Wes Hildreth

Wes Hildreth
Hildreth pictured in 2016
Born	Edward Wesley Hildreth III (1938-08-17) August 17, 1938 (age 86) Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Spouses	Nancy Brown ​ ​ (m. 1964, separated)​ Gail Mahood ​ (m. 1982)​
Scientific career
Fields	Geologic mapping petrology (igneous) volcanology
Academic advisors	Ian S. E. Carmichael and others

Edward Wesley Hildreth III (known professionally as Wes Hildreth; born August 17, 1938) is an American geologist affiliated with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the California Volcano Observatory. Employed by the USGS since 1977 as a research geologist, Hildreth is a Department of the Interior senior scientist. Described in Wired as "one of the great volcanologists/petrologists of our time,"^[1] his work in the fields of volcanology, petrology, and geologic mapping has been recognized with the Bowen Award [de] and Thorarinsson Medal, and with fellowship in the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the American Geophysical Union. Hildreth's body of research includes work on the volcanic history of the Cascade Range, magmatism of the Long Valley Caldera, and mapping of mountain regions in the Andes.^[2]