Biography:Brent Dalrymple

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Short description: American geologist
Gary Brent Dalrymple
File:SCIENTIST BRENT DALRYMPLE ADJUSTING MASS SPECTROMETER VACUUM FLIGHT TUBE, 1971. - U.S. Geological Survey, Rock Magnetics Laboratory, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, San Mateo HAER CAL,41-MENPA,5-31.tif
Brent Dalrymple adjusting mass spectrometer vacuum flight tube, 1971
Born (1937-05-09) May 9, 1937 (age 87)
Alhambra, California
NationalityAmerican
Known forResearch regarding the history of Earth's magnetic field and radiometric dating
Spouse(s)Sharon[1]
AwardsFellow of the American Geophysical Union since 1975, and was the organization's president from 1990 to 1992; received an honorary doctorate from Occidental College in 1993
Scientific career
FieldsGeology
ThesisPotassium-argon dates and the Cenozoic chronology of the Sierra Nevada, California (1963)

Gary Brent Dalrymple (born May 9, 1937) is an American geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, and National Medal of Science winner.[2]

He was born in Alhambra, California. After receiving a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, Dalrymple went to work at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park, California. In 1994 he left the USGS to accept a position at Oregon State University, where he served on the faculty until retiring in 2001. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

In 2003, Dalrymple was awarded the National Medal of Science.[3] He was presented with the Medal at a ceremony in 2005.[4]

Since 2013, Dalrymple has been listed on the Advisory Council of the National Center for Science Education.[5]

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