Background
Woodring, Wendell Phillips was born on June 13, 1891 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Daniel and Margaret (Hurst) Woodring.
Woodring, Wendell Phillips was born on June 13, 1891 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Daniel and Margaret (Hurst) Woodring.
AB, Albright College, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, 1910; Doctor of Science, Albright College, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1916-1917.
Research fellow Johns Hopkins University, 1916-1917. Geological explorations in Center American, 1917-1918. Geologist United States Geological Survey, 1919-1927, 30-61.
Honorary research associate Smithsonian Institution, from 1961. In charge geological survey of Republic of Haiti, 1920-1924. Professor invertebrate paleontology California Institute of Technology, 1927-1930.
Served with C.E. United States Army, 1918-1919. Fellow Geological Society of America (recipient Penrose medal 1949, president 1953), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Paleontological Society. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Geological Society Washington, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Josephine Jamison, February 9, 1918 (deceased). Children: Judy Worth (Mistress Robert M. Armagast), Jane (deceased).