Background
Logan, Richard Fink was born on June 1, 1914 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Oscar and Edith (Fink) Logan.
Logan, Richard Fink was born on June 1, 1914 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Oscar and Edith (Fink) Logan.
Bachelor of Arts, Clark University, 1936; Master of Arts, Clark University, 1937; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1949.
Instructor, Clark University, 1938-1942;
chief topographer, Babson Institute, 1938-1942;
instructor, Yale University, 1942-1946;
assistant professor, Connecticut College, 1944-1947;
instructor, Harvard University, 1947-1948;
faculty, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1948;
professor geography, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961-1984;
professor emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1984. Visiting professor of University Khartoum, Sudan, 1964, Stellenbosch U., South Africa, 1966, 73, Hebrew U., Israel, 1970, U. Alaska, 1982. Consultant environmental planning in California and S.W. Africa.
Also geography in elementary school curriculum. Specialist in utilization arid lands. Member committees National Research Council.
Member Los Angeles Geography Society (past president), California Geography Society, Association Pacific Coast Geographers.
Married Estelle Louise Field, September 3, 1939. Children: Sandra Margaret (Mistress Allen Svenningson), Janet Catherine (Mistress Harald Hanssen).