Walter Doherty Mooney

Background

Mooney, Walter Doherty was born on November 17, 1951 in Floral Park, New York, United States. Son of Vincent John and Martha Bowers Mooney.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1979.

Career

Research geophysicist, chief seismology section, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, since 1978; consulting professor, Stanford (California) U., since 1984. Board directors and standing committee Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Arlington, Virginia, 1985-1989. Visiting professor U. Kiel, Germany, 1988.

Board directors Lithoprobe Canada, Vancouver, B.C., since 1991.

Achievements

• Walter Doherty Mooney has been listed as a noteworthy Geophysicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Geological Society American (G.P. Woollard award 1995), American Geophysical Union;member Seismological Society American, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Josephine Anne Gandolfi, October 2, 1977.

Father:

Vincent John Mooney

Mother:

Martha Bowers Mooney

Spouse:

Josephine Anne Gandolfi