Background
Cattell, Roscoe Arnold was born on January 6, 1892 in New Sharon, Iowa, United States. Son of Harvey George and Ardilla Jane (Arnold) Cattell.
Cattell, Roscoe Arnold was born on January 6, 1892 in New Sharon, Iowa, United States. Son of Harvey George and Ardilla Jane (Arnold) Cattell.
Graduated from the high school, Pasadena, California, 1910; Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University of California, 1916.
With, Pacific Oil Corporation, Sunset-Midway Oil Fields, Kern County, California, 1916-1917; petroleum engineer, United States Bureau Mines, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1917-1918; petroleum engineer, S. Pearson & Son and Société des Recherches et d'Exploitation des Petroles en Algerie, Chesterfield, England and St. AimÉ, Algeria, 1919-1920; with, United States Bureau Mines, from February 1921; successively national gas. engineer, assistant supt, superintendent Petroleum Experiment Station, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, chief of helium division, United States Bureau Mines, 1925-1933; chief petroleum & natural gas division, United States Bureau Mines, 1933-1955; chief division of petroleum, United States Bureau Mines, from 1955.
With Transportation Corps United States Army, Advertising Educational Foundation, 1918-1919. Member American Institute Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, American Gas Association, Masons, Delta Sigma Phi.
Married Ruth Brown, December 26, 1926. Children: Betty Ruth (Mistress William H. Williams), Robert Arnold.