Jeffrey Allman Gritzner

Background

Gritzner, Jeffrey Allman was born on January 10, 1941 in Newaygo, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Frederick II and Laura Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Gritzner.

Education

Student, Arizona State University, 1959-1961; student, Earlham College, 1961-1962; AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1966; postgraduate, Royal University Lund, Sweden, 1966; postgraduate, U. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1970; postgraduate, École Supérieur de Commerce, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1970; AM, University of Chicago, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1986.

Career

Agronomist, Peace Corps, Ahwaz, Iran, 1962-1964; technical director, Agricola du Tchad, N'Djamena, Chad, 1974-1975; instructor, department chairman geography, geology and anthropology, Trinidad (Colorado) State Junior College, 1975-1978; instructor department physical science, curator college music, Trinidad (Colorado) State Junior College, 1975-1978; director program for investigation of natural hazards, Trinidad (Colorado) State Junior College, 1977; senior program officer, NAS, Washington, 1978-1988; senior associate, World Resources Institute, Washington, 1988-1989; research professor, U. Montana, Missoula, since 1989; director Public Policy Research Institute, U. Montana, Missoula, since 1989. Member of commission World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, since 1980. Consultant United Nations, New York City, since 1981.

Sessional lecturer Foreign Svc. Institute Department State, 1983-1989.

Achievements

• Jeffrey Allman Gritzner has been listed as a noteworthy Geographer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The West African Sahel: Human Agency and Environmental Change (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers)
  • Environmental degradation in Mauritania: Staff report
  • Staff report: Environmental degradation in Mauritania : a report of working discussions held by officials of the Government of the Islamic Republic of ... on the Sahel, Mauritania, Sept. 15-24, 1979

Membership

President Hollin Meadows Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1984-1985. Member citizen's task force Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools, 1984-1985. Coordinator committee Center for United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Initiatives, San Francisco, 1988-1989.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Environmental History, Association American Geographers, Hakluyt Society, Gamma Theta Upsilon.

Connections

Married Yvonne Gastineau, January 4, 1969. Children: Jason Montague, Ingeborg, Justus Gallatin.

Father:

Charles Frederick II Gritzner

Mother:

Laura Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Gritzner

Spouse:

Yvonne Gastineau

child:

Jason Montague Gritzner

child:

Ingeborg Gritzner

child:

Justus Gallatin Gritzner