Joseph Volney Lewis

Background

Lewis, Joseph Volney was born on September 14, 1869 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jay Whittington and Mary Catherine (Bennett) Lewis.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, University of North Carolina, 1891. Bachelor of Science in Geology, Harvard, 1893. Graduate student, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia.

Career

Assistant in biology, University of North Carolina, 1889-1891. Professor geology, Clemson College, 1896-1904. Professor geology and mineralogy, director geological music, and head of department, Rutgers University, 1904-1926.

United States Geological Survey, 1891, 1902, 18, 34.

Regional geologist, region IV, National Park Service, San Francisco, 1934-1942. Metals and mineral specialists Department of Commerce, Bureau Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, June-December 1942.

Geologist, mining engineer, section chief, Mining Division, War Production Board, Washington, District of Columbia, 1942-1945. North Carolina Geological Survey, 1891-1896, Geological Survey of New Jersey, 1905-1925.

Consultant mining and petroleum geologist in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Alaska and South America since 1906.

Chief staff geologist, foreign operating companies of Gulf Oil Corporation of Pennsylvania, 1925-1931. In charge of design and construction of earth science exhibits, Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1931-1932. Special consulting editor, Engineering and Mining Journal, 1920-1923.

Achievements

• Joseph Volney Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Geological Society America. Member Society Economic Geologists (secretary and treasurer 1921, treasurer 1923-1926), American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Mining and Metallurgical Society America, Pan American Institute of Mining Engineering and Geology, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Mining.

Connections

Married Margaret Hendon, December 24, 1895 (deceased). Married second, Mildred Leo Clemens, June 29, 1938. Children: Eleanor (Mistress Ellis B. Cook), Lydia (deceased).

Father:

Jay Whittington Lewis

Mother:

Mary Catherine (Bennett) Lewis

Spouse:

Mildred Leo Clemens

Spouse:

Margaret Hendon

child:

Lydia Lewis (deceased)

child:

Eleanor Lewis (Mistress Ellis B. Cook)