Background
Woodman, Joseph Edmund was born on July 4, 1873 in Newbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Josephine (Poore) Woodman.
Woodman, Joseph Edmund was born on July 4, 1873 in Newbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Josephine (Poore) Woodman.
Bachelor of Science, Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard), 1896. Harvard Graduate School, 1896-1902, Master of Arts, 1900, South Dakot, 1902.
Assistant in geology, Harvard, and instructor Radcliffe College, 1896-1902. Instructor Harvard Summer School, 1897-1905. Assistant professor geology, 1902-1905, professor, 1905-1909, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scoti.
Professor geology and director Geological Museum, New York University, since 1909.
Geologist, Department of Mines, Nova Scoti, 1897-1898. Geologist in charge iron ore and limestone investigations in Nova Scoti, for Mines Branch, Canada Department Mines, 1906-1913.
Member of commission on final revision plans and specifications for Catskill Water Supply Project. New York, 1910; consultant geologist to Board of Estimate, New York City, since 1922.
Fellow Geological Society America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, American Geography Society.
Married Amy Baker Smith, September 4, 1895. Children: Malcolm White, Olive Amy West., Jean West. (deceased).