Background
Smiley, Terah Leroy was born on August 21, 1914 in Oak Hill, Kansas, United States. Son of Terah Edward and Frances Angelina (Huls) Smiley.
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Polar Deserts and Modern Man
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Terah Leroy Smiley
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Student, University Kansas, 1934-1936; Master of Arts, University Arizona, 1949.
Career
With, United States National Park Service, 1939-1941;
With, United States Immigration Service, 1941-1942;
research, Laboratory of Tree-Ring, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1946-1960;
director, Laboratory of Tree-Ring, U. Arizona, 1958-1960;
director geochronology laboratories, Laboratory of Tree-Ring, U. Arizona, 1957-1967;
head department geochronology, Laboratory of Tree-Ring, U. Arizona, 1967-1970;
professor geosciences, Laboratory of Tree-Ring, U. Arizona, 1970-1996. General chairman International Conference on Forest Tree Growth, Tucson, 1960. Vice chairman United States Committee on International Association for Quaternary Research, National Academy Science, 1961-1966.
General chairman First International Conference on Palynology, Tucson, 1962. Member United States Committee on International Hydrological Decade, National Academy.Sci., 1964-1966. General chairman International Conference on Arid Lands, Tucson, 1969.
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America, Arizona Academy of Sciences. Member American Meteorological Society, Tree-Ring Society, Arizona Geological Society (past president), Arizona Archeological Society (past president), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Marie Lemley, July, 1935. 1 child, Terrie Lucille Scheele. Married Winifred Whiting Lindsay, June 10, 1947.
Children: John, Maureen, Kathlyn. 1 stepchild, Margaret Ann Perry (deceased).
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Research fellow Clare College, Cambridge, University, 1970. Visiting professor Kvartärgeologiska Institutionen, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1970-1971. Honorary vice president 2d International Conference on Palynology, Utretch, 1966.Research fellow Clare College, Cambridge, University, 1970. Visiting professor Kvartärgeologiska Institutionen, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1970-1971. Honorary vice president 2d International Conference on Palynology, Utretch, 1966.