Background
Grant, Ulysses Sherman was born on February 14, 1867 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Son of General Lewis Addison G. and Mary Helen (Pierce) Grant.
Grant, Ulysses Sherman was born on February 14, 1867 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Son of General Lewis Addison G. and Mary Helen (Pierce) Grant.
Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1888. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1893.
Assistant state geologist, Minnesota, 1893-1899. Instructor geology, University of Minnesota, 1897-1898. Professor geology and curator of Museum, since 1899.
Acting dean College Liberal Arts, 1907-1908 and 1916-1919, Northwestern University Geologist on Geological and Natural History Survey of Wisconsin, 1899-1907, United States Geological Survey, 1904-1925, Illinois Geological Survey, 1906-1920, Oregon Bureau Mines and Geology, 1913-1915.
Associate editor American Geologist, 1897-1906. Author: Preliminary Report on the Copper-bearing Rocks of Douglas County, Wisconsin, 1900, second edition, 1901.
Volumes IV and V, Final Report of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (with North. H. Winchell), 1899-1900. Report on the Lead and Zinc Deposits of Wisconsin, 1906.
Copper and Other Mineral Resources of Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1906, 1910.
Description of the Lancaster and Mineral Point Quadrangles, Wisconsin, 1907. Glaciers of Prince William Sound and Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 1910-1912. Mineral Resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 1910-1912.
Address: Evanaton, Illinois.
Married Avis Winchell, October 1, 1891. Children: Addison Winchell, Lois, Avis Harriet (Mistress East. East. Swick), Willard Winchell.