Background
Crook, Theo Helsel was born on March 13, 1898 in Groveton, Texas, United States. Son of William McKissack and Jennie Maude (Helsel) Crook.
Crook, Theo Helsel was born on March 13, 1898 in Groveton, Texas, United States. Son of William McKissack and Jennie Maude (Helsel) Crook.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1919; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1921.
With geological and land-lease division, Standard Oil Corporation of California and its foreign subsidiaries, 1921-1941; consulting geoligist, conductor geological research on maganese, University of California, 1941-1943; lecturer geology, University of California, 1943-1946; senior music geologist, University of California, 1946-1954; independent consultant geologist, private practice, from 1954.
Voluteer in civic war activities, Berkeley, California, W.W.II. Appointed by Ecuadorian government member special commission to investigate Ecuadorian earthquakes, 1938. Appointed by president of Ecuador as Geologo Ad Honorem del Estado, 1938.
Fellow Geological Society of America. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists, University California Alumni Association (life), Phi Delta Teta, Theta Tau, Masons, Faculty Club, Le Conte.
Married Alice Louise Thomas, August 26, 1930.