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Reflections on John Joseph Winberry’s LSU Years

Reflections on John Joseph Winberry’s LSU Years JANET H. GRITZNER South Dakota State University John J. Winberry--the very best of the best. At Louisiana State University (LSU), John was indeed the most able of his graduate class (1967 to 1971). My time at LSU coincided with part of his tenure there; we were graduate student peers from 1968 to 1970. Those were exciting years in the LSU Geography and Anthropology program. My desk sat caddy-corner to John's for the two years of our coexistence in a room filled with desks and bookshelves that defined the boundaries of our private spaces. John was unique in our graduate class in two fundamental respects. First, he was a native Louisianan, born and schooled in New Orleans, whereas nearly all other graduate students were from the north-- yes, Yankees! At a time during which the nation's attentions were focused upon turbulent civil rights struggles throughout the South, we Yankees (Maryland in my case) were more than a little uncomfortable living and studying in Baton Rouge. John with his gentle good manner and quirky sense of humor warmly welcomed us to his Louisiana, which we soon learned to be an absolutely fascinating and marvelous place. A second way in which http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southeastern Geographer University of North Carolina Press

Reflections on John Joseph Winberry’s LSU Years

Southeastern Geographer , Volume 55 (1) – Jul 1, 2015

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JANET H. GRITZNER South Dakota State University John J. Winberry--the very best of the best. At Louisiana State University (LSU), John was indeed the most able of his graduate class (1967 to 1971). My time at LSU coincided with part of his tenure there; we were graduate student peers from 1968 to 1970. Those were exciting years in the LSU Geography and Anthropology program. My desk sat caddy-corner to John's for the two years of our coexistence in a room filled with desks and bookshelves that defined the boundaries of our private spaces. John was unique in our graduate class in two fundamental respects. First, he was a native Louisianan, born and schooled in New Orleans, whereas nearly all other graduate students were from the north-- yes, Yankees! At a time during which the nation's attentions were focused upon turbulent civil rights struggles throughout the South, we Yankees (Maryland in my case) were more than a little uncomfortable living and studying in Baton Rouge. John with his gentle good manner and quirky sense of humor warmly welcomed us to his Louisiana, which we soon learned to be an absolutely fascinating and marvelous place. A second way in which

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Published: Jul 1, 2015

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