Background
Helgeson, Harold C. was born on November 13, 1931 in Minneapolis. Son of Harold Rollin and Phoebe Dorothy (Kildahl) Helgeson.
consultant scientist biogeochemistry educator
Helgeson, Harold C. was born on November 13, 1931 in Minneapolis. Son of Harold Rollin and Phoebe Dorothy (Kildahl) Helgeson.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.
Mining and exploration geologist, Anglo-American corporation, South Africa, Southwest Africa, Zambia, 1956-1959;
research assistant, teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1959-1962;
research chemist, Shell Development, Houston, 1962-1965;
from assistant to associate professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1965-1970;
professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1970. Co-chairman Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Geochemistry, 1977. Director, chairman North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Study Institute on Chemical Transportation, 1985.
Distinguished lectr.Western Canada, Inaugural Mineral. Society Canada, 1989.
Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1954-1956. Fellow Geological Society American, Mineral. Society American, Royal Society Chemistry.
Member International Association Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, Geochem. Society (councilor 1973-1976), American Chemical Society, European Association Geochemistry (1st honorary member), European Association Organic Geochemists.
Married Velda Fay Fennell, March 20, 1956 (divorced November 1977). Children: Christopher, Kimberley. Married Suzanne Tuxen, August 30, 1978 (divorced June 1982).
Married Frances Beth Damon, January 14, 1986. 1 child, Broghan.