Background
Washburn, Albert Lincoln was born on June 15, 1911 in New York City. Son of Albert Henry and Florence Belle (Lincoln) Washburn.
Washburn, Albert Lincoln was born on June 15, 1911 in New York City. Son of Albert Henry and Florence Belle (Lincoln) Washburn.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1942; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Alaska, 1981.
Member, Harvard-Dartmouth Mount Crillon Expedition, Alaska., 1934; Member, National Geography Society Mount McKinley Expedition, Alaska., 1936; Member, Louise A. Boyd East Greenland Expedition, 1937; Member, expeditions to Artic North America, 1938-1941, 43, 47, 49, 81—; geomorphic investigations in, Greenland, 1954; geomorphic investigations in, N.E. Greenland, 1955-1958, 60, 64; geomorphic investigations in, Antarctic, 1957-1958; geomorphic investigations in, USNC International Geophysical Year, 1953-1959; member committee polar research, National Academy Science, 1958-1959, 63-73; member glaciology panel of commission on polar research, National Academy Science, 1959-1965, 67-71; chairman polar research board, National Academy Science, 1978-1981; commissioner, United States Arctic Research Commission, 1985-1988; vice president, International Quaternary Union, 1973-1982; also honorary member, International Quaternary Union executive director, Arctic Institute North America, 1945-1951; honorary lecturer geography, McGill University, 1948-1951; director, Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1951-1952; consultant, Research and Development Board, Washington, 1947-1953; consultant, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1952-1961; member, Army Science Advisory Panel, 1958-1959; professor northern geology, Dartmouth, 1953-1959; professor geology, Yale, 1960-1966; senior research associate, Yale, 1966-1970; professor geology, U. Washington, Seattle, 1967-1976; professor emeritus, U. Washington, since 1976; also director Quaternary Research Center, U. Washington, 1967-1976. Advisory board Geophysical Institute, U. Alaska, Fairbanks, 1982-1988.
Served as officer Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Fellow American Geography Society, Geological Association Canada, Geological Society of America (Kirk Bryan award 1971, Division Quaternary Geological and Geomorph. Distinguished Career award, 1988).
Member American Geophysical Union, American Quaternary Association (president 1970), Arctic Institute North America (honorary), Frankfurter Geography Gesell. (correspondent), Geography Society Finland (correspondent), Geological Society Belgium (correspondent, André H. Dumont medal 1973), Göttingen Akademy Wissenschaften (correspondent), International Glaciological Society (honorary), Sigma Xi. Clubs: American Alpine (New York City), Cosmos (Washington).
Explorers (New York City).
Married Barbara Tahoe Talbot, September 14, 1935. Children: Nuna Lincoln, Land Lincoln, Sila Talbot.