Frank M. Swartz
Frank McKim Swartz (born March 31, 1899 in Bellevue , Ohio , † December 2, 1982 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American paleontologist and geologist .
Life
He was the son of geologist Charles Kephart Swartz and brother of geologist Joel Howard Swartz . Swartz went to school in Baltimore and studied at the local Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1921. In 1923/24 he was an instructor for geography at the University of North Carolina and then an instructor for geology at the School of Mineral Industries of Pennsylvania State College . In 1926 he received his doctorate in geology and was from 1927 Assistant Professor , from 1931 Associate Professorof geology and from 1944 professor of paleontology at Penn State. From 1945 to 1961 he was there in front of the department or faculty for geology. In 1964 he retired.
He dealt in particular with stratigraphy and tectonics of the central Appalachians , carbonate rocks of the Ordovician and paleontology of ostracods of the Paleozoic .
In 1959 he was President of the Paleontological Society . He was a fellow of the Geological Society of America .
In 1925 he married Ruth Passmore Hull.
Fonts
- The Holderberg Group of parts of West Virginia and Virginia, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 158-C, 1929, pp. 27-75.
- Revision of the Primitiidae and Beyrichiidae, with new Ostracoda from the lower Devonian of Pennsylvania, Journal of Paleontology, Volume 10, 1936, pp. 541-586.
- with CK Swartz: Late Silurian and Early Devonian formations of southeastern Pennsylvania, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 52, 1941, pp. 1129-1192.
- with FM Swain: Ostracodes of the Middle Devonian Onondaga beds of central Pennsylvania, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 52, 1941, pp. 381-458.
- with FM Swain: Trenton and sub-Trenton in outcrop areas in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, in Appalachian Basin Ordovician Symposium: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Volume 32, 1948, pp. 1493-1595 (Reprinted: Pennsylvania Geological Survey . Bulletin G22)
- with FC Whitmore Jr .: Ostracoda from the Late Silurian Decker, Rondout and Manlius limestones of New Jersey and New York, Journal of Paleontology, Volume 30, 1956, pp. 1029-1091.
Web links
- William Spackman: Memorial to Frank McKim Swartz 1899–1982 (PDF; 789 kB, English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swartz, Frank M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swartz, Frank McKim (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist and geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellevue , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd December 1982 |
| Place of death | Tucson , Arizona |