Background
Jean, Joseph St. was born on July 24, 1923 in Tacoma. Son of Joseph Leger and Ruby Pearl (Burg) St. Jean.
Jean, Joseph St. was born on July 24, 1923 in Tacoma. Son of Joseph Leger and Ruby Pearl (Burg) St. Jean.
Bachelor of Science, College Puget Sound, 1949; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1956.
Field assistant, party chief, Indiana Geological Survey, summers 1950-1953; instructor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1951-1952; instructor, assistant professor, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1955-1957; faculty, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1957-1990; professor geology, U. North Carolina, 1966-1990; general college advisor, U. North Carolina, 1979-1990; retired, U. North Carolina, 1990. Peer reviewer National Science Foundation, since 1966, professional journals, since 1960.
Served as Question Manager United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Paleontological Society, Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Carolina Geological Society, Paleontological Research Institution, North Carolina Academy Sciences, Paleontological Association London, Sigma Xi.
Married Elena Mikhailovna Melnikova, September 22, 1971.