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Witherspoon, Paul Adams was born on February 19, 1919 in Pittsburgh.
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Paul Adams Witherspoon
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Paul Adams Witherspoon, American Geological engineer, petroleum engineer. Flow of fluids in porous and fractured rocks, regional groundwater flow, well hydraulics, underground storage of fluids, radioactive wasteisolation, geothermal systems Recipient Robert E. Horton award American Geophysical Union, 1990, O.E. Meinzer award Geological Society American, 1976.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Pitt., 1941; Master of Science, U. Kansas, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in geological physical chairman, University of Illinois, 1957.
Career
Professor petrol, engineer, University of California, Berkeley, 1957-1965; professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; head earth division, associate director, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, since 1977.
Achievements
Membership
American Geophys.Union, Geological Society American, American Association Petrol. Geological, American Institute.Mining, Metall & Petrol Engineers, Sigma Xi.
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American