Donald Charles Noble

Background

Noble, Donald Charles was born on March 2, 1937 in New York City. Son of Oliver Donald and Ella DeCoursey (Kratz) Noble.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1958; Master of Science, Stanford University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1962.

Career

Geologist, United States Geological Survey, Denver, 1962-1966; assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1971; visiting professor, research professor, U. Nevada, Reno, 1972-1975; geological consultant, Reno, also Peru, 1971-1975; from associate professor to professor geology, Michigan Technological U., Houghton, 1975-1980; professor geology and economics geology, Mackay School Mines, U. Nevada, Reno, since 1980; consultant economics geologist, western North America and South America, since 1980.

Achievements

• Donald Charles Noble has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

First lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1958-1959. Fellow Society Economics Geologists, Mineral. Society American; member Sociedad Geologica del Peru, Society Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Geological Society American, Geological Society Nevada.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, Andean textiles, collecting carved gourds.

Connections

Married Bettie Eleanor Hardy, 1955 (divorced 1971). Children: Jean Elizabeth, William Hardy, ThomasCharles. Married Carol Jane Rasmussen, 1973.

Father:

Oliver Donald Noble

Mother:

Ella DeCoursey (Kratz) Noble

Spouse:

Bettie Eleanor Hardy

Spouse:

Carol Jane Rasmussen

child:

William Hardy Noble

child:

Jean Elizabeth Noble

child:

ThomasCharles Noble