Background
Hubbert, Marion King was born on October 5, 1903 in San Saba, Texas, United States. Son of William Bee and Cora Virginia (Lee) Hubbert.
Hubbert, Marion King was born on October 5, 1903 in San Saba, Texas, United States. Son of William Bee and Cora Virginia (Lee) Hubbert.
Student, Weatherford College, 1921-1923; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1926; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1937; Honorary Doctor of Science, Syracuse University, 1972; Honorary Doctor of Science, Indiana State University, 1980.
Assistant geologist, Amerada Petroleum Corporation, Tulsa, summer 1926, 27-28;
teaching assistant geology, University of Chicago, 1928-1930;
instructor geophysics, Columbia University, 1930-1940;
geophysicist, Illinois Geological Survey, summers 1931-1932, 35-37;
associate geologist, United States Geological Survey, summer 1934;
private research, writing, 1940-1941;
senior analyst, Board Economics Warfare, Washington, 1942-1943;
research geophysicist, Shell Oil Corporation, Houston, 1943-1945;
associate director research, Shell Oil Corporation, Houston, 1945-1951;
chief consultant general geology, Shell Oil Corporation, Houston, 1951-1955;
consultant general geology, Shell Development Company, Houston, 1956-1964;
visiting professor geology and geophysics, Stanford University, 1962-1963;
professor, Stanford University, 1963-1968;
professor emeritus, Stanford University, 1968-1989;
visiting professor geography, Johns Hopkins University, spring 1968;
regents professor, University of California at Berkeley, spring 1973;
member of advisory board, University of California at Berkeley (College Engineering), 1974-1977;
research geophysicist, United States Geological Survey, 1964-1976;
consultant, from 1976. Member United States delegation United Nations Science Conference Conservation and Utilization Resources, Lake Success, New York, 1949. Member committee geophysics National Research Council.
Adviser Office Naval Research, 1949-1951. Member committee Disposal Radioactive Waste Products, 1955-1963. Member Advisory Selection Committee for Allowing Grants under Fulbright Act, 1950-1951.
Visiting lecturer California Institute Technology, 1953. Member visiting committee earth science Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1958-1960. Member earth science advisory panel National Science Foundation, 1953-1957, chairman, 1954-1957.
Visiting lecturer Stanford University, 1955, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959. Regents lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1960. Member visiting committee institute geophysics and planetary science University of California, 1961.
Member committee natural resources National Academy Sciences, 1961-1962. Chairman division earth science National.Acad. Sciences-National Research Council, 1963-1965.
National advisory board U. Nevada Desert Research Institute, 1967-1973. Member committee resources and man National Research Council, 1966-1970.
Trustee, secretary Population Reference Bureau, 1966-1972. Lecturer executive seminars United States Civil Service, Office of Personnel Management, 1971-1984, United States Information Agency lecturer, Europe, 1975, 77. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences (life), American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), National Academy of Sciences, Geological Society of America (Day medal 1954, Penrose medal 1973, council 1947-1949, president 1962), International Union Geological Sciences (United States national committee 1961-1964, committee on geoscience and man 1972-1976).
Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (honorary, Distinguished lecturer United States and Canada 1945, 52, 73-74), American Geophysical Union (life), Society Petroleum Engineers (honorary, Distinguished lecturer 1963-1964), Society Exploration Geophysicists (honorary), Canadian Society Petroleum Geologists (honorary), 28th Interat. Geological Congress (honorary), Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Miriam Graddy Berry, November 11, 1938.