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William Walden Rubey (December 19, 1898 – April 12, 1974) was an Americangeologist.[1]
He was born inMoberly, Missouri. He attended theUniversity of Missouri, and in 1920 he graduated with anA.B. degree. During the same year he married Susan Elsie Manovill, and joined theU.S. Geological Survey. He performed his graduate studies atJohns Hopkins University andYale University.[1]
During theSecond World War he served as a scientific liaison to theU.S. Army for the Geological Survey. In 1950 he was the president of theGeological Society of America.[2] From 1951 until 1954 he was the chairman of the National Research Council for theNational Academy of Sciences. In 1960 he was appointed by the president to serve on the National Science Board for theNational Science Foundation. The same year he was also appointed professor of geology and geophysics atUCLA, where he would remain until 1966 and be recalled each year thereafter. He served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known asSociety for Science & the Public, from 1956 to 1964. He also served in many other distinguished posts and positions.
After retiring from the U.S. Geological Survey, he joined the Lunar Science Institute (later renamed theLunar and Planetary Institute) in 1968, serving as director from 1968 to 1971. He participated in the scientific examination of theApollo program returned lunar samples until 1971.
He died ofcancer inSanta Monica, California. During his career he made multiple contributions to the science ofgeology, including studies of thehydrology of streams, the geology of westernWyoming, seismic energy, mountain building from overthrust faulting, the growth of continents, the origins of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, and the evolution of terrestrial planets.
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