Background
RODGERS, John was born on July 11, 1914 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Henry D. and Louise W. (Allen) Rodgers.
RODGERS, John was born on July 11, 1914 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Henry D. and Louise W. (Allen) Rodgers.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1936; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1944.
Geologist,, United States Geological Survey, 1938-1946;
intermittently, United States Geological Survey, 1946-1995;
science consultant, United States Army Engineers, 1944-1946;
instructor geology, Yale University, New Haven, 1946-1947;
assistant professor, Yale University, 1947-1952;
associate professor, Yale University, 1952-1959;
professor, Yale University, 1959-1962;
Silliman professor, Yale University, 1962-1985;
Silliman professor emeritus, Yale University, since 1985. Visiting lecturer College de France, Paris, 1960. Secretary-general commission on stratigraphy International Geological Congress, 1952-1960.
Commissioner Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, 1960-1971.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America (councillor 1962-1965, president 1970, Penrose medal 1981), American Geophysical Union. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering (charter), Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences (president 1969), Geological Society London (honorary), Société géologique de France (associate member, vice president 1960, Prix Gaudry 1987), American Philosophical Society, Russian Academy of Sciences (honorary foreign member), Academia Real de Ciencias y Artes Barcelona (foreign correspondent member), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Elizabethan (New Haven).