William H. Easton
William Heyden Easton (born January 14, 1916 in Indiana , † July 7, 1996 in Westlake Village , Los Angeles ) was an American geologist and paleontologist . He was a professor of geology at the University of Southern California .
Easton received a Masters Degree in Geology from George Washington University and a PhD from the University of Chicago . He was then at the Illinois Geological Survey and after serving in the US Navy in World War II from 1946 Assistant Professor, 1948 Associate Professor and 1951 Professor at the University of Southern California. From 1964 to 1967 he headed his faculty. In 1981 he retired, but was again deputy professor in 1986/87.
He was an expert on fossil corals from the Carboniferous . He also published on engineering geology (landslides and others), caving, sea level fluctuations, recent coral reefs.
In 1970 he was President of the Paleontological Society and he was a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. He was a Guggenheim Fellow . He had a wide range of interests and was also the interim head of Romance studies at his university in 1975/76.
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- Invertebrate paleontology, Harper 1960
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| SURNAME | Easton, William H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Easton, William Heyden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1996 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |