Background
Bissell, Harold Joseph was born on February 9, 1913 in Springville, Utah, United States. Son of John Alleman and Caroline (Jensen) Bissell.
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Bissell, Harold Joseph was born on February 9, 1913 in Springville, Utah, United States. Son of John Alleman and Caroline (Jensen) Bissell.
Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University, 1934. Master of Science, University Iowa, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1948.
Postgraduate, La.State University, 1940—1941.
From instructor to professor Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1938—1978, professor geology emeritus, since 1978. Visiting professor University Washington, Seattle, 1956—1957, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966—1967, Chapel Hill, 1978, University California-Riverside, 1975, University Florida, Gainesville, 1972, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1979. Consultant geologist Standard Oil California, Denver, summers, 1948—1950, Gulf Oil Corporation, Salt Lake City, summers, 1953—1955, Phillips Petroleum Company, Salt Lake City, summers, 1956—1959, Shell Oil Corporation, Ely, Nevada, 1960, Humble Oil and Refining, Salt Lake City, 5 summers.
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Fellow: Geological Society of America. Member: International Association Sedimentologists, American Institute Professional Geologists, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Paleontological Society, Sigma Gamma Epsilon (Plaque and Pick award 1965), Sigma Xi.
Married Ilene Affleck, September 17, 1937. Children: Harold Preston, Steven Joseph, Anita.