Background
Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas was born on October 20, 1881 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Thomas Chrowder and Alma Isabel (Wilson) Chamberlin.
Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas was born on October 20, 1881 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Thomas Chrowder and Alma Isabel (Wilson) Chamberlin.
Student university of Geneva and Zürich, Switzerland, 1899-1900. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1903, Doctor of Philosophy from same, 1907. Honorary Doctor of Science, Beloit College, 1929.
Member of the United States Geological Survey, 1907-1908. With University of Chicago Oriental Ednl. Investigation Commission to China, 1909.
Research associate, University of Chicago, 1909-1911. Investigation of Brazilian iron ore resources, 1911-1912. Instructor in geology, 1912-1914, assistant professor, 1914-1918, associate professor, 1918-1923, professor since 1923, University of Chicago, Carnegie Institution Expedition to Samoa, 1920.
Managing editor Journal of Geology, 1922-1928, editor since 1928.
Member of the United States Geological Survey, 1907-1908. Fellow Geological Society America (vice president 1933), American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1933), British A.A.S., American Geophysical Union, Seismological Society of America. Member National Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.
Clubs: University, Quadrangle, South Shore Country, American Alpine.
Married Dorothy Ingalls Smith, November 11, 1922. Children: Frances Dresser, Isabel Chrowder, Louise Ingalls.