William Alfred Berggren

Background

Berggren, William Alfred was born on January 15, 1931 in New York City. Son of Wilhelm Fritjof and Lilly Maria (Skog) Berggren.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Dickinson College, 1952; Master of Science, U. Houston, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University Stockholm, 1960; Doctor of Science, University Stockholm, 1962.

Career

Research micropaleontologist, Oasis Oil Corporation, Tripoli, Libya, 1962-1965; assistant scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts, 1965-1968; associate scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1968-1971; senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1971-1998; senior scientist emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, since 1998. Adjunct Professor Brown U., Providence, 1968-1993.

Achievements

• William Alfred Berggren has been listed as a noteworthy geologist, research, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Catastrophes and Earth History, The New Uniformitarianism, 1984, 464 pages.

Membership

Fellow Geological Society American, Geological Society London (honorary). Member NAS (Mary ClarkThompson medal 1982), American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Paleontological Society American (co-editor journal 1980-1984), American Geophysical Union, Geological Society Switzerland.

Interests

• Avocation: skiing.

Connections

Married Lois Albee, June 19,1954 (divorced July 1981). Children— Erik, Anna Lisa, Anders, Sara Maria. Married Marie Pierre Aubry, June 19, 1982.

Father:

Wilhelm Fritjof Berggren

Mother:

Lilly Maria (Skog) Berggren

Spouse:

Marie Pierre Aubry

Spouse:

Lois Albee