Background
Ellis, Brooks Fleming was born on August 2, 1897 in Jonestown, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leander A. and Harriet E. (Fleming) Ellis.
Ellis, Brooks Fleming was born on August 2, 1897 in Jonestown, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leander A. and Harriet E. (Fleming) Ellis.
Bachelor of Arts, Marietta College 1923, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1953. Master of Science, New York University, 1929, Doctor of Philosophy, 1932. Postgraduate Yale and Columbia.
April 1966); married second, Alice Gilman, August 2, 1966. Instructor Science West. Virginia high schools, 1923-1926, New York, 1927-1929. Instructor geology, New York University, 1930-1936, assistant professor, 1936-1943, associate professor, department chairman, 1943-1946, professor, department chairman 1946-1958, professor, department chairman, department head all-university department, 1958-1966, professor emeritus, since 1966.
Adjunct Professor geology Rutgers University of New Jersey, 1966-1970.
Curator micropaleontology American Museum Natural History, 1941-1944, curator and chairman micropaleontology, 1944-1967, curator emeritus, 1967-1976. Instructor Brooklyn College (evening), 1933-1939.
Director American Museum Research Project on Foraminifers, 1930-1941. Director Equitable Petroleum Corporation.
Served with United States Navy, 1917-1919. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geography Society, Geological Society American. Member Paleontological Society, Society Economics Palentologists and Mineralogists, American Association Petroleum Geologists (president Eastern section 1956-1957), Society Study Evolution, Schweizerische Palaontolgische Gesellschaft, Societe Geologique Suisse, Deutschen Geologische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Palaontologische Gesellshaft, Societe Geologique de France, American Geophysical Union, American Polar Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Clubs: Explorers, Centurions.
Married Nell L. Reed, December 25, 1920 (deceased. Married second, Alice Gilman, August 2, 1966.