Background
Widmer, Kemble was born on February 26, 1913 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of George Ellis and Beth (Kemble) Widmer.
Widmer, Kemble was born on February 26, 1913 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of George Ellis and Beth (Kemble) Widmer.
Bachelor of Arts, Lehigh University, 1937; postgraduate, Stanford, 1937-1939; Master of Arts, Princeton, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1950.
Geologist Newfoundland Geological Survey, summers 1937-1941, 46, 47. Assistant professor geology Rutgers University, 1949-1951. Associate professor geology Champlain College, State University New York, 1951-1953.
Principal geologist New Jersey Bureau Geology, 1953-1958. State geologist New Jersey, 1958-1981. Seminar associate Columbia University, 1967-1983.
New Jersey nuclear industrial officer, 1964-1974. Consultant geologist United States 25th Infantry Division, 1970. Member federal advisory committee on water data for public use United States Geological Survey, 1978-1981.
Retired, 1981
Distinguished lector Geography, United States Military Academy, 1964-1983.
Served to lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1941-1946. Colonel Reserve (retired). Fellow Geological Society of America, New Jersey Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Company Military Historians.
Member Sigma Xi. Clubs: Explorers (New York City).
Married Virginia Maiers, March 10, 1939. Children— Kemble II, Katharine.