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Southeastern Geographer Vol. 28, No. 1, May 1988, pp. 49-50 REVIEW OF THE FORTY-SECOND MEETING, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA Charles F. Kovacik The Forty-Second Meeting of the Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers was held in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 22—24 at the Adam's Mark Hotel. Host for the meeting was the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Wayne A. Walcott chaired the Local Arrangements Committee. The official registration count was 326. The program for the meeting included three field trips, five scheduled meetings, one workshop, and sixty-seven papers that were presented in sixteen sessions. Members of the Division were welcomed by Sue Myrick, Mayor of Charlotte, and James H. Werntz, Jr., Vice Chancellor ofAcademic Affairs, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, at a reception which opened the meeting. The reception included a musical and pictorial presentation that illustrated the geographic relationships between the Appalachian and Scottish Highlands. Master of Ceremonies was Alfred W Stuart. Charles S. Aiken, President ofthe Southeastern Division, presided at the Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday morning. President Aiken announced that Thomas L. Bell had been elected the new President and Jesse O. McKee had been elected to a second term as Treasurer. Newly elected State Representatives were Jeffrey P. Richetto, Alabama; Harry J. Schaleman, Florida; David Howarth, Kentucky; Harlan G. Hawkins, South Carolina; and Lizbeth PyIe, West Virginia. J. Dennis Lord, Clifton W. Pannell, and Stephen S. Birdsall were elected to the Honors Committee at the Business Meeting with Birdsall assuming the committee chair. Ole Gade, Richard Ulack, and Patricia P. Gilmartin were elected to the Nominating Committee with Gilmartin assuming the committee chair. The Forty-Second Meeting concluded on Tuesday afternoon with the annual Honors Luncheon. Karl B. Raitz, who chaired the Honors Committee , announced that Pierre Osei Owusu, Georgia Institute of Technology , won the award for best paper at the Master's level and that Peter T. Soulé, University of Georgia, won the award for best paper at the doctoral level. The 1987—88 Merle C. Prunty Scholarship was awarded to Jefferson J. Beeckler of Western Kentucky University. Raitz also an- 50Southeastern Geographer nounced that three new categories of Honors have been established by the Division in addition to Honorary Life Membership: (1) Outstanding Service Award, (2) Research Honors Award, and (3) Lifetime Achievement Award. The luncheon speaker was Terry G. Jordan, President of the Association of American Geographers. Dr. Jordan presented a lively address entitled "The American Backwoods Frontier: An Ethno-Ecological Interpretation." Many members of our Division continue to work hard at enhancing both the presence of geography and the quality of its instruction in the precollegiate public school curriculum. Howard G. Johnson, Jacksonville State University, organized a workshop which provided an opportunity for teachers to discuss and share their National Geographic Society Summer Institute experiences. The Committee on Geography in Education sponsored a special session which focused on the activities of several Geographic Alliances in the southeast. Six ofthe ten states in our Division have approved Alliances. Dr. Kovacik is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, SC 29208. He served as Vice President and Program Chairman of the Division during 1987. ...

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