Background
Klein, George D. was born on January 21, 1933 in Den Haag, Netherlands. Son of Alfred and Doris (deVries) Klein. came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1955.
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George D. Klein
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George D. Klein, American Geologist, executive. Board of directors The Jersey Shore Partnership, Inc., 1993-1996; commissioner New Jersey Beach Erosion Commission, 1994-1998. Fellow Geological Society American (chairman division sedimentary geology 1985-1986); member American Geophysical Union, American Institute Professional Geologists, Society for Sedimentary Geology, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Houston Geological Society.
Education
Bachelor, Wesleyan University, 1954; Master of Arts, U. Kansas, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1960.
Career
Research sedimentologist, Sinclair Research Inc., 1960-1961;
assistant professor geology, U. Pittsburgh, 1961-1963;
from assistant professor to associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1969;
professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1970-1993;
professor emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1993;
president, New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium, Fort Hancock, New Jersey, 1993-1996;
director, New Jersey Sea Grant College program, 1993-1996;
principal, president, George D. Klein & Associations, Matawan, New Jersey, 1996-1998;
president, Klein/Chong, Inc., Matawan, New Jersey, 1996-1998;
president, SED-STRAT Geosci. Cons., Houston, since 1998. Visiting fellow Wolfson College University of Oxford, 1969.
Visiting professor geology University of California, Berkeley, 1970. Visiting professor oceanography Oregon State University, 1974, Seoul National U., 1980, U. Tokyo, 1983. Counter Intelligence Corps visiting exchange professor geophysical science University of Chicago, 1979-1980.
Visiting professor geophysics U. Utrecht, 1988. Visiting professor sedimentary geology Vrije University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989;chief scientist Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 58, 1977-1978. Continuing education lecturer.
Associate Center Advanced Studies University of Illinois, 1974, 83. Co-director project Pangea of Global Sedimentary Geology program, 1991-1993.
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Board of directors The Jersey Shore Partnership, Inc., 1993-1996. Commissioner New Jersey Beach Erosion Commission, 1994-1998. Fellow Geological Society American (chairman division sedimentary geology 1985-1986).
Member American Geophysical Union, American Institute Professional Geologists, Society for Sedimentary Geology, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Houston Geological Society.
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Married Suyon Chong, September 23, 1994.
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Recipient Outstanding Paper award Journal Sedimentary Petrology, 1970, Erasmus Haworth Distinguished Alumnus award in geology, U. Kansas, 1980, Citation of Recognition Illinois House Representatives. Senior Research fellow Japan Society forPromotion of Science, 1983, Senior Fulbright Research fellow, The Netherlands, 1989. Outstanding Geology Faculty member University of Illinois Geology Graduate Student Association, 1983. Grantee National Science Foundation, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.Recipient Outstanding Paper award Journal Sedimentary Petrology, 1970, Erasmus Haworth Distinguished Alumnus award in geology, U. Kansas, 1980, Citation of Recognition Illinois House Representatives. Senior Research fellow Japan Society forPromotion of Science, 1983, Senior Fulbright Research fellow, The Netherlands, 1989. Outstanding Geology Faculty member University of Illinois Geology Graduate Student Association, 1983.
Grantee National Science Foundation, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.