GEOGRAPHY PROFESSOR EMERITUS PASSES AWAY
October 06, 2008
October 06, 2008
MACOMB, Ill., Oct. 6 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release:
Ronald E. Nelson, 73, professor emeritus of geography at Western Illinois University, passed away Oct. 5 at his home in Macomb.
He joined the Western Illinois geography department faculty in 1964. Throughout his 31-year tenure, he taught cultural and regional geography and graduate methodology; served as the department's graduate committee chair for several years; and served on ma . . .
Ronald E. Nelson, 73, professor emeritus of geography at Western Illinois University, passed away Oct. 5 at his home in Macomb.
He joined the Western Illinois geography department faculty in 1964. Throughout his 31-year tenure, he taught cultural and regional geography and graduate methodology; served as the department's graduate committee chair for several years; and served on ma . . .