Background
Short, Maxwell Naylor was born on March 21, 1889 in Pembina, North Dakota, United States. Son of Augustus and Eliza Jane (Naylor) Short.
Short, Maxwell Naylor was born on March 21, 1889 in Pembina, North Dakota, United States. Son of Augustus and Eliza Jane (Naylor) Short.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, 1911. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1923. Unmarried. Mining engineer, Mexico and Arizona, 1912-1917.
Instructor Harvard, 1923-1924, lecturer, 1927-1928.
Junior geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1924-1926, assistant geologist, 1926-1930, associate geologist from 1930. Professor of geology, University of Arizona from 1931.
Editor of America Mineralogist.
Fellow Mineral Society America (president 1939). Member Geological Society America (vice president 1940), Society Economics Geologists, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.