Background
McFarlan, Arthur Crane was born on May 7, 1897 in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank Gressinger and Mary Ella (Henninger) McFarlan.
McFarlan, Arthur Crane was born on May 7, 1897 in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank Gressinger and Mary Ella (Henninger) McFarlan.
Bachelor of Arts Cincinnati, 1919. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1923.
Assistant geologist, Tennessee Geological Survey, summers 1918; geologist, South Penn Oil Corporation, Dallas, summer 1920; geologist, South Penn Oil Corporation, Bowling Green/Westchester, Kentucky, 1922-1923; geologist, Kentucky State Geological, 1932-1934; director, Kentucky Geological Survey, 1948-1958; associate professor, U. Kentucky, 1923-1927; professor geological, U. Kentucky, from 1927; head department geology, U. Kentucky, from 1928. Consultant Kentucky for Progress Commission, 1934-1936. Chairman of Commission for Kentucky Commision on Natural Resources, 1946-1950.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society American, Paleontological Society American. Member American Association of University Professors, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Appalachian Geological Society, Kentucky Geological Society, SigmaXi, Gamma Alpha. M C.
Married Gail Parker, September 21. Children: Arthur C. (deceased), Mary Beth.