Background
Heirtzler, James Ransom was born on September 16, 1925 in Baton Rouge. Son of William Ransom and Jimmie Lemon (Clark) Heirtzler.
Heirtzler, James Ransom was born on September 16, 1925 in Baton Rouge. Son of William Ransom and Jimmie Lemon (Clark) Heirtzler.
Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1947; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1953.
Assistant professor, American University of Beirut, 1953-1956; senior physicist, General dynamics corporation, Rochester, New York, 1956-1959; senior research associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York, 1959-1967; director Hudson laboratories, Columbia University, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1967-1969; department chairman geology and geophysics, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1969-1976; senior scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1976-1986; head geology and geomagnatism branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1986-1991; staff scientist geophysics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1991. Co-organizer workshop on geomagnetism in the study of earth's interior, Pune, India, 1994. Chief scientist various oceanographic cruises, 1959-1976.
With United States Navy, 1942-1944, PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Geological Society American, American Geophysical Union (various editorial positions 1984-1989). Member American Institute Physics (Board of Governors 1990-1993).
Married Phyllis Virginia Trossen, February 7, 1951 (divorced July 1986). Children: Fenton Ransom, Jason Dean. Married Katherine Alexandrovna Nazarova, April 5, 1991.
1 stepchild, Ilya Nazarov.