Walter Hermann Bucher

American paleontologist

Walter Hermann Bucher (March 12, 1888 – February 17, 1965) was a German-American geologist and paleontologist.²

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Born Mar 12, 1888, died Feb 18, 1965.¹

About

He was born in Akron, Ohio, to Swiss-German parents. The family then returned to Germany, where he was raised.

In 1911 he was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Heidelberg with a focus on geology and paleontology. The same year he returned to the U.S. and joined the University of Cincinnati as a lecturer. By 1924 he was a professor of geology at the institution.

His early works were on paleontology, and he performed studies of stromatolettia, oolites, and ripple-shaped markings. Later he concentrated on the Earth's crust diastrophism problem and proposed firstly (immediate and independent with Mikhail Tetyaev) the pulsation hypothesis of the Earth developing.

In 1935 he became president of the Ohio Academy of Sciences. In 1940 he joined the Columbia University, specializing in structural geology. It is thought that at this time he worked as a consultant on the Manhattan Project, hypothesizing how the detonation of the atomic bomb could affect the Earth's crust. In the same year he joined the National Research Council, as a consultant as chairman of the Division of Geology and Geography. In 1946 he was elected president of the New York Academy of Sciences, and from 1950 until 1953 he served as president of the American Geophysical Union. He was also president of the Geological Society of America (1955) and received their Penrose Medal in 1960.

From Wikipedia’s article on Walter Hermann Bucher, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

American Geophysical UnionChair¹⁵

Early life and education

Date not recordedHeidelberg University³

Career

Occupation: paleontologist, researcher, geologist.⁷

1955 to 1956President of the Geological Society of America⁵
Date not recordedWorked at University of Cincinnati⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Columbia University⁴
Date not recordedChair, American Geophysical Union⁶

Personal life

BornMar 12, 1888, Akron⁸
DiedFeb 18, 1965, Houston⁹
CitizenshipUnited States¹⁰

Awards

1962Fellow of the American Geophysical Union^{11 14}
1960Penrose Medal^{11 13}
1955Leopold-von-Buch-Plaque¹¹
1955William Bowie Medal^{11 12}

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