Roger J. Cuffey

Background

Cuffey, Roger J. was born on May 2, 1939 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of James and Rita Letitia (Paraboschi) Cuffey.

Education

Bachelor, Indiana U., 1961; postgraduate, University of Michigan, 1962-1963; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1966.

Career

Paleontologist-stratigrapher, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, 1962; geographic pathologist, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1965-1967; assistant professor department geology/geoscience, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1967-1973; associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1973-1979; professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1979. Member of advisory panel Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, U. Kansas, 1980-1990.

Achievements

• Roger J. Cuffey has been listed as a noteworthy Paleontology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Army, 1965-1967. Fellow Geological Society American. Member International Bryozoology Association (president 1986-1989), Paleontological Society (book review editor Journal Paleontology 1970-1975), Society Vertebrate Paleontology, Society for Sedimentary Geology.

Connections

Married 1964 (divorced 1987). Children: Clifford, Kurt.

Father:

James Cuffey

Mother:

Rita Letitia (Paraboschi) Cuffey

Spouse:

1964

child:

Clifford Cuffey

child:

Kurt Cuffey