William Frederick Prouty

Background

Prouty, William Frederick was born on August 15, 1879 in Putney, Vermont, United States. Son of Charles Eaton and Corintha S. (Walker) Prouty.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1903, Master of Science, 1904. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1906.

Career

Instructor geology, Syracuse University, 1903-1904. Assistant on Geological Survey Maryland, summers, 1904, 1905. Associate professor geology and mineralogy, University of Alabama, 1906-1912, professor, 1912-1919.

Chief assistant Geological Survey of Alabama, 1906-1919.

Professor stratigraphical geology, University of North Carolina, 1919-1924, professor structural and economic geology, from 1924, head department of geology, from 1933. Geologist, North Carolina Geological Survey, 1920-1924.

Consultant geologist, Board of Consultants Tennessee Valley Authority, from 1938. Paleontologist West. Virginia Geological Survey, 1922-1925.

Achievements

• William Frederick Prouty has been listed as a noteworthy geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Geological Society America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society Economic Geologists, North Carolina Academy of Science, Mitchell Society, American Geophysical Union, Meteorical Society, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon.

Connections

Married Lucile West. Thorington, June 9, 1909. Children: Frederick Morgan, William Walker, Chilton Eaton.

Father:

Charles Eaton Prouty

Mother:

Corintha South. (Walker) Prouty

Spouse:

Lucile West. Thorington

child:

Frederick Morgan Prouty

child:

Chilton Eaton Prouty

child:

William Walker Prouty