Beginning his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1958 as an assistant
professor in the Department of Geology, Robert H. Dott, Jr. is today recognized as a
humanitarian, a champion of the geological sciences, and faithful mentor to over three
generations of students. His pioneering research in sedimentary geology and well-attended
lectures and field trips, along with many scholarly articles and a widely used and highly
acclaimed textbook titled Evolution of the Earth (8th ed., 2010), combine to make him one of
Wisconsin's foremost historians of geologic thought. Professor Bob Dott received the 2011
Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal, the highest award of the American Geological
Institute.
