Geography Lecturer, Hassan Sabb, 1962, photo 1

This image shows Dr. Hassan Sabb, cultural counselor at the Embassy of Lebanon, standing with Dr. Samuel Shepard Jones and Dr. Julian Yoder, professor and chairman of the Department of Geography and Geology, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in July 1962. They can be seen standing in front of a map of the Middle East. Dr. Sabb spoke to an International Relations class on culture and marketing in the Middle East. Yoder began teaching at Appalachian State in 1933, served as head of the Social Studies Department from 1956 to 1964 and served as the head of the Department of Geography and Geology from 1964 to 1971. He retired in 1974. The Department of Social Studies was separated into the Departments of History, Political Science, Geography and Geology, and Sociology in the mid-1960s. This image appears in the July 19, 1962, edition of "The Appalachian" (p. 4).

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Geography

International Programs

Appalachian State University

News Bureau Faculty and Staff Biographical File, 2004.265, Box 10, Yoder, Julian, C11.1.3.4.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1962-07

News Bureau

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Photographs

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1960s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Department of Social Studies

Yoder, Julian Clifton, 1910-2006

Series 4 -- Faculty and Staff. Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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