Brent Dalrymple

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Gary Brent Dalrymple
SCIENTIST BRENT DALRYMPLE ADJUSTING MASS SPECTROMETER VACUUM FLIGHT TUBE, 1971. - U.S. Geological Survey, Rock Magnetics Laboratory, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, San Mateo HAER CAL,41-MENPA,5-31.tif
Brent Dalrymple adjusting mass spectrometer vacuum flight tube, 1971
Born (1937-05-09)May 9, 1937
Alhambra, California
Residence Corvallis, Oregon
Nationality American
Fields Geology
Thesis Potassium-argon dates and the Cenozoic chronology of the Sierra Nevada, California (1963)
Known for Research regarding the history of Earth's magnetic field and radiometric dating
Influences Allan V. Cox
Notable awards Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 1975, and was the organizations' president from 1990 to 1992; received an honorary doctorate from Occidental College in 1993
Spouse Sharon[1]

G. Brent Dalrymple (born May 9, 1937) is an American geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, and National Medal of Science winner.[2]

He was born in Alhambra, California. After receiving a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, Dalrymple went to work at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park, California. In 1994 he left the USGS to accept a position at Oregon State University, where he served on the faculty until retiring in 2001. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

In 2003, Dalrymple was awarded the National Medal of Science.[3] He was presented with the Medal at a ceremony in 2005.[4]

Selected publications

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