Background
Joesting, Henry Rochamheáu was born on November 16, 1903 in Baltimore. Son of Henry Junior and Rosa (Rochambeau) Joesting.
Joesting, Henry Rochamheáu was born on November 16, 1903 in Baltimore. Son of Henry Junior and Rosa (Rochambeau) Joesting.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins, 1923, Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, 1940.
Industrial chemistry 1923-1926. Leader Arctic party January Mayen Island, 1927-1928. Field geologist Sinclair Oil Corporation, Venezuela, 1929-1931.
Prospector, miner in Alaska, 1933-1935.
Instructor U. Alaska, 1935-1938. Mining, geological and geophysical research Ty.
Department Mines, Alaska, 1938-1944. Supervising geophysicist United States Bureau Mines, 1944-1946.
Chief geophysics branch United States Geological Survey, 1946-1953, staff geophysicist.
Washington, since 1954. Distinguished Service medal Department Interior, 1965.
Fellow Geological Society American. Member American Geological Institute (secretary-treasurer 1954-1956), American Geophysical Union (president sect territory magnetism and electricity 1956-1959), Society Exploration Geophysics, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Geochem. Society, Geology Society Washington.
Married Dorothy Byrd Oldham, October 6, 1934.