Charles Alfred "Andy" Anderson (June 6, 1902January 9, 1990) was an American

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

. He was the chief geologist of the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

from 1959 to 1964.

Early life

Anderson attended

Pomona College Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became ...

, graduating in 1924. He earned his doctorate from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

in 1928.

Career

Anderson taught at UC Berkeley for 14 years. He began a career with the

in 1942, and was its chief geologist from 1959 to 1964.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Charles Alfred 20th-century American geologists United States Geological Survey personnel 1902 births 1990 deaths Pomona College alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni University of California, Berkeley faculty