Background
Kent, Lois Schoonover was born on December 1, 1912 in Marietta, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Draper Talman and May Haines (Bowen) S.
Kent, Lois Schoonover was born on December 1, 1912 in Marietta, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Draper Talman and May Haines (Bowen) S.
AB, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1934; Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1940.
Junior geologist/assistant geologist, United States Geological Survey, Washington, 1941-1945; instructor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1954-1955; associate geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, 1956-1985.
Fellow Geological Society of America. Member Paleontological Society, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Paleontological Research Institution, Sigma Xi.
Married Louis Richard Kent, May 5, 1943. 1 child, Katherine Louise Kent Hanvey.