Robert H. Rutford
Robert Rutford
President Emeritus
MC 2.418
972-883-6470
rutford@utdallas.edu
Former President Robert Rutford Named President Emeritus at UT Dallas
Antarctic Peak named after Robert Rutford, UT Dallas Geosciences Professor
Excellence in Education Foundation Professor
Education
B.A., University of Minnesota (Geography), 1954
M.A., University of Minnesota (Geography), 1963
Ph.D., University of Minnesota (Geology), 1969
Postdoctoral, Senior Executive Education Program, Federal Executive Institute, 1976
Research Interests
My research interests have been in the area of glacial geology and geomorphology, primarily in Antarctica. The glacial history of that continent is of particular interest.
Current activities focus more on science policy and the interactions between scientists and politicians as the Antarctic Treaty System continues to develop and evolve.
Representative Publications
Sugden, David E., Summerfield, M.A., Denton, G.H. Wilch, T.I., McIntosh, W.C., Marchant, D.R., and Rutford, R.H.,1999. Landscape Development in the Royal Society Range, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Stability since the mid-Miocene, Geomorphology, vol. 28, pp.181-200.
Rutford, R.H. 1999. Protection of the Terrestrial Environment in Antarctica, Chapter 16 (pp.203-212) in Poles Apart: A Study in Contrasts, International Symposium on Arctic and Antarctic issues, Ottawa, Canada, 1997. Published by the University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa, Canada.
Rutford, R.H. 1995. Relations Between Elements of the Antarctic Treaty System, pp. 57-68 in On The Antarctic Horizon, Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Future of the Antarctic Treaty System, A. Jackson, editor, Aust. Ant. Div., Hobart, 118 pp.
Sporli, K. B., Craddock, C., Rutford, R. H., and Craddock, J. P., 1992. Breccia Bodies in Deformed Cambrian Limestones, Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, Chapter 19 in Geology and Paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, Memoir 170, G. F. Webers, C. Craddock, and J. F. Splettstoesser, editors, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Co, pp. 351-364.
Denton, G. H., Bockheim, J. G., Rutford, R. H., and Andersen, B. G., 1992. Glacial History of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, Chapter 22 in Geology and Paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, Memoir 170, G. F. Webers, C. Craddock, and J. F. Splettstoesser, editors, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Co, pp. 403-432.
Honors
Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Minnesota "M" Club (1995)
Doctor of Science Degree (Honorary), St. Petersburg (Russia) State Technical University (1994)
Outstanding Achievement Award, University of Minnesota Board of Regents (1993)
Elected as Foreign Member, St. Petersburg (Russia) Academy of Engineering (1993)
Distinguished Service Award, National Science Foundation (1977)
Antarctic Service Medal
- Updated: July 12, 2007
