Allen Van Heyl

Background

Heyl, Allen Van was born on April 10, 1918 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Allen Van and Emma (Kleppinger) Heyl.

Education

Student Muhlenberg College, 1936-1937. Bachelor of Science in Geology, Pennsylvania State University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Princeton University, 1950.

Career

Fieldasst. major regional exploration, government geologist Newfoundland Geological Survey, summers 1937-1940, 42. Junior geologist United States Geological Survey, Wisconsin, 1943-1945, assistant geologist, 1945-1947, associate geologist, 1947-1950, geologist, Washington and Beltsville, Maryland., 1950-1967. Staff geologist, Denver, 1968-1990.

Consultant geologist 1990.

Distinguished lecturer graduate college Beijing, China and National Academy Science, 1988. Distinguished invited lecturer International Association Genesis Ore Deposits 9th Symposium, Beijing, 1994.

Chairman International Commission Tectonics of Ore Deposits.

Achievements

• Allen Van Heyl has been listed as a noteworthy geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institution Mining and Metallurgy (Great British), Geological Society American, American Mineral. Society, Society Economics Geologists. Member Institute Genesis of Ore Deposits, Geological Society Washington, Colorado Science Society, Rocky Mountain Geological Society, Friends of Mineralogy (honorary life), Evergreen Naturalist Audubon Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma.

Connections

Married Maxine LaVon Hawke, July 12, 1945. Children: Nancy Caroline, Allen David Van.

Father:

Allen Van Heyl

Mother:

Emma (Kleppinger) Heyl

Spouse:

Maxine LaVon Hawke

child:

Allen David Van Heyl

child:

Nancy Caroline Heyl