Dr. Dean S. Rugg (1923 - 2000)

Education:

Ph.D. University of Maryland (1962)
M.A. Northwestern University (1949)
B.S. Northwestern University (1947)

Research Interests

Urban Geography, Eastern Europe, and the History of Geographic Thought

Background Information

Dr. Rugg joined the University of Nebraska's geography staff in 1964 and retired in 1989. He was awarded a faculty Fullbright grant for research in Austria in 1967-68, and received other grants for East European research in 1974 and 1980. Dr. Rugg participated in the Semester at Sea program (teaching on a ship around the world) in 1985 and 1989. From 1957 - 1963, Dr. Rugg was a Foreign Service Officer in Bonn, Germany, and a Geographic Attache. He has also authored dealing with his specializations. Following is a list of some of his works: Spatial Foundations of Urbanism (1972 and 1979), and Eastern Europe (1985). In 1988, he was awarded Outstanding Teacher at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Dr. Rugg has also authored several articles, one of which is; "Communist Legacy in Albania" in the Geographic Review (1994). Dr. Rugg passed away on February 6, 2000.