Mead LeRoy Jensen

Background

Jensen, Mead LeRoy was born on June 11, 1925 in Salt Lake City. Son of Joseph Mead and Gertrude (Grayson) Jensen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Utah, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951.

Career

Instructor, Yale University, New Haven, 1951-1952, assistant professor, 1952-1958, associate professor, 1958-1965. Professor department geology and geophysics U. Utah, Salt Lake City, since 1965. President Geoventures, Incorporated., Salt Lake City, since 1962.

Achievements

• Mead LeRoy Jensen has been listed as a noteworthy geology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946, Pacific Theater of Operations. Australian Academy Sciences visiting scholar, 1963. Fellow Geological Society American, Society Economics Geologists (program chairman 1954-1955), Society Exploration Geophysicists, Mineral.Soc.

American.

Member Mining and Metallurgical Society American. Club: Bonneville Knife and Fork (Salt Lake City).

Connections

Married LouDeen Davis, October 10, 1947. Children: Joseph, Pamela, Patricia, Janice, Robert.

Father:

Joseph Mead Jensen

Mother:

Gertrude (Grayson) Jensen

Spouse:

LouDeen Davis

child:

Pamela Jensen

child:

Patricia Jensen

child:

Robert Jensen

child:

Janice Jensen

child:

Joseph Jensen