Hollis Dow Hedberg
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Hollis Dow Hedberg (May 29, 1903 – August 14, 1988; nickname: "El Doctor Hedberg")[1] was an American geologist specializing in petroleum exploration. His contribution to stratigraphic classification of rocks and procedures is a monumental work which received universal acceptance. The firm he worked for, the Gulf Oil Corporation in Venezuela, trusted his findings and explored what had until then been uncharted territory. As a result, they reaped huge benefits from their petroleum findings.[2] Hedberg taught at Princeton University from 1959 until his retirement in 1971. He was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal by the National Academy of Sciences in 1973.[3] In 1975 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London. Hedberg won the Sidney Powers Memorial Award in 1963.[4]
Hollis Dow Hedberg El Doctor Hedberg | |
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Born | Hollis Dow Hedberg (1903-09-29)September 29, 1903 |
Died | (1988-08-14)August 14, 1988 (aged 84) |
Spouse | Frances Murray |
Children | Five, four sons and one daughter |
Awards | Wollaston Medal (1975) Penrose Medal (1980) |