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THE thirty-second annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers was held on December 30 January 1 at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. In the three-day session, seventy-two papers were presented, including six in the field of geomorphology, ten in meteorology and climate, twenty-two in regional geography, six in the field of population, and two in cartography. The remainder represented a diversity of subjects. The morning of January 1 was devoted to a symposium of “Land Utilisation”. The papers on this subject were presented by Prof. Lester E. Klimm of the University of Pennsylvania, Prof. H. M. Leppord of the University of Chicago, Prof. Loyal Durand, jun. of the University of Wisconsin, Dr. G. Donald Hudson of the Tennessee Valley Authority and Prof. K. C. McMurray of the University of Michigan. On the evening of December 31, the retiring president, Charles C. Colby of the University of Chicago, addressed the Association and guests on the subject of “Changing Currents of Geographical Thought in America”. The following officers were elected for 1936: President, Prof. W. H. Hobbs, University of Michigan; Vice-President, Dr. John K. Wright, librarian of the American Geographical Society; Secretary, Prof. P. E. James, University of Michigan; Treasurer, Prof. John E. Orchard, Columbia University; Members of Council, Col. Claude E. Birdseye, U.S. Geological Survey (one year), and Prof. R. J. Russell, Louisiana State University (three years).
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Association of American Geographers. Nature 137, 230 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137230c0
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