Yochelson, Ellis L. 1928-

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YOCHELSON, Ellis L. 1928-

PERSONAL: Born November 14, 1928, in Washington, DC; son of Morris and Fannie B. Yochelson; married June 10, 1950; wife's name, Sally W.; children: Jeffrey Bruce, Abby Lynn, Charles Witt. Ethnicity: "American." Education: University of Kansas, B.S., 1949, M.A., 1950; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1955.


ADDRESSES: Offıce—Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012. E-mail—[email protected].


CAREER: U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, geologist and paleontologist, 1952-85; National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, research associate. University of Maryland, former faculty member.


MEMBER: Paleontological Society (president), History of Earth Sciences Society (president), Sigma Xi.


WRITINGS:

The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Press (Washington, DC), 1985.

Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist, Kent State University Press (Kent, OH), 1998.

Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles DoolittleWalcott, Kent State University Press (Kent, OH), 2001.

Contributor to periodicals.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on the history of geology in the United States.

SIDELIGHTS: Ellis L. Yochelson told CA: "I enjoy writing as a hobby. It is a spinoff from my professional career. By accident I stumbled onto a person in my field who had died in 1927. No one had written the National Academy biography of him. I wrote it in 1967 and became increasingly interested in the man and his accomplishments."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

American Scientist, November-December, 1998, Peter J. Bowler, review of Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist, p. 578.

Isis, June, 2002, James G. Cassidy, review of Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles Doolittle Walcott, p. 325.

Journal of Geology, May, 1999, G. M. Rosenthal, review of Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist, p. 385.

Rocks and Minerals, March-April, 2002, John J. Ernissee, review of Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles Doolittle Walcott, p. 134.