Background
Starkey, Otis PAul was born on April 14, 1906 in Buffalo. Son of Frederick Robinson and Laura Magdalene (Hirsch) Starkey.
Starkey, Otis PAul was born on April 14, 1906 in Buffalo. Son of Frederick Robinson and Laura Magdalene (Hirsch) Starkey.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1927. AM, Columbia University, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1939.
Instructor economics Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, 1927-1928, editorial work on texts, 1928-1931. Instructor, later assistant professor geography University Pennsylvania, 1931-1942. Lecturer Columbia University, 1945-1946, summer 1948.
Professor geography Indiana University, 1946-1986, chairman department, 1946-1956.
Geographer Military Intelligence, G/2 War Department, 1942-1945. With Office of Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, State Department, 1945-1946. Member Association American Geographers, American Geography Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Council Geography Teachers, Indiana Academy of Sciences, Indiana State Teachers Association, Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Gamma Museum.
Married Eleanor De Vere Stoddard, November 24, 1932 (deceased July 1958). Married second, Evelyn Saxton Locke, June 25, 1960.