Background
Burnham, Clifford Wayne was born on October 24, 1922 in Murietta, California, United States.
Burnham, Clifford Wayne was born on October 24, 1922 in Murietta, California, United States.
AB magna cum laude, Pomona College, 1951. Master of Science in Geology, California Institute of Technology, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Geochem., California Institute of Technology, 1955.
Geologist Riverside Cement company, 1951. Assistant professor economic geology Pennsylvania State University, 1955-1959, associate professor geochemistry, 1959-1965, professor geochemistry, 1965-1986, professor emeritus, since 1986, head department geoscience, 1974-1985. Adjunct professor University Indiana, since 1987.
Arizona State University, since 1992.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1942-1946. Fellow American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America (Roebling medal 1998), Mineralogical Society of America. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geochem.
Society (president 1974), Society Economic Geologists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.