Had Schuyler Yoder

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Hatten Schuyler Yoder (born March 20, 1921 in Cleveland , Ohio , † August 2, 2003 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was a geophysicist and petrologist who pioneered the use of high-temperature and high-pressure minerals in the structure of the earth. He was the fourth director of the geophysics division of the Carnegie Institution of Washington .

Life

Had graduated from Lakewood High School in Cleveland, Ohio. He then joined the US Navy and served a total of 16 years. In the meantime he studied at the University of Chicago , where he obtained his B.Sc. dropped. During World War II he was a meteorologist for the Navy in the Pacific and Europe from 1942 to 1946 . Before the planned Allied invasion of Japan , he worked in Siberia in a team of Russian and American scientists who were planning a network of weather stations that would enable reliable weather forecasts.

In 1948 he passed the Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and that same year began working as an experimental petrologist in the geophysical laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science . In 1971 he was appointed fourth director of the laboratory, a position he held until 1986. In 1986 he retired. He was married to Elizabeth Marie Bruffey since 1959 and had two children with her. He died of an operation on August 2, 2003 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Act

In 1961 and 1962 he published with Cecil E. Tilley articles on the transition from basalt to eclogite with increasing depth in the earth's mantle and the formation of basaltic magma . In 1976 his textbook The Generation of Basaltic Magma was published , which established him as one of the leading experts in this field. In the course of his scientific career, Yoder dealt with thematically different areas, such as the physical chemistry of silicates and sulfides , the rock-forming minerals grossular , analcime , phlogopite , muscovite and ternary feldspar or the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds. However, the study of basalt was the focus of his research.

Awards and honors (selection)

The mineral yoderite was named after Yoder in 1959 .

Works

  • Outline the transition from basalt to eclogite . 1961 (with Cecil E. Tilley).
  • Origin of basalt magmas: an experimental study of natural and synthetic rock systems . In: Journal of Petrology . tape 3 , 1962, pp. 342-532 (with Cecil E. Tilley).
  • The Generation of Basaltic Magma . National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 1976.
  • Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington . Volume III. The Geophysical Laboratory, Cambridge University Press , 2004, ISBN 0-521-83080-X .
  • The Planned Invasion of Japan (1945): The Siberian Weather Advantage . 1997.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bjorn Mysen: Hatten S. Yoder, Jr. (1921-2003) . In: EOS, Transactions of the American Gerphysical Union . vol. 84, no. 45 , 2003, p. 487 ( online abstract ).
  2. ↑ a b c Page no longer available , search in web archives: Public Profile: Dr. Had S. Yoder, Jr. American Philosophical Society@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.aps-pub.com
  3. ^ A b c d Hatten S. Yoder, Jr., 1921-2003. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory
  4. ^ A b Shaun Hardy, Ann Mulfort, Jennifer Snyder: Geophysical Laboratory General Files, 1900-Present. Carnegie Institution, September 2005
  5. ^ Member History: Had S. Yoder. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 19, 2018 .
  6. ^ Book review. Geoscience World
personal data
SURNAME Yoder, had Schuyler
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yoder, Hatten; Yoder, Hatten, Jr .; Yoder, Hatten S. Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American geophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 2003
Place of death Bethesda , Maryland