Background
Ewing, William Maurice was born on May 12, 1906 in Lockney, Texas, United States. Son of Floyd Ford and Hope (Hamilton) Ewing.
Ewing, William Maurice was born on May 12, 1906 in Lockney, Texas, United States. Son of Floyd Ford and Hope (Hamilton) Ewing.
Bachelor, Rice Institute (now Rice University), 1926. Master of Arts, Rice Institute (now Rice University), 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, Rice Institute (now Rice University), 1931.
Teacher physics University Pittsburgh, 1929-1930. Teacher physics, geology, and geophysics Lehigh University, 1930-1944. Teacher geology Columbia University, 1944-1972, professor geology, 1947-1946, Higgins professor geology, 1959, director Lamont Geological Observatory, 1949-1972.
Research associate national defense projects Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1940-1946. Discovered SOFAR Channel, Sigsbee knolls, 1954. Chief scientist oceanographic research ship Glomar Challenger.
Head division earth and planetary science Marine biomedical Institute of University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1972. Professor geological science University Texas Medical Branch.
Member National Academy of Sciences (elected), Royal Society London (foreign), American Geophysical Union (president), Seismological Society of America (president), Philosophical Society Texas.
Married Avarilla Hildenbrand, October 31, 1928. 1 child; married Margaret Sloan Kidder, February 19, 1944. 4 children; married Harriet Greene Bassett, May 6, 1965.