Background
Baum, Gerald Robert was born on October 20, 1947 in San Juan, P.R. Son of Robert Ernst and Frances (Wesenberg) Baum.
Baum, Gerald Robert was born on October 20, 1947 in San Juan, P.R. Son of Robert Ernst and Frances (Wesenberg) Baum.
Bachelor of Science in Geology, Old Dominion U., 1969; Master of Science in Geology, U. North Carolina, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1977.
Teacher, Norfolk (Virginia) City School System, 1969-1970; teacher, Virginia Beach (Virginia) City School System, 1970-1972; assistant professor, College Charleston, South Carolina., 1977-1980; research specialist, Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, 1980-1985; research director, Atlantic Richfield Company Oil and Gas Company, Plano, Texas, 1985-1988; regional stratigrapher, Atlantic Richfield Company Alaska, Inc., Anchorage, 1988-1991; research professor, Earth Sciences & Resources Institute, Columbia, South Carolina., 1992-1996; research professor department geology and geophysical, Rice U., Houston, 1996-1997; senior geoscientist, Texaco International Exploration, Houston, since 1997. Speaker numerous professional organizations including American Advancement of Science 145th Annual Meeting, 1979, Canada Society Petroleum Geologists Conference, 1982, Dallas Geological Society, 1987. Adjunct Professor Department Geosciences University of Southern California, since 1996.
Fellow Geological Society American. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Sedimentary Geology, Sigma Xi.
Married Susan Virginia Culin, May 17, 1969 (divorced 1980). 1 child, Kelly Christine. Married Joan Lorraine Smith, June 1, 1980 (divorced 1994).
Children: Charlotte Lorraine, William Benjamin. Married Valentina Alekseyevna Pesetskaya, January 22, 1997.