高振西教授是我国地质学界的前辈,著名的地质地层学家。大家熟知他对我国北方晚前寒武纪地层研究作出的杰出贡献,在区域地质矿产调查方面他也多有建树,他是我国地质博物馆事业和地质科普事业的一位开拓者。他倡导进行地质学史的研究,中国地质学会地质学史研究会于1980年成立时,他当选为第一届名誉会长。高先生出生干河南荣阳,1931年毕业于北京大学地质学系,留校任教至1937年。本文谨概略记叙高先生在北京大学求学、执教的情形及对北大地 Professor Gao Zhenxi is a predecessor of China’s geology community, a famous geologist. He is well known for his outstanding contribution to the study of the Late Precambrian stratigraphy in the northern part of China. He also made many achievements in the investigation of regional geology and mineral resources. He is a pioneer in the cause of geology museums and geology in our country. He advocated the study of the history of geology. When the Geological History Research Association of China Geological Society was founded in 1980, he was elected as the honorary president of the first session. Mr. Gao was born in Henan Rongyang, graduated from Peking University Department of Geology in 1931 and stayed until 1937. This article would like to give a brief account of Mr. Gao’s study and coaching at Peking University as well as his study of the Great Northern Earth