John Carrier Weaver

John Carrier Weaver (May 21, 1915 – March 10, 1995) was an American professor of geography, and college administrator for several major universities in the United States.

John Weaver graduated from the University of Wisconsin High School, then received his A.B.

Weaver's PhD provided a statistical analysis of US barley production (published as a paper 1943).

While his later work provided a widely used method of defining agricultural regions (1954).

[2][3] Weaver retired from the UW System in June, 1977, and moved to Los Angeles where he was a Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of Southern California[2] and the first executive director of the Annenberg Center for the Study of the American Experience.