Biography:

Educator. Born– June 5, 1905 in Northport, Ala. Parents– Louis Lovell and Minnie (Perkins) Tower. Married– Elizabeth Ozley, May 9, 1947. Children– Two. Education– University of Washington, A.B., M.S., Ph.D. Taught geography at American University of Beirut, 1928-1936; Birmingham Southern College, 1936-1961; visiting professor at University of Washington and at George Peabody College. Received AAAS grant for 1960-1961 and Rosenwald Fellowship 1947-1948. Member Phi Beta Kappa.

Source:

Grove’s Library of Alabama Lives.

Publication(s):

Industrial Development in Alabama; Growth and Distribution. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Southern College, 1958.

Industrial Development of the Birmingham Region. Birmingham Southern College, 1953.

The Oasis of Damascus. Beirut; American Press, 1935.