Background
Twenhofel, William Henry was born on April 16, 1875 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Ernst August Herman Julius and Helena (Steuwer) Twenhofel.
Twenhofel, William Henry was born on April 16, 1875 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Ernst August Herman Julius and Helena (Steuwer) Twenhofel.
Bachelor of Arts, National Normal University, Lebanon, O., 1904. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1908, Master of Arts, 1910, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912.
Teacher village and country schools, Kentucky, 1896-1902. Teacher science and mathematics, East. Texas Normal College, Commerce, Texas, 1904-1907. Assistant and associate professor geology, U. Kansas, 1910-1916.
State geologist of Kansas, 1915-1916.
Associate professor geology, 1916-1921, University of Wisconsin, professor, since 1921, department chairman, since 1940, retired, 1945. Professor, summer session, Stanford University, 1930.
Chairman Committee on Sedimentation, National Research Council, 1923-1931, chairman Division Geology and Geography, 1931-1934, Chairman of Commission on Paleocology, 1934-1937, geological work in Kansas, Saint Lawrence, Baltic regions, Upper Mississippi Valley.
Member Geological Society American, Paleontological Society American (president 1930), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Wisconsin Academy Science, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists (president 1935).
Married Virgie Mae Stephens, September 10, 1899. Children: Lillian Helena, Helen Vivian, William Stephens.