Background
Westgate, Lewis Gardner was born on October 8, 1868 in Phenix, Rhode Island, United States. Son of George Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth (Gardner) Westgate.
Westgate, Lewis Gardner was born on October 8, 1868 in Phenix, Rhode Island, United States. Son of George Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth (Gardner) Westgate.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1890. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1891, Master of Arts, from same, 1892, Doctor of Philosophy, from same, 1898. Doctor of Science, Wesleyan University, 1940.
Assistant in geology, Harvard, 1891-1892, Wesleyan University, 1892-1893. Teacher of science, Evanston Township (Illinois) High School, 1893-1900. Professor geology, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1900-1939, emeritus since 1939.
Assistant geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1912-1919, associate geologist, 1919-1935.
Fellow Geological Society America (vice president 1926), Mineral Society America, Ohio Academy Science (president 1910-1911). Member Psi Upsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Martha Josephine Beach, September 5, 1893.