Kennard Baker Bork (born October 13, 1940) is a retired university teacher of geology and geography from the United States.
[1] He ended a career stretching more than 35 years as Alumni Professor at Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
Bork has been honored not only for his solid record as an undergraduate geoscience teacher but also for his contributions to the study of the history and development of geology.
[2] Bork's several dozen professional publications includes articles relating to sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, historical geology and paleoecology.
One of Bork's most notable academic accomplishments was the publication of the book Cracking Rocks and Defending Democracy (published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1994) on geologist and social activist Kirtley F. Mather (1888-1978).