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Few individuals leave as profound a mark on a department as Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dr. Mark Schwartz. As we celebrate his retirement, we are honored to share reflections from colleagues and former students who offer insights into the career, character, and legacy of one of UWM Geography’s most distinguished faculty members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mick Day (Professor Emeritus of Geography)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I have been delighted and honored to know Mark since he joined the UWM Geography Department in 1992, arriving from San Francisco State University and advancing rapidly along the tenure-track process to become Full Professor in 2002 and Distinguished Professor in 2010. During those 34 years I have seen Mark evolve from an introspective and aspiring young academic into a prominent, eminent and voluble senior university personality, now widely known and respected by all with whom he has interacted. Along the way we have shared as friends many of his professional accomplishments, awards and challenges, the last of these particularly during his time helming the department for 15 years between 1996 and 2020, and serving on the Academic Senate Executive (University) Committee for 19 years, seven of those as Chair, from 2000 onwards. As a meteorological metaphor, that\u2019s akin to enduring recurring hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, floods and droughts for three decades as a weather forecaster in the spotlight with heavy responsibility, limited information and no control!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outstanding though Mark\u2019s professional academic record is, and I\u2019ve done it scant justice here, he also has a remarkable personal life, glimpses of which I have been honored to catch during our ongoing friendship. I\u2019m not going to reveal personal confidences here, but I feel that there are some things about Mark which deserve wider recognition, and which provide context to his public persona and his professional achievements. An only child born under the astrological sign of Taurus (make of that what you will!), Mark has always had deep family ties, best exemplified by his loving relationships with his parents and by his devotion to Ann, his wife since 1981, and their three children: Justin and twins Helen and Peter.\u00a0\u00a0 Like all families, they have experienced both unbounded joy and deep sadness, but they are the bedrock upon which Mark\u2019s goals, interests, achievements, and personality rest. Above all, Mark is a good and decent person, one whose traits of honesty, dependability, integrity and perspective are sometimes under-appreciated.\u00a0 In his own way, he is deeply religious, charitable and philanthropic, bearing no malice and striving to help others to the best of his abilities.\u00a0 Is he a saint?\u00a0 No, of course not. Do we always agree? No (I was born under Aries), but we certainly respect each other\u2019s opinions.\u00a0 Can he be impulsive? Does he have a temper? Can he swear? Does he hate it when he doesn\u2019t live up to his own expectations?\u00a0 Having played racquetball with him for more than a decade (he would never flout the rules), I know the answers, but they in no way affect our friendship, and others would do well to appreciate the extent to which he maintains his civility and self-control despite the inevitable provocations of his offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some other questions to ponder: Is he environmentally aware?\u00a0 Just ask him about nature, climate in particular, listen to his unreserved response, and know that he has done more to promote understanding of climate change and plant phenology than anyone else you or I know.\u00a0 Is he a keen gardener?\u00a0 Look at his fingernails, ask him about growing sweetcorn, and about rodents, and tiger lilies. Does he make good jam?\u00a0 Patti and I have eaten every jarful he\u2019s given us and we\u2019ve come back for more.\u00a0 Does he enjoy a good beer?\u00a0 Offer him a Guinness (I\u2019d like to take some credit there!) Was he a radio DJ while in high school as an undergraduate at MSU?\u00a0 There is evidence to prove it (ask him to demonstrate his \u201cradio voice\u201d, and it relates closely to the development of his academic career.\u00a0 Does he still consider Michigan State his Alma mater?\u00a0 See the green ring on one of his fingers and look out for the tee shirt that announces which college football teams he supports and doesn\u2019t!\u00a0 Is he a fan of Star Trek? Ask him about\u201d Beam me up, Scotty\u201d or other details and you\u2019ll soon know for certain. Does he appreciate and foster a sense of humor?\u00a0 Try \u201cMonty Python\u2019s Flying Circus\u201d and you\u2019ll be in no further doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And there\u2019s so much more to the person whose contributions to Geography, UWM and the department in isolation merit volumes.\u00a0 Have you ever heard him sing?\u00a0 Look out for videos of him performing the national anthem at prominent sporting venues; he has a wonderful voice.\u00a0 Does he live and breathe Geography?\u00a0 Ask him about his instructional experiences, his graduate students, his international connections and his travels!\u00a0 Glen Fredlund and I used to tease him that climatology was not real physical geography because it didn\u2019t involve fieldwork; from the UP to Downer Woods, he now has the scars and understanding of a dues-paying member!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without doubt, Mark is among the most outstanding individuals ever associated with the UWM Geography Department. He has given and achieved so much, and we should all be proud of him, as I am proud to be his friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Ryan Holifield (Professor of Geography)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We would like to express our gratitude to the classic TV series Star Trek<\/em>, which first aired sixty years ago \u2013 for helping launch the extraordinary career of Mark D. Schwartz, one of only two UWM geographers to hold the title of Distinguished Professor. In November 1971, as a boy in tiny Gagetown, Michigan, Mark wondered whether cloud cover might have something to do with the TV reception that allowed his family to pick up (or not pick up) reruns of Star Trek<\/em> on distant Channel 3. He started recording his observations of atmospheric conditions in a bound paper journal, and his daily habit soon blossomed into a lifelong passion for weather and climate. His original plan \u2013 encouraged by awards and experiences with local radio \u2013 was to pursue a career in broadcast meteorology, but the intellectual interests he developed as an undergraduate at Michigan State University led him to decide to pursue graduate study in climatology instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a student in the geography PhD program at the University of Kansas, Mark developed both a broader identification with the discipline of geography and the more specific expertise that became the focus of his academic career: phenology, which focuses on how seasonal events in the life cycles of plants and animals respond to variations in weather and climate. Mark soon became a pioneer in developing models that employed surface temperature data and moved plant phenology from its early local and regional focus to studies at the continental scale. Among many other