Richard Stoiber, former professor of geology and professor emeritus at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H., has died. He was 90.
His association with Dartmouth spanned seven decades, from the time he entered as a freshman in 1928. He received his bachelor of arts in 1932 and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (studying under Waldemar Lindgren) in 1937. His teaching at Dartmouth began in 1935 and was only interrupted by war service with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He returned to Dartmouth in 1946 and spent the rest of his career teaching and researching.
For many years, Stoiber taught economic geology. In the early 1960s, in a quest for a greater understanding of the nature of hydrothermal fluids, Stoiber shifted his interest from ore deposits to volcanology. His work in volcanology included direct measurement and remote-sensing to study the composition of volcanic gases, and seismic study to understand the tectonics beneath modern volcanic arcs.
He wrote more than 100 papers and co-authored a textbook on optical mineralogy.
Be the first to comment on "Richard Stoiber"