| Date of Birth | 03-October-1940 | |
| Place of Birth |
Berkeley (California, United States of America, Alameda County, San Francisco Bay Area, Area code 510) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Profession | Geologist | |
| Walter Alvarez is a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is most widely known for the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact, developed in collaboration with his father, Nobel Prize winning physicist Luis Alvarez. | ||
Awards by Walter Alvarez |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by Walter Alvarez. | ||
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