February, 2002

NAME:                                William G. Loy

BIRTHPLACE:                     Dawson, New Mexico, October 13, 1936

MARITAL STATUS:            Married, three children

PROFESSION:                     Professor, Department of Geography, University of Oregon

EDUCATION:

B.A. Cum Laude, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1954-1958

M.S., University of Chicago, 1961-1962

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1962-1967

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1958-1961            Assistant Hydrographic Officer, USS Tanner (AGS-15)

1962                     Spring semester, Instructor, Economics Department, Loyola of Chicago

1962-1967            Teaching Assistant and Staff Cartographer, University of Minnesota, Geography Department

1965-1966            Foreign Field Research Grant, National Academy Sciences for field research in Greece

1967-1973            Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Geography Department

1973-1980            Associate Professor, University of Oregon, Geography Department

1980-1997            Full Professor, University of Oregon, Geography Department

1980-1981            Senior Fulbright Scholar, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

1981-1984            Head, Department of Geography

1995-1996                 Senior Fulbright Scholar, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

1997-present                    Emeritus Professor, University of Oregon, Geography Department

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The creation of state or regional atlases, including the efficient production of maps in color utilizing computer graphics.

Geographic name research.

The use of graphics and imagery in primary and secondary education.

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Executive Secretary, Society of the Sigma Xi, 1969-1971

President, Oregon Academy of Science, 1972-1973

Director, Atlas of Oregon Project, 1973-1976

Member, Lane County Willamette Greenway Advisory Committee, 1975-1980

Member, State Mapping Advisory Committee, 1977-present

Member, Oregon Geographic Names Board, 1980-present

Member, Editorial Board of Names:  American Name Society, 1982‑-2002

President, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, 1987-88

Editor, U.S. National Report to International Cartographic Association, 1987

Director, American Cartographic Association, 1987-1990

Vice-chair, Cartography Specialty Group, Assn. Am. Geog., 1992-1993

Chair, Cartography Specialty Group, Assn. Am. Geog., 1993-1994

Membership Committee Chair, Pacific Coast Geog., 1994-1998

Editor, Atlas of Oregon, 2^nd Ed. 1998-2001

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

Chair, Advisory Committee to the Development Fund, 1971-72

Chair, ROTC Advisory Committee, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995

Member, ROTC Advisory Committee, (several times)

Elected committees:  Faculty Senate (twice); Graduate Council

University Speakers Service Program (several years)

HONORS:

Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, 1977 (commendation for Atlas of Oregon)

Fellow, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, 1988

Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1990

Distinguished Service Award, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, 1991

PUBLICATIONS:

"The Formation of the Duluth-Superior Harbor," Proceedings of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 31, No. 1, 1963, p. 28-35.

"The Evolution of Bay-Head Bars in Western Lake Superior," Publication No. 10, Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, 1963, pp. 150‑157.

"Park Point Drifted to Duluth," Duluth News-Tribune (Sunday feature section), July 14, 1963.

"The Late Bronze Age Landscape of the Southwest Peloponnese," Dissertation Abstracts:  The Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 28B, No. 12, Part 1 (1968). p. 5095-B (abstract).

"Air-Photo Interpretation in Archaeologic Area Studies," Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 59, No. 1, 1969. pp. 191‑192 (abstract).

"The Land of Nestor:  A Method of Resource Analysis," American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 73, No. 2, 1969. p. 241 (abstract).

"The British Bookseller," Professional Geographer, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1970. p. 131.

The Land of Nestor:  A Physical Geography of the Southwest Peloponnese.  Foreign Field Research Program Report No. 34.  Washington, D.C.:  National Academy of Sciences, 1970.  163 pp.

"Continental Drift," Oregon Geographer, Vol. 5, No. 3 (1971).  pp. 9-10.

"Elementary Field Mapping," The Minnesota Geographer, Vol. 24 (1972).  p. 25‑31.

Minnesota Messenia Expedition:  Reconstructing a Bronze Age Environment
(William A. McDonald and George Rapp, eds.).  1972.  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.  Designed all forty-four (44) of the figures, and twenty-two (22) separate maps.  Chapter 2 (with Jesse Fant) "Surveying and Mapping," pp. 18‑35; Chapter 3 (with H.E. Wright, Jr.) "The Physical Setting," pp. 36‑46.

An Atlas of Lane County Agriculture, with Richard Mitchener.  1972.  Lane Council of Governments, Eugene. 69 pp.

A Preliminary Atlas of Oregon.  University of Oregon Press, Eugene.  1972.  An inexpensive volume designed primarily for class use.  180 pp.

