Background
Rabassa, Jorge Oscar was born on December 2, 1948 in La Plata, Argentina. Son of Roger Jorge B. and Rosa C. (Sarraillet) Rabassa.
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Jorge Oscar Rabassa
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Licenciado en geologia, U. La Plata, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, U. La Plata, 1974.
Career
Assistant geologist, L.E.M.I.T., La Plata, 1969-1971;
junior researcher, Fundacion Bariloche, Argentina, 1974-1978;
associate professor geology, U. La Plata, 1984-1986;
professor geomorphology, U. Comahue, Neuquén, Argentina, 1978-1986;
senior researcher C.I.C., Buenos Aires Research Council, La Plata, 1980-1986;
director research center, National Research Council, Ushuaia, Argentina, 1986-1990;
professor geography, U. La Patagonia, Ushuaia, since 1986;
researcher, Cadic National Research Council, Ushuaia, 1986-1995;
principal, Cadic National Research Council, Ushuaia, since 1995. International consultant World Meteorological Organisation, Bogotá, Colombia, 1984. Board of directors Arcan Ltd.
S.A., Buenos Aires; consultant Parques Nacionales Arg., Buenos Aires, 1994. Member steering committee Environmental Science Institute, Viedma, Argentina, 1994. Senior research associate State University of New York, Binghamton, 1975-1976.
Visiting professor Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1984.
Achievements
Membership
State congressman Provincial Congress of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, 1991-1995. Member constitutional assembly Province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, 1990-1991. Vice president National Ecological Parliament, Buenos Aires, 1993-1995.
Member Patagonian Parliament, 1992-1995. Member Argentine Geological Association, American Geophysical Union (regional committee 1990-1995), International Quarterly (president commission for South America 1987-1995), International Geological Correlation Program, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (steering committee 1989-1993, national representative 1994).
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Children: Martin E., Mariano J., Marina Montserrat.
