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Subject:        Three Eminent Geographers will be honored as UCGIS Fellows in 2013
Date:   Thu, 2 May 2013 12:57:53 -0500 (CDT)
From:   Donna G Genzmer <[log in to unmask]>




*Three Eminent Geographers will be honored as UCGIS Fellows in 2013*

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/For Immediate Release/

The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
will honor three individuals who have contributed to the advancement of
geographic information science education and research at its upcoming
annual Symposium to be held on the campus of George Mason University,
May 21^st to 23^rd , 2013.UCGIS will honor Dr. Barbara Buttenfield
(University of Colorado-Boulder), Dr. Robert McMaster (University of
Minnesota), both eminent educators and leaders in the fields of
geography and GIScience and Dr. Roger Tomlinson (Tomlinson Associates
Consulting, Ottawa, Canada), a visionary geographer who conceived and
developed GIS for use by the Canada Land Inventory in the
1960s.Additional information about the symposium program can be found
at:http://ucgis2.org/event-group/ucgis-2013-symposium
<http://ucgis2.org/event-group/ucgis-2013-symposium>

The Fellows Program http://ucgis2.org/fellowswas created in 2010 to
celebrate the extraordinary record of achievements of individuals in a
variety of spatial disciplines and communities of practice that use
spatial information.The new Fellows were selected by the UCGIS Board
from a slate of nominees presented by the current UCGIS Fellows.

Dr. David Mark (University at Buffalo, the State University of New
York), a 2010 UCGIS Fellow and a former UCGIS President, chaired the
2013 UCGIS Fellows Committee, and made the following statement: “The 15
current Fellows reviewed dossiers for 10 outstanding GIScience
contributors, and made recommendations to the UCGIS Board. We are
pleased to welcome three new Fellows, Babs Buttenfield, Bob McMaster,
and Roger Tomlinson, into the community of Fellows of the UCGIS.”

In additional to convening an annual symposium, UCGIS sponsors
workshops, curriculum-related projects and other special initiatives
designed to benefit the community as a whole, and that are beyond the
scope of activities that can be undertaken at a single university.UCGIS
is a hub for the GIS research and education community and serves as a
national voice to advocate for its members’ interests.

About UCGIS: The University Consortium for Geographic Information
Science (UCGIS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization
comprised of over 65 member and affiliate institutions established in
1995 for the purpose of advancing research in the field of Geographic
Information Science, expanding and strengthening multidisciplinary
Geographic Information Science education, advocating policies for the
promotion of the ethical use of and access to geographic information and
technologies, by building and supporting scholarly communities and networks.

For further information, visit www.ucgis2.org <http://www.ucgis2.org/>or
contact Jack Sanders, Executive Director ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)

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Donna Genzmer, UCGIS Communications Committee Chair