Lee Porter (1947-1989)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Hamilton, Thomas D., Hopkins, David M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Porter; Lee; 1947-1989; Biographies; Journalism; Stratigraphy; Palaeontology; Pleistocene epoch; Geologists; Alaska; Russian Federation; Arctic regions; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64722

Lee Porter died unexpectedly in Seattle, Washington, on 18 January 1989. . [After initially training in journalism] Lee became a specialist in the Pleistocene biostratigraphy of arctic regions, particularly Alaska and the U.S.S.R. . Lee's subsequent career took her to the British Museum of Natural History on a research fellowship, then to teaching and administration at Northern Arizona University. She also worked as a consultant for several engineering firms, applying her knowledge of Quaternary deposits to environmental problems, such as geologic hazards, site stability, and waste disposal. At the time of her death, she was working as an engineering geologist for the California State Department of Transportation. .