George chilingar biography

George V. Chilingar (néChilingarian; July 22, 1929 – March 9, 2023) was an Armenian-American geologist and academic.

George V. Chilingar was an Armenian-American geologist and academic.

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Chilingar (né Chilingarian; July 22, – March 9, ) was an.

In , Chilingar became the first American petroleum geologist to be elected to the year-old Russian Academy of Sciences.

For over 60 years, Professor George V. Chilingar taught various courses in Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Geology, and Environmental Engineering at USC. In.

He was Professor of Civil and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC).^[1]

Early years

Chilingarian was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1929. He finished high school with honors in Tehran.

In the mid-1940s, he emigrated with his family to the United States.^[2]

Career

One of the best-known petroleum geologists in the world and the founder of several prestigious journals in the oil and gas industry, Chilingar published 72 books and over 500 of articles on geology, petroleum engineering and environmental engineering.

He served as president of the U.S. branch of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and 17 of his books have been translated into Russian. In recognition of these contributions, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences honored him as a Knight of Arts and Sciences.

He received