Allan Parnell Bennison

Background

Bennison, Allan Parnell was born on March 8, 1918 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Ellis Norman Lambly and Cora Mae (Parnell) Bennison.

Education

Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1940.

Career

Geology fellow, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1940-1942; photogrammetrist, United States Geological Survey, Arlington, Virginia, 1942-1945; stratigrapher, assistant chief geologist, Companias Unidas de Petroleos, Cartagena, Colombia, 1945-1949; staff stratigrapher, Sinclair Oil & Gas Company, Tulsa, 1949-1969; geological consultant, Tulsa, since 1969. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Allan Parnell Bennison has been listed as a noteworthy geological consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America, Explorers Club. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (honorary, trustee associate, Distinguished Service award 1986), Society Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Distinguished Service award 1990), Tulsa Geological Society (president 1965), Tulsa Astronomy Club (vice president 1965), Explorers Club, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, astronomy, reading, traveling.

Connections

Married DeLeo Smith, September 4, 1941. Children: Victor, Christina, Mary.

Father:

Ellis Norman Lambly Bennison

Mother:

Cora Mae (Parnell) Bennison

Spouse:

DeLeo Smith

child:

Victor Bennison

child:

Mary Bennison

child:

Christina Bennison