Pratt, Wallace Everette, 1885-1981

Wallace E. Pratt was born March 15, 1885, in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Pratt received four degrees from the University of Kansas (1908 [2], 1909, 1914) and was names a distinguished Service Citee in 1945. The Erasmus Haworth Distinguished Alumni Award was given to him in 1950. Pratt, the first geologist ever employed by Humble Oil, was considered by many to be one of world's foremost exploration geologists. Pratt acquired considerable land in far west Texas which he later gave to the National Park Service along with his house, which he desired to be used as a ranger station.

From the guide to the Wallace Pratt papers, 1907-1985, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)