Stanford School of Earth Sciences; a report to alumni, 1990-1991 : videorecording, 1990.

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Stanford School of Earth Sciences; a report to alumni, 1990-1991 : videorecording, 1990.

Features the dean of the school, W. G. Ernst, and faculty members Benjamin M. Page, George A. Thompson, Elizabeth L. Miller, Franklin M. Orr, Jonathan F. Stebbins, and Michael F. Hochella.

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Stebbins, Jonathan Farwell

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Orr, Franklin M., Jr.

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Stanford university. School of earth sciences

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When Stanford University opened in 1891, two of its academic departments were Geology and Mining Engineering. When the departments were organized into Schools in 1926, geology became part of the School of Physical Sciences and mining was placed in the School of Engineering. In January 1947, the School of Mineral Sciences was organized, with A.I. Levorsen as its first Dean. The School, known now as the School of Earth Sciences, has five departments: applied earth sciences, environmental studies, ...

Thompson, George A. (George Albert), 1919-

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Miller, Elizabeth L., 1951-

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Page, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Markham), 1911-

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Geologist. Page, a member of the Stanford class of 1933, also earned his master's degree in 1934 and his Ph.D in 1940 at Stanford. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1943, becoming full professor in 1952; he was head of the Geology Department from 1957-62 and again from 1965-68. He retired in 1976. Page's special fields are structural geology and the relationship between geological structures and plate tectonics. From the description of Benjamin M. Page papers, 1929-1996. (Unknown). W...

Ernst, W. G. (Wallace Gary), 1931-

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Hochella, Michael F.

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