Background
Johnston, William Drumm was born on November 3, 1899 in Garrett, Indiana, United States. Son of William Drumm and Jessie Mae (Kane) Johnston.
Johnston, William Drumm was born on November 3, 1899 in Garrett, Indiana, United States. Son of William Drumm and Jessie Mae (Kane) Johnston.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1933.
Faculty department geology U. Cincinnati, U. Kentucky, New Mexico School Mines, 1922-1928. Geologist United States Geological Survey, 1928-1941, chief section foreign geology, 1945-1948, chief Alaskan and foreign geology branch, 1949-1951, chief foreign geology branch, 1951-1964, staff geologist, 1965-1970. With Board Economics Warfare, Brazil, 1942-1945.
Delaware, 3d Pan-American Consultation on Cartography, Caracas, 1946.
2d Pan-American Congress Mining Engineering and Geology, Rio de Janeiro, 1946. United States government delegation International Geological Congress, England, 1948, Algiers, 1952, Mexico, 1956, Denmark, 1960, New Delhi, India, 1964, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1968.
Delegate to 4th Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, England, 1949. Advisory Joint Brazil-United States Technology Commission, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.
Chief United States Geological Mission to Thailand, 1949-1950.
Delegate Indian Science Congress, Bangalore, 1951, centenary of Geological Survey of India, Calcutta, 1951. Adviser committees on iron and steel and industrial development Economics Common for Asia and Far East, Lahore, 1951, chairman United States delegation 1st Symposium on Development Petroleum in Asia, Delhi, 1958, adviser 2d Symposium, Tehran, 1962, 3d Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 1965, Canberra, Australia, 1969. Chairman United States delegation Seminar on Development and Use Natural Gas in Asia, Tehran, 1964.
Delegate working party geological map Asia, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, Calcutta, 1957, Tokyo, 1960, Manila, 1963, Bangkok, 1966, Terhan, 1968.
Delegate National Academy Science, Pacific Science Congress, Bangkok, 1958, Tokyo, 1966. Observer 4th Inter-Territorial Geological Conference, Entebbe, 1951.
Inter-Guianean Geological Conference, Georgetown, 1959. Adviser conference on application science and technical for benefit underdeveloped nations United Nations, Geneva, 1963.
Delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference on Application Science and Technology to Development Latin American, Santiago, Chile, 1965.
Vice president for North.A., International Geological Congress Common for Geological Map of World, 1956-1966. Member United States Commission Geology, 1961-1972. President sub-committee for Metallogenic Map of World, 1957-1972.
Member National Academy of Sciences, USA-National Research Council committee Inter-American Science Cooperative, 1960-1962, Latin American Science Board, 1963-1969.
Member United States Commission Geology, 1961-1972. Member National Academy of Sciences, USA-National Research Council committee Inter-American Science Cooperative, 1960-1962, Latin American Science Board, 1963-1969. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Geological Society American, Mineral.
Society American.
Member Society Economics Geologist (secretary 1938-1941, vice president 1957), Geological Society Washington (president 1957), Pan-American Institute Mining, Engineering and Geology (chairman United States section 1948-1949), American Rhododendron Society, Sigma Xi. Member geological societies Argentina, Brazil, West. Germany, Peru, Brazil Academy Science. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Madelene A. Thomas, 1931. Children: William Drumm Iii, John Thomson, Richard Thomas, Elizabeth Louise.