Education
He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1949 and his Mississippi in 1951.
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Robert Wayne Decker
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He continued his graduate studies at the Colorado School of Mines and received his Doctor of Science in 1953 on the geology of the Independence Range in northern Elko County, Nevada. He worked for Bethlehem Steel in Venezuela 1949-1950), New World Exploration Company (1951-1954), University of Illinois (1954), Dartmouth College (1954-1979) and Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (1979-1984). He moved to California in 1984.
He established the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (Československá akademie věd) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo in 1989.
He was president of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth"s Interior (IAVCEI, 1975-1979). There are 4 Decker sons from this marriage.
She was instrumental in copyreading and typing his Mississippi thesis and his Doctoral thesis and assisted him in collecting the geologic information contained therein. Joann accompanied him on many trips around the world including his initial work at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
He was later married to Barbara Henneberger.
There were no children from this marriage. Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (1991) Mountains of Fire. The Nature of Volcanoes, Cambridge University President
Robert Decker (April 1, 1993) Von Pompeji zum Pinatubo - Die Urgewalt der Vulkane, Basel: Birkhäuser, 1 educated,
Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (2001) Volcanoes in America´s National Parks, Odyssey Guides
Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (2005) Volcanoes, San Francisco: Freeman, 4 educated,
Double Decker Press
Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (2007) Road Guide to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Double Decker Press, 6 educated, pp.
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Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (2007) Road Guide to Haleakala and the Hana Highway, Double Decker Press, 3 educated, pp.
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Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (2006) Road Guide to Joshua Tree National Park, Double Decker Press, 3 educated, pp. 48,
Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (2004) Road Guide to Death Valley National Park, Double Decker Press, updated educated, pp.
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Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (2004) Road Guide to Crater Lake National Park, Double Decker Press, 3 educated, pp. 48,
Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (2002) Road Guide to Mount Saint Helens, Double Decker Press, updated educated, pp.
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Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (1997) Road Guide to Lassen Volcanic National Park, Double Decker Press, 1 educated, pp.
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Robert Decker, Barbara Decker (1996) Road Guide to Mount Rainier National Park, Double Decker Press, pp.
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