Background
Andel, Tjeerd Hendrik van was born on February 15, 1923 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1962. Son of Jacobus Cornelis and Olga Maria Louise (Ripke) van Andel.
global change researcher earth history educator
Andel, Tjeerd Hendrik van was born on February 15, 1923 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1962. Son of Jacobus Cornelis and Olga Maria Louise (Ripke) van Andel.
Doctor of Philosophy, Groningen (The Netherlands) University, 1950.
Honorary professor earth science Cambridge (England) University, since 1988, chair Godwin Institute Quaternary Research. Sedimentologist Bataafse Petroleum Mij, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1950-1953. Geologist Cia Shell de Venezuela, Maracaibo, 1953-1956.
Research oceanographer Scripps Institute Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 1957-1968. Professor oceanography Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1968-1976. Loell professor earth and ocean science Stanford (California) University, 1976-1988.
Member planning committee on ocean drilling, La Jolla, 1964-1978. Chief scientist French American Mid-ocean Survey, 1974-1976. Chief scientist Galapagos Ocean Hotspring Project, 1975-1979.
Chairman management board Godwin Institute Quaternary Research, Cambridge, since 1995, also 60 other positions in national and internal ocean science management and police.
Fellow American Geophysical Union, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Geological Society of America, California Academy of Sciences. Member Society Archaeol. Sciences, also others.
Married Marjorie Louann Rojahn, February 15, 1962 (divorced February 1988). Married Katharine Bridget Pretty, February 12, 1988.