John Lang Rosenfeld

Background

Rosenfeld, John Lang was born on July 14, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of James Wendel and Gladys (Lang) Rosenfeld.

Education

AB, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1942. AM, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954.

Career

Assistant professor geology, Missouri School Mines, U. Missouri, Rolla, 1949-1955; visiting assistant professor geology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1955-1957; from assistant professor to professor geology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1957-1991; professor geology emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1991. Commissioner Geological and Natural History Survey, State of Connecticut, 1955-1957.

Achievements

• John Language Rosenfeld has been listed as a noteworthy geology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Mineral. Society American, Geological Society American. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors (president chapter 1983-1984, pres California conference 1986-1987, chair commission on academic freedom andtenure since 1987), American Geophysical Union, University Centers for Rational Alternatives, Nature Conservancy (life), Union Concerned Scientists, Oregon History Society.

Connections

Married Juanita Baker, October 22, 1943 (deceased February 2004). Children: Susan Jane, John Language.

Father:

James Wendel Rosenfeld

Mother:

Gladys (Lang) Rosenfeld

Spouse:

Juanita Baker

child:

Susan Jane Rosenfeld

child:

John Language Rosenfeld