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Krauskopf, Konrad Bates was born on November 30, 1910 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Francis Craig and Maude Luvan (Bates) Krauskopf.
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Krauskopf, Konrad Bates was born on November 30, 1910 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Francis Craig and Maude Luvan (Bates) Krauskopf.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Stanford University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1972.
Krauskopf led expeditions to Mexico, Norway, the Sierra and the Pacific Northwest. He also was a recipient of the following awards, honors and distinctions:
1959 elected a member in the National Academy of Sciences
1967 elected a member in the American Philosophical Society
1961 the Arthur L. Day Medal of the Geological Society of America
1964 president of the American Geological Institute
1967 president of the Geological Society of America
1970 president of the Geochemical Society
1982 V. M. Goldschmidt Award from the American Geochemical Society
1984 Ian Campbell Medal from the American Geological Society
1994 Distinguished Public Service Award, the Mineralogical Society of America
2000 Legendary Geoscientist Award from the American Geological Institute
1910: born on November 30, Madison, Wisconsin
1931: Bachelor of Arts in chemistry,the University of Wisconsin–Madison
1934: Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry, the University of California, Berkeley
1939-1976: faculty, Stanford University
1976-2003: professor emeritus, Stanford University
2003: died on May 4 in his Stanford University campus home.
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Fellow Geological Society of America (president 1967, Day medal 1961). Member National Academy of Sciences, Geochem. Society (president 1970, Goldschmidt medal 1982), Society Economic Geologists, American Geophysical Union, American Philosophical Society, American Institute Professional Geologists (honorary).
Married Kathryn Isabel McCune, January 1, 1936. Children– Karen Hyde, Frances Conley, Karl, Marion Foerster.