Sigmund Immanuel Hammer

Background

Hammer, Sigmund Immanuel was born on August 13, 1901 in Webster, South Dakota, United States. Son of Ludvig Erikson and Laura Louise (Anderson) Hammer.

Education

Attending, Concordia College, 1919—1921. Bachelor, St. Olaf College, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1929.

Career

Geophysicist Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1929—1946, section head, 1946—1967. Lecturer University Pittsburgh, 1946—1967, adjunct member graduate faculty, 1963—1967. Professor geology and geophysics University Wisconsin, Madison, 1967—1972, professor emeritus, since 1972.

Consultant exploration geophysics. Exploration advisor United Nations Development Projects, Bolivia, 1972—1975, Turkey, 1976—1978. Visiting professor University Mexico, 1980, University Minnesota, Duluth, 1981.

Member Appalachian Ultradeep Corehole Steering Committee, since 1987. Organizing chairman French Cultural Center, Western Pennsylvania, 1965—1967. Chairman Norwegian classroom committee University Pittsburgh, 1962—1966.

President Nationality Counci, University Pitts.l, 1966—1967. Organizing president American Scandinavian Foundation, Pittsburgh chapter, 1964—1966, Madison chapter, 1970—1971.

Achievements

• Sigmund Immanuel Hammer has been listed as a noteworthy by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Geophysical Union. Member: Appalachian Ultradeep Core Hole., New York Academy of Sciences, Society Exploration Geophysicists (honorary. Vice president 1950-1951, president 1951-1952), American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Physical Society, Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Married Norma Lucille Johnson (deceased 1980). Children: Sigmund Lewis, Mary Alice, John Phillip, Kirsten Norma, Paul Ludvig Norman, Laura Blanche, Douglas James, Ludvig Erikson. Married Doris E. Pullman Lomberg, 1985.

Father:

Ludvig Erikson Hammer

Mother:

Laura Louise (Anderson) Hammer

Spouse:

Doris E. Pullman Lomberg

Spouse:

Norma Lucille Johnson

child:

Mary Alice Hammer

child:

Paul Ludvig Norman Hammer

child:

Sigmund Lewis Hammer

child:

Ludvig Erikson Hammer

child:

Kirsten Norma Hammer

child:

Laura Blanche Hammer

child:

John Phillip Hammer

child:

Douglas James Hammer