Background
TURNER, Scott was born on July 31, 1880 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of James M. and Sophie Porter (Scott) Turner.
director United States Bureau of Mines
TURNER, Scott was born on July 31, 1880 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of James M. and Sophie Porter (Scott) Turner.
University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts, 1902. Michigan College, of Mines, Bachelor of Science and E.M., 1904.
Associate Editor Mining and Scientific Press, 1907. Mine Geologist, Calif, and Pacific Coast, 10. Consulting Engineer, Canada, 1919-1925.
Director, United States Bureau. of Mines, 1926 —■. Opened and operated 5 years, coal mines at 79° 13' North Latitude on Is. of Spitzbergen, 825 miles north of Arctic Circle on No Man’s Land, where claimed and maintained possession of 600 sq. miles under protection of American flag. Survivor of S.S. Lusitania, sunk without warning by German submarine, Member: American Institute, of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (v.-president, director, chairman of Washington Section).
Canadian Institute, of Mining and Metallurgy. National. Research Council, Division. of Federation Relations. Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association (president).
National. Geographical. Society; Geological. Society of Washington. Psi Upsilon; Masons.
Clubs: Metropolitan, Cosmos, (Washington, District of Columbia), Burning Tree (Bethesda, Maryland), Torch (Washington), University of Michigan (Washington, District of Columbia).
Spouse Amy Prudden, June 25, 1919, Lansing, Michigan.