What is Geoffrey Bannister?
'''Geoffrey Bannister''' (born 1946, [[Manchester, England]]<ref name=star/>) was an [[England|English]]-[[United States|American]] [[education|educator]] and [[geographer]]. He is the fourth president of [[Hawai'i Pacific University]]. His goals for the [[university]] were to expand the [[graduate program]] [[research]] as well as building connections with other universities around the world.<ref name=star>{{cite web|url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/02/15/hawaii-news/lee-cataluna/lee-cataluna-who-has-the-time-for-all-that-allegedly/|title=Lee Cataluna: Who has the time for all that (allegedly)?|website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hawaiibusiness.com/talk-story-with-geoffrey-bannister/|title=Talk Story with Geoffrey Bannister|date=9 May 2011|website=Hawaii Business Magazine}}</ref> Bannister was born in Manchester, England. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to [[New Zealand]]. He later moved to [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] to get [[doctorate]] in [[geography]]. He became a U.S. [[citizen]] in 1989.<ref name=star/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bannister, Geoffrey}} [[Category:Academics from Hawaii]] [[Category:British geographers]] [[Category:American geographers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1946 births]]