World-renowned geologist Gerald M. Friedman, who retired in 2004 as a Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, died Nov. 29 at age 90. Before coming to CUNY in 1984, he taught for 20 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), worked in the oil industry and came to be viewed as one of the founders of the modern study of sedimentary rock.
MY ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS: EDUCATION, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT
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Part I: DIARY OF A GERMAN JEWISH SURVIVOR IN BRITISH CUSTODY IN WORLD WAR II
Part II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN OF BERLIN
Part III: SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BERLIN ZOO
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