One of my favorite past times: Hobie Cat Sailing on Lake Michigan
Portrait by Jon Friedman
CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID BALLANTYNE ROWLEY
Department of Geophysical Sciences
Chicago, Illinois 60637
773-702-8146
email: drowley@ uchicago.edu
Personal
Born March 14,1954; 3 children
Education
Lake Forest College,1972-1973
Denison University,1973-1976
University of Illinois,1975 (summer)
State University of New York at Albany,1976-1982
Degrees
B.Sc Denison University,1976
M.Sc. State University of New York at Albany,1980
Ph.D. State University of New York at Albany,1983
Theses
Complex structure and stratigraphy of the lower slices of the Taconic Allochthon near Granville, New York: M.Sc. thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 258 pp.
Operation of the Wilson Cycle in western New England during the Early Paleozoic: with emphasis on the stratigraphy, structure, and emplacement of the Taconic Allochthon: Ph.D. thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 602 pp.
Professional Experience
Professor, The University of Chicago 2000-present
Department Chair, The University of Chicago April 1999-June 2006
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Earth System Evolution Program- Senior Fellow April 1999-2015
Associate Professor, The University of Chicago 1993-2000
Senior Research Associate, The University of Chicago, 1986-1992
Lecturer, The University of Chicago, Fall 1984, Structural Geology
Research Associate, The University of Chicago, Paleogeographic Atlas Project, 1982-1986
Lecturer, State University of New York at Albany, Spring 1982
Research Associate, State University of New York at Albany, Spring and Summer, 1982
Editor, Journal of Geology, July 2008-
Associate Editor, Geology, 1993-1998
External Visiting Committees, Harvard Earth and Planetary Sciences 2004-present, Princeton Geosciences 2007, Lehigh Geosciences 2009, Arizona State University
University Committees, Council of the Senate, 2000-2003,2004-2007, 2009- ; Committee of the Council, 2006; Vice President’s Committee on Physical Sciences Core Facilities, 2005; Ryerson Lecturer Selection Committee, 2005-2007(chair), Physical Sciences Diversity Committee (Chair), 2007-2013; Block Board, 2009- 2015, Provost’s Committee to Assess GEMS, 2009.
Last Updated: April 3, 2015