Troy Leon Holcombe

Background

Holcombe, Troy Leon was born on March 8, 1940 in Roxton, Texas, United States. Son of Horace Cleveland and Nellie Estelle (Jenkins) Holcombe.

Education

Bachelor, Hardin-Simmons University, 1961. AM, University Missouri, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1972.

Career

Research oceanographer United States Naval Oceanographic Office, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, 1968-1975. Head geology branch Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity, National Space Technology Laboratories, Mississippi, 1975-1984. Deputy chief Marine Geology and Geophysics division National Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1984—1999.

Research associate Cooperative Institute Research Environmental Sciences, University Colorado, 1999—2002. Research scientist department oceanography Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, since 2002.

Achievements

• Troy Leon Holcombe has been listed as a noteworthy marine geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association Petroleum Geologists, Geological Society of America, International Association Great Lakes Research.

Connections

Married Janis Eileen O'Neal, August 21, 1971. Children: Leigh Harold, Virginia Luce, Terry Estelle.

Father:

Horace Cleveland Holcombe

Mother:

Nellie Estelle (Jenkins) Holcombe

Spouse:

Janis Eileen O'Neal

child:

Terry Estelle Holcombe

child:

Virginia Luce Holcombe

child:

Leigh Harold Holcombe