Donald Lawson Turcotte

TURCAULT

History

Biographies

Donald Lawson Turcotte

Birth: April 22, 1932 in Bellingham, Washington, United States

Occupation: Geophysical sciences educator

Family: married Joan Meredith Luecke, May 17, 1957; children: Phillip Lawson, Stephen Bradford.

Education: BS, California Institute of Technology, 1954; Masters, Cornell University, 1955; PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1958.

Civil/Military Service: Trustee Universities Space Research Association, 1975-79

Memberships: Member: National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Seismology Society of America, Geological Society of America (Day medal 1982), American Geophysical Union (Charles A. Whitten medal 1995, William Bowie Medal 2003), El Macero Country Club.

Addresses: Home, 27104 Middle Golf Drive, El Macero, California, 95618; Office, University of California, Department of Geology, Davis, California, 95616.

Recipient Wegener medal, European Union Geosciences, 1991, Distinguished Alumni award, California Institute of Technology, 1999; Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Science Foundation, 1965-66, Guggenheim Fellow, 1972-73.

Positions Held: distinguished professor of geology, University of California, Davis, 2003; chairman, Cornell University, 1981-90; Maxwell Upson professor, Cornell University, 1985-2002; professor geological sciences, Cornell University, 1973-85; professor, Cornell University, 1967-73; associate professor, Cornell University, 1963-67; assistant professor aeronautical. engineering., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1959-63; Assistant professor aeronautical engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1958-59.

Author (with others): Statistical Thermodynamics, 1963, Space Propulsion, 1965, Geodynamics, 1982, Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics, 1992, Mantle Convection, 2001

This individual's biographical profile has been published in the following Marquis publications:

Who's Who in America ®, 60th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 59th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 58th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 57th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 56th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 55th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 54th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 53rd edition
Who's Who in America ®, 52nd edition
Who's Who in America ®, 51st edition
Who's Who in America ®, 50th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 49th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 48th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 47th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 46th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 45th edition
Who's Who in America ®, 44th edition
Who's Who in Science and Engineering ®, 8th edition
Who's Who in Science and Engineering ®, 7th edition
Who's Who in Science and Engineering ®, 6th edition
Who's Who in Science and Engineering ®, 5th edition
Who's Who in Science and Engineering ®, 4th edition
Who's Who in Science and Engineering ®, 3rd edition
Who's Who in the East ®, 31st edition
Who's Who in the East ®, 30th edition
Who's Who in the East ®, 29th edition
Who's Who in the East ®, 28th edition
Who's Who in the West ®, 31st edition

SOURCE CITATION "Donald Lawson Turcotte." Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2006.

turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau turcault turcot turcotte turreau

www.Turcault.com
Updated 2007:11:10:00:00:00.00
Site Map