Background

Demko, George Joseph was born on April 10, 1933 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Anna (Scarba) Demko.

Education

Bachelor of Science, West Chester University, 1958. Master of Science, Southern Illinois University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1964.

Postgraduate, Moscow State University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Doctor of Science (honorary), Shawnee State University of Ohio, 1995.

Career

Instructor Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1963-1964. Assistant professor Indiana University, Bloomington, 1964-1965. Professor Ohio State University, Columbus, 1965-1983.

Program director Geography and Regional Science, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1983-1984. The Geographer, director Office of The Geographer, State Department, 1984-1989. Director Rockefeller Center for Social Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1989-1995, professor geography, since 1989.

Consultant International Research and Exchanges Board, Princeton, New Jersey, 1970-1995, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1979-1980, Microsoft Corporation, since 1992. Head subcommission on geography, United States/Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Princeton, 1980-1991. Adjunct professor Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Columnist Mystery Review, Mysteries Online.

Achievements

• George Joseph Demko has been listed as a noteworthy geographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Reordering The World: Geopolitical Perspectives On The Twenty-first Century

    (Providing a geopolitical analysis of current global issue...)

  • Reordering The World: Geopolitical Perspectives On The 21st Century, Second Edition

    ( Using an integrative approach to international relation...)

  • The Russian Colonization of Kazakhstan: 1896-1916
  • Why in the World: Adventures in Geography

    (Geographical illiteracy is shockingly pervasive.  In this...)

  • The Russian Colonization of Kazakhstan (Uralic and Altaic)

    (First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)

  • Why in the World Adventures in Geography

    (399 pages)

  • Why in the World: Adventures in Geography by George Demko (1992-04-01)
  • The Russian colonization of Kazakhstan, 1896-1916 (Indiana University publications. Uralic and Altaic series)
  • Reordering The World: Geopolitical Perspectives On The 21st Century, Second Edition 2nd edition by Demko, George J (1998) Paperback
  • Why in the World: Adventures in Geography by George Demko, Jerome Agel (1992) Paperback

Membership

Sergeant United States Marine Corps, 1951-1954, Korea. Member Association American Geographers (president 1986-1988), American Association for Advancementof Slavic Studies (executive director 1969-1974), Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (academic advisor 1982-1986), Russian Geography Society (honorary).

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, squash, piano.

Connections

Married Jeanette Edwina Small, August 29, 1959. Children: Megan, Kerstin.

Father:

George Demko

Mother:

Anna (Scarba) Demko

Spouse:

Jeanette Edwina Small

child:

Megan Demko

child:

Kerstin Demko