Leland Horberg (1910-1955) was born in Cambridge, Illinois. He graduated with a Ph. D. in Geology from the University of Chicago in 1938 and was an instructor at the University of Illinois from 1938-1941. During World War II he served with the Illinois Geological Survey to help locate additional sources of groundwater for the war effort. In 1946 Horberg returned to the University of Chicago as an instructor of Geology and conducted geological explorations and studies in Illinois and the West. He served as editor of the "Journal of Geology" from 1952-1955. Horberg was married to Virginia Louise Bryan in 1942.
From the description of Papers, 1938-1955. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27703537
