Walter Alvarez

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• Name	Walter Alvarez
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I57551	Nagel
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Luis Walter Alvarez,   b. 13 Jun 1911, San Francisco, San Francisco, California ,   d. 1 Sep 1988, Berkeley, Alameda, California  (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Geraldine Smithwick,   b. 1913
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F16956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Louis and Walter Alvarez. Louis and Walter Alvarez examine the K-T boundary. (Now referred to as the K-Pg boundary) By any name the boundary is a layer of sediment below which is is possible to find dinosaur fossils but, after the sediment was deposited the dinosaurs were gone.
  		Walter Alvarez. Walter Alvarez.