Otis Willard Freeman (1889–1964) was an American academic, writer and geographer.
Freeman was the founding President of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG); and he was also the first editor of the Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers.
Freeman earned an undergraduate degree Albion College in 1910. He continued his studies, earning a master's degree in science from the University of Michigan in 1913 and post-doctoral work at Northwestern University in 1924. "Register of Officers and Students," University of Hawaii Quarterly Bulletin. Vol. V, No. 2 (1926-1927). He joined the faculty at the University of Hawaii, which provided an opportunity to research and publish books about the geography of Hawaii. He earned his doctorate from Clark University in 1929.Booth, Charles W. and Dale F. Stradling. APCG Yearbook Vol 54 (1992). p. 120.
Freeman's early experience led to a position on the faculty of Eastern Washington University, where he was named Professor of Geology and Geography. In 1951, he became President of Eastern Washington University. "Lawson Chosen as Prexy Proxy," Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 23, 1951. He retired from the faculty in 1953.Northwest History: Otis W. Freeman Collection. July 2007.
Honors APCG Distinguished Service Award, 1958.Association of American Geographers and the American Society for Professional Geographers. (1958). The Professional Geographer: the Journal of the Association of American Geographers. VOls. 10-11, p. 34.]
Select works
1927— The Economic Geography of Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. OCLC 1295153 1935— The Hawaiian Islands. Bloomington, Illinois: McKnight & McKnight. OCLC 394853 1951— Geography of the Pacific. New York: Wiley. 1954— The Pacific Northwest: an Overall Appreciation (with Howard Hanna Martin). New York: Wiley. OCLC 1060360 1958—World geography (with ohn Wesley Morris). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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References "Register of Officers and Students," University of Hawaii Quarterly Bulletin. Vol. V, No. 2 (1926–1927).
External links Eastern Washington University Libraries , Digital Collections : Otis Willard Freeman Photograph Collection