Alan Bosworth Shaw

Background

Shaw, Alan Bosworth was born on March 28, 1922 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Carroll Harper and Natalie Frederique (Howe) Shaw.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1946; AM, Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1949.

Career

Assistant professor geology, U. Wyoming, Laramie, 1949-1955; paleontologist, Shell Oil Corporation, Denver, 1955-1960; owner, National Elec. Svc., New York City, 1960-1961; consulting geologist, Denver, 1961; supervisor, Pan American Research (currently Amoco), Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1961-1968; various positions, Pan American Petroleum, Denver, 1968-1976; chief paleontologist, Amoco Production, Chicago, 1976-1977; chief geologist, Amoco Production, Chicago, 1977-1981; geological research consultant, Amoco Research, Tulsa, 1981-1985; retired, 1985. Oil industry representative National Research Council Committee on Paleontology, Washington, 1963-1969.

Mem.Com. on Paleontology and Stratigraphy Deep Sea Drilling Program, 1973-1975.

Achievements

• Alan Bosworth Shaw has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist, paleontologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Time in Stratigraphy - International Series in the Earth Sciences

Membership

Served to First lieutenant, United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member Paleontological Society (president 1968).

Connections

Married Helen Louise Wilson, November 2, 1945 (divorced April 1952). Married Marian Tavenner Stoll, March 11, 1954 (deceased April 1981). Children: Nancy Jeanne, Sally Ann.

Married MaryElizabeth Merrem, September 3, 1982.

Father:

Carroll Harper Shaw

Mother:

Natalie Frederique (Howe) Shaw

Spouse:

Helen Louise Wilson

Spouse:

MaryElizabeth Merrem

Spouse:

Marian Tavenner Stoll

child:

Sally Ann Shaw

child:

Nancy Jeanne Shaw