Background
Stocking, Hobart Ebey was born on November 16, 1906 in Clarendon, Texas, United States. Son of Jerome Daniel and Sarah Maria (Ward) Stocking.
Stocking, Hobart Ebey was born on November 16, 1906 in Clarendon, Texas, United States. Son of Jerome Daniel and Sarah Maria (Ward) Stocking.
Student, Clarendon Junior College, 1927. Student, University Texas, 1928. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1938.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949.
Topographic engineer Companhia de Petroleo de Angola, Portuguese W. Africa, 1929-1931. Assistant geologist United States Geological Survey, 1933-1934. Geologist Shell Petroleum Company, Midland, Texas, 1936-1938.
Assistant professor West Virginia State University, Morgantown, 1940-1943. Chief geologist District 1 Petroleum Administration War, 1943-1945. State Department visiting professor University Costa Rica, 1945-1946.
Professor geology Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1946-1952, 58–. Chief geologist Grand Junction division Atomic Energy Commission, 1956-1958, chief Argentine Mission, 1958. Distinguished lecturer American Association Petroleum Geologists, 1956.
Professor Johns Hopkins University, summers 1962-1973.
District coordinator Common Cause, 1973-1975. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America.
Married Helen Berenice Smith, August 25, 1934. Children: Sarah Stocking Ben Bouchta, Martha Stocking Swanson.