Background
Russell, Ernest Everett was born on April 16, 1923 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Ernest Ervin and Mildred (Green) Russell.
Russell, Ernest Everett was born on April 16, 1923 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Ernest Ervin and Mildred (Green) Russell.
Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, 1949; Master of Science, Mississippi State University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tennessee, 1965.
Instructor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1954-1955;
assistant professor geology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, 1955-1962;
associate professor geology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, 1962-1966;
professor geology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, 1966-1985;
professor emeritus, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, since 1985. Consultant Tennessee Division Geology, Nashville, 1958-1975, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, 1976-1983, Mississippi Geological Survey, Jackson, since 1989. With United States Geological Survey, Jackson, 1961-1968.
Secretary-treasurer University Heights Corporation, Starkville, Mississippi, since 1961.
Board of directors Mississippi Minerals Resources Institute, 1975-1985. Board directors, president Starkville/Oktibbeha County Airport Committee, since 1987. Lieutenant Colonel United States Air Force, 1942-1946, 51-53, European Theatre of Operations, World World War II, Korea.
Fellow Geological Society American. Member American Institute Professional Geologists (charter), Mississippi Academy Science (board directors 1965-1967, president 1968), International Nannoplankton Society.
Married Dixie Allison Evans, June 1, 1949. Children: Ernest Everett Junior, William Evans, Allison Hardy.