Dorothy Drummond

Dorothy Weitz Drummond (1928–2018) was a geography educator and advocate. Drummond began her career as an editorial assistant for the Geographical Review, the journal of the American Geographical Society.^[1] She was the author of Holy Land, Whose Land: Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots? and People on Earth: A World Geography^[2][3][4]

Drummond founded the Geography Educator's Network of Indiana (GENI) and served as President of the National Council of Geographic Education.^[5] In October 2010, she was the recipient of the George J. Miller Award for Distinguished Service presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education in Savannah, Georgia.^[6] Drummond taught Geography for over 30 years as an adjunct on the faculties of Indiana State University and St. Mary of the Woods College.^[7] Dorothy wrote grants that helped nearly 1,000 Indiana teachers attend summer geography workshops at The Woods.^[8]

References

1. "Dorothy Drummond".
2. Lstrabadi, Zaineb (2003). "Holy Land, Whose Land". American Journal of Islam and Society. 20 (3–4): 208–210. doi:10.35632/ajis.v20i3-4.1844.
3. "People on Earth a World Geography TAE (TE)(H) by Drummond, [0673120813] - $18.95 : Textbook and beyond, Quality K-12 Used Textbooks".
4. "Lessons of the Holy Land: New book explores geographic impact of small, but significant place". 29 September 2013.
5. "American Association of Geographers - Session".
6. Drake, Christine (2011). "Citation for Dorothy Drummond 2010 Recipient of the George J. Miller Award for Distinguished Service". Journal of Geography. 110 (1): 3–5. Bibcode:2011JGeog.110....3D. doi:10.1080/00221341.2011.536674.
7. "Author Dorothy Drummond Addresses West Chicago Rotary". 24 February 2013.
8. "'She walked purposefully through life' - Dorothy Drummond dead at 89". 3 December 2018.