Background
Charlier, Roger Henri was born on November 10, 1921 in Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Armand Adolphe Joseph and Pauline Bernardine (Uyterhoeven) Charlier.
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Roger Henri Charlier
Edit Profilegeology geography and oceanography educator
Education
Licence in Pol. Administration Science, Free U. Brussels, 1941; licensed in science, Free U. Brussels, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy magna cum laude, Friedrich-Alexander U., Erlangen, Germany, 1947; diploma, Industrial College Armed Forces, Washington, 1952; Postdoctorate diploma, McGill University, Canada, 1953; Doctor of Letters magna cum laude, U. Paris, 1957; Doctor of Science summa cum laude, U. Paris, 1958.
Career
Department chairman geography, Polycultural U., Washington, 1951-1952;
department chairman physical science, Finch College, New York, 1952-1955;
department chairman geology and geography, Hofstra U., New York, 1955-1958;
professor earth science, Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa., 1960-1961;
Adjunct Professor, Union Graduate School, 1980-1995;
extraordinary professor, Vrije U. Brussels, 1971-1987;
professor geology, geography and oceanography, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1961-1987;
professor, U. de Bordeaux, France, 1970-1974, 76-78;
professor emeritus, Northeastern Illinois U., since 1986;
professor emeritus, Vrije U. Brussels, since 1988;
board directors, vice president European operations, Environmental Planning Group Inc., Houston, Moscow and Chicago, 1993-1997;
honorary professor, U. Bordeaux, since 1986. Visiting professor Polycultural U., summer 1953, 54, 55, University of Minnesota, 1959-1960, DePaul University, Chicago, 1965-1967, U. Autonoma de Baja, California, 1966-1967, U. Maryland., 1974-1976, 79-80, 83, U. Bordeaux, 1970-1974, 83-84. Guest lecturer New York University,1953-1957.
Visiting lecturer CUNY, 1957-1958, U. Aix-Marseille, France, 1958-1960. Professor suppléant U. Paris, 1958-1959. Deputy director United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1945-1946.
Director USNDEA Title III, 1967, 69. Special consultant Illinois Superintendent Public Instruction, 1967, 68, 70, 71. Executive director Institute Development of Riverine and Estuarine Studies, 1974-1976, executive president, since 1980.
Executive advisor International Division Dolmen Engineering, Belgium, 1982-1984. Science advisor SOPEX N.V., Antwerp, 1988-1989, HAECON N.V., Ghent, Belgium, 1984-1988,89-.
Achievements
Membership
Major Belgian Military Intelligence, 1940-1945. Fellow Geological Society American, New Jersey Academy Science (president 1954-1957, past president 1957-1958). Member American Association of University Professors, International Association for History of Oceanography, Royal Belgian Society Geography Studies, Royal Flemish Association Engineers, European Federation Consulting Engineers Assns., Order Consulting Engineers (Belgium), MarineTech.
Society (education committee).
Connections
Married Marie Helen Glennon (deceased 1956). Married Patricia Mary Simonet, June 17, 1958. Children: Constance C.P., Jean Armand-Leonard.
