Background
Russell, R. Dana was born on November 15, 1906 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Henry Edison and Ann Beatrice (Rolph) Russell.
Russell, R. Dana was born on November 15, 1906 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Henry Edison and Ann Beatrice (Rolph) Russell.
Bachelor of Arts, Pomona College, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy, University California at Berkeley, 1931.
From instructor to associate professor geology, Louisiana State University, 1931-1942;
research associate, oceanographer, division war research, University of California, 1942-1946;
from manager publications department to senior consultant geophysics, (Navy Electronics Laboratory), 1945-1955;
manager geological research, then associate director exploration research, Marathon Oil Corporation, 1955-1970;
consultant, Marathon Oil Corporation, 1970-1971;
independent consultant, from 1970. Lecturer California Institute Technology, 1948, Scripps Institution Oceanography, 1949-1955. Member Bikini Science Resurvey team, 1947.
Member committee sedimentation National Research Council, 1932-1946. Member honorary committee Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Oceanographiques, 1949-1972. Member United States National Committee Geology, 1973-1977.
Fellow Geological Society of America (chairman nominating committee 1964, building committee 1969-1972, headquarters advisory committee 1972-1975). Member American Geological Institute (director, president 1973), American Petroleum Institute, American Association Petroleum Geologists (chairman research committee 1956-1958, trustee research fund 1960-1962), Society Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (vice president 1943, president 1948), American Institute Professional Geologists (president 1969).
Son of Henry Edison and Ann Beatrice (Rolph) R. M. Mary Flower Pugh, June 2, 1933. Children: Nancy Beatrice (Mistress Theodore D. Graves), Richard Dana.