Background
Opdyke, Neil Donald was born on February 7, 1933 in Frenchtown, New Jersey, United States.
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Neil Donald Opdyke
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Bachelor, Columbia University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Durham University, England, 1958. Doctor of Science, University Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1982.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Rice U., Houston, 1958-1959; postdoctoral fellow, Australian National U., 1959-1960; postdoctoral fellow, U. College Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 1960-1963; research associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1964-1966; senior research associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1966-1981; geology lecturer, Columbia University, New York City, 1967-1969; Adjunct Professor geology, Columbia University, New York City, 1974-1981; professor, chairman geology, U. Florida, 1981-1988; professor geology, U. Florida, since 1994. Visiting professor U. Paris, 1989.
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Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union (John Adam Fleming medal 1996, committee on public affairs 1990-1991, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism section 1984-1986, president). Member National Academy of Sciences (geodynamics committee 1984-1986), American Academy Arts. and Sciences, Geological Society of America (George P. Woollard award 1987, associate editor bulletin 1983, day medal committee 1982), Geological Society Australia (Stillwell award 1982).
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Nationality
American