Background
Kirkpatrick, Robert James was born on December 31, 1946 in Schenectady, New York, United States. Son of Robert James and Audrey Kirkpatrick.
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Robert James Kirkpatrick
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AB, Cornell Univercity, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1972.
Career
Assistant, United States Geological Survey, Denver, 1968; research and teaching assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1968-1972; assistant professor department geology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1978-1980; associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1980-1983; professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1983-1988; professor, head Department, University Illinois, Urbana, 1988-1997; executive associate dean College Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1997; senior research geologist production research division, Exxon, Houston, 1972-1973; research fellow in geophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1973-1975; assistant research geologist, Scripps Institution Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 1976-1978. Member ocean crust panel Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Studies, 1977-1978, active margin panel, 1978, downhole measurements panel, 1977-1978. Consultant various corporations.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Geological Society American, Mineral. Society American (councillor 1990-1993). Member American Geophysical Union (VGP award committee 1985-1988, chairman 1986-1988), American Cer.
Society, International Mineral. Association (alternate United States delegate 1982, coordinator committee 1986 meeting, chairman program committee 1986, United States representative Commision on Crystal Growth, vice president 1986-1990, secretary Commision on Mineral Physics 1986-1991).
Connections
Married Susan A. Wilson, September 4, 1968 (divorced 1984). Children: Gregory Robert, Geoffrey Stephen. Married Carol A. Hanna, September 3, 1985.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Overseas fellow Churchill College, England, 1985-1986. Research grantee National Science Foundation, since 1977, various other organizations, since 1978.Overseas fellow Churchill College, England, 1985-1986. Research grantee National Science Foundation, since 1977, various other organizations, since 1978.