Robert M. Garrels (1916-1988) Papers 1938-1992

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Robert M. Garrels (1916-1988) Papers, 1938-1992

Robert M. Garrels (1916-1988) Papers 1938-1992

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Garrels joined the Northwestern University faculty as an instructor in geology in 1941. In 1944 he was promoted to assistant professor of geology and geography. This title was changed in 1946 to assistant professor of geology. Garrels was promoted to associate professor of geology in 1949. From 1952 to 1955 Garrels was chief of the solid state group, geochemistry and petrology branch, U.S. Geological Survey. In the latter year he joined the faculty of Harvard University as associate professor of geology. Garrels returned to Northwestern as professor of geology in 1965, remaining until 1969. That year he moved to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography as professor of geology. In 1972 he was appointed Captain James Cook Professor of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii. Garrels returned to Northwestern in 1974 as professor of geological sciences and retired in 1980. He then became professor of geology at the University of South Florida where he stayed until his death. The Robert M. Garrels Papers fill twenty-one boxes and span the period 1938-1988. The papers are comprised of four categories: correspondence, teaching files, research files, and publications. Five folders of biographical material and three folders of papers presented at meetings are also included.

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