Walter Alvarez

Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez
	Luis and Walter Alvarez (L–R) at the K–T Boundary in Gubbio, Italy in 1981
Born	Walter Alvarez; October 3, 1940; Berkeley, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Carleton College (BS); Princeton University (PhD);
Known for	Alvarez hypothesis
Spouse	Milly Alvarez (m. 1963)
Awards	G. K. Gilbert Award (1985); Penrose Medal (2002); Vetlesen Prize (2008); Barringer Medal (2013);
	Scientific career
Fields	Geology
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley; Columbia University;

Walter Alvarez (born October 3, 1940) is a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is most widely known for the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact, developed in collaboration with his father, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Luis Alvarez.

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