Background
Louderback was born in San Francisco, and received an Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1896, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in 1899.
Louderback was born in San Francisco, and received an Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1896, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in 1899.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity California, 1896, Doctor of Philosophy, 1899, Doctor of Laws, 1946.
He was a teaching assistant in mineralogy at University of California Berkeley in 1897–1900 and then taught at the University of Nevada in 1900–1906. At University of California Berkeley"s department of geology, Louderback became an assistant professor in 1906, an associate professor in 1907, and a full professor in 1917. In Nevada, Louderback studied the geological structure of the Great Basin, especially of the Basin ranges, and Nevada"s gypsum deposits.
He did research on the Mesozoic formations of southern Oregon, the relation of radioactivity to vulcanism, the glaucophane of the Pacific Coast Ranges, and the stratigraphy of Mount Diablo.
He also studied the effects of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and sedimentation in San Francisco Bay. In 1914–1916 Louderback led an expedition searching for petroleum reservoirs in the interior of China.
After the expedition, in 1916 he also searched for petroleum in the Philippine Islands. He died in Berkeley, California, aged 82.
Member California Commision on Saint Francis Dam Failure, 1928, other state consultant boards on safety of dams, since 1929. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society American (ex-secretary Cordilleran section, chairman 1919-1922. Member Seismological Society American (secretary 1907-1910, president 1914, 29-35), American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, California Academy Sciences, Washington Academy Sciences, American Geography Society Mineral.
Society American, Society Economics Geologists (vice president 1939), American Petroleum Geologists, American Geophysical union, American Society Oceanography and Limnology, Phi Kappa Sigma, Theta Tau (national president 1919-1925), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi.
Clubs: Faculty (president 1939-1946), City-Commons (president 1935-1936) (Berkeley).
Married Clara Augusta Henry, October 3, 1899.