Asia

17 February 1924 – 5 January 2006

William A. Withington, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, was a graduate of Harvard University, and obtained his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1955. Withington was a member of the Geography faculty of the University of Kentucky (1955-1989) whose research and teaching interests centered on urban and regional development in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. In 1964, he co-authored *Asia, with focus on Southeast Asia* with Margaret Fisher Hertel. Withington was a Lexington-based member of the Kentucky Geographic Names Committee (Kentucky's affiliate with the U.S. Board of Geographic Names), and a long-time member of the American Association of Geographers. In 1980, he compiled *Kentucky i…

30 March 1933 – 6 December 2009

Margaret ("Peggy") Fisher Hertel, was an American author, editor and community activist. The daughter of American Presbyterian missionaries in Iran, Mrs. Hertel had a deep knowledge of the divisions that continue to roil the Middle East; she fought for inter-religious and inter-racial tolerance at home and abroad. Born in Hamadan, Iran, the daughter of Commodore and Franke Fisher, Mrs. Hertel lived in that country until she was 16 years old, returning to attend the Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts (today, Northfield Mount Hermon School) for her last two years of high school. From there, she went on to attend Maryville College in Tennessee, graduating in 1954 with a teaching degre…