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Hatten Schuyler Yoder, Jr., (March 20, 1921 – August 2, 2003) was a
geophysicist and experimental
petrologist who conducted pioneering work on minerals under high pressure and temperature. He was noted for his study of
silicates and
igneous rocks .
Life
Yoder was born in
Cleveland, Ohio on March 20, 1921.
Yoder was educated at the
University of Chicago and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He served as the fourth Director of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington 's Geophysical Laboratory, from 1971 to 1986.
[1] In 1979, he received the
Wollaston Medal .
[2]
He died on August 2, 2003
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6] at
Suburban Hospital in
Bethesda, Maryland from
sepsis and
renal failure .
[7]
Awards and recognition
Member, United States
National Academy of Sciences , 1958
[8]
Arthur L. Day Medal , Geological Society of America, 1962
[9]
Wollaston Medal , Geological Society of London, 1979
Member,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 1979
[10]
Member,
American Philosophical Society , 1979
[11]
Roebling Medal , 1992
[12]
[13]
Published works
References
^
Geophysical Laboratory General Files, 1900-Present , Shaun Hardy, Ann Mulfort, and Jennifer Snyder , Carnegie Institution, September, 2005
^
a
b Nield, Ted.
"Hatten Yoder Jr, 1921-2003" . The Geological Society of London. Retrieved 30 September 2017 .
^ Levy, Claudia (9 August 2003).
"Minerals Researcher Hatten S. Yoder Dies at 82" . Washington Post . Retrieved 30 September 2017 .
^ Smith, Jennifer (June 2005).
"Hatten S. Yoder, Jr 1921-2003" . Geophysical Laboratory . Carnegie Institution of Washington. Retrieved 2 May 2018 .
^ Mysen, Bjorn (2004).
"Hatten S.Yoder, Jr. (1921–2003)" . Mineralogical Magazine . 68 (2): 413–414.
doi :
10.1180/0680413 (inactive 2024-02-23). Retrieved 2 May 2018 . {{
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link )
^ Ernst, W. G.; Hazen, R. M.; Mysen, B. (2014). "Hatten S. Yoder Jr., 1921–2003".
Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (PDF) . Washington, D. C.: National Academies Press. Retrieved 2 May 2018 .
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"Hatten S. Yoder Jr., 82; Leading Researcher on Volcanic Basalt" .
Los Angeles Times . 2003-08-12. Retrieved 2019-04-21 .
^
"Hatten S. Yoder, cons_suffix" . www.nasonline.org . Retrieved 2022-06-23 .
^
"NAS awards to Yoder, Deprit, Johnson, Uyeda" . Physics Today . 25 (8): 75–79. August 1972.
doi :
10.1063/1.3070978 . Retrieved 3 May 2018 .
^
"Hatten Schuyler Yoder" . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . Retrieved 2022-06-23 .
^
"APS Member History" . search.amphilsoc.org . Retrieved 2022-06-23 .
^ Ernst, W. G. (1993).
"Presentation of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 1992 to Hatten S. Yoder. Jr" (PDF) . American Mineralogist . 78 : 850. Retrieved 30 September 2017 .
^ Yoder, Jr., H. S. (1993).
"Acceptance of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Societyof America for 1992" (PDF) . American Mineralogist . 78 : 851–852. Retrieved 30 September 2017 .
^ Chinner, Graham (16 September 2005). "Yoder , H. S., J R . 2005. Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Volume III: The Geophysical Laboratory". Geological Magazine . 142 (4): 457.
doi :
10.1017/S0016756805211159 .
S2CID
197534591 .
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