Florence Robinson Weber

Florence Robinson Weber attended the University of Chicago. She obtained an Undergraduate degree in geology in 1943. Afterwards, she went back to University of Chicago and obtained a master's degree in geology in 1948. Florence Robinson Weber (August 26, 1921 – January 18, 2018) was an American geologist, pilot, and adventurer, and worked to contribute to Alaskan geology. Weber co-authored the first geologic map of the Fairbanks Quadrangle, and the Preliminary engineering geologic maps of the Trans-Alaska pipeline route in 1971. She worked for the United States Geologic Survey for much of her professional career and is often referenced in many geologic reports on the Tanana-Yukon area.

Early life Weber was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the only child of a couple who originated from England and Germany.

Weber graduated from high school and attended the University of Chicago (UC) where she graduated with an undergraduate degree in geology in 1943. Weber then accepted a temporary job for Shell Oil in Houston prior to accepting a job with the US Geological Survey in 1949, which was posted in Alaska.

Florence had obtained excellent skills as a HAM radio operator (her call sign KL7AZ). In the 1950s she developed a radio pal communication with Al Weber (his call sign KL7AG), who lived in Anchorage. This direct line of communication became more than just a radio connection. She became a member of the Geological Society of America in 1950 and was elected a Fellow in 1967.

Cady, J., & Weber, F. (1983). Aeromagnetic map and interpretation of magnetic and gravity data, Circle Quadrangle, Alaska [Abstract]. Open-File Report. doi:10.3133/ofr83170c Péwé, T. L., Wahraftig, C., & Weber, F. R. (1966). Geologic map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska (No. 455). Weber, F. R., & Geological Survey (U.S.). (1988). Geology and mineral resources of the White Mountains National Recreation Area, East-central Alaska. Denver, Colo.?: Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Geological Survey (U.S.), Weber, F. R., & Péwé, T. L. (1970). Surficial and engineering geology of the central part of the Yukon-Koyukuk lowland, Alaska. Washington, D.C: U.S. Geological Survey. Weber, F. R., American Association of Petroleum Geologists., Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists., Society of Exploration Geophysicists., & Alaska Geological Society. (1985). Geologic guide to the Fairbanks-Livengood area, East-central Alaska. Anchorage: Alaska Geological Society. Newberry, Rainer & Bundtzen, T.K. & Mortensen, James & Weber, F.R.. (1998). Petrology, geochemistry, age, and significance of two foliated intrusions in the Fairbanks District, Alaska. US Geological Survey Professional Paper. 117–129. Weber, F. R., Blodgett, R. B., Harris, A. G., & Dutro Jr, J. T. (1994). "Paleontology of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska." US Geological Survey Open-File Report, 94, 1-24. Campbell, D. L., Fisher, M., Fuis, G. S., Weber, F. R., Stone, D. B., & Mull, G. (1989). Alaskan Geological and Geophysical Transect.