K-State distinguished professor Richard Marston honored by the Association of American Geographers and Oregon State University

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News release prepared by: Megan Wilson, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

K-STATE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR RICHARD MARSTON HONORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS AND OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

MANHATTAN -- Richard Marston, university distinguished professor and head of the department of geography at Kansas State University, has been honored by the Association of American Geographers and by the department of geosciences at Oregon State University.

Marston received the Distinguished Career Award from the Association of American Geographers' Mountain Geography Specialty Group and presented the Past President's Address at the association's annual banquet. According to the association's executive director, Doug Richardson, the banquet attracted the largest paid audience in recent memory to hear Marston's address "Land, Life and Environment Change in Mountains." The annual meeting, April 17-21 in San Francisco, was the 103rd for the association.

Marston wasn't the only K-Stater honored at the meeting. Stephen L. Stover, professor emeritus of geography, was one of 14 people recognized at an awards luncheon for their 50-year membership in the association.

A second recent honor to Marston was the 2007 Geosciences Distinguished Alumni Award from the department of geosciences at Oregon State University. The award, established in 2006, is given to former students of the department who have distinguished themselves in their profession and in service to their community. Marston earned his master's in geography in 1976 and his doctorate in geography in 1980 from Oregon State. He also has served on the department's Geosciences Board of Advisers since its inception in 2001. Marston received the award April 27.

Marston joined K-State in 2005 as a professor and head of the geography department. He was named a university distinguished professor in 2006. Marston served as the 102nd president of the Association of American Geographers in 2005-06. He has been co-editor-in-chief of the Elsevier journal, Geomorphology: An International Journal of Pure and Applied Geomorphology, since 1999. In 1984 the American Institute of Hydrology certified Marston as Professional Hydrologist No. 488; he has since been recertified several times.

Marston also has been elected a Fellow in four professional organizations: the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2005, the Geological Society of America in 1997, the Explorers' Club in 1995 and the Royal Geographical Society in 1991. In 2003 Marston received the Ronald F. Alber Distinguished Service Honors from the Association of American Geographers.

Marston earned a bachelor's degree in 1974 from the University of California at Los Angeles.