Alfred R. Loeblich Jr
Alfred R. Loeblich Jr (1914–1994) was an American micropaleontologist. He was married to Helen Niña Tappan Loeblich and the two co-authored a number of important works on the Foraminifera and related organisms.
Biography
Alfred R. Loeblich Jr was born in
Scripps Institute), was born in 1941[2]
and married Laurel Ann Loeblich, a botanist also.
Loeblich joined the Army during
UCLA.[1] Loeblich and Tappan were jointly awarded the Paleontological Society Medal in 1982,[3] and the same year they received the Joseph A. Cushman Award for Excellence in Foraminiferal Research.[4] In 1984 Loeblich was made an Honorary Member of the SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology).[5] In 1987 the AASG (Association of American State Geologists) awarded him the Raymond C. Moore Medal for Excellence in Paleontology.[6] Loeblich was a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and was described after his death as "one of the giants [of] micropaleontology."[1] He died on 9 September 1994.[1]
Publications
Among the works written by Loeblich and Tappan were:
- Studies of Arctic Foraminifera (1953)[7]
- The part of Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (1964) concerned with foraminifera,[8] described in a 1965 review as "a monumental work which will serve as the standard reference for foraminiferologists for decades to come".[9]
- Foraminiferal genera and their classification (1988)[10]
- Upwards of 45 journal articles, published in Journal of Paleontology, Micropaleontology and elsewhere.[11][12]
References
- ^ a b c d Reed Wicander, "ALFRED RICHARD LOEBLICH, JR. 1914-1994". The Palynological Society: AASP Newsletter 27(4): p. 10, 1994. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ doi:10.2113/35.1.86. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "LISTS OF PREVIOUS AWARDEES". The Paleontological Society. Archived from the original on 21 October 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "The Joseph A. Cushman Award for Excellence in Foraminiferal Research". Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "SEPM Awards". SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "A Directory of Selected Awards and Medals for the Geosciences"[permanent dead link], AASG (Association of American State Geologists), 7 February 2012
- ^ Loeblich, Alfred R., and Helen Tappan. Studies of Arctic Foraminifera, Smithsonian Institution, 1953.
- JSTOR 1484826.
- ^ William A. Berggren, Book review, Micropaleontology Vol. 11, No. 1 (January 1965), pp. 122-124. Published by: The Micropaleontology Project, Inc.
- ISBN 9780442259372.
- ^ "Alfred R Loeblich Jr". Google Scholar. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Loeblich and Tappan Reprints". Berkeley University. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
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