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Professor Walter Alvarez graduated from Carleton College with major in geology. He received Ph.D.in Geology in 1967 at Princeton University. His Ph.D thesis was "Geology of the Simarua and Carpintero areas, Guajira Peninsula, Colombia." His main research interests are stratigraphy and Earth history, focusing on comet and asteroid impacts and their role in causing mass extinctions and influencing the course of evolution of life; tectonics of the Mediterranean region; geology of the Quaternary Roman Volcanic Province and its implication for dating glacial cycles and for understanding Roman archeology; stratigraphy of pelagic limestones. He has received numerous honors and awards. He was a Guggenheim Fellow between 1983-84, won G.K. Gilbert Award from Geological Society of America. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He also has a minor planet "Alvarez" (1985 HC) named after him. |
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