Background
Maxwell, John Crawford was born on December 28, 1914 in Xenia, Ohio, United States. Son of William and Addie (Crawford) Maxwell.
Maxwell, John Crawford was born on December 28, 1914 in Xenia, Ohio, United States. Son of William and Addie (Crawford) Maxwell.
Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1936; Master of Arts (Thomas F. Andrews fellow), University of Minnesota, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1946; Doctor of Science (honorary), DePauw University, 1988.
Geologist, geophysicist, Sun Oil Corporation, 1938-1940;
instructor, Princeton, 1946-1947;
assistant professor, Princeton, 1947-1952;
associate professor, Princeton, 1952-1955;
professor geology, Princeton, 1955-1970;
department chairman geological engineering, Princeton, 1955-1966;
department chairman geology, Princeton, 1966-1967;
department chairman geological and geophysical science, Princeton, 1967-1970;
Farish chair geological science, University Texas, Austin, 1970-1984;
professor emeritus, University Texas, since 1984. Consultant geologist oil and non-metallic minerals. Chairman earth science division National Research Council, 1970-1972.
Chairman United States National Committee for Geodynamics, 1979-1984.
Served as lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow Geological Society of America (president 1973), American Geophysical Union. Member American Geological Institute (president 1971), American Association Petroleum Geologists, Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association, Societa Geologica Italiana, Sigma Xi (Distinguished lecturer 1967), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marian Ruth Buchanan, November 4, 1939. Children– Judith Margaret, Marilyn Jane.