Background
Lounsbury, John Frederick was born on October 26, 1918 in Perham, Minnesota, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Maude (Knight) Lounsbury.
Lounsbury, John Frederick was born on October 26, 1918 in Perham, Minnesota, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Maude (Knight) Lounsbury.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1942; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1951.
Assistant director rural land classification program Insular Government, Puerto Rico, 1949-1952. Consultant, research analyst Dayton Metropolitan Studies, Inc., Ohio, 1957-1960. Chairman department earth science, professor geography Antioch College, 1951-1961.
Professor geography, head department geography and geology Eastern Michigan University, 1961-1969. Chairman department geography Arizona State University, 1969-1977. Director Center for Environmental Studies, 1977-1980.
Professor emeritus Arizona State University, from 1987. Project director Geography in Liberal Education Project, Association American Geographers, National Science Foundation, 1963-1965, project director commission on college geography, 1965-1974. Director environment based education project United States.
Office Education, 1974-1975. Director spatial analysis of land use project National Science Foundation, 1975-1985.
Member Yellow Springs Planning Commission, Ohio, director research, 1957-1960. Member Ypsilanti Planning Commission, 1961-1966. Research committee Washtenaw County Planning Commission, 1961-1969.
Member consultant Ypsilanti Industrial Development Corporation, 1961-1963. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences.
Member Association American Geographers (chairman East Lakes division 1959-1961, member national executive council 1961-1964, chairman liberal education committee 1961-1965), National Council Geography Education (chairman earth science committee 1961-1968, regional coordinator 1961-1963, member executive board 1968-1971, 77-83, vice president 1977-1978, president 1979-1980, Distinguished Service award 1988, Distinguished Mentor award 1990), Michigan Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters (chairman public relations committee 1964-1969, past chairman geography section), Ohio Academy of Sciences (past executive vice president), Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arizona Academy of Sciences, American Geography Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Gamma Theta Upsilon.
Married Dorothea Frances Eggers, October 3, 1943. Children— John Frederick, Craig Lawrence, James Gordon.