Background
Fish, Merle Gerald was born on January 26, 1939 in Findlay, Ohio, United States. Son of Merle Gerald and Peggy Fish.
Fish, Merle Gerald was born on January 26, 1939 in Findlay, Ohio, United States. Son of Merle Gerald and Peggy Fish.
AB, San Francisco State University, 1968; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
Assistant professor geography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1976-1979; visiting lecturer, U. Louisville, spring, 1979; visiting assistant professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1979-1980, 81-82; visiting assistant professor, U. Maryland., Catonsville, 1980-1981; lecturer (British rank), College of the Bahamas, Nassau, 1983-1985; assistant professor geography and biology, Winthrop U., Rock Hill, South Carolina., since 1985. Visiting assistant professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, summer 1983.
Member National Council for Geography Education, Association American Geographers, South Carolina. Academy Sciences (councillor 1991-1993), Association for Canada Studies in the United States.
Married Beverly Jean Parker, July 1, 1964 (divorced 1979). Married Carmalita Palaruan Manuel, October 13, 1987. 1 child, Marilou Manuel Blanco.