Background
Berry, Edward Willard was born on November 24, 1900 in Passaic, New Jersey (U.S.) Son of Edward Wilber and Mary (Willard) Berry.
Berry, Edward Willard was born on November 24, 1900 in Passaic, New Jersey (U.S.) Son of Edward Wilber and Mary (Willard) Berry.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1924, Doctor of Philosophy, 1929.
Micropaleontologist International Petroleum Company, Negritos, Peru, 1925-1928. Instructor geology Ohio State University, 1929-1936. Faculty department geology Duke 1936-1968.
Professor emeritus, 1967-1968.
Consultant geologist coal and oil.
Member council 21st International Geological Congress, 1960. Fellow Geological Society American, Geological Society London, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Geological Society South Africa, Geography Society New Zealand, Association Geology Teachers, Pan American Institute Mining Engineering and Geology, American Geophysical Union, American Association Petroleum Geologists, geological societies, France, Switzerland, Peru, Mexico, American Institute Mining Metallurigal Engineers, North Carolina Academy Science (president 1957-1958), Yorkshire Geological Society, Carolina Geological Society (secretary-treasurer 1937-1967), Paleontological Institute, Paleontological Association (London).
Sigma Xi, Kappa Sigma.
Member Society Friends.
Married Dorothy Everett Pidgeon, October 12, 1925. Children: Mary-Susan (Mistress Evangelical Presbyterian Robare), Edward Lewis, Samuel Stedman.