Paul Hartman Reitan

Background

Reitan, Paul Hartman was born on August 18, 1928 in Kanawha, Iowa, United States. Son of John Olsen and Anna (Meldahl) Reitan.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Salisbury fellow), University of Chicago, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy (Fulbright fellow), U. Oslo, Norway, 1959.

Career

Instructor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1955; geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1953-1956; state geologist, Geological Survey of Norway, 1956-1960; assistant professor mineralogy, Stanford University, 1960-1966; member of faculty, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1966-1998; professor department geology emeritus, State University of New York dean, State University of New York, 1975-1979. Consultant University of California-Davis, American Geological Institute. Guest scientist Centre for Geological Science, Academy Science, Warsaw, Poland, Geological Survey Prague, Czechoslovakia., Geological Survey, Norway, National Geophysical Research Institute and Geological Survey, India.

Achievements

• Paul Hartman Reitan has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1946-1949. Fellow Geological Society American, Mineral. Society American, Society Economics Geology, Geological Society India.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Association Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, Royal Norwegian Society Sciences and Letters (foreign), Norsk Geologisk Forening (life), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Reidun Engebretsen, September 28,1962. Children: Kirsten Berit, Eric Hartmann.

Father:

John Olsen Reitan

Mother:

Anna (Meldahl) Reitan

Spouse:

Reidun Engebretsen

child:

Eric Hartmann Reitan

child:

Kirsten Berit Reitan