John W. Harbaugh

John W. Harbaugh
Professor John W. Harbaugh
Born	John Warvelle Harbaugh (1926-08-06)August 6, 1926 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	July 28, 2019(2019-07-28) (aged 92) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.[1]
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Kansas
Occupation	Academic / Scientist
Awards	William Christian Krumbein Medal A.I.Levorsen Memorial Award
Scientific career
Fields	Stochastic processes Modeling in geology
Institutions	Stanford University
Website	earth.stanford.edu/john-w-harbaugh

John Warvelle Harbaugh (1926–2019) was an American geologist who spent most of his professional career at Stanford University devoted to research on mathematical modeling of dynamic systems, sedimentary basin simulation and oil exploration risk analysis. Since 1999, he was Professor Emeritus both at the Geological and Environmental Sciences Department and at the Energy Resources Engineering Department.^[2]

He received numerous honors and awards for his accomplishments and service to the profession that include the Haworth Distinguished Alumni Award of University of Kansas (1968), the A.I. Levorsen Award (1970) from the Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Distinguished Service Award also from AAPG (1987), the William Christian Krumbein Medal from International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (1986),^[3] and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2003). In 2001, his colleagues and friends presented him with a festschrift.^[4] In 2013, the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences elected him as Honorary Member.^[5]