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Melvin G. Marcus  

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  • Melvin Gerald Marcus was born in Seattle, Washington, an environment that molded him as a geographer, environmental educator, and mountaineer. He claimed 52 first ascents by age 19, becoming the youngest person elected to the American Alpine Club. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Marcus, Melvin G. (1929–1997)]

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