Background
Westby, Gerald Holinbeck was born on August 4, 1898 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Julius A. and Harriet (Holinbeck) Westby.
Westby, Gerald Holinbeck was born on August 4, 1898 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Julius A. and Harriet (Holinbeck) Westby.
Student, Stanford, 1924, Colorado
Teacher geology U. Montana, summer 1920. Resident geologist in Algeria for South. Pearson & Son, London, England., 1920-1924. Field geologist Empire Oil & Refining Company, 1924-1926, chief geophysicist, 1927-1933.
With Seismograph Service Corporation, Tulsa, 1933-1970, president, 1935-1967, Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, 1967-1968, then honorary chairman director
President, director subsidiaries. Director Brookside State Bank, 1st National Bank & Trust Company, both Tulsa.
Board of directors International Petroleum Exposition, from 1938 chairman exposition Hall of Science, 1953. Chairman of the Board Tulsa Psychiatric Foundation.
Board of Governors American Citizenship Center, since 1972.
Commander North.E. Oklahoma Group, Civil Air Patrol, 1941-1945. Chairman board of trustees U. Tulsa, 1966-1969.
Served to Second lieutenant United States Army, World War I. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Exploration Geophysicists (founding committee, past officer, honorary), Geophysical Society Tulsa (honorary life), American Geophysical Union, European Association Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa Chamber of Commerce (director, past president), Foreign Policy Association, Tulsa (founder), Tulsa Committee Foreign Relations (charter), Alliance Francaise Tulsa. Clubs: New York Yacht, Cherokee Yacht, Southern Hills Country, Tulsa, Tulsa Press (Headliner.
Married Elaine Carlson, June 5, 1927 (divorced February 1942). Married Kathleen Patton, February 2, 1944. Children: Joan C. (Mistress John A. Weaver III) (deceased), Dorothy J. (Mistress Jonathan Westby Campaigne).