doctoral_advisor death_date birth_place nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
arthur newell strahler 10 june 1994 toledo , ohio american geomorphology bryn mawr college , 1955-1959 02 november 1919 founded author of eight books the journal '' geomorphology '' in 1986 ; marie morisawa
 marie morisawa b.s. m.a. in theology ; m.s. in geology , university of in wyoming , 1952 ; ph.d. , from columbia university , mathematics 1960 , hunter college , 1941 ;
marie morisawa

marie morisawa -lrb- 1919 -- 1994 -rrb- was an american geomorphologist .
morisawa was an integral part of the revolution in the field that began in the 1950s .
she studied the geomorphology of rivers , active fault zones , plate tectonics , coastal geomorphology , geological hazards , and environmental geomorphology .
morisawa was born on november 2 , 1919 in toledo , ohio .
she earned a b.s. in mathematics from hunter college in 1941 .
she then earned an m.a. in theology before turning to geology and obtaining an m.s. from university of wyoming in 1952 .
she taught at bryn mawr college from 1955 to 1959 .
in 1960 she earned her ph.d. from columbia university .
arthur newell strahler was the advisor for her doctoral work on the quantitative geomorphology of pennsylvania streams .
morisawa wrote eight books , including `` evaluating riverscapes '' in 1971 .
she founded the journal `` geomorphology '' in 1986 and was its editor in chief .
she became `` the first female chair '' of the quaternary geology and geomorphology division of the geological society of america and helped found `` the annual binghamton geomorphology symposia . ''
morisawa died in a car accident on june 10 , 1994 .
in 2009 the geological society of america established the marie morisawa award in her honor .
the award is presented annually to a woman m.s. or ph.d. graduate student pursuing a career in geomorphology .
