Background
Willis, Bailey was born on May 31, 1857 in Idlewild-on-Hudson, New York, United States. Son of Nathaniel Parker and Cornelia (Grinnell) Willis.
Willis, Bailey was born on May 31, 1857 in Idlewild-on-Hudson, New York, United States. Son of Nathaniel Parker and Cornelia (Grinnell) Willis.
Engineer of Mines, Columbia School Mines, 1878, Civil Engineer, 1879. Honorary Doctor of Philisophy, University of Berlin, Germany, 1910. Doctor of Science, Columbia, 1929.
Married second, Mission M. Doctorate. Baker, April 21, 1898 (died March 21, 1941). Children—Cornelius G., Robin, Margaret. Special expert iron ores, 10th Census, 1879-1881.
Geologist Northern Transcontinental Survey, exploration for North.P. and allied companies, 1881-1884.
Geologist United States Geological Survey, 1884-1916. In charge Appalachian Division, New York to Alabama, Cascade Range and Puget Sound Division, Washington, and editor Geologic Atlas of the United States.
Assistant to director United States Geological Survey, 1897-1902. Geologist in charge of division of areal and stratigraphic geology, 1900-1902.
Geologist engaged in geological explorations in China under auspices of Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1903-1904, gold medal, Societe Geographique de France, 1910.
Lecturer on geology, Johns Hopkins, 1895-1902, University of Chicago, 1909. Consultant geologist to minister public works, Argentina, 1911-1915. Professor geology, Stanford University, California, 1915-1922.
Emeritus, 1922.
Chief of Latin American division of Colonel East. M. House “Inquiry,” for Peace Conference, 1918. Seismologist, Carnegie Institution of Washington expeditions to Chile, 1923, to Orient, Palestine, Cyprus, 1927, East Africa, 1929, to Japan, Philippines, India, 1937. Consulting geological engineer since 1922.
Member Geological Society of America (president 1928), Society of America Geographers, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Seismological Society America (president 1921-1926), American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society Economics Geologists, National Academy Sciences, et cetera Member Royal Geography Society (London). Clubs: Engineers, Commonwealth (San Francisco).
Married Mission A. H. Grinnell, March 4, 1882 (died 1896). Married second, Mission M. Doctorate. Baker, April. Children: Cornelius G., Robin, Margaret.