| Record Group | 064-06-72 |
| Department or Office: | Geography Department |
| Title: | Kenneth A. Hammond Papers |
| Dates: | 1967-2002 |
| Size: | 4.0 cubic feet. |
| Arrangement: | Arranged alphabetically by subject title of file folder. |
| History: | Kenneth A. Hammond served as a professor of geography at Central Washington University from 1962 to 1997. Dr. Hammond was born on January 18, 1934 at Kettle Falls, Washington. He attended public schools in the state during his youth and graduated from Marcus (Washington) High School in 1951. From the fall of 1951 to the spring of 1956, he attended Eastern Washington College of Education (presently Eastern Washington University) where he attained undergraduate degrees in Education and Geography. He taught at Camas (Washington) High School from the fall 1956 to the spring of 1958. In the fall of 1958, Dr. Hammond was accepted as a graduate student at Oregon State University and in 1959 received a Masters degree in Natural Resources. The following year he began taking graduate courses at the University of Washington and in 1962 was hired as a faculty instructor at Central Washington State College (currently Central Washington University). From 1965 to 1967, he attended the University of Michigan to further pursue his professional studies. In 1969, Dr. Hammond received his Ph.D. in Resource Conservation from the University of Michigan. For the next the twenty eight years he taught numerous courses in the Geography and Land Studies Department, served on important academic committees and was very active in research and publishing. He retired from Central Washington University in 1997. |
| Contents: | The collection consist of correspondence, memorandums, reports, preliminary plans and other documents created or received by Kenneth A. Hammond of the Geography Department of Central Washington University from 1967 to 2002. His papers contain records from the Camp Field Program, Energy Encounters Program, Native American Graduate Program and the Strategic Planning Group. Included in the papers are committee records from the Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee, Higher Education Coordinating Board Faculty Advisory Committee, Presidential Search Committee and files related to the ‘no confidence vote’ of Provost Robert Edington and the re-appointment of Board of Trustee member R. Y. Woodhouse. |
| Restrictions: | Open to the public. |