 1935 in Liepaja, Latvia. Son of Jekabs Bunkse and Anna Leontine Bucholts Birznieks. came to the United States, 1950.
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Bunkse, Edmunds Valdemars was born on July 29, 1935 in Liepaja, Latvia. Son of Jekabs Bunkse and Anna Leontine Bucholts Birznieks. came to the United States, 1950.
AB, Syracuse University, 1962. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1973.
Dr honoris causa (honorary), University Latvia, 1991.
Teaching assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1965; instructor, College Holy Names, Oakland, California, 1965-1967; cartographer, Association Bay Area Govts., Berkeley, 1965; instructor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1969-1973; assistant professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1973-1980; associate professor department geography, U. Delaware, Newark, since 1980; director London program, U. Delaware, Newark, 1991. Visiting Fulbright professor of University Latvia, Riga, 1990, Adjunct Professor, since 1995. Assoc.prodr. Latvian television, Riga, 1992-1995.
Member of committee CIES-Fulbright Selection, Washington, 1992-1995, Danish-Latvian Cooperative, 1990-1995. In education reform U. Latvia, Riga, since 1992. Member Arden (Delaware) Preservation, 1997.
Member promotion and Doctor Habilis committee U. Latvia. Member Latvian Academy Science (foreign), Fulbright Alumni Association, Association American Geographers, Eastern History Geography Association, Association Latvian Geographers, Lidums.
Married Moira Daly (divorced). Elizabeth Murray Sutherland, February 9, 1988 (divorced). Married Grizelda Astrida Liepins, October 15, 1995.
Children: Andrejs, Margarita.