Croneis, Carey, 1901-

Carey Gardiner Croneis was born on March 14, 1901 in Bucyrus, Ohio, the son of Frederick William and Nell Garner Croneis. He received a B.S. degree from Denison University, Granville, Ohio in 1922, an M.S. degree from the University of Kansas in 1923, and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1928. He was an instructor in geology at the University of Kansas (1922-1923), the University of Arkansas (1923-1925), and Harvard, Radcliffe, and Wellesley (1925-1928), and worked on geological surveys in Arkansas, Kansas, and Illinois.

In 1928 Croneis went to the University of Chicago, where he was assistant professor of geology, then associate professor (1931-41) and professor (1941-44). He organized the geology section of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and was curator of paleontology at the Walker Museum, University of Chicago (1928-44). At the Century of Progress World's Fair he was in charge of the geology section (1933) and chief of basic sciences (1934). He also produced films on geology for the University of Chicago and the National Park Service.

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