Editor's Note

Southeastern Geographer Vol. XXXXIII, No. 2, November 2003, pp. 315-316 EDITOR'S NOTE This issue concludes my tenure as editor ofthe Southeastern Geographer, having served in this capacity since 1992, a most enjoyable 12-year stint. Numerous people should be thanked for providing service and assistance over these past dozen years. Jodie Traylor Guy, who was Assistant Editor from 1996 through 2003, deserves special commodation, as does Ann Berryman who preceded Jodie as assistant to the editor, and Lindy Jordan and then Jordana Rich before her. I also thank Robert Maxwell Beavers for serving as Cartography Editor for the May 1998 through the May 1999 issues, and I thank Thomas W. Hodler for his services as Cartographic Editor from November 1999 through 2003. Thanks go to the several heads ofthe Department of Geography at the University of Georgia who strongly supported this editorial enterprise: Drs. Clifton W. Pannell, George A. Brook, Vernon Meentemeyer, and Kavita Pandit. I particularly appreciate Dr. Andy Bond for his personally overseeing the many technical and procedural production issues of the journal at Bellwether Publishing, Ltd, Columbia, Maryland. I thank the several editorial committees, whose members served with thorough and prompt reviews (1992-1995): Robert T. Aangeenburg, Susan Brooker-Gross, David R. Butler, John Fraser Hart, Sally P. Horn, David A Howarth, Tim W. Hudson, Gerald L. Ingalls, Hsiang-Te Kung, Julian V. Minghi, Kavita Pandit, Lizbeth Ann PyIe, Jeffrey P. Richetto, Susan Roberts, Ira M Sheshin, Stephen J. Walsh, Douglas C. Wilms, Bobby M. Wilson, and Zhi-Yong (John) Yin; (19961999 ): Melvin C. Barber, Thomas D. Boswell, David R. Butler, Susan L. Cutter, Carol P. Harden, John Fraser Hart, Howard G. Johnson, Janet E. Kodras, Joseph T. Manzo, Dorothy S. Mason, Jesse O. McKee, Vernon Meentemeyer, Joseph W. Nicholas, Kathleen C. Parker, Karl B Raitz, Wilma Walker, Gerald R. Webster, and Donald J. Zeigler; (2000-2003): Derek H. Alderman, Stephen S. Birdsall, Thomas D. Boswell, Dawn S. Bowen, Stanley D. Brunn, Susan L. Cutter, Keith G. Debbage, Eric J. Fournier, Owen J. Furuseth, Douglas W. Gamble, Joseph E. Garcia, Patricia P. Gilmartin, Carol P. Harden, John Fraser Hart, Merrill L. Johnson, Hsiang-Te Kung, David S. Leigh, Ronald L. Mitchelson, Joann Mossa, Kathleen C. Parker, Lizbeth Ann PyIe, Peter T Soulé, and Susan M. Walcott. I also thank the hundreds of other manuscript reviewers not on the Editorial Committee. Hearty appreciation is also extended to the treasurers of SEDAAG with whom I have worked: Lizbeth Ann PyIe, West Virginia University (1992-1993); Julie Elbert, University of Southern Mississippi (1994-1995); Kavita Pandit, University of Georgia (1996-1997); John J. Winberry, University of South Carolina (1998 2001); and Susan M. Walcott, Georgia State University (2002-2003). In addition, sincere thanks to all members ofthe SEDAAG Executive Committees and Steering Committees (1992-2003), and especially the SEDAAG presidents who have championed the Southeastern Geographer and supported my editorship: Karl B. Raitz 316JAMES O. WHEELER (1992-1993) University of Kentucky; Lizbeth Ann PyIe, West Virginia University (1994-1995); Susan Brooker-Gross, Virginia Tech (1996-1997); Kavita Pandit, University ofGeorgia (1998-1999); Tyrel G. Moore, University ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte (2000-2001); and Ronald L. Mitchelson, East Carolina University (2002present ). And of course, the journal could not have been published without the manuscripts submitted by the many authors and the willing revisions they made. During my tenure, I received nearly 350 manuscripts, of which 156 were published, an acceptance rate of45%. 1 end by confessing that my duties as editor ??Southeastern Geographer have been the most enjoyable and satisfying in my now 48 years as a student of geography. Future manuscript submissions to the journal should be sent to the incoming editors : Drs. Derek H. Alderman and Scott A. Lecce, Department of Geography, East Carolina University, Brewster A-227, Greenville, NC 27858. E-mail: Aldermand@ mail.ecu.edu and lecces@mail.ecu.edu. James O. Wheeler, Editor Southeastern Geographer The Merle Prunty, Jr, Professor Emeritus of Geography Department of Geography University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2502 E-mail:jowheel@uga.edu ...