Background
Dott, Robert Henry was born on June 2, 1929 in Tulsa. Son of Robert Henry and Esther Edgerton (Reed) Dott.
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Robert Henry Dott
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Student, University Oklahoma, 1946-1948; Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1950; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1956.
Career
Exploration geologist, Humble Oil & Refining Company, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, 1954-1956;
Exploration geologist, Humble Oil & Refining Company, Southern California, 1958;
member of faculty, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1958-1994;
professor geology, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1966-1984;
Stanley A. Tyler Distinguished professor, University of Wisconsin -Madison, since 1984;
department chairman geology and geophysics, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1974-1977;
emeritus professor, University of Wisconsin -Madison, since 1994. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1969. Cabot distinguished visiting professor U. Houston, 1986-1987.
National Science Foundation science faculty fellow Stanford University and United States Geological Survey, 1978, U. Colorado, 1979. Academic visitor University of Oxford, Imperial College, London, 1985-1986, Adelaide U., Australia, 1992. Consultant Roan Selection Trust, Ltd., Zambia, 1967, Atlantic-Richfield Company, 1983-1985, Hubbard Map Company, 1984-1986.
Lecturer Bureau Petroleum and Marine Geology, People's Republic of China, 1986. Erskine fellow and visiting professor Canterbury U., New Zealand, 1987. Woodford-Ellis lecturer Pomona College, 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1956-1957. Fellow Geological Society American (chairman history of geology division 1990, councilor 1992-1994, History of Geology award 1995), Edinburgh Geological Society (honorary.corr. 1997); member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Petroleum Geologists (Pres's award1956, Distinguished Svc. award 1984, Distinguished Lecturer 1985), Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists (secretary-treasurer 1968-1970, vice president 1972-1973, president 1981-1982, honorary member 1987, William H. Twenhofel medal 1993), International Association Sedimentologists, History of Earth Science Society (president 1990), Sigma Xi (Distinguished lecturer 1988-1989).
Connections
Married Nancy Maud Robertson, February 1, 1951. Children: James, Karen, Eric, Cynthia, Brian.
