Elliot Blackwelder

Background

Blackwelder, Elliot was born on June 4, 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Isaac Simeon and Alice Gertrude (Boughton) Blackwelder.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1901, Doctor of Philosophy, 1914. Field study, 1903-1904.

Career

Ruth, Justin.

Achievements

• Elliot Blackwelder has been listed as a noteworthy geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow and assistant in geology, University of Chicago, 1902-1903. Member California Petroleum Comn., 1917 Chairman United States Delegation to Eighteenth International Geological Congress, London, 1948. Fellow Geological Society of America (vice president 1933, 39.

Club (president 1924), American Ornithologists’ Union, Society Geological Belgique, Geological Society China (honorary), Geologische Vereinigung, Bonn (honorary), Peninsula Geological Society (president 1955), Geological Society of London (foreign.

Member) Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Jean Otis Bowersock, September 26, 1904. Children: Margery, Martha Jean, Richard, Gertrude, Lois.

Father:

Isaac Simeon Blackwelder

Mother:

Alice Gertrude (Boughton) Blackwelder

Spouse:

Jean Otis Bowersock

child:

Richard Blackwelder

child:

Lois Blackwelder

child:

Margery Blackwelder

child:

Martha Jean Blackwelder

child:

Gertrude Blackwelder