Ruth A. M. Schmidt
Ruth Anna Marie Schmidt (April 22, 1916 – March 29, 2014) was an American geologist and paleontologist. She created a United States Geological Survey (USGS) field office in Alaska and the first Department of Geology at the Anchorage Community College.[1][2]
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| Born | April 22, 1916 |
| Died | March 29, 2014 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Institutions | United States Geological Survey |
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Ruth A. M. Schmidt Media
- Yorktown Formation - River Bank with Fossil Layers (3664217074).jpg
The Yorktown Formation, well known for its fossils, which Schmidt studied in graduate school at Columbia University.
- Seal of the United States Department of the Interior.svg
Seal of the United States Department of the Interior, where Schmidt worked as a member of the US Geological Survey for 20 years.
- Women USGS geologists working with maps during WWII.jpg
Women USGS geologists working with maps during WWII; Ruth A. M. Schmidt is in the center
- Consortium Library University of Alaska Anchorage.jpg
The UAA/APU Consortium Library on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage now houses the Ruth A. M. Schmidt papers collection.
- Great Alaska Earthquake Fourth Ave Anchorage.jpg
Fourth Avenue, a street in Anchorage, showing the damage caused by the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964. Photo by the U.S. Geological Survey.
- 1964 Quake - The Great Alaska Earthquake - Good Friday Earthquake.webm
Video illustrating the effects of the Great Alaska Earthquake. Video by the U.S. Geological Society in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the earthquake.
- Page one of Executive Order 9835.jpg
First page of Executive Order 9835, signed by President Harry S. Truman on March 21, 1947
- Schmidt 1954 transcript cover page.jpg
Cover page of the 1954 transcript of the US Department of the Interior Security Hearing Board against Ruth A. M. Schmidt
References
- ↑ Denison, Veronica (2016). "Guide to the Ruth A. M. Schmidt papers". UAA/APU Consortium Library. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ↑ Ruth A. M. Schmidt papers, 1912–2015. UAA/APU Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Alaska Anchorage. HMC-0792. Box 1, Folder 1.
