Calkins, Frank C., 1878-1974

LC control no.	n 87859577
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Calkins, Frank C., 1878-1974 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Calkins, F. C. (Frank Cathcart), 1878-1974 Calkins, Frank (Frank Cathcart), 1878-1974 Calkins, Frank Cathcart, 1878-1974
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1878-06-07
Death date	1974
Place of birth	Rockport (Ohio : Township)
Field of activity	Geology Cartography Petrology Technical writing
Affiliation	Geological Survey (U.S.) University of California (1868-1952)
Profession or occupation	Geologists Cartographers Petrologists
Found in	Geological Survey (U.S.). Bedrock geologic map of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, 1985: map recto (Frank C. Calkins ; U.S. Geol. Surv.) Geology and ore deposits of the Cottonwood-American Fork Area, Utah, 1943: t.p. (F. C. Calkins) OCLC, Feb. 17, 2003 (hdg: Calkins, Frank Cathcart, 1878-; usage: F. C. Calkins) OCLC, Nov. 28, 2007 (hdgs: Calkins, Frank C.; Calkins, Frank Cathcart, 1878- ; Calkins, F. C. (Frank Cathcart), b. 1878; Calkins, F. C.; usage: F.C. Calkins; Frank Cathcart Calkins; Frank C. Calkins) Memorial to Frank Cathcart Calkins, 1878-1974, viewed July 29, 2022 (Master mapper, pioneer petrologist, student and mentor of the art of scientific writing, scholar, and connoisseur of music, art, and wine--truly a legend in his own time--Frank Cathcart Calkins became all of these to generations of geologists. Frank was born in East Rockport, Ohio, on June 7, 1878. In 1895, while his father was in charge of the Hydrographic Office in Portland, Oregon, Frank enrolled at the University of California, there to come under the influence of Joseph LeConte, John C. Merriam, and A. C. Lawson. In the year of his graduation, 1899, Frank began his long career of field studies, accompanying Merriam on a geologic investigation in the John Day basin in eastern Oregon, mainly to collect fossils. Frank, however, collected volcanic rocks, and these, with later additions by Merriam, became the subject of his first paper, published in 1902. Frank began his remarkable career with the U.S. Geological Survey in 1900, serving as assistant to George Otis Smith, who later became its director. Together they completed studies of the Ellensburg quadrangle, Washington, in 1900, the International Boundary of Washington in 1901, and the Snoqualmie quadrangle in 1902. Frank's record of association with the U.S. Geological Survey is itself unique; he had met or worked with all but the first of the Survey's directors and recalled with amusement having employed the youthful W. E. Wrather as assistant packer in 1907 because the position of geologic assistant was already filled. Frank received the Distinguished Service Award from the Department of the Interior in 1948, on reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70, but because of a special dispensation continued working as an annuitant until July 1969--a record of service to the Federal government that spanned 68 years.) <https://www.geosociety.org/documents/gsa/memorials/v06/Calkins-FC.pdf>
Associated language	eng