Background
Deiss, Charles Frederick was born on March 18, 1903 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Charles Fred and Anna Dorothea (Reinhart) Deiss.
Deiss, Charles Frederick was born on March 18, 1903 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Charles Fred and Anna Dorothea (Reinhart) Deiss.
Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1928.
Assistant professor geology Montana State University, Missoula, Montana, 1928-1930, associate professor, 1930-1936, professor 1936-1942, director of library 1937-1940. Consultant Montana Power Company, 1940-1941. Assistant geologist United States Geological Survey, headquarters, Missoula, Montana, 1940-1941, geologist since 1942, in charge exploration for dolomite in western United States, 1942-1945, and for phosphate in Idaho, 1944-1945.
Professor and department chairman geology Indiana University and State Geologist of Indiana since September 1945.
Member Geological Society American, Paleontological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Society Economics Geologists, Indiana Academy Science, Association American State Geologists (president 1954), Sigma Xi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Delta Upsilon.
Married Minnette Blanch Davison, January 22, 1929.