Background
Bateman, Alan Mara was born on January 6, 1889 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Son of George Arthur and Elizabeth J. (Mara) Bateman.
Bateman, Alan Mara was born on January 6, 1889 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Son of George Arthur and Elizabeth J. (Mara) Bateman.
Graduated Kingston Collegiate Institute, 1905. Bachelor of Science, Queens University, Canada, 1910, Doctor of Science, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1913.
Assistant geologist German Development Company Canada, 1906-1909. Associate geologist Canada Geological Survey, 1910-1912. Instructor Yale, 1913.
Field geologist, Secondary Enrichment Investigation, Harvard University, 1913-1915.
Assistant professor geology, 1916-1921, associate professor, 1922-1925, professor geology Yale, 1925-1941, Silliman professor, 1941, former chairman department of geology. Consultant geologist to Kennecott Copper Corporation from 1916.
Head of special United States mission to Mexico, 1942, director Metals and Minerals, Foreign Economics Administration, Washington, 1942-1946. Expert consultant South Carolina.A.P., Tokyo, 1949.
Consultant Department Interior East.C.A., NSRD, ODM, National Science Foundation.
Editor in chief Journal of Economics Geology. Former editor American Journal Science. Trustee Sheffield Scientific School Yale University Penrose Gold medallist, Society Economics Geologists, 1962.
Member American Institute Mechanical Engineering, Institute Mining and Metallurgy (president 1954), Geological Society America, Society Economics Geologists (president 1941-1942), American Association Petroleum Geologists, Washington Academy Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Chile Society Mineralogy and Geology. Member Society Geologique de Belgique.
Member Sigma Xi, Theta Xi.
Clubs: Graduate, New Haven Country, Yale, Lawn (New Haven, Connecticut).
Married Grace Hotchkiss Street, June 3, 1916.