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Richard Montgomery Field (1885 – 1961) was an American geophysicist who served as the 8th president of the American Geophysical Union. He organized the International Summer School of Geology and Natural Resources at Princeton University.[1]
Honors and awards
[edit]Field won a William Bowie Medal in 1954, after which he joked to his student Harry Hammond Hess that that was "the nicest thing that had happened" to him after winning the hundred-yard dash in high school.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Richard Montgomery Field". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 43 (1): 1–4. 1962. doi:10.1029/TR043i001p00001. ISSN 0002-8606.
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