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LEOPOLD, Luna was born on October 8, 1915 in New Mexico, United States. Son of Aldo Leopold and Estella Bergere.
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LEOPOLD, Luna was born on October 8, 1915 in New Mexico, United States. Son of Aldo Leopold and Estella Bergere.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University Wisconsin, 1936. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1985. Master of Science in Physics and Meteorology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1944.
Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Harvard, 1950. Doctor Geography (honorary), University Ottawa, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), Iowa Wesleyan College, 1971.
Doctor of Science (honorary), St. Andrews University, 1981. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Murcia, Spain, 1988.
Leopold is widely known in his primary field for his multitude of work in fluvial geomorphology and for the classic book, Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology, that he wrote with Gordon Wolman and John Miller. Leopold suggested that a new philosophy of water management is needed, one based on geologic, geographic, and climatic factors as well as traditional economic, social, and political factors. He argued that the management of water resources cannot be successful as long as it is naïvely perceived from an economic and political standpoint, as it is in the status quo.
From 1937 to 1940, Leopold worked as an engineer for the United States. Soil Conservation Service in New Mexico.
In 1940, he enlisted and was a part of the United States. Army Weather Service and the Army Air Force. He was in the Army until 1946 and he rose from the rank of Private to Captain.
From 1946 to 1950, Leopold served as the Chief Meteorologist of the Pineapple Research Institute, Hawaii. In 1950, he joined the United States. Geological Survey.
He worked for the United States Geological Survey until 1972 serving as Hydraulic Engineer (1950-1956), Chief Hydrologist (1956-1966), and Senior Research Hydrologist (1966-1972).
In 1972, Leopold joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley as a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and Department of Landscape Architecture. He retired in 1986 and continued as a Professor Emeritus until his death in 2006. 1958 - Recipient of the first Kirk Bryan Award of the Geological Society of America (with Thomas J Maddock, Junior) (2006, reprint).
Leopold, Aldo and (editor) (1972, reprint).
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Fellow: California Academy Sciences. Member: American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Geological Institute (Ian Campbell medal), American Geophysical Union (Robert E. Horton medal 1993), Geological Society of America (president 1972, Kirk Bryan award 1958, Distinguished Career award geomorphological group 1991, Penrose medal 1994), American Society of Civil Engineers (Julian Hinds award), National Academy of Sciences (Warren prize), Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi.
Married 1st Carolyn Clugston in 1940. Married 2nd Barbara Beck Nelson in 1973.