Eugene Szmuc
Eugene Joseph Szmuc (born June 5, 1927 in Cleveland (Ohio) , † October 19, 1976 ) was an American geologist and paleontologist .
Szmuc was of Polish descent and also initially learned Polish at school in Cleveland. After military service from 1945 to 1947, he studied geology at Western Reserve University with a bachelor's degree in 1951 and at Ohio State University with a master's degree in 1953 and his doctorate in 1957 under J. Osborn Fuller (Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Cuyahoga Formation of Northern Ohio). As a student, he worked for the Ohio Geological Survey that summer. In 1957 he became an assistant professor and from 1968 an associate professor at Kent State University .
In addition to the topic of his dissertation, the Cuyahoga Formation from the Carboniferous in Ohio, he dealt with trace fossils and paleoecology.
Fonts
- The Devonian System , The Mississippian System , in P. Banks, R. Feldmann, Guide to the Geology of Northeastern Ohio , Northern Ohio Geological Society 1970
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References and comments
- ↑ Published in part in Stratigraphy of the Cuyahoga Formation and the Shenango sandstone of northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Volume 70, 1959, p. 1684
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| SURNAME | Szmuc, Eugene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Szmuc, Eugene Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland (Ohio) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th October 1976 |