Donald Edward Hattin

Background

Hattin, Donald Edward was born on November 16, 1928 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Arthur and Una Vestella (Whipple) Hattin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Massachusetts, 1950; Master of Sciences, University Kansas, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy (Shell fellow), U. Kansas, 1954.

Career

Assistant instructor geology, U. Kansas, 1950-1952; instructor, U. Kansas, 1953-1954; assistant professor geology, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1954-1960; associate professor, Indiana U., 1960-1967; professor, Indiana U., 1967-1995; professor emeritus, Indiana U., since 1995; assistant geologist, Kansas Geological Survey, 1952; research associate, Kansas Geological Survey, 1959-1968, 70-74, 77-82, 86-87. Visiting professor Ernst-Moritz-Arndt U., Greifswald, German Democratic Republic, 1985. Geologist Indiana Geological Survey, 1957-1958.

Consultant in field; member North America.Commn. on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, 1987-1990, 91-94. Visiting distinguished professor of University Kansas, 1991.

Achievements

• Donald Edward Hattin has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Stratigraphy and depositional environment of Smoky Hill Chalk Member, Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of the type area, western Kansas

Membership

Served to captain United States Air Force Reserve, 1950-1959, active duty, 1955-1957. Fellow Geological Society American. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (Outstanding Educator award Eastern section 1993), Society Economics Paleontologists Mineralogists, Paleontological Society.

Connections

Married Marjorie ElizabethMacy, July 15, 1950. Children: Sandra Jane, Ronald Scott, Donna Jean.

Father:

Edward Arthur Hattin

Mother:

Una Vestella (Whipple) Hattin

Spouse:

Marjorie ElizabethMacy

child:

Donna Jean Hattin

child:

Ronald Scott Hattin

child:

Sandra Jane Hattin