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Larry A. Haskin (1934-2005)

Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1960

Larry Haskin, our colleague, friend, and former chairman (1976-1990), died on 24 March 2005 at age 70 after a long struggle with myelofibrosis.

Larry had many research interests over the course of his career. These include, in alphabetical order:

  •   Basaltic Volcanism Study
  •   Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
  •   Geochemical Analysis
  •   Geochemical Modeling
  •   Geochemistry and Geophysics of Impact Cratering
  •   Lunar Analog Studies
  •   Lunar Geochemistry
  •   Lunar Meteorites
  •   Lunar Terrane Studies
  •   Mars
  •   Nuclear Chemistry
  •   Planetary Raman Spectroscopy
  •   Rare Earth Element Studies
  •   Resources of Space and Moonbase
  •   Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rock Studies
  •   Silicate Electrochemistry and Electrolysis
  •   Trace-Element Partitioning Experiments.

In his own words, Larry described the main thrusts of his work to have been "to further precise, accurate geochemical analysis; gain quantitative understanding of trace element behavior through rock analysis and geochemical modeling, with experimental work to provide modeling parameters and better understanding; and introduction to the application of some methods of physical chemistry to geochemical work (neutron activation analysis, electron paramagnetic resonance, silicate electrochemistry, planetary Raman spectroscopy)."

Larry received his B.A. degree in chemistry from Baker University in 1955 and his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1960. Below is a list of his professional positions.

year position
1956-1957 student summer staff, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1959-1960 Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry
1960 summer staff, nuclear chemistry, Argonne National Laboratory
1960-1961 Instructor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry
1961-1965 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry
1965-1968 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry
1968-1973 Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry
1973-1976 Chief, Planetary and Earth Sciences Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston
1976-1986 Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, and Fellow, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University
1976-1990 Chairman, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University
1986-2002 Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished University Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Fellow, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University
2003-2005 Professor (retired), Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Fellow, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University

Some honors and awards:

year honor or award
1966-1967 Guggenheim Fellow, at Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
1971 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award
1986 Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished University Professor
1986 Fellow, Meteoritical Society
1987-1989 President, Geochemical Society
2000 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Washington University in Saint Louis
2004 NASA Group Achievement Award, Mars Exploration Rover Science Operations Team

In Memoriam: Larry A. Haskin (1934–2005), from The Geochemical News, April 2005, Issue 123, p. 8-9.

See also PDF versions of recent abstracts from the Planetary Surface Materials Research Group.  | complete publications list | complete abstracts list |

Kuebler K. E., Jolliff B. L., Wang A., and Haskin L. A. (2006) Extracting olivine (Fo–Fa) compositions from Raman spectral peak positions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 6201-6222.

Haskin L. A., Wang A., Jolliff B. L, McSween H. Y, Clark B. C., Des Marais D. J., McLennan S. M., Tosca N. J., Hurowitz J. A., Farmer J. D., Yen A., Squyres S. W., Arvidson R. E., Klingelhöfer G., Schröder C., de Souza, Jr., P. A., Morris R. V., Ming D. W., Gellert R., Zipfel J., Brückner J., Bell, III, J. F., Herkenhoff K., Christensen P. R., Ruff S., Blaney D., Gorevan S., Cabrol N. A., Crumpler L., Grant J., and Soderblom L. (2005) Water alteration of rocks and soils from the Spirit rover Site, Gusev Crater, Mars. Nature 436, 66-69.

Squyres S. W., Arvidson R. E., Bell, III, J. F., Brückner J., Cabrol N. A., Calvin W., Carr M. H., Christensen P. R., Clark B. C., Crumpler L., Des Marais D. J., d'Uston C., Economou T., Farmer J., Farrand W., Folkner W., Golombek M., Gorevan S., Grant J. A., Greeley R., Grotzinger J., Haskin L., Herkenhoff K. E., Hviid S., Johnson J., Klingelhöfer G., Knoll A., Landis G., Lemmon M., Li R., Madsen M. B., Malin M. C., McLennan S. M., McSween H. Y., Ming D. W., Moersch J., Morris R. V., Parker T., Rice, Jr., J. W., Richter L., Rieder R., Sims M., Smith M., Smith P., Soderblom L. A., Sullivan R., Wänke H., Wdowiak T., Wolff M., and Yen A. (2004) The Spirit rover's Athena science investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars. (2004) Science 305 (5685) , 794-799, doi: 10.1126/science.1100194.

