Background
Balk, Robert was born on May 31, 1899 in Reval, Estonia. Son of Hugo and Mary (Koch) Balk.
Balk, Robert was born on May 31, 1899 in Reval, Estonia. Son of Hugo and Mary (Koch) Balk.
Educated Gymnasium, Düsseldorf, Germany. Doctor of Philosophy, University Greifswald, Göttingen, Breslau, Germany, 1924.
Came to the United States, 1924, naturalized citizen. Independent field work since 1923 in Italy, Germany, Norway, United States of America. Geologist, New York State Museum, 1925-1926, Minnesota Geological Survey, 1930, United States Geological Survey, 1938-1945.
Instructor Hunter College, 1925-1928. associate professor, 1928-1935.
Visiting professor, Stanford University, 1934. Associate professor, Mount Holyoke College, 1935-1937. head department geological and geography since) 1935, professor 1937-1947, professor geology University of Chicago, 1947-1952.
Principal geologist New Mexico Bureau Mines and Mineral Resources, since 1952.
Fellow Geological Society America, Society Rheology, American Geophysical Union, Norsk Geological Forening. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.