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Apr 09, 1925 Monticello, New York, United States 99 years old
Award winning academic, trained Apollo astronauts in lunar geology.
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About Leon Silver
- Leon Theodore "Lee" Silver, Ph.D.
- (born April 9, 1925) is an American geologist who was professor of geology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
- He was an instructor to the Apollo 13, 15, 16, and 17 astronaut crews.
- Working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), he taught astronauts how to perform field geology, essentially creating lunar field geology as a new discipline.
- His training is credited with a significant improvement in the J-Mission Apollo flights' scientific returns.
- After the Apollo program, he became a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1974.
- Currently, he is the W.
- M.
- Keck Foundation Professor for Resource Geology, emeritus, at Caltech.
