Background
Shuler, Ellis William was born on October 15, 1881 in Comers Rock, Grayson County, Virginia, United States. Son of James Alexander Hamilton and Amanda (Harrington) Shuler.
Shuler, Ellis William was born on October 15, 1881 in Comers Rock, Grayson County, Virginia, United States. Son of James Alexander Hamilton and Amanda (Harrington) Shuler.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory and Henry College, 1903, Doctor of Laws, 1943. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1907. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1914, Doctor of Philosophy, 1915.
1 son, Ellis William. Assistant in biology, Vanderbilt University, 1908. Professor biology and geology, Polytechnic College, Fort Worth, Texas, 1908-1913.
Fellow Harvard, 1913-1914.
Assistant in geology, Harvard, 1914-1915. Associate professor geology, Southern Methodist University, 1915-1917, professor since 1918, also dean Graduate School since 1926.
Member Shaler Memorial Expedition to South. Appalachians, 1916. Fellow Geological Society America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Texas Academy Science. Member of the American Association of Geographers, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Leona Berry Smith, December 31, 1907.