things, his subsequent research combined remotely sensed data with field observations \u2013 especially of cloned lilacs \u2013 to generate an unprecedented long-term picture of trends in the onset of spring. As a senior scholar, he teamed up with other leading phenologists to create the USA National Phenology Network, which has advanced the science of phenology by coordinating and gathering data from thousands of volunteer observers throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1992, after a short stint at San Francisco State University and a period of balancing research and childcare, Mark received and accepted an invitation to join the faculty of the UWM Geography department. (He fondly recalls the phone message from Harold Rose, which he received after an especially challenging day of parenting three small children!) He was excited to join a department with an established PhD program, as well as the opportunity to reconnect with his good friend from graduate school, Glen Fredlund. Almost immediately after receiving tenure and becoming an associate professor, Mark was recruited to serve as department chair, a position he held multiple times during his 34-year career at UWM. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, he led the effort to preserve the department\u2019s PhD program \u2013 an effort for which he was recognized in 2005 with R. F. Abler Distinguished Service Honors, his first of several awards from the American Association of Geographers (AAG). Beyond the department, Mark built a distinguished record of service to the College and University, including serving many years both as member and chair of the \u201cUniversity\u201d (Faculty Senate Executive) Committee. In this capacity, Mark worked closely with several Chancellors and Provosts, playing central roles in helping lead UWM through times of significant upheaval and change. His exceptional research record, in combination with his extraordinary commitment to service and governance, is reflected in a long list of highly cited publications and many more honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the AAG Climate Specialty Group and recognition as an AAG Fellow in 2019, as well as AAG Distinguished Scholarship Honors earlier this year. On top of this, he somehow managed, year after year, to keep our office PCs up to date!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re deeply grateful for Mark\u2019s leadership and ongoing commitment to our department for the past 34 years, and we wish him the very best in retirement. Mark, may you \u201clive long and prosper\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Jonathan Hanes (Institutional Policy analysist at University of Wisconsin-Madison and UWM Geography Ph.D. 2011)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As I neared the end of my undergraduate geography degree at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, I knew that I wanted to pursue a PhD related to geomorphology or vegetation change.\u00a0 Wanting to stay in the Midwest, I took a look at the UWM geography department\u2019s faculty web page and Professor Mark D. Schwartz\u2019s area of expertise caught my eye: measuring and analyzing the timing of spring plant growth in the midlatitudes (phenology, or the \u201cgreen wave\u201d, as he described it).\u00a0 I applied and was accepted to UWM, met Mark for the first time in person in February 2006, and by June of that year had already made a trip to his new study area in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin\u2019s Northwoods.\u00a0 I was so excited about furthering my studies with Mark, but at that time I didn\u2019t fully comprehend his impacts on the field of phenology, the geography department, and UWM more broadly.\u00a0 I also didn\u2019t realize just how much of an impact Mark would have on my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark was, and is, a top-notch researcher and scholar.\u00a0 As his graduate student, Mark taught me how to think analytically and do rigorous research by modeling it for me as we collaborated on projects and guiding me in the development of my dissertation.\u00a0 This was also exemplified in his own research that helped establish a thriving phenological research community during a period where changes in climate were becoming more apparent.\u00a0 His development of a suite of phenological models (the Spring Indices) was groundbreaking, and they have been used extensively to better understand the effects of climate change.\u00a0 His research also put a spotlight on the feedback effects of plant phenology on the lower atmosphere and the relationship between ground and satellite-based phenological measurements.\u00a0 Mark\u2019s edited book, Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science, is further evidence of the phenological research community that bloomed because of his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark\u2019s career was also characterized by many forms of service.\u00a0 He served as chair of the geography department for years and on multiple occasions, receiving the AAG\u2019s Ronald F. Abler Distinguished Service Honors in 2005 for his pivotal work in the department.\u00a0 He also served extensively in UWM\u2019s shared governance, including as chair of the University Committee.\u00a0 As a graduate student, I knew he had an important university meeting to attend when he would walk into the phenology lab office with a tie.\u00a0 His steady, committed service to the department and university gave me a clear and powerful example.\u00a0 He also demonstrated a commitment to the public good in his co-founding the USA National Phenology Network and years of service to the International Society of Biometeorology (ISB), which provided me with opportunities to become involved and network with other researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark\u2019s appointment to distinguished professor, his selection as an AAG Fellow, and the awarding of AAG Distinguished Scholarship Honors and the AMS Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology Award all highlight the significance of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of these accomplishments are extraordinary and leave a lasting legacy.\u00a0 On a personal level, what I appreciate the most about Mark are the things that extend beyond academic journals and well-deserved awards.\u00a0 During my five years as Mark\u2019s graduate student, he was an advisor and mentor who worked actively for my good and success as a researcher, teacher, and person.\u00a0 He helped provide project, research, and teaching assistantships that made my dream of earning a PhD possible.\u00a0 Our work together also afforded us many trips to his study areas in the Northwoods, where we battled snow and ticks, enjoyed many meals at the local Chinese restaurant, and talked about everything from science to sports to religion to family life, and more.\u00a0 All of these shared times and experiences forged something even greater than a PhD: a lasting friendship built on mutual respect and accepting each other for who we are.\u00a0 It\u2019s been over 15 years since I graduated, but our friendship remains and we\u2019ve enjoyed many meals and conversations since then.\u00a0 For all of these reasons, Professor Schwartz is a household name in my family and I\u2019m grateful for that.\u00a0 Thank you, Professor Schwartz, for your scholarship, your service, your mentorship, and your friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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