Background
Difford, Winthrop Cecil was born on November 12, 1921 in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. Son of Lionel Cecil and Pamela (Grice) Difford.
Difford, Winthrop Cecil was born on November 12, 1921 in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. Son of Lionel Cecil and Pamela (Grice) Difford.
Bachelor of Science, Mount Union College, 1942; postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1942-1943; Master of Science, West Virginia University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1954.
Assistant area engineering geologist Nebraska, area engineering geologist Colorado, United States Bureau Reclamation, 1948-1951;
assistant state geologist, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1955-1956;
professor, department chairman geology, Dickinson College, 1954-1965. Visiting scientist American Geological Institute. Consultant in S. Vietnam under United States Agency for International Development Higher Education contract.
Consultant United States Naval Oceanographic Office.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, World World War II, Korean Conflict. Fellow Geological Society American, Royal Society Arts (London), Explorers Club. Mem.Marine Technology Society, Masons, Rotary, Sigma Xi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Tau, Gamma Alpha.
Married Nedra Arline Erisman, November 28, 1944. Children: Pamela Arline Difford Hinkle, Phyllis Ann DiffordStudinski, Kenneth Edel (deceased).
