Background
Chilingarian, George Varos was born on July 22, 1929 in Tbilisi, Georgia, United States. Son of Varos and Klavdia (Gorchakova) Chilingarian.
Petroleum environmental educator
Chilingarian, George Varos was born on July 22, 1929 in Tbilisi, Georgia, United States. Son of Varos and Klavdia (Gorchakova) Chilingarian.
Bachelor of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering, University Southern California, 1949. Master of Science, University Southern California, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University Southern California, 1954.
Degree (honorary), Pepperdine University, 1976. Degree (honorary), Clayton University. Degree (honorary), Pacific States University.
Degree (honorary), Kensintgon University. Degree (honorary), Pacific Western University. Degree (honorary), International University Dubna, Russia.
Chief Petroleum and Chemicals laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio., 1954-1956; professor petroleum engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1956-1990; professor civil and petroleum engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1990.
Fellow Geological Society of America, American Chemical Society. Member Society Petroleum Engineers of American Institute of Mining, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, American Association of University Professors, American Society Engineering Education, California Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Armenia, National Academy Engineering Armenia, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy Natural Sciences (United States branch) (president), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Epsilon Tau.
Married Yelba Maria, June 12, 1953. Children: Modesto George, Mark Steven, Eleanore Elizabeth.