Background
Royen, William Van was born on June 22, 1900 in Utrecht, Netherlands. Son of Willem and Christina (Schmelling) Van Royen.
Royen, William Van was born on June 22, 1900 in Utrecht, Netherlands. Son of Willem and Christina (Schmelling) Van Royen.
Master of Arts, Rijksuniversteit Utrecht, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, Clark University, 1928.
1 son, John Francis; married 3d, Wilhelmina Adriana de Bruyn, 1958,Jeanne. Came to the United States, 1926, naturalized, 1937. Under-secretary Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, New York City, 1928-1930.
Assistant professor geography U. Nebraska, 1930-1940.
Assistant professor economics Brooklyn College, 1940-1944 (partial leave). Acting chief timber unit, division supply and resources Board Economics Warfare, 1942-1943, chief plant foods unit, 1943-1944.
Professor geography U. Maryland., 1944-1966, head department geography, 1951-1966. Director division environmental science United States Army Research Office, 1966-1970.
Director research, editor Atlas of the World’s Resources, 1944-1951 (on leave, 1950-1951).
Senior staff member Operations Research Office, Department of Army and Johns Hopkins, 1950-1951, former member publication and review board. Operations analyst Headquarters 8th Army, Seoul, of Korea, 1950-1951. Collaborator Bureau Agricultural Economics United States Department of Agriculture, 1944-1966.
Former consultant Office Question Manager General.
Vice chairman Army Science Advisory Panel, 1961-1965. Consultant unites states department Commerce, 1957-1966.
Member American Society Professional Geographers (past president), Association American Geographers, Geological Society American, American Association University Professors, Royal Netherlands Geography Society (past director), American Geography Society, American Congress Surveying and Mapping.
Married Mary Shipman, 1931 (deceased). Married second, Irene Fetty, 1947 (divorced). Married 3d, Wilhelmina Adriana de Bruyn, 1958, 1 daughter, Annalisa Jeanne.
Children: Charles Putnam, William Shipman.