Ronald F. Abler

Ronald Francis (Ron) Abler (born May 30, 1939) is an American geographer at Pennsylvania State University and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Abler obtained his PhD in 1968 from the University of Minnesota, where he had started his academic career as faculty member in 1967.

Abler served as president of the American Association of Geographers in 1985–86, and as president of the International Geographical Union from 2008 to 2012. He is a recipient of the Samuel Finley Breese Morse Medal and the Victoria Medal.

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