Biography:

Geologist. Born– October 1, 1932, Hueytown. Married– Doris, 1957. Children– Two. Education– Birmingham Southern College, B.S., 1954; University of North Carolina, M.S. Served in the U.S.Army in the Korean Conflict. Was Chief of the Geology Division, Geological Survey of Alabama after 1974; Assistant State Geologist at the time of his death. Helped compile the Geologic Map of Alabama,1989. Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society; charter member, Alabama Geological Society. Died August 16, 2014.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science, 1979; obituary, Tuscaloosa News, August 18, 2014.

Publication(s):

Cretaceous and Tertiary Faults in Southwestern Alabama. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1976.

Curious Creatures in Alabama Rocks; a Guidebook for Amateur Fossil Collectors. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1963.

Delineation of Linear Feature and Applications to Reservoir Engineering Using Apollo 9 Multispectral Photography. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1970.

Ecocene and Miocene Foraminifera from Two Localities in Duplin County, North Carolina. Ithaca, N.Y.; Paleontological Research Institution, 1964.

Facies Changes in the Alabama Tertiary. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1966.

Geology of the Alabama Coastal Plain; a Guidebook. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1968.

Geology of the Birmingham, Gadsden, and Montgomery 10 x 20 NTMS Quadrangles, Alabama. Aiken, S.C.; Department of Energy, Savannah River Laboratory, 1979.

Joint_Publication(s):

Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of West-Central Alabama. University, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1989.

Sinkhole Problem Along Proposed Route of Interstate Highway 459 near Greenwood, Alabama. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1973.

Stratigraphic Profiles of Jurassic Strata in the Western Part of the Alabama Coastal Plain. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1982.