Mrs. Patricia D. Arey

Mrs. Patricia D. Arey established her scholarship in memory of David G. Arey, Ph.D. to recognize creative problem solving of Graduate Students in Geography. Dr. Arey worked at SIU for 30 years beginning in 1971 as a faculty member in the Department of Geography. He was Chairman of the Department from 1982 until 1986 and then served as Associate Director of the SIU Coal Research Center from 1986 until his death in 2001.