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Brian J.L. Berry

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Brian J Berry
Dean and Lloyd Viel Berkner Professor
GR 3.104
972-883-4988

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Brian J.L. Berry is Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor.  He received his B.Sc. (Economics) degree at University College, London in 1955, the M.A. in geography from the University of Washington in 1956 and the Ph.D. in 1958. 

He was a chaired professor at the University of Chicago (1958-1976) and at Harvard (1976-1981), followed by a period as dean of the Heinz School of Public Policy at Carnegie-Mellon University (1981-1986), joining UTD in 1986. 

In the 1960s his urban and regional research sparked geography’s social-scientific revolution and made him the most-cited geographer for more than 25 years.  

Subsequently, his inquiries have focused on long-wave dynamics and their relationships to macrohistorical phasing of economic development and political behavior. 

The author of more than 500 books and articles, he has attempted to bridge theory and practice via involvement in urban and regional development activities in both advanced and developing countries. 

He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1975, is a fellow of the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, AAAS, The American Institute of Certified Planners, and University College, London. 

He received the Victoria Medal from the Royal Geographical Society in 1988, and was named Vautrin Lud Laureate (geography's Nobel Prize) in 2005.  

In 1999 he became the first geographer and one of the few social scientists ever to serve as a member of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences and in 2004 he was one of the founding members of the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST).

  • Updated: October 16, 2006