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Born | 26 August 1913 Mountain View |
Died | 2 November 1996 (aged 83) Evanston |
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Doctoral advisor | Carey Croneis |
Laurence L. Sloss (August 26, 1913 – November 2, 1996) was an American geologist.[1] He taught geology at Northwestern University from 1947 until his retirement in 1981.[1][2]
He was president, Geological Society of America (GSA), with his tenure beginning in 1980.[3] The GSA's Laurence L. Sloss Award is named in his honor.[4] He was also president of the Society for Sedimentary Geology and American Geosciences Institute.[5]