Background
Lee, Willis Thomas was born on December 24, 1864 in Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John C. and Louesa J. (Garland) Lee.
Lee, Willis Thomas was born on December 24, 1864 in Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John C. and Louesa J. (Garland) Lee.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1894, Master of Science, 1898. Fellow in geology, University of Chicago, 1898-1900, Johns Hopkins, 1902-1903. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1912.
Instructor science, Rhode Island College Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1894-1895. Professor geology and biology, Denver University, 1895-1898. Principal high school, Trinidad, Colorado, 1900-1902.
With United States Geological Survey, since 1903.
Head department geology, University of Oklahoma, 1919. Lecturer in geology, Yale, 1919.
Married Mary Ingham, 1900. Children: Elizabeth Louesa, Dana Willis.