Open AccessWilliam R. Normark (1943–2008)
Author(s) -
Fildani Andrea,
Scholl David W.,
Normark Dorothy Jean
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2008eo220007
Subject(s) - west coast , archaeology , submarine , geological survey , oceanography , art history , geology , history , paleontology
William R. Normark passed away on 12 January 2008 at his home in Sunnyvale, Calif., after fighting cancer for nearly 8 years. Bill was born in Seattle, Wash., but grew up a proud resident of western Wyoming. He moved to the West Coast to attend Stanford University in California for his undergraduate studies and headed to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., for his Ph.D. While at Scripps, he started his pioneering studies on submarine fans using the newly developed remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Deep Tow under Fred Spiess's guidance. There, he also met his bride‐to‐be, Dorothy Jean “D.J.” Detrich. After Bill received his Ph.D., he and D.J. spent 4 years at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis before heading west again in 1974 where Bill began a distinguished career at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park, Calif.