"The Diapositive in Education," Photogrammetric Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 1 (January, 1973).  pp. 41-42.

"Creating a County Agricultural Atlas," The Journal of Geography, Vol. 72, No. 4 (April, 1973).  pp. 8-12.

"Using Air Photos," Instructor, Vol. 82, No. 8 (April, 1973).  p. 122.

"Using Air Images in the Elementary Grades," Audiovisual Instruction, Vol. 18, No. 10 (December, 1973).  pp. 46-47.

"The Value of a Bad Map," Yearbook, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Vol. 36, 1974.  p. 161 (abstract).

"Towards a More Geographic Gazetteer," Yearbook, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Vol. 38, 1976.  pp. 126-127 (abstract).

Atlas of Oregon, with Stuart Allan, Clyde Patton and Robert Plank.  1976.  University of Oregon Books.  224 pp.

Basic Manual Supplement:  Oregon, to Remote Sensing:  A Handbook for Archaeologists and Cultural Resource Managers with C. Melvin Aikens, Michael D. Southard, and Richard C. Hanes, 1981.  Government Printing Office.

"Colorful Yet Simple:  The Color Chart of the Atlas of Oregon, Association of American Geographers Program Abstracts, 1977.  p. 164 (abstract).

"Team Projects:  Principles and Pitfalls," Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Vol. 14, 1978.  pp. 109-110 (abstract).

Gazetteer of Lane County, Oregon:  A Systematic Approach.  1979.  Department of Geography, University of Oregon publication for class use.  107 pp.

"State Atlas Creation," The American Cartographer, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1980.  pp. 105-121.

Guide to the Aerial Imagery of Ireland.  1981.  Department of Geography, Trinity College, Dublin.  17 pp.

"Recent Comprehensive Atlases of North American States or Provinces."  1982.  Society of University Cartographers Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 2, p. 79 (note).

"State Atlases," The American Cartographer, Supplement to Vol. 11, Summer 1984, Special Issue U.S. National Report to ICA, 1984, pp. 41-42.

"Editing Geographic Names Data Files," Yearbook, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Vol. 48, 1986, p. 199 (abstract).

U.S. National Report to ICA, 1987, Special issue of The American Cartographer, Vol. 14, No. 3, July 1987, pp. 196-291.  Organizer and editor of issue.

"Geographic Names in Geography," Yearbook, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Vol. 51, 1989, pp. 7-24 (Presidential address).

"Maps to Places in Cartographic Instruction," Association of American Geographers, Program and Abstracts, AAG/Baltimore, 1989, p. 123 (abstract).

"So You Want Me to Make You a Map?" Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Vol. 26, February, 1990, p. 45 (abstract).

"Communicating With a Cartographer," North American Cartographic Information Society, Program and Abstracts, NACIS X, 1990, p. 23 (abstract).

"Sample Cartography Lab Statement,"  Cartographic Perspectives, No. 8, Winter 1990-91, pp. 12-13.

“ExplOregon:  A Geographic Tour of Oregon,” a CD-ROM, University of Oregon, 1995, with Michael Holcomb, Jim Meacham, Cameron Mitchell, Gary H. Searl, et al.

Atlas of Oregon, 2^nd Ed., with Stuart Allan, Aileen Buckley, Jim Meacham et al. 2001. University of Oregon Press. 302 pp.

SELECTED BOOK REVIEWS:

Atlas of Florida in The American Cartographer, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1983.  pp. 77‑78.

Portland Names and Neighborhoods:  Their Historic Origins in Names, Vol. 32, No. 1, 1984.  p. 82.

Atlas of Colorado in Information Bulletin, Western Association of Map Libraries, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1985.  p. 64.

Elements of Cartography (5th Ed.), in The American Cartographer, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1986. pp. 275-276.

Redmond:  Where the Desert Blooms, in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 3, 1986.  p. 114.

The Atlas of Pennsylvania in Information Bulletin, Western Association of Map Libraries, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1990.  pp. 120-122.

A Concise Historical Atlas of Pennsylvania, in Information Bulletin, Western Association of Map Libraries, Vol. 22, No. 1, 990, pp. 68-69.

Map Use and Analysis, in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1992.  pp. 54-55.

The Historical Atlas of Canada, Vol. III, in Cartographic Perspectives, No. 7, Fall 1990, pp. 19-20.

Washington:  A Centennial Atlas, in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Vol. 82, No. 1, 1991, p. 36.

How to Lie with Maps, in Geo Info Systems, Vol. 2, No. 5, 1992, p. 82