Background
Troxell, Edward Leffingwell was born on April 15, 1884 in Deshler, Nebraska, United States. Son of Jacob and Evelyn Virginia (Leffingwell) Troxell.
Troxell, Edward Leffingwell was born on April 15, 1884 in Deshler, Nebraska, United States. Son of Jacob and Evelyn Virginia (Leffingwell) Troxell.
Preparatory education, Collegiate Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah. Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1908, Master of Arts, 1911. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1914.
Student Sorbonne, Paris, 1919.
Research assistant, Yale, 1919, research associate in paleontology, 1920. Assistant professor geology, 1920-1925, professor since 1925, Trinity College, dean of College, 1925-1928. Director State Geological and Natural History Survey since 1940.
Red Cross first aid instructor, 1941.
Member State Defense Minerals Resources Committee. Joined First O.T.C., Fort Sheridan, Illinois, 1917.
Commissioned captain infantry, August 15, 1917. At Camp Custer, August 1917-July 1918.
Overseas, July 1918-July 1919.
With 82d and 86th Divisions, Argonne Forest.
Fellow Geological Society America, American Geography Society, American Association for Advancement of Science, Paleontological Society. Member Association of America State Geologists (Executive Committee. Clubs: Hartford Engineers, Twentieth Century, Hartford Golf.
Field trips and exploration in the West, specimens now in many museums.
Married Jane Allen Campbell, October 17, 1917.