Background
Tobler, Waldo Rudolph was born on November 16, 1930 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Verner and Hanny (Urech) Tobler.
Tobler, Waldo Rudolph was born on November 16, 1930 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Verner and Hanny (Urech) Tobler.
Bachelor, University Washington, 1955. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1961.
Doctor honorary, University Zurich, 1988.
Assistant planner Pierce County, Tacoma, 1958-1959. Assistant professor to professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1961-1977. Professor University California, Santa Barbara, 1977-1994, research professor, since 1994.
Visiting professor University Minnesota-Minneapolis, 1968, University Zurich, Switzerland, 1973, Technology University Vienna, Austria, 1993. Chairman Mathematics Social Science Board, 1974. Council Regional Science Association, 1967-1969.
Research scientist International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, 1975.
Served to sergeant United States Army, 1948-1952. European Theatre of Operations. Fellow Royal Geograph.
Society (London); member Association American Geographers (Meritorius Service 1968), Association Computing Machinery, American Congress Surveying and Mapping, National academy Sciences, American Geography Society (honorary, O.M. MIller Cartographic medal 1989), National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (senior scientist National Science Foundation Center since 1989), Sierra Club, Swiss (Santa Barbara president 1980-1982, treasurer 1983-1985).
Married Dorothy Weix, December 27, 1957 (divorced 1979). Children: Stephen. Married Rachel Mendenhall, September 16, 1982.
