Porter, Stephen C

LC control no.	n 83056996
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Porter, Stephen C. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Porter, S. C. (Stephen C.) Porter, Steve (Stephen C.)
Birth date	1934-04-18
Death date	2015-02-19
Place of birth	Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Field of activity	Geology
Affiliation	Yale University University of Washington
Profession or occupation	College teachers Geologists
Found in	The surficial geology of the Wallingford quadrangle, 1960 Skinner, B.J. Physical geology, c1987: CIP t.p. (Stephen C. Porter) biog. data sheet (Stephen Cummings Porter; director, Quaternary Research Center and prof. of geological sciences, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; b. Santa Barbara, CA, 4/18/34) The Quaternary Period in the United States, 2004: t.p. (S.C. Porter; Univ. of Wash., Seattle, Wash.) p. v (Steve Porter) p. ix (Stephen C. Porter) Wikipedia web site, February 12, 2024: (Stephen C. Porter ; Stephen Cummings Porter (April 18, 1934-February 19, 2015) was an American geologist who taught in the department of Geological Sciences (now called the department of Earth and Space Sciences) and directed the Quaternary Research Center at the University of Washington ; his retirement in 2001 ; Porter was well known for his work in glacial geology ; alma mater: Yale University) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_C._Porter> Quaternary Research Center web site, February 12, 2024: (Steve C. Porter Memorial Photo Album. He received his Bachelor's degree in 1955 from Yale University as a geology major. Soon after, he served in the Pacific Fleet in the US Navy until 1957 but quickly returned to graduate school back at Yale for his Ph.D. Upon graduation he was offered and accepted a position in the Department of Geology at the University of Washington in Seattle (UW) in 1962. He remained in this position for the duration of his career.) <https://qrc.uw.edu/about/news/11/2017/steve-c-porter-memorial-photo-album/>
Associated language	eng