Background
Arnold, Ralph was born on April 14, 1875 in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States. Son of Delos and Hannah R. (Mercer) Arnold.
petroleum engineer consultant geologist
Arnold, Ralph was born on April 14, 1875 in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States. Son of Delos and Hannah R. (Mercer) Arnold.
Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena, California, 1896. Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1899, Master of Arts, 1900, Doctor of Philosophy, 1902. Doctor of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1921.
Doctorate. England, University of Southern California 1925.
Assistant in geology, Stanford, 1899-1903. Instructor in chemistry and physics, Hoitt’s School, Menlo Park, California, 1899-1900. Field assistant, 1900-1903, geologic aid, 1903-1905, palentologist.
1905-1908, geologist, 1908-1909, United States Geological Survey.
Consulting petroleum engineer, United States Bureau Mines, 1911-1922. In private practice since 1909.
Was in charge paleontologic and petroleum investigations United States Geological Survey in California, 1903-1909. Made investigations in oil fields of Texas, Wyoming, Mexico, Trinidad, British West Indies California California, Venezuela, and elsewhere, also exploration for oil California, Utah and Texas.
Consultant geologist and engineer Trindad Lake Petroleum Company, et cetera
Director extensive explorations for oil in Venezuela, for Caribbean Petrol. Company President California Central Oil Corporation, 1922-1923. Trustee Snowolene Oil Corporation from 1923.
Consultant geologist Atlantic-Pacific Gas and Oil Corporation.
President Arnold Corporation, Limited., 1933-1934. Organizer and member of advisory council Filmoteeas Internacionales, semiofficial organization for introducing visual, audio and technical education into schools of Mexico.
Fellow Geological Society America, Paleontological Society America (vice president Pac. Coast Section, 1915-1916), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Geography Society, Geological Society London, California Academy Science. Member Geological Society Washington (secretary 1907-1909), National Geography Society, Le Conte Geological.
Club (secretary 1901-1902), Cooper Ornithological Society, Geological Society American Universities, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Astronomical Society Pacific, Mining and Metallurgical Society (vice president 1921-1923), Seismological Society America (vice president), Malecolog.
Society of London, Paleontologischen Gesellschaft, National Research Council (chairman finance committee of section geological and geografic, 1919), American Society Economics Geologists, Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.
Married Frankie Winninette Stokes, July 12, 1899 (died January 17, 1946). Children: Winninette (Mistress Richard M. Noyes), Elizabeth (Mistress West. R. McKee).