Donald James Easterbrook

Background

Easterbrook, Donald James was born on January 29, 1935 in Sumas, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of George Weeks and Helen Louise (McVicar) Easterbrook.

Education

Easterbrook was educated at the University of Washington, where he received the Bachelor of Science in 1958, the Master of Science in 1959, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Geology) in 1962. Easterbrook has studied global climate change for five decades.

Career

His doctoral dissertation was entitled Pleistocene Geology of the Northern Participant of the Puget Lowland, Washington. He was chairman of the Geology Department at Western Washington University for 12 years. He is an active environmentalist, having initiated undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental geology at Western Washington University.

President of the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division of the Geological Society of America

Chairman of the 1977 National Geological Society of America meeting

United States. representative to the United Nations International Geological Correlation Program

Associate Editor of the Geomorphology International Journal

Director of Field Excursions for the 2003 International Quaternary Association Congress

Easterbrook has conducted geologic research in the North Cascade Range, Puget Lowland, Columbia Plateau, Rocky Mts., New Zealand Alps, Argentine Andes, and various other parts of the world.

His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, United States. Department of Interior, and several other governmental agencies. Easterbrook gave a speech at the 2006 Geological Society of America annual meeting, in which he stated:

"If the cycles continue as in the past, the current warm cycle should end soon and global temperatures should cool slightly until about 2035, then warm about 0.5°C from ~2035 to ~2065, and cool slightly until 2100.

The total increase in global warming for the century should be ~0.3 °C, rather than the catastrophic warming of 3-6°C (4-11°F) predicted by the IPCC.".

Achievements

• Donald James Easterbrook has been listed as a noteworthy Geology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Surface Processes and Landforms, 2nd Edition

    ( This book includes both basic material for students wi...)

  • Surface Processes and Landforms

    ( This book includes both basic material for students wi...)

  • Surface Processes and Landforms by Don J. Easterbrook (1998-10-20)
  • Surface Processes and Landforms by Don J. Easterbrook (1992-10-03)
  • Landforms of Washington;: The geologic environment,

Membership

Member Geological Society American (chairman national meeting 1977, national secretary quaternary geology and geomorphology division 1970-1982, national 2d vice chairman 1981-1982, national 1st vice chairman 1982-1983, national chairman 1983-1984, associate editor bulletin since 1995, Distinguished Svc. award 1986).

Connections

Married Ellen Harriett Moses.

Father:

George Weeks Easterbrook

Mother:

Helen Louise (McVicar) Easterbrook

Spouse:

Ellen Harriett Moses.