Reginald Herbert Pegrum

Background

Pegrum, Reginald Herbert was born on December 17, 1899 in Romford, England. Son of Frank and Elizabeth M. (Keen) Pegrum.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Alberta (Canada), 1923. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1927.

Career

Member Alberta Geological Survey, 1923, Canadian Geological Survey, 1924-1927. Curator geology Buffalo Museum Science, 1927-1929. Department chairman geology U. Buffalo, 1927-1948, department chairman geological science, 1948-1965, professor, 1938-1970, professor emeritus, 1970-1976.

Member Cooperative Survey of Lake Erie, 1928.

Consultant geologist Labrador Mining and Exploration Corporation, 1936.

Achievements

• Reginald Herbert Pegrum has been listed as a noteworthy geologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Alberta Geological Survey, 1923, Canadian Geological Survey, 1924-1927. Member Cooperative Survey of Lake Erie, 1928. Served as ensign United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1943-1946.

Member Western New York Weather Society (president 1951), Sigma Xi.

Club: Buffalo Canoe (director 1950-1954).

Connections

Married M. Frieda Rapporteur, March 28, 1929. Children: Reginald F., Robert L. (deceased), Robert B. Came to the United States, 1924, naturalized, 1937.

Father:

Frank Pegrum

Mother:

Elizabeth M. (Keen) Pegrum

Spouse:

M. Frieda Rapporteur

child:

Robert B. Came to the United States Pegrum

child:

Robert L. Pegrum (deceased)

child:

1924 Pegrum

child:

1937 Pegrum

child:

naturalized Pegrum

child:

Reginald F. Pegrum