Meyer Rubin, geologist
Meyer Rubin ‑ an American geologist known for his radiocarbon dating work with the United States Geological Survey – died of Covid-19 on May 2, 2020.
After graduating from Englewood High School, South Side, Chicago, in 1941, Rubin enlisted into a University of Chicago run pre-meteorology training program (class "B"), for the United States Army Air Forces (AAF); active duty effective March 3, 1943. Basic training was at Fort Sheridan with classes held at the University of Michigan. Rubin finished his training in September 1943, and was shipped off first to Port Moresby, New Guinea, and then later to the Philippines, to help forecast weather for AAF long range flights in the Pacific Theater of World War II. After Japan surrendered, Rubin was sent to Tokyo as pa...