Peter John Wyllie - Curriculum vitae#

Born February 8, 1930. London, England. U.S. Citizen, 1995

Education
University of St. Andrews, Scotland:

• 1952 B.Sc. in Physics and Geology (Miller Prize). 1955 First Class Honors in Geology
• 1958 Ph.D. Geology

Employment

• 1948-1949 Royal Air Force, Aircraftsman First Class (Radiotelephony Operator)
• 1950 - summer Glaciologist with British West Greenland Expedition
• 1952-1954 Geologist with British North Greenland Expedition
• 1955-1956 Assistant Lecturer in Geology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
• 1956-1958 Research Assistant to O. F. Tuttle, The Pennsylvania State University
• 1958-1959 Assistant Professor of Geochemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
• 1959-1960 Research Fellow in Chemistry, Leeds University, England
• 1960-1961 Lecturer in Experimental Petrology, Leeds University, England
• 1961-1965 Associate Professor of Petrology, The Pennsylvania State University
• 1962-1963 Acting Head, Department of Geochemistry and Mineralogy, The Pennsylvania State University
• 1965-1978 Professor of Petrology and Geochemistry, The University of Chicago
• 1972-1973 Master of Physical Sciences, Collegiate Division; Associate Dean of College; Associate Dean of Physical Sciences Division
• 1978-1983 Homer J. Livingston Professor, The University of Chicago
• 1979-1982 Chairman, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
• 1983-1987 Chairman, Professor of Geology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, The California Institute of Technology
• 1987-1999 Professor of Geology, The California Institute of Technology
• 1994-1999, Academic Officer (Division of G&PS)
• 1999-present Professor Emeritus, The California Institute of Technology

Books

• 1967 Ultramafic and Related Rocks (Editor). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 464 pp.
• 1971 The Dynamic Earth: a Textbook in Geosciences. John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 416 pp.
• 1976 The Way the Earth Works: an Introduction to the New Global Geology and Its Revolutionary Development. John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 296 pp.
• 1993. Solid-Earth Sciences and Society. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 346 pp. (Chairman of NRC/NAS Committee responsible for preparation of the volume).
• 1967-99 Editor-in-Chief, Springer-Verlag monograph series "Minerals and Rocks", 22 volumes.

Publications in Scientific Journals and Books

• 1951-2008 320 research-related publications

International Science Academies

• 1984 Fellow of The Royal Society (London)

Foreign Fellow or Member of:

• 1981 National Academy of Sciences (USA)
• 1988 Russian Academy of Sciences
• 1991 Indian National Science Academy
• 1992 National Academy of Sciences, India
• 1996 Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 1996 Academia Europaea

Medals and Awards

• 1954 Polar Medal, from H. M. Queen Elizabeth.
• 1965 Mineralogical Society of America Award (research before age 35)
• 1979 Quantrell Award (for excellence in undergraduate teaching, University of Chicago)
• 1982 Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London
• 1987 Abraham-Gottlob-Werner Medaille, German Mineralogical Society
• 2001 Leopold von Buch Medal, Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft
• 2001 Roebling Medal, Mineralogical Society of America

Other Awards and Honors

• 1948 Best Recruit Award, Basic Training, Royal Air Force, Padgate
• 1949 Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Royal Air Force, Scotland
• 1955 Miller Prize, most distinguished graduate in Faculty of Science, University of St. Andrews
• 1974 Honorary D.Sc., University of St. Andrews
• 1978-83 Homer J. Livingston Professor, University of Chicago
• 1987 Louis Murray Visiting Fellow, University of Cape Town
• 1996-present Honorary Professor, China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Honorary Member or Corresponding Fellow of:

• 1985 Edinburgh Geological Society
• 1986 Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• 1987 Indian Geophysical Union
• 1987 Mineralogical Society of Russia
• 2001 German Geological Society

Fellow of: American Geophysical Union; Geological Society of America; Mineralogical Society of America; American Academy of Arts and Science.

Minerals named Wyllieite, and Ferrowyllieite.

