Hatten Yoder

Hatten Schuyler Yoder, Jr., (March 20, 1921 – August 2, 2003) was a geophysicist and experimental petrologist who conducted pioneering work on minerals under high pressure and temperature. He was noted for his study of silicates and igneous rocks.

Life

Yoder was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 20, 1921.

Yoder was educated at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as the fourth Director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory, from 1971 to 1986.[1] In 1979, he received the Wollaston Medal.[2]

He died on August 2, 2003[2][3][4][5][6] at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland from sepsis and renal failure.[7]

Awards & recognition

• Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America, 1962[8]
• Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London, 1979
• Roebling Medal, 1992[9][10]

Published works

• Yoder, Hatten S. (2004). The Geophysical Laboratory. Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. III. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 9780521830805.[11]

References

1. Geophysical Laboratory General Files, 1900-Present, Shaun Hardy, Ann Mulfort, and Jennifer Snyder, Carnegie Institution, September, 2005
2. Nield, Ted. "Hatten Yoder Jr, 1921-2003". The Geological Society of London. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
3. Levy, Claudia (9 August 2003). "Minerals Researcher Hatten S. Yoder Dies at 82". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
4. Smith, Jennifer (June 2005). "Hatten S. Yoder, Jr 1921-2003". Geophysical Laboratory. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
5. Mysen, Bjorn (2004). "Hatten S.Yoder, Jr. (1921–2003)". Mineralogical Magazine. 68 (2): 413–414. doi:10.1180/0680413. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
6. Ernst, W. G.; Hazen, R. M.; Mysen, B. (2014). "Hatten S. Yoder Jr., 1921–2003". Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (PDF). Washington, D. C.: National Academies Press. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
7. "Hatten S. Yoder Jr., 82; Leading Researcher on Volcanic Basalt". Los Angeles Times. 2003-08-12. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
8. "NAS awards to Yoder, Deprit, Johnson, Uyeda". Physics Today. 25 (8): 75–79. August 1972. doi:10.1063/1.3070978. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
9. Ernst, W. G. (1993). "Presentation of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 1992 to Hatten S. Yoder. Jr" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 78: 850. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
10. Yoder, Jr., H. S. (1993). "Acceptance of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Societyof America for 1992" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 78: 851–852. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
11. Chinner, Graham (16 September 2005). "Yoder , H. S., J R . 2005. Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Volume III: The Geophysical Laboratory". Geological Magazine. 142 (04): 457. doi:10.1017/S0016756805211159.

Further reading

• Hazen, Robert M. (2005). Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin. Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 9780309133463.