David M. Raup(April 24, 1933 – July 9, 2015) was aUniversity of Chicagopaleontologist.Raup studied thefossil recordand the diversity of life onEarth.Raup contributed to the knowledge ofextinction eventsalong with his colleagueJack Sepkoski.They suggested that the extinction of dinosaurs 66myawas part of a cycle of mass extinctions that may have occurred every 26 million years.
David M. Raup | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 24, 1933 |
| Died | July 9, 2015(aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Harvard |
| Awards | Charles Schuchert Award(1973) Paleontological Society Medal(1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology Paleobiology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Biography
editEarly life
editBorn on April 24, 1933, and raised inBoston,Raup's interest in thefossil recorddid not begin at a young age, having had very little contact with such things until later in life. He focused instead on leisure activities such as skiing and camping. His first mentor was John Clark, a vertebrate paleontologist and sedimentologist at the University of Chicago while starting his education.
Career
editRaup began his academic career atColby CollegeinMainebefore transferring two years later to the University of Chicago where he earned hisBachelor of Sciencedegree. From there, he went toHarvardfor graduate studies where he majored ingeologywhile focussing onpaleontologyandbiology;he earned his MA andPhDdegrees there.
Raup taught atCaltech,Johns Hopkinsand theUniversity of Rochester.[1]He was a curator and Dean of Science at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago as well as a visiting professor in Germany atTübingenand on the faculty of theCollege of the Virgin Islands.Raup was heavily involved through his career in joint programs with biology and in promoting training of paleontologists in modern marine environments. In 1994, he retired to Washington Island in northernLake Michigan.Prior to his death, he assisted theSanta Fe Instituteto develop methods and approaches to dealing with the evolutionary exploration of morphospace. He died on July 9, 2015, of pneumonia.[2]The Hungaria asteroid9165 Raupwas named in his honor.[3]
Honors
editRaup was elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciencesin 1996[4]and theAmerican Philosophical Societyin 2002.[5]
Selected publications
editBooks
- Raup, David; Stanley, Steven M. (1978).Principles of Paleontology(2 ed.). Macmillan.ISBN978-0-7167-0022-7.
- Raup, David (1986). "Patterns and Processes in the History of Life". In David M. Raup andDavid Jablonski(ed.).Report of the Dahlem Workshop on Patterns and Processes in the History of Life, 16–21 June 1985.Berlin: Springer Verlag.ISBN978-0-387-15965-2.
- Raup, David (1992).Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck?.W. W. Norton & Company.ISBN978-0-393-30927-0.
- Raup, David 1999 (1999).The Nemesis Affair: A Story of the Death of Dinosaurs and the Ways of Science.W. W. Norton & Company.ISBN978-0-393-31918-7.
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Periodicals
- Raup, David M. (1962). "Computer as aid in describing form in gastropod shells".Science.138(3537): 150–152.Bibcode:1962Sci...138..150R.doi:10.1126/science.138.3537.150.PMID17818401.S2CID20264319.
- Raup, David M. (1966). "Geometric analysis of shell coiling: general problems".Journal of Paleontology.40:1178–1190.
- Raup, David M. (12 October 1979). "Size of the Permo-Triassic Bottleneck and Its Evolutionary Implications".Science.206(4415): 217–218.Bibcode:1979Sci...206..217R.doi:10.1126/science.206.4415.217.PMID17801788.S2CID46450875.
- Raup, David M.; Sepkoski, J. John Jr. (19 March 1982). "Mass extinctions in the marine fossil record".Science.215(4539): 1501–3.Bibcode:1982Sci...215.1501R.doi:10.1126/science.215.4539.1501.PMID17788674.S2CID43002817.
- Raup, David M.; Sepkoski, J. John Jr. (February 1984)."Periodicity of extinctions in the geologic past"(PDF).Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.81(3): 801–805.Bibcode:1984PNAS...81..801R.doi:10.1073/pnas.81.3.801.PMC344925.PMID6583680.Retrieved2010-04-14.
- Raup, David M. (1994)."The Role of Extinction in Evolution"(PDF).Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.91(15): 6758–6763.Bibcode:1994PNAS...91.6758R.doi:10.1073/pnas.91.15.6758.PMC44280.PMID8041694.Retrieved2010-04-14.
References
edit- ^International Palaeontological Union (I.P.U.) (1968). Westermann, G.E.G. (ed.).Directory of Palaeontologists of the World (excl. Soviet Union & continental China)(2 ed.). Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University. p. 93.RetrievedJanuary 17,2017– via Internet Archive.
- ^"David Raup, influential University of Chicago paleontologist, dead at 82".Chicago Sun-Times.Archived fromthe originalon 2015-07-15.
- ^Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(9165) Raup".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (9165) Raup.Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 681.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_7397.ISBN978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^"David Malcolm Raup".American Academy of Arts & Sciences.Retrieved2021-10-05.
- ^"APS Member History".search.amphilsoc.org.Retrieved2021-10-05.