> The Robert McC. Netting Award is made each year by the Cultural Ecology
> Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers,
> [http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/destin/simon/cen/cesg.html] in recognition of
> distinguished research and professional activities that bridge geography
> and
> anthropology.
>
> In 1999, the award was made to Karl Butzer, Raymond C. Dickson Centennial
> Professor of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin.
>
> A testimonial by Bill Doolittle has just been published - please go to
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/destin/simon/cen/butzer.html. for the text. I
> welcome additional comments and photos.
>
> exerpts:
>
> "Publishing a classic only seven years after receiving one's doctorate is
> an
> accomplishment of the highest order. But then,
> receiving a doctorate before one's 23rd birthday is also impressive, as is
> publishing no fewer than two monographs and 32
> journal articles in the interim. Indeed, Karl accomplished more during the
> first seven years of his career than most scholars
> accomplish in a lifetime"
> "Karl the honoree is doubtless the most multidisciplinary scholar of all.
> And, given the disciplinary boundaries he transcends-geology and
> anthropology-he is arguably the most geographic of all geographers.
> Karl W. Butzer embodies the interdisciplinary spirit of cultural geography
> like no other scholar. He is, in so many ways, like
> Bob Netting himself."
>
> Dr Simon Batterbury
> Lecturer, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)
> LSE, Houghton St
> London WC2A 2AE, UK
> fax (+44) 020-7955-6844
> telephone (+44) 020-7955-7771 (direct) 7425 (general office)
> Web pages: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/destin/simon/homepage/simon1.html
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