Allison Ralph “Pete” Palmer (PhD ’50) obituary

Pete Palmer (PhD ’50) passed away on October 24, 2022. He graduated with his PhD in geology in 1950 from the University of Minnesota. During his career, he garnered many scientific honors, notably the Walcott Medal (US National Academy of Sciences), the Golden Plate Award (American Academy of Achievement), and elected Fellow (American Association for the Advancement of Science), as well as numerous scientific society awards. He helped an international committee search the planet – as far as Canada, UK, Siberia, Beijing, and Australia – to identify the fossil locality that best marked the time when marine animals first burgeoned and diversified 540 million years ago. Read more.