- 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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footnotes =Bruce Charles Heezen (
April 11 ,1924 –June 21 ,1977 ) was an American geologist. He is most famous as being the leader of a team fromColumbia University which mapped theMid-Atlantic Ridge during the 1950s.He was born in
Vinton, Iowa , and in 1947 received his B.A. from theUniversity of Iowa (although the Smithsonian and others often mistakenly refer toIowa 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 nearIceland 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=
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Marie Tharp References
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