The AAG Council has selected Professor Reginald Golledge to receive the Lifetime Achievement Honors of the Association of American Geographers for 2007. Every year the AAG recognizes outstanding members in research, in education, and for lifetime achievement in geography—no more than six individuals may be recommended for AAG Honors in a given year. Reg’s award will be presented at the AAG’s Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon on April 21. To quote the AAG Honors Committee:
Reginald (“Reg”) Golledge is recognized by the AAG for his truly distinguished career as a geographer and AAG member and for his numerous and outstanding contributions to geographic theory and practice. Reg has made important contributions within the industrial, transportation, behavioral, and quantitative realms of geography, and he played a pivotal role in developing behavioral geography. His work on spatial cognition, spatial learning, and “way finding,” especially by people with sight disabilities, has been fundamental. Reg has been widely recognized, especially for his many research contributions and his efforts to increase the independence of sight-impaired people. Among his many honors are election as President of the AAG, as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and as Guggenheim Fellow. Reg also won the International Geographers Gold Medal from the Institute of Australian Geographers, Academic Honors from the AAG, and the Grosvenor Medal for Geographic Education.
Reg has been a Professor of Geography at UCSB since 1977, he served as the Department Chair from 1980 to 1984, and he has written or edited fifteen books, over ninety chapters in books, and over 200 journal articles and research reports. The Reginald Golledge Distinguished Lectureship in Geography was instituted in Reg’s honor in 1984 when he became legally blind. For more, see .
