Background
Visher, Stephen Sargent was born on December 15, 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Review John and Julia (Sargent) Visher.
Visher, Stephen Sargent was born on December 15, 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Review John and Julia (Sargent) Visher.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1909, Master of Science, 1910, Doctor of Philosophy, 1914. Master of Arts University of South Dakot, 1912. Fellow University of Chicago and Yale.
1 daughter Peggy Mildred. Instructor geology, University of South Dakot, 1910-1913. Professor geography, State College Moorhead, Minnesota, 1915-1918.
Land classifier United States Geological Survey, 1918-1919.
Professor geography Indiana U. since 1919. Professor summers, U. Colorado, 1925, Cornell Univercity, 1926, 27, 30, University of Pennsylvania, 1928, University of British Columbia, 1937, 40.
Research professor University of Indiana, 1957-1958. Acting associate geographer, unites states department of State, 1931-1932.
Member University of Chicago ecological expedition to Alaska, 1907. Member Yale Indiana Expedition South Seas, Australia, Far East, 1921-1922. Fellow Geological Society American, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society, Royal Meteorological Society, Indiana Academy Science (president 1950), Association American Geographers (vice president 1933), Geographic Association (British), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Martha Bolks, June 20, 1914 (deceased 1949). Married second, Halene Hatcher, March 21, 1951. Children: Ruth (Mistress Doctorate. A. Smalley), John Edwin, Paul Sargent, Mary (Mistress R. L. Mayer).