McSween, H. Y., R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, III, D. Blaney, N. A. Cabrol, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, J. A. Crisp, L. S. Crumpler, D. J. Des Marais, J. D. Farmer, R. Gellert, A. Ghosh, S. Gorevan, T. Graff, J. Grant, L. A. Haskin,K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, B. L. Jolliff, G. Klingelhöfer, A. T. Knudson, S. McLennan, K. A. Milam, J. E. Moersch, R. V. Morris, R. Rieder, S. W. Ruff, P. A. de Souza, Jr., S. W. Squyres, H. Wänke, A. Wang, M. B. Wyatt, A. Yen, and  J. Zipfel (2004) Basaltic rocks analyzed by the Spirit rover in Gusev Crater. Science 305 (5685), 842-845, doi:10.1126/science.1099851.

Wang A., K. E. Kuebler, B. L. Jolliff, and L. A. Haskin (2004) Raman spectroscopy of Fe-Ti-Cr-oxides, case study: martian meteorite EETA79001, Amer. Mineral. 89, 665-680..

Korotev, R. L. B. L. Jolliff, R. A. Zeigler, J. J. Gillis, and L. A. Haskin (2003) Feldspathic lunar meteorites and their implications for compositional remote sensing of the lunar surface and the composition of the lunar crust. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 4895–4923.

Wang A., Haskin L. A., Lane, A. L., Wdowiak, T. J., Squyres S. W., Robert J. Wilson, Larry E. Hovland, Ken S. Manatt, Nasrat Raouf, and Christopher D. Smith (2003) Development of the Mars Microbeam Raman Spectrometer (MMRS), J. Geophys. Res. 108, No. E1, 5005,doi:10.1029/2002JE001902, 2003.

Korotev, R. L., Jolliff, B. L., Zeigler, R. A., and Haskin, L. A. (2003) Compositional constraints on the launch pairing of three brecciated lunar meteorites of basaltic composition, Antarctic Meteorite Research, 16, 152-175.

Haskin L. A., Moss B. E., and McKinnon W. (2003) On estimating ejecta deposit thicknesses and proportions of materials from distant basins at lunar highland sites. Meteor. Planet. Sci. 38, 13-33.

Fagan, T. J., G. J. Taylor, K. Keil, T. E. Bunch, J. H. Wittke, R. L. Korotev, B. L. Jolliff, J. J. Gillis, L. A. Haskin, E. Jarosewich, R. N. Clayton, T. K. Mayeda, V. A. Fernandes, R. Burgess, G. Turner, O. Eugster, and S. Lorenzetti (2002) Northwest Africa 032: Product of lunar volcanism. Met. Planet. Sci. 37, 371-394.

Wang, A., Jolliff, B. L., Haskin, L. A., Kuebler, K. E., and Viskupic, K. M. (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy. Amer. Mineralogist 86, 790-806.

Haskin L. A., Gillis J. J., Korotev R. L., and Jolliff B. L. (2000) The materials of the lunar Procellarum KREEP Terrane: A synthesis of data from geomorphological mapping, remote sensing, and sample analyses. J. Geophys. Res. 105, 20,403-20,415.

Haskin L. A., Korotev R. L., Rockow K. M., and Jolliff B. L. (1998) The case for an Imbrium origin of the Apollo Th-rich impact-melt breccias. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33, 959-975.

Haskin L. A. (1998) The Imbrium impact event and the thorium distribution at the lunar highlands surface. J. Geophys. Res. 103, 1679-1689.

Haskin L. A., Wang A., Rockow K. M., Jolliff B. L., Korotev R. L., and Viskupic K. M. (1997) Raman spectroscopy for mineral identification and quantification for in-situ planetary surface analysis: A point-count method, J. Geophys. Res. 102, 19,293-19,306.

Rockow, K.M., Haskin L. A., Jolliff B. L., and Fountain D. M. (1997) Constraints on element mobility associated with the conversion of granulite to eclogite along fractures in an anorthositic complex on Holsnøy, Norway. J. Metamorph. Geol. 15, 401-418.

See also Department Publications

Larry A. Haskin Memorial Lecture Fund for Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

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