Background
Marsden,, Sullivan Samuel was born on June 3, 1922 in St. Louis. Son of Sullivan Samuel and Irene Margaret (Frick) Marsden.
petroleum engineering educator
Marsden,, Sullivan Samuel was born on June 3, 1922 in St. Louis. Son of Sullivan Samuel and Irene Margaret (Frick) Marsden.
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Stanford University, 1948.
Physical chemist Tennessee Eastman Company, Oak Ridge, 1945, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1947-1950. Assistant director National Chemical Laboratory, Poona, India, 1950-1953. Associate professor petroleum engineering Pennsylvania State University, 1953-1957, Stanford University, 1957-1962, professor petroleum engineering, 1963-1992, professor emeritus petroleum engineering, since 1993.
Member Society Petroleum Engineers (senior ).
Married Margaret Coolidge, September 4, 1948 (divorced 1960). Children: Sullivan F., Robert Son of, Mary V., Anastasia E.