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John J. W. Rogers

John J. W. Rogers (1930–2015) left Rice University, where he had chaired the geology department, in 1975 to take a Kenan chair in geology at the University of North Carolina and moved to Chapel Hill. He was Kenan Professor Emeritus of Geology at his death.

Source: The News & Observer (via Legacy.com): Dr. John James William Rogers obituary, January 2015

Also found in catalogs as John J. W. (John James William) Rogers.

1930–2015 · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

1 work about John J. W. Rogers is indexed here, as are 2 works by Rogers.

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  1. Geologist John J. W. Rogers comes to UNC to take a Kenan chair Rogers left Rice University, where he had chaired the geology department and been master of Brown College, to take a Kenan chair in geology at UNC and moved to Chapel Hill.Search the index · The News & Observer (via Legacy.com): Dr. John James William Rogers obituary, January 2015

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By John J. W. Rogers

Women, rocks, and professors : the memories of a university professor

Rogers, John J. W. (John James William), 1930-2015 · 2011 · PublishAmerica

John J. W. Rogers, a geologist who taught at Rice University and then at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, sets down his memories of university life. Published by PublishAmerica in 2011, 143 pages with illustrations. It is biography of college teachers and geologists in North Carolina and the United States.

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Carolina cartoons : the University of North Carolina and its history in cartoons

Rogers, John J. W. (John James William), 1930-2015 · 2010 · The author?

Cartoons carry the history of the University of North Carolina in this 2010 volume by John J. W. Rogers, 46 unnumbered pages of illustrations published in Chapel Hill. It is caricature and miscellanea about the university, a light companion to the standard campus histories. An ISBN is recorded, 9780840070487.

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