Background
Schaeffer, Oliver Adam was born on February 20, 1919 in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Boyd and Mary Kaufman (Heffner) Schaeffer.
Schaeffer, Oliver Adam was born on February 20, 1919 in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Boyd and Mary Kaufman (Heffner) Schaeffer.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1941. Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1946.
Analytical chemist Tennessee Valley Authority, Wilson Dam, Alabama, 1942-1944.
Postdoctoral research associate Harvard, 1946-1947. Associate chemist Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1947-1960, senior chemist, 1960-1965.
Professor earth and space science State University New York, Stony Brook, 1965-1981, department chairman, 1965-1971. Visiting scientist Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, 1961-1962, 71-72, 74-81.
Visiting professor U. Heidelberg, Germany, 1971-1972, 74-81.
Research on cosmochemistry, ages of lunar rocks and meteorites, history of cosmic rays, marine chemistry.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Meteoritical Society, American Chemical Society, American Astronomical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Auswärtiges mitgleid der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften.
Married Alice Viola Long, October 21, 1944. Children: Mary, Oliver, Nancy, George, Clare, Alice.