!!Peter John Wyllie - Curriculum vitae
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__Born__ February 8, 1930.  London, England.  U.S. Citizen, 1995
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__Education__	
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''University of St. Andrews, Scotland:''
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*1952 B.Sc. in Physics and Geology (Miller Prize). 1955  First Class Honors in Geology
*1958 Ph.D.  Geology
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__Employment__
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*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
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__Books__
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*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.
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__Publications in Scientific Journals and Books__
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*1951-2008 320 research-related publications
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__International Science Academies __ 
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*1984	Fellow of The Royal Society (London)
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__Foreign Fellow or Member of: __
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*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
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__Medals and Awards__
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*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
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__Other Awards and Honors__
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*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
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__Honorary Member or Corresponding Fellow of: 
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*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
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__Fellow of:__  American Geophysical Union; Geological Society of America; Mineralogical Society of America; American Academy of Arts and Science.
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Minerals named Wyllieite, and Ferrowyllieite.
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__Offices in National and International Societies__
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*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).
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__Professional Societies and Committees (selected):  National__
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*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
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__Professional Service (selected):  National__
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*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
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__Professional Service (selected):  International __
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*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
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__Editorial Service (selected)__
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*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.