Samuel Weidman

Background

Weidman, Samuel was born on October 11, 1870 in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Alexander and Eleanor (McIlvaine) Weidman.

Education

Descendant of Martin Weidman who emigrated from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, 1733. Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1894. Fellow in geology, same, 1895-1896.

Fellow in geology, University of Chicago, 1896-1897.

Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1898.

Career

Field assistant United States Geological Survey in Lake Superior region, 1894-1896. Assistant geologist, 1897-1899, geologist, 1899-1917, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. Professor geology, University of Oklahoma, 1919-1943, emeritus professor since September 1943.

Achievements

• Samuel Weidman has been listed as a noteworthy geologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Geological Society America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association American Geographers. Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Oklahoma Academy, of Science (president 1924), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Adda J. Westenhaver, November 22, 1899. Children: Samuel Henry, John McIlvaine, Robert Hulburt.

Father:

Alexander Weidman

Mother:

Eleanor (McIlvaine) Weidman

Spouse:

Adda J. Westenhaver

child:

John McIlvaine Weidman

child:

Samuel Henry Weidman

child:

Robert Hulburt Weidman