Background
Atherton, Elwood was born on December 5, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Edward and Edith (Thomas) Atherton.
Atherton, Elwood was born on December 5, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Edward and Edith (Thomas) Atherton.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1937.
Assistant geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, 1937-1941; assistant geologist, then geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, 1946-1978; geologist emeritus, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, since 1978.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO.
Married Marie Inez Carr, May 6, 1939 (divorced May 1944).