Bruce C. Heezen

Bruce C. Heezen

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name = Bruce Charles Heezen


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caption = Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen
birth_date = birth date|1924|04|11
birth_place = Vinton, Iowa
death_date = death date and age|1977|06|21|1924|04|11
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residence = United States
citizenship = United States
nationality = United States
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fields = Geology, Oceanography
workplaces = Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
alma_mater = University of Iowa
Columbia University
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known_for = Seafloor topography
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Bruce Charles Heezen (April 11, 1924 – June 21, 1977) was an American geologist. He is most famous as being the leader of a team from Columbia University which mapped the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the 1950s.

He was born in Vinton, Iowa, and in 1947 received his B.A. from the University of Iowa (although the Smithsonian and others often mistakenly refer to Iowa State University); in 1952 he received his M.A. from Columbia University, and in 1957 his Ph.D. Heezen died in 1977 during a research cruise to study the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near Iceland aboard the NR-1 submarine [cite web | url=http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=9092&articleId=13407 | title=Marie Tharp Bio | publisher=Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | date=2006-12-12 | accessdate=2008-06-02] .

The Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS "Bruce C. Heezen" was christened in honor of him in 1999 [cite web | url=http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/news/story7_1.html | title=Navy's Newest Ocean Survey Ship Will Offer Public Tours August 3 for Lamont Community August 4 & 5 at Intrepid Pier | publisher=The Earth Institute | date=2000-07-14 | accessdate=2008-06-02] .

=See also=

* Marie Tharp

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