Background
Dalziel, Ian William Drummond was born on November 26, 1937 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of George Morton and Marjorie (Richardson) Dalziel. came to the United States, 1963.
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Ian William Drummond Dalziel, British, American Geologist, educator, researcher. Achievements include research in hypothesis for origin of North American continent and origin of Pacific ocean basin, relations of deformation and metamorphism in orogenic belts, development of mountain belts, fault mechanics, stress history of folded rocks, reconstruction of Gondwanaland, development of island arc systems
M C. Guggenheim fellow, 1976-1977.
Education
Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1963.
Career
Assistant lecturer, U. Edinburgh, 1959-1963;
assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1966;
associate professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1967-1970;
professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1970-1985;
professor, senior research scientist, University Texas, Austin, since 1985. Co-leader expedition Somerset Island, Arctic Canada, 1964-1965. Consultant QueCartier Mining Company, since 1965.
Leader expeditions South Shetland Islands, South Omchez Islands, Antarctic Peninsula & Tierra del Fuego, since 1969. Member deep sea drilling project Joint Oceanography Institutions Deep EarthSampling Antarctic Advisory Panel, since 1971.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Geological Society American, Geol Society London (Murchison medal 1992). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, International Union Geological Sciences (delegate to science commission on Antartic research since 1986).
Connections
Married Merle McNeill Black, March 26, 1960 (divorced December 1978). Married Linda Suzanne Clark, December 14, 1979. Children: Kyle Lloyd, Kacie Elizabeth.
