Background
Melhorn, Wilton Newton was born on July 8, 1921 in Sistersville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Ralph Wilton and Pauline (Jones) Melhorn.
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Wilton Newton Melhorn
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Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1942; Master of Science, Michigan State University, 1951; Master of Science, New York University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1955.
Career
Hydrogeologist, Michigan Geological Survey, Lansing, 1946-1949; hydrologist, United States Weather Bureau, Indianapolis, 1949-1950; assistant, then associate professor engineering geology, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1954-1970; head department geoscience, Purdue University, 1967-1970; professor, Purdue University, 1970-1991; professor emeritus, Purdue University, since 1991. Visiting professor University of Illinois at Urbana, 1960-1961, U. Nevada, Reno, 1971-1972, Adjunct Professor, 1973-1982. Geological consultant Cook County Hwy Commission, Chicago, 1955-1956, Martin-Marietta Corporation, Baltimore, 1964-1966, California Nuclear, Inc., Lafayette,1966-1968.
Achievements
Membership
Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow Geological Society American, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Indiana Academy Sciences (president 1988, Executive officer 1992-1994), Explorers Club. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Economics Geologists and Paleontologists, Speleological Society, Michigan Academy Arts, Science and Letters, American Meteorological Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma GammaEpsilon.
Connections
Married Agnes Leigh Beck, August 25,1961. Children— Kristina L., Kimberly M.
