Background
Barbat, William Franklin was born on September 18, 1905 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of William Benjamin Franklin and Emily Marian (Kane) Barbat.
Barbat, William Franklin was born on September 18, 1905 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of William Benjamin Franklin and Emily Marian (Kane) Barbat.
Bachelor, University California-Berkeley, 1926.
With Standard Oil Corporation of California, 1927—1970. Chief geologist San Francisco, 1951—1970. Research associate California Academy of Sciences, since 1970.
Fellow: California Academy of Sciences, Geological Society of America. Member: Society Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Paleontological Society of America, American Association Petroleum Geologists (honorary life member Pacific section).
Married Dorothy Inez Naunton, May 10, 1926. Children: Jeannette, William Naunton.