Background
Richmond, Gerald Martin was born on July 30, 1914 in Providence. Son of Gerald Martin Senior and Isobel Stewart (Bryan) Richmond-Bullitt.
Richmond, Gerald Martin was born on July 30, 1914 in Providence. Son of Gerald Martin Senior and Isobel Stewart (Bryan) Richmond-Bullitt.
Bachelor in Biology, Brown University, 1936. Master of Arts in Geology, Harvard University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, University Colorado, 1954.
Junior geologist, Panama Canal Commission, Diablo Heights, 1940-1941; junior geologist, United States Geological Survey, Washington, 1942-1943; geologist, United States Geological Survey, Washington, 1943-1944; geologist, United States Geological Survey, Denver, since 1944.
Fellow Geological Society of America (senior, Kirk Bryan award 1965). Member International Union for Quarternary Research (president 1965-1969), American Association for Quarternary Research (chairman subcommittee quarternary stratigraphy), Friends of the Pleistocene.
Married Margaret Emerson (divorced). Children: Gerald Martin Junior, Marjorie, Tucker, Ann. Married Amelie Z. Reynolds.