Walter Alvarez

Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez
	Walter Alvarez at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary in Gubbio, Italy
Born	Walter Alvarez; October 3, 1940; Berkeley, California, U.S.
Education	Carleton College (BS); Princeton University (PhD);
Known for	Alvarez hypothesis
Spouse	Milly Alvarez (m. 1963)
Father	Luis Walter Alvarez
Awards	G. K. Gilbert Award (1985); Penrose Medal (2002); Vetlesen Prize (2008); Barringer Medal (2013);
	Scientific career
Fields	Geology
Workplaces	University of California, Berkeley; Columbia University;

Walter Alvarez (born October 3, 1940) is an American professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. He and his father, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Luis Alvarez, developed the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact.