Background
Ramsdell, Lewis Stephen was born on June 4, 1895 in Clinton, Michigan, United States. Son of Dwight Horace and Phebe (Voorheis) Ramsdell.
Ramsdell, Lewis Stephen was born on June 4, 1895 in Clinton, Michigan, United States. Son of Dwight Horace and Phebe (Voorheis) Ramsdell.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1917, Master of Science, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925. Student of University of Manchester (England), 1933.
Petrographer, Norton Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1920-1921. Member of faculty University of Michigan from 1921, professor of mineralogy from 1945, department chairman of mineralogy from 1951.
Member of faculty University of Michigan from 1921, professor of mineralogy from 1945, department chairman of mineralogy from 1951. Fellow Mineral. Society of America, Geological Society of America. Member American Crystallographic Association, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Gamma Epsilon.
Married Lois Calkins, June 16, 1920. Children: Elizabeth Jean (Mistress Douglas East. Mills), Helen Winifred (Mistress Jay West. Reeve).