Fred E. Lukermann

{{Short description|American geographer (1921–2009)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} '''Fred Emil Lukermann Jr.''' (December 9, 1921 – September 1, 2009) was an American geographer. He was born in Minneapolis and attended the University of Minnesota, the university at which he later led a successful career.<ref name=":0">See "Fred Emil Lukermann Jr." in: *''[https://www.twincities.com/obituaries/fred-emil-lukermann-falcon-heights-mn/ Pioneer Press]''. September 6, 2009, via [https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/fred-lukermann-obituary?pid=132343778 Legacy.com] *''[https://obituaries.startribune.com/obituary/fred-emil-lukermann-1090560234 Star Tribune]''. September 6, 2009, via [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/fred-lukermann-obituary?id=24019118 Legacy.com] {{Access-date|August 17, 2024}}</ref> In honor of Lukermann's contributions to the state of Minnesota, Governor Rudy Perpich named the day September 18, 1989 "Fred E. Lukermann Day".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perpich |first=Rudy |title=Proclamation: Fred E. Lukermann Day |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sos/film/pdf/39487.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>

Lukermann was born on December 9, 1921, in Minneapolis, Minnesota; he attended Roosevelt High School, and lived at the same address until he left for college. When he first joined the University of Minnesota, he intended to become a teacher, but became interested in geography and began coursework in it around his sophomore year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chambers |first=Clarke A. |date=September 16, 1984 |title=Interview with Fred Lukermann |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/items/fadb8e88-12c2-4b35-9117-8a44d4052bb9 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |hdl=11299/49916}}</ref> Lukermann took time off of school to serve in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II, and received a B.S. (1948), an M.A. (1950), and a Ph.D. (1997) once returning to university.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=John S. |title=Ralph Hall Brown Day 2010 |url=https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/~ewyly/personal/Minnesota(2010).pdf |access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>

Lukermann joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota's geography department in the early 1950s, and helped the program rise to national prominence while serving as department chair.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=November 2009 |title=Necrology: Fred E. Lukermann |url=https://www.aag.org/memorial/fred-e-lukermann/ |journal=AAG Newsletter |volume=44 |issue=10 |page=17 |access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref> From 1978 until his 1989 retirement, Lukermman served as dean of the university's College of Liberal Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2009 |title=Former CLA dean dies at 87 |url=https://mndaily.com/258943/uncategorized/former-cla-dean-dies-87/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |website=The Minnesota Daily}}</ref> His wife, Barbara Lukermann, died in 2009, preceding Fred in death. The two were residents of Falcon Heights, Minnesota.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2009 |title=Barbara L. Lukermann |url=https://www.twincities.com/obituaries/barbara-l-lukermann-mn/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |website=Pioneer Press (Twin Cities) |language=en-US}}</ref> At the time of his death, Fred had advised 21 Ph.D. students.<ref name=":1" />

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