Name Donald Wilhelms Books To a rocky moon Fields Geology | Alma mater Pomona College Role Author | |
Born July 5, 1930 (age 94)
Los Angeles, California, U.S. ( 1930-07-05 ) Institutions United States Geological Survey Notable awards G.K. Gilbert Award, Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award Institution United States Geological Survey | ||
Don Edward Wilhelms (born July 5, 1930) is a former United States Geological Survey geologist who contributed to geologic mapping of the Earth's moon and to the geologic training of the Apollo astronauts. He is the author of To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (1993), The geologic history of the Moon (1987), and he co-authored the Geologic Map of the Near Side of the Moon (1971) with John F. McCauley. Wilhelms also contributed to Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit (NASA SP-362). He has also contributed to the study of Mars (including Mariner 9), Mercury, and Ganymede.
Biography
He was born July 5, 1930. Wilhelms was the recipient of the G. K. Gilbert Award in 1988. He received the Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award in 2010 at the Ames Research Center.