Aureal Theophilus Cross

Background

Cross, Aureal Theophilus was born on June 4, 1916 in Findlay, Ohio, United States. Son of Raymond Willard and Myra Jane (Coon) Cross.

Education

Bachelor, Coe College, 1939. Master of Science in Botany, University Cincinnati, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy in Botany and Paleontology, University Cincinnati, 1943.

Career

Instructor to assistant professor University Notre Dame, 1942—1946. National Research Council fellow in geology, 1943—1944. Paleobotanist; with Central Experiment Station, United States Bureau Mines, Pittsburgh, 1945.

Assistant professor department geology University Cincinnati, 1946—1949, assistant professor department botany, 1948—1949. Part-time geologist Geological Survey Ohio, 1946—1951. Coal geologist and paleobotanist West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 1949—1957.

Associate professor to professor department geology University West Virginia, 1949—1957. Senior research engineer Pan American Petroleum Corporation Research Center, Tulsa, 1957—1961, supervisor technical group and research group, 1959—1961. Professor department geology Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1961—1986, professor department botany and plant pathology, 1961—1986, professor emeritus East Lansing, since 1987.

Professor ecology University Alaska, 1971. Research palynologist University Southern California, 1972. Morton visiting professor Ohio University, Athens Ohio, 1981.

Nathaniel S. Shaler Distinguished lecturer University Kentucky, 1991. United Nations Educational adviser University grants commission India Coal Programs, 1983. Calcutta adviser geology department Jadavpur University, India, 1983.

Achievements

• Aureal Theophilus Cross has been listed as a noteworthy Geology and botany educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Palynology in Oil Exploration, A Symposium Society of Economic Paleonotologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication No. 11, 1964

Membership

Chairman citywide rally Fellowship Christian Athletes, Tulsa, 1960. National council U.P. Men, 1966-1968, 74-84. Active Boy Scouts American, Young Men’s Christian Association, others.

Member American Association Stratigraphic Palynologists (honorary. Medal of Excellence in Education 1999), Botanical Society of America (chairman paleobotany section 1953, 77, grantee 1954, Distinguished Service Paleobotany award 1985), Geological Society of America (Gilbert H. Cady Coal Geology award 1987, chairman coal geology division 1966, chairman North Central section 1969-1970, executive secretary section 1971-1980, grantee 1951), Society Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (chairman research committee 1961-1962, councillor in paleontology 1971-1973), Society Organic Petrology (John Castano honorary membership award 2005), American Association Petroleum Geologists (Grover E. Murrary Distinguished Educator award, 2005, Meritorious Faculty award College National Science Michigan State University, 2008), numerous other international, national and regional professional associations.

Connections

Married Christina Aleen Teyssier, March 11, 1945. Children: Timothy Aureal, Christina Avonne Cross Collier, Jonathan Ariel, Cheryl Aleen (Mistress Richard M. Bowman), Christopher Charles.

Father:

Raymond Willard Cross

Mother:

Myra Jane (Coon) Cross

Spouse:

Christina Aleen Teyssier

child:

Jonathan Ariel Cross

child:

Cheryl Aleen Cross (Mistress Richard M. Bowman)

child:

Christina Avonne Cross Collier Cross

child:

Timothy Aureal Cross

child:

Christopher Charles Cross