Background
Waage, Karl Mensch was born on December 17, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frederick Oswin and Vinnie (Mensch) Waage.
Waage, Karl Mensch was born on December 17, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frederick Oswin and Vinnie (Mensch) Waage.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1939. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1946.
Student, Yale University, 1940.
Geologist United States Geological Survey, 1942-1946. Instructor geology and geophysics Yale University, 1946-1947, assistant professor, 1947-1952, associate professor, 1952-1967, professor, 1967-1977, Alan M. Bateman professor, 1977-1986, professor emeritus. Associate curator invertebrate paleontology Peabody Museum Natural History, 1947-1959, curator, 1959-1986, cureator emeritus, 1986, director, 1979-1982.
Fellow Geological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Paleontological Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Ann King, May 29, 1942. Children: Jonathan King, Jeffrey King.