Background
Cunningham, Floyd Franklin was born on December 24, 1899 in Flat Rock, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl Homer and Lillie Alberta (Seitzinger) Cunningham.
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Floyd Franklin Cunningham
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Student Eastern Illinois; graduate University of Chicago, 1926-1927.
Career
Teacher rural schools, Crawford County, Illinois, 1918-1922. Principal Emerson School, Berwyn, Illinois, 1925-1927. Instructor geography Illinois State University, 1925.
Professor, head department geography U. North Alabama, Florence, 1929-1947, director visual education, 1938-1947, instructor civil air regulations, air navigation and meteorology, 1939-1942.
Visiting professor geography George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, summer 1935. Professor geography American University, Biarritz, France, 1945-1946.
Lecturer in geography, information and education division United States Army in Germany and Austria, 1946. Fulbright lecturer in geography American U. and Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1953-1954.
Professor, department chairman geography Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1955-1958, professor geography, director laboratory climatology, 1958-1966, professor emeritus, 1966-1984.
Distinguished visiting professor geography Western Kentucky University, 1966-1970.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Shipping Board in Canada, England and Germany, 1919. Fellow National Council for Geography Education (president 1941-1943), American Geography Society. Member Association American Geographers, American Association of University Professors (president Southern Illinois chapter 1959-1960), Illinois Geography Society (president 1948-1949), Illinois Academy Science, National Travelers.
Kiwanian (life member).
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April 22, 1984 (aged 84) -
Nationality
American -
Political Party
Democrat