Mary Upjohn Meader, a longtime Western Michigan University benefactor and director emerita of the WMU Foundation, died March 16 in Kalamazoo. She was 91.
As a young woman in 1937, Meader flew over both South America and Africa took a treasure trove of aerial photos that are still being used by scholars today.
Representatives of the American Geographical Society asked Meader to sign the historic Flyers' and Explorers' Globe twice to mark those momentous flights.
You can view some of the photos she's taken here and here.
To read about her click here.
As a young woman in 1937, Meader flew over both South America and Africa took a treasure trove of aerial photos that are still being used by scholars today.
Representatives of the American Geographical Society asked Meader to sign the historic Flyers' and Explorers' Globe twice to mark those momentous flights.
You can view some of the photos she's taken here and here.
To read about her click here.
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