Geoffrey Bannister | |
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| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Thesis | Central Place Theory and the Distribution of Retail Centres within Dunedin (1969) |
Geoffrey Bannister (born 1946, Manchester, England [1]) was an English- American educator and geographer. He was the fourth president of Hawai'i Pacific University. His goals for the university were to expand the graduate program research as well as building connections with other universities around the world. [1] [2]
Bannister was born in Manchester, England. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to New Zealand. He completed a master's thesis on the distribution of retail centres in Dunedin in 1969, at the University of Otago. [3]
He later moved to Toronto, Canada to get a doctorate in geography. He became a U.S. citizen in 1989. [1]
References
- ^ a b c "Featured Columns Archives".
- ^ "Talk Story with Geoffrey Bannister - Hawaii Business - May 2011 - Hawaii". Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ Bannister, Geoffrey (1969), Central Place Theory and the Distribution of Retail Centres within Dunedin (Master's thesis), OUR Archive, hdl: 10523/11445, Wikidata Q112030024
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