Background
Wetherill, George West was born on August 12, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George West and Leah Victoria (Hardwick) Wetherill.
geophysicist Planetary scientist
Wetherill, George West was born on August 12, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George West and Leah Victoria (Hardwick) Wetherill.
Bachelor of Philosophy Chicago, 1948; Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Chicago, 1949; S.M. Entertainment, University of Chicago, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Chicago, 1953.
Member staff department terrestrial magnetism, Carnegie Institute, Washington, 1953-1960; professor geophysics and geology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1975; department chairman planetary and space science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968-1972; director department terrestrial magnetism, Carnegie Institute, Washington, 1975-1991; member science staff, Carnegie Institute, Washington, since 1991. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, National Academy Science.
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With United States Navy, 1943-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Geophysical Union (president planetology section 1970-1972, recipient H.H. Hess medal, 1991), Meteoritical Society (vice president 1971-1974, 81-83, president 1983-1985, Leonard medal 1981). Member NAS, American Philosophical Society, Geochem.
Society (vice president 1973-1974, president 1974-1975), International Association Geochem. and Cosmochemistry (president 1977-1980), International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society Division Planetary Sciences and Division Dynamic Astronomy (G.P. Kuiper prize 1986), Religious Society Free Quakers, International Society for Study of Origin of Life.
Married Phyllis May Steiss, June 17, 1950 (deceased 1995). Children: Rachel, George, Sarah. Married MaryBailey, 1998.