Background
Buie, Bennett Frank was born on January 9, 1910 in Patrick, South Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel Franklin and Mary Julia (Smith) Buie.
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Bennett Frank Buie
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Bachelor of Science, University of Southern California, 1930; Master of Science (research fellow 1930-1932), Lehigh University, 1932; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1939; graduate, Command and General Staff College, 1939.
Career
Assistant in geology, Harvard University, 1932-1937; resident advisory, proctor, Harvard University, 1935-1937; member, Shaler Memorial Expedition, summers 1933-1935; geologist subsidiary, Seaboard Oil Corporation, Iran and Afghanistan, 1937-1938; member subsidiary, Standard Oil Corporation, California, British India and Texas, 1939-1942; professor geology, University of Southern California, California, British India and Texas, 1946-1956; geologist, South Carolina. Development Board, California, British India and Texas, 1946-1956; professor geology, Florida State University, 1956-1981; emeritus professor, Florida State University, since 1981; department chairman, Florida State University, 1956-1964. Consultant geologist J.M. Huber Corporation, 1958-1988.
Achievements
Membership
Conductor delegate geologists to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Middle East, People-to-People International Citizen Ambassador Program, 1979. Served to major C.E., Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Colonel Reserve retired.
Fellow Geological Society American, Explorers Club, Mineral. Society American; member Society Economics Geologists, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Society Mining Engineers, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Carolina Geological Society (president 1958), Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Connections
Married Susanna Townsend Peirce, August 9, 1938. Children: Susanna (Mistress Susanna Matthews), Julia (Mistress Julia B. Steinitz), Carolyn (Mistress Carolyn B. Erdener), Margaret (Mistress J. Duncan Keppie).
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April 9, 1992 (aged 82) -
Resting place
Cheraw, Colorado, United States -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian
Awards
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Decorated Bronze Star and Order Red Star for work in Persian Gulf Command (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics). Recipient Algernon Sydney Sullivan award University South Carolina., President Bush Task Force medal, 1990.Decorated Bronze Star and Order Red Star for work in Persian Gulf Command (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics). Recipient Algernon Sydney Sullivan award University South Carolina., President Bush Task Force medal, 1990.