Background
Snider, Luther Crocker was born on September 13, 1882 in Mount Summit, Indiana, United States. Son of John and Lou (Leath) Snider.
Snider, Luther Crocker was born on September 13, 1882 in Mount Summit, Indiana, United States. Son of John and Lou (Leath) Snider.
Student Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1903-1904, University of Oklahoma, 1910-1911. Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1908, Master of Arts, 1909. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1915.
Teacher common and high schools, 1901-1903 and 1904-1906. Chemist, field geologist and assistant director Oklahoma Geological Survey, 1909-1915. Field geologist Pierce Oil Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1915-1916, Cosden Oil & Gas Company, 1916-1917.
Assistant chief and chief geologist Empire Gas & Fuel Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1917-1925.
Consultant geologist Henry L. Doherty & Company, 1925-1935. Same, Cities Service Company, 1935-1940.
Professor of geology, University of Texas, since 1941.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society America, Society Economics Geology. Member American Association of Petroleum Geologists (editor 1933-1937.
Married Ruth Gladys Marshall, March 31, 1907. Children: Hester Bernice, John Luther.