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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/chi-hed_ginsburgaug03,0... Norton Ginsburg, a former University of Chicago professor who wrote "The profession of geography has many specialists," said Michael Dr. Ginsburg, 85, died of natural causes Monday, July 30, in a Chicago The professor of geography began his career as a geographer in the Dr. Ginsburg, who later became a leading authority on economic He was sent to what was then called Manchuria under the guise that he After his service, Dr. Ginsburg received his master's and doctorate Back at U. of C., he became an assistant professor in 1951 and a full Dr. Ginsburg usually lived no farther than a mile from the university "In his day, people at the university went home for dinner, and they "Even when it looked like he wasn't working, he said, 'I'm thinking,'" Dr. Ginsburg, also an expert on urban and political geography, led the "It was the first major mapping of the differential wealth and poverty Dr. Ginsburg also co-wrote "The Pattern of Asia," the first modern, While making strides in his field, Dr. Ginsburg still found time for "He was there to help find a place to live, encourage you in your In addition to his wife, Dr. Ginsburg is survived by a brother, Services have been held. By Kristen Kridel August 3, 2007
articles for Encyclopaedia Britannica, had a way of combining the work
of many to produce breakthroughs in the field of geography.
Conzen, chairman of the U. of C. Committee on Geographical Studies.
"He was one of the big thinkers who saw the big picture and pulled all
the specialist threads together."
health-care facility, said his wife, Diana.
Army Map Service in 1941. He did the same job in the Naval Reserve
from 1942 to 1946.
development in East and Southeast Asia, was sent to that part of the
world when he worked in intelligence after World War II, said Richard
Louis Edmonds, one of Dr. Ginsburg's former doctoral students.
was a representative for the Library of Congress, said Edmonds, now a
U. of C. visiting professor. But he was there to gather information
about the Communists and Chinese Nationalists, Edmonds said.
degrees at U. of C. After graduating, he served as a Fulbright
Research Scholar at universities in Hong Kong and what was then called
Malaya.
professor in 1961. He served as assistant dean of the university's
division of social sciences from 1954 to 1956, associate dean of the
division from 1967 to 1969 and associate dean of the university's
undergraduate division from 1963 to 1966. He was the chairman of the
department of geography from 1978 to 1985.
while he worked there, his wife said.
returned and went back to the office," she said. "His work was really
his life.
Diana Ginsburg said. "That's what you have to do to be an academic."
team that created the "Atlas of Economic Development," a 119-page
reference tool on ways to aid developing countries.
of nations," Conzen said. "It was a landmark in the cartography of
geographical differences in national wealth."
geographical study of the diversity of Asia, Conzen said. Published in
1958, the book provided important information to scholars and others
in the United States who were taking a broader look at the world after
World War II.
his students, Edmonds said. In addition to intellectual challenge, he
offered spiritual and personal guidance.
work," Edmonds said. "He looked after his students that way. I thought
he did it to a considerable degree."
Gilbert; and two sons, Jeremy and Alexander.
Tribune staff reporter