John Frank Schairer
John Frank Schairer , called Frank, (born April 13, 1904 in Rochester , New York , † September 26, 1970 at Point No Point in Chesapeake Bay , Maryland ) was an American geochemist , mineralogist and petrologist .
Schairer studied chemistry at Yale University with a degree in 1925 and a doctorate in 1928. In addition, he earned a master's degree in mineralogy. From 1927 he was a chemist at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, DC , where he stayed for the rest of his career. He worked there with Norman L. Bowen in experimental petrology until he left for Chicago in 1937. During World War II, the laboratory worked on military research (erosion in cannon and machine gun barrels). From the 1950s he worked with Hatten Schuyler Yoder and Cecil Edgar Tilley on basalt smelting.
From 1957 to 1960 he was Vice President of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, 1944 Vice President of the Geological Society of America , 1960 President of the Geochemical Society and 1943 President of the Mineralogical Society of America . He was also an accomplished botanist and co-founder of the National Capital Orchid Society (1947).
Schairer had been married since 1940 and had two children (twins).
Honors and memberships
In 1968 he became an honorary member of the German Mineralogical Society . He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences .
In 1963 he received the Roebling Medal and in 1953 the Arthur L. Day Medal .
In 2012 he was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame for his extensive work in marking (under his guidance over 260 miles from 1928 to 1932 through the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, which he co-founded).
A mineral described by William F. Foshag in 1931 was named Schairerite in his honor .
literature
- Obituary at the National Academy of Sciences by Hatten S. Yoder , pdf
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inductees 2012
- ↑ William F. Foshag: Schairerite, a new mineral from Searles Lake, California , in: American Mineralogist , Volume 16 (1931), pp. 133-139 ( PDF 368.8 kB )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schairer, John Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1970 |
| Place of death | at Point No Point , Maryland |