Background
Cressey, George Babcock was born on December 15, 1896 in Tiffin, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank Graves and Minnie Frances (Babcock) Cressey.
Cressey, George Babcock was born on December 15, 1896 in Tiffin, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank Graves and Minnie Frances (Babcock) Cressey.
Bachelor of Science, Denison University, 1919, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1948. Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy (geology), 1923.
Student Yale, 1921-1922, College Chinese Studies Peking, 1923-1924, Harvard, 1929-1930.
Doctor of Philosophy (geography), Clark University, 1931.
Principal Walworth (New York) High School, 1919-1920. Assistant professor of University Shanghai, 1923-1929. Professor and department chairman geology and geography Syracuse University, 1931-1945, department chairman geografic, since 1945.
Visiting professor summers Harvard, 1930-1932, Western Reserve University, 1937, University of Michigan, 1939, Columbia, 1941-1944, China under Department State, 1943-1944, Stanford, 1945-1946.
Field work in Mongolia, Tibet and interior China, 1923-1929, 1943-1944. In Soviet Asia, 1923, 1937, 1944.
Geography consultant China, 1934, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1937, United States, 1941-1944. Delaware to Pacific Science Congress, Japan, 1926.
Java, 1929; delegate International Geological Congress, Soviet Union, 1937, England, 1948, Lisbon, Portugal, 1949.
Member International Geography Union (vice president 1947-1948, president 1949-1952). Geological Society American, Association American Geographers (councillor, 1947-1949), American Institute Pacific Relations. Member; Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Marion Holbrook Chatfield, June 29, 1925. Children: Marjorie Holbrook, Richard Chatfield, Frances Graves, Eleanor Earl.