Charles Alexander Ross

Background

Ross, Charles Alexander was born on April 16, 1933 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Son of Herbert Holdsworth and Jean (Alexander) Ross.

Education

Bachelor, U. Colorado, 1954; Master of Science, Yale University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1959.

Career

Research associate, Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, 1959-1960; assistant, associate geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, 1960-1964; assistant, associate, full professor department geology, Western Washington U., Bellingham, 1964-1982; chair department geology, Western Washington U., Bellingham, 1977-1982; senior staff geologist, Gulf Oil Corporation, Technology Exploration Center, Houston, 1982-1983; director, manager, Gulf Oil Corporation, Technology Exploration Center, Houston, 1983-1985; biostratigrapher, Chevron United States of America, Houston, 1985-1992; biostratigrapher, GeoBioStrat, Bellingham, Washington, since 1992; research associate department geology, Western Washington U., since 1992. Secretary, treasurer Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Tulsa, 1982-1984. President Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, 1983-1984, 90-91.

Achievements

• Achievements include study of paleobiogeography of late Paleozoic faunas and use of results to recognize the far traveled nature of accreted terranes around Pacific margin. Development detailed sea-level fluctuation curve for late Paleozoic.

Membership

First lieutenant United States Army, 1954-1956. Fellow Geological Society American, Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Sedimentary Geology (SEPM.

Honorary member 1993, honorary member Permian Basin section 1987).

Connections

Married June Rosa Pitt Phillips, June 27, 1959.

Father:

Herbert Holdsworth Ross

Mother:

Jean (Alexander) Ross

Spouse:

June Rosa Pitt Phillips