Stuckey, Jasper L. (Jasper Leonidas), 1891-1979

Geologist, educator, farmer, and consultant. Born in Princeton, North Carolina on 24 July 1891. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1918 with an M.A. in Geology in 1920. He served briefly in the army in France, seeing combat in the Argonne Forest. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1924. He became the State Geologist of North Carolina (1925-1926, 1940-1965). Professor of Geology (1926-1957) and Head of the Department of Geology (1927-1957) at North Carolina State College.

From the description of Jasper Leonidas Stuckey papers, 1924-1979 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 476294865

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