Background
Seilacher, Adolf was born on February 24, 1925 in Stuttgart, Germany. Came to the United States, 1987. Son of Adolf and Frida (Pfitzer) Seilacher.
Seilacher, Adolf was born on February 24, 1925 in Stuttgart, Germany. Came to the United States, 1987. Son of Adolf and Frida (Pfitzer) Seilacher.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Tübingen (Germany), 1951.
Assistant professor Tübingen University, 1951-1957. Docent Frankfurt (Germany) University, 1957-1959. Lecturer Baghdad (Iraq) University, 1959-1961.
Professor Göttingen (Germany) University, 1961-1964, Tübingen University, 1964-1990. Adjunct professor geology & geophysics Yale University, New Haven, since 1987. Member advisory board Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Naturkunde Museum, Berlin.
With German Navy, 1943-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Academy of Sciences Heidelberg, Geological Society London (honorary), Royal Physical Society Lund (honorary), Paleontology Association (honorary).
Married Edith Drexler, July 20, 1957. Children: Ulrike, Peter.