Background
Barrows, Harlan H. was born on April 15, 1877 in Armada, Michigan, United States. Son of David H. and Lucy Elizabeth (Tenney) Barrows.
Barrows, Harlan H. was born on April 15, 1877 in Armada, Michigan, United States. Son of David H. and Lucy Elizabeth (Tenney) Barrows.
Graduate Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, 1896, Pd.M., 1912. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1903, postgraduate 1903-1906.
July 23, 1913); 1 son, Robert Harlan (deceased). Married second, Adda B. Weber, September 4, 1915. Children—Dorothy Elizabeth, Jean.
Assistant in geology, 1904-1907, instructor geology and geography, 1907-1908, assistant professor, 1908-1910, associate professor geography, 1910-1914, professor since 1914, department chairman, 1919-1942, professor emeritus since 1942, University of Chicago Head country section Bureau Research, United States War Trade Board, 1918.
Member Mississippi Valley Committee, Federal Emergency Administration Public Works, 1933-1934. Member Water Planning Committee National Resources Board, 1934-1935, Water Resources Committee 1935-1941. Member President's Great Plains Committee, 1936.
Member Association American Geographers (president 1922), Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Company-Author: Elements of Geology (with Eliot Blackwelder).
Married Janie East. Gleason, August 16, 1898 (deceased. Married second, Adda B. Weber, September 4, 1915. Children: Dorothy Elizabeth, Jean.