Gerald M. Friedman
Born(1921-07-23)July 23, 1921
Berlin, Germany
Died2011 (aged 89–90)
Alma materColumbia University
Known forSedimentology
SpouseSue (Tyler) Friedman
AwardsWilliam H. Twenhofel Medal and Sidney Powers Memorial Award
Scientific career
InstitutionsRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CUNY Graduate Center
Brooklyn College

Gerald M. Friedman (1921–2011) was a distinguished professor in Geology and was one of the founders of modern rock sedimentation. Friedman was a professor in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Brooklyn College.[1]

Life

Friedman was born in Berlin, Germany, on July 27, 1921. Being a Jew, Friedman escaped the Nazis in 1938 to England. Friedman completed a bachelor's degree in the University of London in the year 1945, with chemistry as the major and geology as a minor. In the year 1945 Friedman immigrated to the United States and worked three years as a Chemist in Squibb.[2]

Scientific contributions

Friedman published 573 papers and 19 books,[3] including the highly cited book "Principles of Sedimentology".[4] Friedman received numerous awards including the prestige William H. Twenhofel Medal (in 1997), the Sidney Powers Memorial Award (in 2000),[1] and the Mary C. Rabbitt History And Philosophy of Geology Award (in 2005).[5] Friedman was the founder and director of the Northeastern Science Foundation which hosts symposia and publishes several journals, including Northeastern Geology, Environmental Science, and Carbonates and Evaporites,[6] as well as the Carbonates and Evaporites journal.[7]

The Sue Tyler Friedman Medal was named after Friedman's wife, Sue (Tyler) Friedman.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gerald M. Friedman, Distinguished Professor of Geology, Dies at 90 – We Remember – CUNY". www1.cuny.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
  2. ↑ de:Gerald M. Friedman
  3. ↑ Sternbach, Charles A. (2012). "Memorial: Gerald M".
  4. ↑ Friedman, Gerald M.; Sanders, John Essington; Sanders, John E. (1978). Principles of Sedimentology. Wiley. ISBN 0471752452.
  5. ↑ "Mary C. Rabbitt History and Philosophy of Geology Award". community.geosociety.org. Geological Society of America. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "RPI: Earth & Environmental Sciences: Faculty: Gerald M. Friedman". www.rpi.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-04-27.
  7. ↑ Carbonates and Evaporites
  8. ↑ Sue Tyler Friedman Medal
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