Background
Poole, Sidman Parmelee was born on October 19, 1893 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Theodore Lewis and Carrie (Law) Poole.
Poole, Sidman Parmelee was born on October 19, 1893 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Theodore Lewis and Carrie (Law) Poole.
Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1921, Master of Science, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1932. Student Cambridge (England) University, 1925.
Instructor Syracuse University, 1921-1925. assistant professor of geography, 1925-1932, associate professor, 1932-1939, professor, 1939-1940. Summer lecturer Cornell University, 1932. Professor and chairman Department of Geography, University of Virginia, since September, 1946.
Director Virginia Geographical Institute since 1947.
Geographer to Syracuse Andean Expedition, 1930-1931, Syracuse Gaspe Expedition, 1933, director and geographer to Syracuse Yucatan Expedition, 1937-1938. Detailed field work in New York State, Vermont (with Vermont geological survey), upper Great Lakes region, Chicago area, England, Brittany, Venezuela, Gaspe and Yucatan.
Geographic advisor Air Command and staff schedul, Air University, Maxwell Field, Alabama since October 1946.
Served as First lieutenant, Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force, World War I. Member of the United States Board on Geography Names, 1943-1946. Fellow American Geography Society, Royal Geography Society.
Member National Council Geography Teachers (contributing. Member and Chairman of Commission on geographic education for world understanding), Association American Geographers (member commission on Atlas of the United States, inter-society commission on science foundation legislation), American Society for Professional Geographers (vice president 1947), American Unitarian Association (national director), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Gamma Delta.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Rachel Sumner, August 31, 1922.