JOHN MELTON HUNTER. BA (Honors), Ph.D. Geography (Reading, U.K., 1954), Professor of Geography, African Studies, Institute of International Health, Michigan State University, 1967-1995. Retired, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 1995.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: British Army Service West Africa 1954-1957; University of Ghana, 1957-1964; University of Durham, U.K., 1964-1967; Michigan State University 1967-1995: Acting Chair, Community Medicine, 1972-1973, Director, African Studies Center, 1975-1977, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, 1976-1982; Ghana Population Census Officer, 1959-1962; National Academy of Science, Committee on Lead in the Human Environment, 1978-1979; National Academy of Science, Board on Science and Technology (BOSTID) Panelist, 1986-1988; Consultant, World Health Organization, 1972-?; USAID, 1977. Chairperson, Association of American Geographers Medical Geography Specialty Group, 1983-1986. World Health Organization Commission on Health and Environment, 1990-1992.

HONORS: Fulbright-Hays, 1980, MSU Distinguished Faculty Award, 1982, Association of American Geographers Honors, 1984; Centennial Symposium Speaker, National Geographic Society, 1988. University Distinguished Professor (title), 1990.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: geography of Africa, world medical geography.

PUBLICATIONS: articles on childhood lead poisoning, river blindness, tuberculosis, leprosy, influenza, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), guinea worm disease, man-made lakes and disease, development and disease, women's blood pressure and economic development, bot fly infestation, clay eating in pregnancy, 19th century mental health, perinatal health care, loss of teeth in a peasant society, seasonal hunger, population pressure, population carrying capacity, social roots of settlement, spatial patterns of clans, migration of cocoa farmers, shifting agriculture, bauxite morphology, river capture, escarpment retreat, water pollution, environmental degradation, teaching methods.