Offices in National and International Societies

• Chairman, Commission on Experimental Petrology (International Union of Geological Sciences), 1976-80 (Member, 1970-92).
• President, Mineralogical Society of America, 1977-78 (Vice-President; 1976-77).
• President, International Mineralogical Association, 1986-90 (Vice-President, 1978-86).
• President, Internat. Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 1995-99 (Vice President, 1991-95).

Professional Societies and Committees (selected): National

• 1970-1972 Councillor, Mineralogical Society of America.
• 1970-1971 Mineralogical Society of America Award Committee, Chairman.
• 1971-1973 Subcommittee on Penrose Medal Award, Geological Society of America.
• 1972-1974 Goldschmidt Medal Committee, Geochemical Society.
• 1973-1976 Councillor, Geochemical Society
• 1977-1978 President; Mineralogical Society of America (Vice-President; 1976-1977).
• 1978-1980 Macelwane Award Committee, American Geophysical Union.
• 1980-1982 Bucher Medal Subcommittee, American Geophysical Union.
• 1980-1982 Subcommittee on National Medal of Science, Geological Society of America.
• 1982-1985 Councillor, Geological Society of America.
• 1983 Chairman, Subcommittee on Day Medal, Geological Society of America.
• 1983 Arthur Holmes Medal Committee, European Geophysical Union.
• 1990-1992 Waldo Smith Medal Committee, American Geophysical Union.
• 1993-1995 Mineralogical Society America Public Service Committee

Professional Service (selected): National

• 1975-1978 Advisory Panel for Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation.
• 1976-1979 Basaltic Volcanism Study Project, Team Leader, Lunar and Planetary Institute.
• 1978-1982 United States National Committee on Geology.
• 1979-1982 Chairman, Earth Science Division Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation.
• 1980-1984 U.S. National Committee for International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
• 1981-1984 U.S. National Committee for Geochemistry.
• 1981-1982 N.A.S. Committee on Ocean Drilling.
• 1982 Earth Sciences Panel for NSF Graduate Fellowships.
• 1983 Research Briefing Panel on the Solid Earth Sciences (OSTP, NRC, NSF).
• 1983 Workshop on the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program.
• 1983-1988 Advisory Board, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University.
• 1984 Chairman, NSF Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Continental Drilling.
• 1988-1993 Chairman, Committee on Status and Research Objectives in the Solid-Earth-Sciences, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council.
• 1991-1999 U.S. National Committee for International Union of Geological Sciences
• 1999-2000 U.S. National Committee for Geology

Professional Service (selected): International

• 1970-1992 Commission on Experimental Petrology at High Pressures and Temperatures(IUGS); Chairman (1976-1980); now the Commission on Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology.
• 1978-1986 Vice-President (2nd, 1st), International Mineralogical Association.
• 1979-1980 Joint International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics/International Union of Geological Sciences, Steering Committee
• 1981-1984 Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere; Working Group 8, Subduction, Collision and Accretion; Vice-Chairman, Coordinating Committee #4 on Evolution of Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes (CC-4).
• 1986-1990 President, International Mineralogical Association (past President, 1990-1994) (1978-1994, Executive Committee)
• 1991-1995 Vice President, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
• 1995-1999 President, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (past President, 1999-2003) (1991-2003, Executive Committee).
• 1995-1999 General Committee Member, International Council of Scientific Unions

Editorial Service (selected)

• 1965-1967 Managing Editor, Journal of Petrology.
• 1967-1983 Editor, Journal of Geology.
• 1967-1998 Editor-in-Chief, Springer-Verlag monograph series "Minerals and Rocks"
• 1973-1982 Editorial Board, Geology.
• 1978-1982 Editorial Board, Tectonophysics.
• 1983-1999 Editorial Board, TMPM, now "Mineralogy and Petrology".
• 1983-1992 Editorial Board, Journal of Geodynamics.
• 1985-1990 Editorial Board, Geological Magazine.
• 1992-2005 Editorial Board, Proceedings Indian Academy of Sciences.