Ursula B. Marvin

Ursula B. Marvin

Marvin in 1978
Born (1921-08-20) August 20, 1921
Occupation Planetary geologist, author

Ursula Bailey Marvin (born August 20, 1921)[1] is an American planetary geologist and author who worked for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.[2] She won the 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Science and Engineering.[3] In 1986, the Geological Society of America awarded her their History of Geology Award. She also won the 2005 Sue Tyler Friedman Medal,[4] and Antarctica's Marvin Nunatak is named in her honor. In 2012, The Meteoritical Society awarded her the Service Award[5][6] in part for her work recording the oral history of meteoriticists.[7][8] Asteroid (4309) Marvin was named after Ursula Marvin.

Life and career

Marvin was born in Vermont. She earned a bachelor's degree in history from Tufts University in 1943. She then attended Harvard University-Radcliffe, earning a master's degree in geology in 1946. In 1952, she married geologist Thomas Crockett Marvin (June 28, 1916 – July 1, 2012). She was appointed to a permanent research staff position at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1961 and received a Ph.D. in Geology from Harvard in 1969.[7]

She authored the 1973 book Continental Drift: Evolution of a Concept.[9] Her key contributions in planetary science concentrated on studies of meteorites and lunar samples. Her publications include analysis of oxidation products of Sputnik 4 to determine mineralogical alteration over exposure time with applications to iron meteorites.[10] She was also involved with numerous studies of returned samples from the Apollo 12,[11] Apollo 15,[12] Apollo 16[13][14] missions. Additionally she was involved in analysis of samples from Russian Lunar sample return missions Luna 16[15] and Luna 20.[16]

She traveled to Antarctica for three of the early ANSMET surveys[17] and analyzed of the first Lunar meteorite, Allan Hills A81005.[18]

She served as a trustee at Tufts University from 1975 to 1985 and is an emerita trustee of the university.[19]

Ursula B. Marvin in Antarctica, 1978-1979, Accession 13-060, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

References

  1. ↑ R.R. Bowker Co (2009). American Men & Women of Science. Thomson/Gale ISBN 9781414433059
  2. ↑ ABC-CLIO American Women of Science Since 1900 ISBN 9781598841589
  3. ↑ Staff report (July 1997). Ursula Marving honoers by 'WISE' award for lifetime achievement in science. The CfA Almanac
  4. ↑ Geological Society of London. "Award winners since 1931: Sue Tyler Friedman Medal". Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Awards of The Meteoritical Society". The Meteoritical Society. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Awardees of the Meteoritical Society". The Meteoritical Society. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. 1 2 Sears, Derek (13 July 2012). "2012 Service Award of the Meteoritical Society for Ursula Marvin". Meteoritics & Planetary Science 47 (7): 1238–1240. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01389.x. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Marvin, Ursula (13 July 2012). "Response to Presentation of the Service Award of the Meteoritical Society". Meteoritics and Planetary Science 47 (7): 1241–1242. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01388.x.
  9. ↑ Marvin, Ursula B. (1974). Continental drift : the evolution of a concept (2. print., with corrections ed.). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Inst. Press.
  10. ↑ Marvin, Ursula (1 Sep 1963). "Mineralogy of the oxidation products of the Sputnik 4 fragment and of iron meteorites". Journal of Geophysical Research 68 (17): 5059–5068. doi:10.1029/JZ068i017p05059.
  11. ↑ Marvin, Ursula (Feb 18, 1985). "A transient heating event in the history of a highlands troctolite from Apollo 12 soil 12033". Journal of Geophysical Research 90 (S2): C420–C430. doi:10.1029/JB090iS02p0C421.
  12. ↑ Marvin, Ursula (Feb 1989). "Cordierite-Spinel Troctolite, a New Magnesium-Rich Lithology from the Lunar Highlands". Science 243 (4893): 925–928. doi:10.1126/science.243.4893.925.
  13. ↑ Marvin, Ursula B.; Lindstrom, Marilyn M.; Bernatowicz, T. J.; Podosek, Frank A.; Sugiura, Naoji (1987). "The composition and history of breccia 67015 from North Ray Crater". Journal of Geophysical Research 92 (B4): E471. doi:10.1029/JB092iB04p0E471.
  14. ↑ Marvin, Ursula B.; Lindstrom, Marilyn M. (1983). "Rock 67015: A feldspathic fragmental breccia with KREEP-rich melt clasts". Journal of Geophysical Research 88 (S02): A659. doi:10.1029/JB088iS02p0A659.
  15. ↑ Reid, John B.; Taylor, G. Jeffrey; Marvin, Ursula B.; Wood, John A. (January 1972). "Luna 16: Relative proportions and petrologic significance of particles in the soil from Mare Fecunditatis". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 13 (2): 286–298. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(72)90104-5.
  16. ↑ Taylor, G.Jeffrey; Drake, Michael J; Wood, John A; Marvin, Ursula B (April 1973). "The Luna 20 lithic fragments, and the composition and origin of the lunar highlands". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 37 (4): 1087–1106. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(73)90203-2.
  17. ↑ Marvin, Ursula (Dec 1979). "Meteorites on Ice: Preliminary Report on the 1978-1979 Antarctic Field Season". Meteoritics 14: 486–487.
  18. ↑ Marvin, Ursula B. (September 1983). "The discovery and initial characterization of Allan Hills 81005: The first lunar meteorite". Geophysical Research Letters 10 (9): 775–778. doi:10.1029/GL010i009p00775.
  19. ↑ "Trustees Emeriti at Tufts". Trustees Emeriti. Tufts University. Retrieved 27 March 2015.


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