Wentworth Jordan Tellington

Background

Tellington, Wentworth Jordan was born on October 11, 1916 in Gorham, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Jesse James and Myrtle Meneleh (Jordan) Tellington.

Education

Graduate, Phillips Andover Academy, 1935; student, Norwich U., 1939; AB, Columbia University, 1940; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1946-1947; postgraduate, University of Southern California, 1957-1959; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959.

Career

Instructor, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1941-1945; field supervisor, Century Geophysical Corporation, Tulsa, 1946-1948; chief geophysicist, Pacific Petroleums Ltd., Calgary, Alberta., Canada, 1949-1951; executive vice president, Overland Inds. Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta., Canada, 1952-1955; head mathematics department, Chadwick School, Rolling Hills, California, 1956-1960; proprietor, Pacific Coast Equestrian Research Farm, Badger, California, 1961-1970; proprietor, Whitehurst Products Company, San Francisco, 1970-1975; proprietor, Deep Moon Gold Mine, Downieville, 1982-1992; Chief Executive Officer, Seadeck Corporation, Tucson, since 1995; Chief Executive Officer, Seadeck Corporation, Tucson, since 1995. Adjunct Professor Prescott (Arizona) College, 1972-1975.

Achievements

• Wentworth Jordan Tellington has been listed as a noteworthy Engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Endurance and Competitive Trail Riding

    (A thorough guide to competitive endurance and trail ridin...)

  • Gold and a Hideaway of Your Own

    (Book by Tellington, Wentworth)

  • Crazy in America, Book I: 1766-1776 The Seeds of Freedom: A Potpourri of History, Stews and Stories by Wentworth Tellington (1994-03-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Endurance and Competitive Trail Riding by Wentworth Jordan Tellington (1979-01-01)

Membership

Engineer ethics committee Society Professional Engineers, Canada, 1953-1954. Board of Governors Western States Trail Association, Auburn, California, 1962-1980. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, riding, aerobatic flying.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Haman-Ashley, April 29, 1939 (divorced 1956). Children: Wentworth J. Junior, Joan Elizabeth Gabert.

Father:

Jesse James Tellington

Mother:

Myrtle Meneleh (Jordan) Tellington

Spouse:

Elizabeth Haman-Ashley

child:

Joan Elizabeth Gabert Tellington

child:

Wentworth J. Junior Tellington