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Robert Ellis Davis
1924-
President 1964
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Geologist, U. S. Geological
Survey, 1951-
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Major contributions:
uranium in sandstone deposits, northwestern Black Hills, Wyoming;
Triassic to lower Paleozoic rocks, Delaware River basin,
Pennsylvania-New Jersey; underground site selection, mapping, and
on-site verification studies, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
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Administrative work: Chief,
Technical Reports Unit (later became Branch of Central Technical
Reports) 1969-72; Deputy Chief Geologist, 1973-78; Chief, Office of
Scientific Publications, 1978-81; staff assistant to the Chief
Geologist, 1982-
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Educated at University of
Arizona (B.S., 1948; M.S. 1955)
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Chairman, 1965, Rocky
Mountain Section, Geological Society of America
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Distinguished Service
Award, highest honor awarded by U.S. Department of the Interior, 1983
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Interest in care and repair
of old cars, golf, skiing, bridge, travel
from Presidents of the
Colorado Scientific Society
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