Background
Christiansen, Robert Lorenz was born on June 13, 1935 in Kingsburg, California, United States. Son of Lorenz Walter and Sara (Hugo) Christiansen.
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Robert Lorenz Christiansen
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Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1956; Master of Science, Stanford University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1961.
Career
Geologist, Utah Constr. Company, San Francisco, 1957-1958;
geologist, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1960-1961;
geologist, United States Geological Survey, Denver, 1961-1971;
geologist, United States Geological Survey, Hawaii National Park, 1971-1973;
geologist, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, since 1973;
chief igneous and geothermal processes branch, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, 1987-1991;
coordinator monitoring and research, United States Geological Survey, Mount St. Helens, Washington, 1980. Review panelist Costa Rican Elec.
Institute, San Jose, 1984-1986. Consultant United Nations, Nairobi, Kenya, 1987.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Army, 1958. Fellow Geological Society American. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Mineral.
Society American.
Connections
Married Susan Eloise Putnam, June 23,1962. Children: Peter Putnam, John Robert, Catherine Sara.
