Background
Tester, Allen C. was born on October 30, 1897 in New Haven, Missouri, United States. Son of William Henry and Virginia (Crawford) Tester.
Tester, Allen C. was born on October 30, 1897 in New Haven, Missouri, United States. Son of William Henry and Virginia (Crawford) Tester.
AB, AM, University Kansas, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1929.
Engaged in geological study of Rocky Mountain States,, Central states in Mississippi-Missouri drainage, Great Lakes States, from 1920; exploration for petroleum, Colombia, 1938-1939; assistant state geologist, Iowa, 1934-1937; teacher geology, U. Kansas, 1921-1922; teacher geology, U. Iowa, 1925; professor, U. Iowa, from 1940. Consultant and exploration geologist, ground water, materials resources, mineral exploration. Member of faculty Arizona State University, summer 1965.
Member Iowa City (Iowa) Planning and Zoning Commission Served from captain to colonel C.E., Army of the United States, 1942-1946, in PTO and Japan as geologist, water supply and construction engineer. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Geophysical Union, Iowa Academy of Sciences, Geological Society Iowa (president 1965), American Institute Professional Geologists (vice president 1963-1965), Rotary (president Iowa City 1949-1950), Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Gamma Epsilon.
Son of William Henry and Virginia (Crawford) T. M. Corinne Lesh, June 10, 1920. 1 daughter, Terry Anne (Mistress Robert W. Chesney).