Background
Smith, Warren Du Pre was born on May 12, 1880 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Professor Charles Forster and Anna Leland (Du Pre) Smith.
Smith, Warren Du Pre was born on May 12, 1880 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Professor Charles Forster and Anna Leland (Du Pre) Smith.
Brought to the United States in infancy. Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1902, Doctor of Philosophy, 1908. Master of Arts, Stanford, 1904.
Fellow University of Chicago, 1904-1905.
Field assistant Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 1900-1902. Geologist United States Government Mining Bureau, Manila, 1905-1906, Division of Mines, bureau of Science, 1906-1907. Chief Division of Mines, Philippine Islands, 1907-1914.
President Philippine Society Engineers, 1912.
Head department of geology U. Oregon, 1914-1947, retired 1947. Chief division mines bureau of Science, Philippine Government, 1920, 21 (leave of absence from University of Oregon).
Consultant geologist on Owyhee Dam, Oregon, United States bureau of Reclamation, 1927. Ranger-naturalist Crater Lake National Park, 1934, 35.
United States delegate International Geological Congress, Toronto, 1913.
Delegate 1st Pan-Pacific Science Conference, Honolulu, 1920. Member Governor's Special Mining Committee, Oregon, 1935. Member Philippine committee Pacific Science Board.
Member Governor's Special Mining Committee, Oregon, 1935. Member Philippine committee Pacific Science Board. Fellow Geological Society America (president Cordilleran section 1925), Pacific Geography Society, Oregon Teachers Association (president geografic council 1933), Oregon Mining Congress (president 1934), Oregon Academy Science (president-elect, 1948), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Phoebe Ellison, July 14, 1910 (deceased). Children: James Francis, Warren Ellison, Phoebe Hall.