Background
Chaffee, Maurice Ahlborn was born on January 10, 1937 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Galbraith and Sarah Hollenback (Ahlborn) Chaffee.
Chaffee, Maurice Ahlborn was born on January 10, 1937 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Galbraith and Sarah Hollenback (Ahlborn) Chaffee.
Degree in geological engineering, Colorado School Mines, 1959; Master of Science, U. Arizona, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Arizona, 1967.
Geologist, New Jersey Zinc Company, Austinville, Virginia, 1960-1962; graduate student, University Arizona, Tucson, 1962-1967; geologist, United States Geological Survey, Denver, since 1967.
Captain United States Army, 1959-1964. Fellow Society Economics Geologists (membership secretary 1982-1987), Association Exploration Geochemists (vice president 1986-1988, president 1988-1989).
Married Annette Fern Eckdahl, August 8, 1959. Children: Bradley Alan, Kim Chaffee Reweti.