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Brueckheimer, William Rogers was born on August 19, 1921 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Son of Albert Gustav and Lucille (Schwartz) Brueckheimer.
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William Rogers Brueckheimer, American Social science educator. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow Royal Geography Society; member Association American Geographers (chairman East Lakesdiv. 1957-1958), Michigan Schoolmasters Club (chairman geography section 1958-1959), National, Florida Audubon societies, Florida Society Geographers, Leon County Society Geographers and Anthropologists.
Education
Student, Wabash College, Crawfordville, Indiana, 1942. Master of Arts in Social Science, University Chicago, 1949. Master of Arts in Geography, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1952.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1953.
Career
Instructor geography, Florida State University, 1949-1951;
teaching fellow, instructor geography, University of Michigan, 1951-1953;
assistant professor, then associate professor geography, Southern State College, Magnolia, Arkansas, 1953-1955;
faculty, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, 1955-1964;
professor geography and geology, head department, Western Michigan U., 1958-1964;
professor, head department geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1964-1971;
director, London Study Center, 1971-1972;
professor department geography, Florida State University, 1972-1990;
director interdisciplinary program in social science, Florida State University, 1979-1985;
visiting scholar, University of Michigan, 1974. Member Florida Governor's Resource Use Education Committee, 1964-1971. Member of advisory board Tall Timbers Research, Inc.
Foundation Economics Education fellow, summer 1955. HenryL. Beadel fellow Tall Timbers Research Station, summers 1973-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow Royal Geography Society. Member Association American Geographers (chairman East Lakesdiv.
1957-1958), Michigan Schoolmasters Club (chairman geography section 1958-1959), National, Florida Audubon societies, Florida Society Geographers, Leon County Society Geographers and Anthropologists.
Connections
Married Mary Ellen Roe, November 7, 1942. Children: William Rogers, David Rogers, Suzanne Rogers.
