Gerald M. Friedman papers, 1962-1974

Gerald Manfred Friedman (1921-) was born in Berlin, Germany. He received his Ph. D. in geology from Columbia University in 1952. He was an assistant professor of geology at the University of Cincinnati from 1950-1954, a consulting geologist from 1954-1956, a research geologist and sedimentary petrologist with Amoco Production Company from 1956-1964, and a professor of geology at Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute beginning in 1964. His professional activities have included editing the Journal of Sedimentary Petrology from 1964-1970, serving as president of three associations, the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (1974-1975), International Association of Sedimentologists (1975) and the Association of Earth Science Editors (1971-1972), as vice president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1985), and as treasurer of the National Association of Geology Teachers (1951-1955).