Roripaugh, Charles C., Jr., 1927-1989

Geophysicist Charles Clifford Roripaugh, Jr., was born July 13, 1927, in Oceanside, California. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1945 to 1946 with training in aviation electronics. Roripaugh joined Shell Oil Company as a seismologist in 1949 after receiving his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He was advanced to seismologist party chief in 1953 with responsibility for data acquisition and interpretation in the Rocky Mountain basins. Named eastern division geophysicist in 1959, Roripaugh directed seismic exploration in the Appalachian and Michigan basins. He was assigned to the New Orleans Marine Division in 1966 where he conducted petroleum exploration in the Gulf of Mexico until 1974 and was promoted to exploration consultant. He was married to wife Donna S. and had two daughters, Tamara and Lisa. Charles C. Roripaugh, Jr. died July 9, 1989.