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| Keywords: lse london school of economics londonschoolofeconomics lse library lselibrary formal lse portraits formallseportraits geography department geographydepartment blackandwhite people monochrome black and white Geography staff 1945-1978 'Mr Robert Rees Rawson, who is retiring at the end of this session, has been associated with the School for over thirty years. A product of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he gained first class honours in both Geography and Geology, he was engaged on research and demonstrating at that college for two years before joining the Royal Air Force. From 1941-1945 he saw service in Burma, India and Malaya, and this focussed his interests upon south-east Asia for the remainder of his academic career. In 1945 ge was appointed to the LSE staff as a Lecturer in Regional Studies, concerned with the training of Colonial Service Officers. In 1947 he became a lecturer in Geography, and later a senior lecturer; he was also Assistant Dean of Postgraduate Studies from 1949-1950.' Emrys Jones, LSE Magazine, June 1978, No55, p.14 (Retirements) IMAGELIBRARY/294 Persistent URL: archives.lse.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqServer=lib-4.lse.ac.uk&a... Geography staff 1945-1978 'Mr Robert Rees Rawson, who is retiring at the end of this session, has been associated with the School for over thirty years. A product of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he gained first class honours in both Geography and Geology, he was engaged on research and demonstrating at that college for two years before joining the Royal Air Force. From 1941-1945 he saw service in Burma, India and Malaya, and this focussed his interests upon south-east Asia for the remainder of his academic career. In 1945 ge was appointed to the LSE staff as a Lecturer in Regional Studies, concerned with the training of Colonial Service Officers. In 1947 he became a lecturer in Geography, and later a senior lecturer; he was also Assistant Dean of Postgraduate Studies from 1949-1950.' Emrys Jones, LSE Magazine, June 1978, No55, p.14 (Retirements) IMAGELIBRARY/294 Persistent URL: archives.lse.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqServer=lib-4.lse.ac.uk&a... | ||||
