George Wetherill

George Wetherill
George Wetherill
Born	12 August 1925; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Died	19 July 2006 (aged 80); Washington, DC, United States of America
Education	University of Chicago (Ph.B., S.B. S.M., Ph.D., 1953);
Known for	Planet Formation; Meteoritics; Radioactive Dating;
Spouses	Phyllis Steiss Wetherill; Mary Bailey;
Children	Rachel Wetherill ; Sarah Wetherill Okumura ; George W. Wetherill III
Awards	National Medal of Science (1997); F. C. Leonard Medal of the Meteoritical Society (1981); G. K. Gilbert Award of the Geological Society of America (1984); Gerard P. Kuiper Prize of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society (1986); Harry H. Hess Medal of the American Geophysical Union (1991); Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society (2003);
	Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics, Geology
Institutions	Carnegie Institution (Washington, DC) (1953-1960,1975–1997); University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) (1960-1975);

George Wetherill (August 12, 1925 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 19, 2006 Washington, D.C.) was a physicist and geologist and the director emeritus of the department of terrestrial magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, US.

In 2000, Wetherill received the J. Lawrence Smith Medal from the National Academy of Sciences "For his unique contributions to the cosmochronology of the planets and meteorites and to the orbital dynamics and formation of solar system bodies." In 2003, Wetherill received the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, the highest honor bestowed by the American Astronomical Society, "For pioneering the application of modern physics and numerical simulations to the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets."

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