Ernest Harding Hume

Background

Hume, Ernest Harding was born on February 25, 1924 in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States. Son of Archie and Pearl May (Hall) Hume.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geology, U. Oklahoma, 1952.

Career

Senior geophysicist, Humble Oil Corporation, Corpus Christi and Houston, 1952-1960; geophysicist supervisor, Humble Oil, Tyler and Midland, Texas, 1963-1967; senior geophysicist, Esso-Rep, Bordeaux, France, 1960-1962; senior geophysicist, Esso Exploration, Singapore, 1968; chief geophysicist, P.T. Stanvac, Indonesia, 1969-1974; director Arabian American Oil Company project, Digicon, Inc., London, 1975-1976; consultant, Seismograph Service Corporation, Tulsa, 1977; consultant, Atlantic Richfield Company, Jakarta, 1978, 80, 81, 84; consultant, Exxon, New Orleans, 1979; consultant, Esso United Kingdom, London consultant, Delta Drilling, Tyler, 1981; consultant, National Oil Corporation of China, Urumchi, Sinkiang Province, 1986; instructor geology, U. Corpus Christi, Texas, 1955-1956. First foreign geophysicist to interpret recent seismic data from Taklamakan Desert, Tarim Basin.

Achievements

• Ernest Harding Hume has been listed as a noteworthy Geophysicist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. 1950-1951, Japan; Member Association Petroleum Geologists (certified), Society Exploration Geophysicists, Rotary.

Connections

Married Gwendolyn Frances Meffen, March 31, 1945. Children: Jennifer Carolyn, Bonita Jean.

Father:

Archie Hume

Mother:

Pearl May (Hall) Hume

Spouse:

Gwendolyn Frances Meffen

child:

Jennifer Carolyn Hume

child:

Bonita Jean Hume