Faculty and Staff of the former Department of Geological Sciences (1968-1996)
and Program in Geological Sciences (1996-2009) in the Department
of Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences
This web
page and those linked below it on this website are offered for
the historical record, and for the archival information they
contain.
Only one person listed on this page (#) holds (2025) a
current appointment (other than emeritus) at the University at
Albany.
NOTE: The
University at Albany does not since 2010 offer courses or,
since 2008, degree programs in the Geological Sciences.
The Geological Sciences website was active from 1996 until 2011.
Faculty who left or retired from the University before that year
did not have a page on the site, except for a stub, or a listing
of the graduate students they supervised, to which the name below
is linked. Names of faculty who endured after 1996 are linked to
the last versions of their page on the Albany Geosciences website.
John G. Arnason -
appointed Visiting Assistant Professor 1996; Assistant Professor
2004; resigned 2008.
subsequently Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, New York State
Department of Health,
and adjunct faculty member in Environmental Chemistry, School of
Public Health, University at Albany
Peter C. Benedict - appointment in NY State Teacher's College
1959; Emeritus Associate Professor - Retired 1983.
Deceased 5 January 1987. Memorial
service leaflet
John M. Bird
appointment 1962 in Dept of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences;
Professor and Chairman, Dept of Geological Sciences 1967; left
Albany 1972.
Professor
Emeritus, Cornell University. Deceased 27 April 2017 - obit
- Cornell
memorial statement
Kevin Burke -
appointed 1973 Professor and Chairman, Dept of Geological
Sciences; left Albany 1983.
Professor
Emeritus, University of Houston. Deceased 21 March
2018. University
of Houston memorial statement
John
W. Delano appointed Assistant Professor 1983; Chairman Dept
of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences 1996-99; Distingushed Teaching
Professor Emeritus - Retired 2012.
[Geological Sciences web
page 2008]
Stephen E. DeLong
appointed Assistant Professor 1973; Chairman Dept of Geological
Sciences 1984-89; Professor Emeritus - Retired 2012.
John F. Dewey
appointed Professor 1970; left Albany 1982.
Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis.
Paul J. Fox
appointed Assistant Professor 1971; left Albany 1982.
Professor
Emeritus, Texas A&M University.
Gregory D. Harper
appointed Assistant Professor 1984; Professor Emeritus - Retired
2004.
Deceased 5 November 2024. GSA memorial document
T. Mark Harrison
appointed Assistant Professor 1982; left Albany 1989.
Professor Emeritus & Distinguished
Research Professor, University of California Los Angeles.
William S. F. Kidd appointed Assistant Professor 1974; Chairman, Dept of Geological Sciences 1990-96 (acting 1990-1); Professor Emeritus - Retired 2010.
Andre Lapenas #Professor - primary appointment was and is in the Dept. of Geography and Planning
Braddock K. Linsley
appointed Assistant Professor 1995; Resigned 2011.
-
Lamont
Research Professor,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades,
NY
Former Visiting Faculty
Bruce Hobbs (1971-1972)
Volker Dietrich (1970-1972)
Daniel Fornari
(1979-1981)
John Bender (1981- 1983) UNC
Charlotte; retired 2015
Dwight Bradley (1983-1984) USGS Alaska branch, retired
Karen Kimball (1985-1986)
Herb Wang (1989-1990) emeritus
Univ Wisconsin Madison
Peter Renders (1991-1994)
Mary Roden (1992-1994)
Jennifer Thomson (1994-1996)
Post-doctoral visitors (long-term
visits)
Janos Urai - deceased 28 May 2023 - EGU
blog obits
Calvin
Miller
Wayne Sawka
The history
and former distinction of the Geological Sciences at
Albany
Honors and Awards to former members of Geological Sciences at Albany