Storrs, Lucius Seymour, 1869-1945

Lucius Seymour Storrs was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on 4 Jan. 1869, the son of Origen and Janet Rankin Storrs. He attended the University of Nebraska where he graduated in 1890 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Storrs returned to the university to complete his graduate work later in life, earning a doctorate in engineering in 1927. From 1890 to 1894 he worked as an assistant geologist for the Colorado Fuel Company, and was a geologist for the Northern Pacific Railroad and special writer for the U.S. Geological Survey from 1896 to 1906. He returned east after his work surveying the western coal fields where he engaged in a number of businesses, and after his retirement worked as the chairman for the committee on national defense of the American Electric Railway Association. Storrs married Mary L. Cooper on 26 June 1894 and the couple had at least one child, a daughter, Margaret Storrs Grierson, the donor of this collection. Lucius Storrs died in Northampton, Mass., on 4 July 1945.

From the description of Lucius Seymour Storrs papers, 1897-1906. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 154689642

American geologist and writer for the U.S. Geological Survey; businessman, Vice President of the New York, New Hampshire and Hartford Railroad; President of the Connecticut Company.

From the description of Letter to Will Owen Jones, 1925 March 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53891017

Geologist for Northern Pacific Railway and writer for the U.S. Geological Survey.

From the description of Lucius Seymour Storrs papers, 1897-1906. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 42928210

Geologist; writer for the U. S. Biological Survey; Vice President of New York, New Hampshire & Hartaford Railroad; President of the Connecticut Company.

From the description of Lucius Storrs letter to Will Owen Jones [manuscript], 1925 March 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 425820308