Bownocker Distinguished Lecture Series

John Adams Bownocker
Professor John Adams Bownocker

Biography

John Adams Bownocker was the third Chair of the Ohio State Department of Geology and State Geologist of Ohio (1906-1928), preceded by Edward Orton Sr. and Edward Orton Jr. Since its inception in 1937, the Bownocker Lecture series has brought luminaries in theories of evolution, plate tectonics, and climate science to Ohio State. In his will, Professor Bownocker established the Bownocker Endowment, providing funds to support student scholarships in earth sciences.

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Previous Bownocker Lectures

Year    Lecturer      Year    Lecturer      Year    Lecturer
1937  Alfred C. Lane      1965  K. O. Emery      1995  James D. Hays
1938Walter H. Bucher      1966F. H. T. Rhodes      1996Harrison H. Schmidt
1939Reginald A. Daly      1967Richard Foster Flint      1997Ian W.D. Dalziel
1940Charles K. Leith      1968Cesare Emiliani      1998Steven M. Stanley
1941Arthur L. Day      1969Allan V. Cox      1999George M. Hornberger
1942George F. Kay      1970Valter Schytt      2000Wallace S. Broecker
1943O. D. von Englen      1971Preston E. Cloud      2001Robert A. Berner
1945Max W. Ball      1972S. Keith Runcorn      2002Lonnie G. Thompson
1946George G. Simpson      1974Peter J. Wyllie      2003Mary Lou Zoback
1947Chester R. Longwell      1975John Rodgers      2004Albert A. Gore Jr.
1948Hugh D. Miser      1976John F. Dewey      2005Andrew H. Knoll
1950Harold C. Urey      1977Harold Masursky      2006Guust Nolet
1939Reginald A. Daly      1978Robert F. Legget      2007Noel P. James
1940Charles K. Leith      1979Harold Williams      2008James E. Hansen
1951James Gilluly      1980Ursula B. Marvin      2009Derek E.G. Briggs
1952Sidney Paige      1981W. Gary Ernst      2011Roberta Rudnick
1953M. M. Leighton      1982J. William Schopf      2012James Head
1954F. A. Vening-Meinesz      1983Robert L. Folk      2013Louise Kellogg
1956J. Harlen Bretz      1984Kenneth J. Hsu      2014Susan Solomon
1957J. L. Gillson      1985Luna B. Leopold      2015Diane McKnight
1958F. J. Pettijohn      1986Anthony J. Naldrett      2016Lucy Jones
1959Norman D. Newell      1987Hans P. Eugster      2017Kathy Sullivan
1960Philip B. King      1988Digby J. McLaren      2018Kevin Trenberth
1961Alfred S. Romer      1989Paul F. Hoffman      2019John Grotzinger
1962Charles H. Behre, Jr.      1990Albert W. Bally      2020Naomi Oreskes
1963John W. Wells      1991Adolf Seilacher      2022Lindy Elkins-Tanton
1964J. Tuzo Wilson      1992William R. Dickinson      2025Emily Brodsky