Background
Buddington, Arthur Francis was born on November 29, 1890 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Osmer Gilbert and Mary Salina (Wheeler) Buddington.
Buddington, Arthur Francis was born on November 29, 1890 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Osmer Gilbert and Mary Salina (Wheeler) Buddington.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1912, Sc.M., 1913. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1916. Honorary Doctor of Science, Brown, 1942.
Jene. Instructor Brown University, 1917 and 1919. Petrologist, geophysical laboratory, Carnegie Institute, 1919-1920. Assistant professor geology, Princeton University, 1920-1926, associate professor, 1926-1932, professor, 1932-1959, Blair professor geology emeritus, 1959-1981.
Chairman of department, 1936-1950.
Temporary geologist United States Geological Survey, from 1919, New York State Museum, 1916-1941. Guest lecturer India Science Congress and Geological Survey, 1957.
Served as private Aviation Section, Signal Corps, and sergeant 1st class Chemical Warfare Service, United States Army, 1918. Fellow Geological Society American (councillor 1939-1942, vice president 1943, 47, Penrose medalist 1954), Society Economics Geologists, American Geophysical Union (president volcano section 1941-1944), American Academy Arts and Sciences (fellow), American Mineral. Society (councilor 1936-1940, president 1942.
Married Jene Elizabeth Muntz, September 10, 1924.