Milton E. Harvey

Dr. Harvey is Professor Emeritus and Former Chair of Geography, Kent State University (1970-71). Harvey arrived at Kent State after a PhD in urban geography from Durham University, England, and postdoctoral work at The Ohio State University that helped fine tune and expanded his quantitative methods. Havey was a key player in Kent State’s evolution as a center of applied geography, which became a key partner in the development of the first Applied Geography Conference. Dr. Harvey was named after his uncle Sir Milton Margai, Sierra Leone’s first Prime Minister.