Background
Edgell, Henry Stewart was born on September 23, 1927 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Son of Henry Colin and Joan Stewart (Fisher) Edgell.
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Henry Stewart Edgell
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Bachelor of Science with 1st class honors, U. Sydney, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Stanford University, 1954.
Career
Geologist, bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia, 1949-1952;
geologist/stratigrapher, Richfield Oil Corporation, 1954-1957;
head department paleontology, Consortium, Iran, 1957-1961;
lecturer in geology, U. Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1961-1962;
government paleontologist, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, 1962-1965;
assistant professor geology, American U., Beirut, 1966-1970;
associate professor geology, Pahlavi U. (now Shiraz U.), Shiraz, Iran, 1971-1973;
professor geology, Pahlavi U. (now Shiraz U.), Shiraz, Iran, 1974-1979;
chairman geology department, Pahlavi U. (now Shiraz U.), Shiraz, Iran, 1977-1978;
chief paleontologist, Occidental Oil Corporation, Tripoli, Libya, 1974-1976;
professor geology, Garyounis U., Benghazi, Libya, 1979-1981;
chief geologist, Bass Strait Oil and Gas, Melbourne, Australia, 1981;
senior geologist, Australian Occidental Proprietary Ltd., Brisbane, Australia, 1982-1983;
regional geologist, Arabian American Oil Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1984;
professor geology, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 1984-1993;
consultant geologist, Petro Consult, Canberra, Australia, since 1993. Visiting professor United Nations economics geological expert Control Applied Geology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1971. Guest lecturer, visiting professor Kuwait U., 1979.
Consultant geologist Stone & Associations, Houston, Beirut, 1965-1966. Independent consultant, since 1967.
Achievements
Membership
Member PC Users Group, Canberra, since 1997, Microsoft Communique, Sydney, since 1991. Fellow Geological Society American, Geological Society (London). Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (Certified of Recognition 1979), Geological Society Australia, Swiss Geological Society, Sydney U. Union (life), Stanford Alumni (life), Paleontol.Assn.
(United Kingdom), S.E.P.M., International Association of Hydrogeologists.
Interests
Connections
Married Golbahar Avazzadeh, July 28, 1957. Children: Stewart Cameron, Henry Colin.
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Australian
Awards
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Robert H. Palmer scholar Stanford University, 1952-1954. Shell grantee for fundamental research, Stanford University, 1952-1953, Rockefeller grantee American U. Beirut, 1967-1969.Robert H. Palmer scholar Stanford University, 1952-1954. Shell grantee for fundamental research, Stanford University, 1952-1953, Rockefeller grantee American U. Beirut, 1967-1969.