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Ursula Bailey Marvin (born August 20, 1921)〔R.R. Bowker Co (2009). ''American Men & Women of Science.'' Thomson/Gale ISBN 9781414433059〕 is an American planetary geologist and author who worked for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.〔ABC-CLIO ''American Women of Science Since 1900'' ISBN 9781598841589〕 She won the 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Science and Engineering.〔Staff report (July 1997). (Ursula Marving honoers by 'WISE' award for lifetime achievement in science. ) ''The CfA Almanac''〕 In 1986, the Geological Society of America awarded her their History of Geology Award. She also won the 2005 Sue Tyler Friedman Medal,〔(【引用サイトリンク】Geological Society of London "> Award winners since 1931: Sue Tyler Friedman Medal )〕 and Antarctica's Marvin Nunatak is named in her honor. In 2012, The Meteoritical Society awarded her the Service Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Meteoritical Society )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://meteoriticalsociety.org/?page_id=17 )〕 in part for her work recording the oral history of meteoriticists. 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.〔 She authored the 1973 book ''Continental Drift: Evolution of a Concept''. 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. She was also involved with numerous studies of returned samples from the Apollo 12, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 missions. Additionally she was involved in analysis of samples from Russian Lunar sample return missions Luna 16 and Luna 20. She traveled to Antarctica for three of the early ANSMET surveys and analyzed of the first Lunar meteorite, Allan Hills A81005. She served as a trustee at Tufts University from 1975 to 1985 and is an emerita trustee of the university. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ursula B. Marvin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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