Siemon Muller
Siemon "Si" William Muller , occasionally Mueller, (born May 9, 1900 in Blagoveshchensk , on the border between Russia and Manchuria; † September 9, 1970 ) was an American paleontologist and geologist .
His father Wilhelm was a Dane who first worked for the Trans-Siberian telegraph line and then was a teacher in Siberia . At the time of the Russian Revolution , Mueller was at the Naval Academy in Vladivostok and fled to the United States via Shanghai in 1921. He studied geology at the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in 1927. He then continued his studies at Stanford University with ammonite researcher James Perrin Smith . In 1929 he received his master’s degree and in 1930 he received his doctorate. Under the influence of Smith, he studied ammonites and Triassic stratigraphy in Nevada. In 1927 he became an instructor, 1930 assistant professor, 1936 associate professor and 1941 professor. In 1965 he retired, but continued to give popular courses on the geology of California.
During World War II , he worked for the military in Alaska to evaluate Russian experiences in building in permafrost . In Nevada he worked with Henry G. Ferguson of the US Geological Survey, for whom he also worked part-time (Geology of the Cordilleras in Western Nevada).
In 1928 he found the ichthyosaur site in Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park (with Shonisaurus fossils).
In 1937/38 and 1956/57 he was a Guggenheim Fellow in Austria. He was President of the Paleontological Society in 1965 , was a trustee of the California Academy of Sciences, and served on the Council of the Geological Society of America.
Norman J. Silberling was one of his doctoral students .
He was married to Vera Vilamovsky of Russian descent and had a son, Eric.
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| SURNAME | Muller, Siemon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muller, Siemon William; Muller, Si |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blagoveshchensk |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1970 |