| LC control no. | nr 95013371 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Loughlin, G. F. (Gerald Francis), 1880-1946 |
| Variant(s) | Loughlin, Gerald Francis, 1880-1946 Loughlin, Gerald F. (Gerald Francis), 1880-1946 Loughlin, Gerald (Gerald Francis), 1880-1946 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1880-12-11 |
| Death date | 1946-10-22 |
| Place of birth | Hyde Park (Mass. : Town) |
| Field of activity | Geology Geology, Economic Mineralogy |
| Affiliation | Geological Survey (U.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yale University Connecticut Geological Survey Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Latin School (Mass.) |
| Profession or occupation | Mineralogists Geologists |
| Found in | A reconnaissance in the Canyon range ... 1914: t.p. (G.F. Loughlin) RLIN, 4/7/95 (hdg.: Loughlin, Gerald Francis, 1880-1946) American Mineralogists (website), viewed July 29, 2022: Memorial of Gerald Francis Loughlin (Gerald Francis Loughlin, former Chief Geologist of the United States Geological Survey, passed away in the evening of October 22, 1946. Loughlin was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, December 11, 1880, the son of John Francis Loughlin and Adelia (Lane) Loughlin. After seven years of training in the Boston Latin School he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899 and received the degree of Bachelor of Science in geology in 1903. Shortly after his. graduation he worked as a field assistant with the United States Geological Survey and the Connecticut Geological Survey under Dr. Herbert E. Gregory, studying the clays and clay industry of that State. He then entered the Yale Graduate School under a teaching fellowship, and there he received his doctorate in 1906. In 1906 Loughlin returned to Boston, and he held an instructorship in geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1912. Beginning in 1910, he also served summers as junior Geologist with the United States Geological Survey, first with Frank C. Catkins in Idaho and later with Waldemar Lindgren at Tintic, Utah. Partly through the interest of these men in his work he decided to become permanently associated with the Geological Survey and went to Washington, D. C., in 1912. Within a few years, however, his research work in economic geology became increasingly interrupted by administrative duties, for in 1917 he was appointed Chief of the nonmetals section of the Division of Mineral Resources, and in 1918 was in charge of the section of metal resources as well as of stone and lime investigations. In 1920 he assumed charge of the entire division of Mineral Resources including its western offices, a position which he held until 1924, when the activities of this division were transferred to the Bureau of Mines. Dr. Loughlin served from 1924 to 1935 as Geologist in Charge of the Section of Metalliferous Geology, and from 1935 to 1944 as Chief Geologist of the Geological Survey. From 1944 until his death, he served as Special Scientist, and as a staff geologist, advisory to the Director and to the Chief Geologist.) <http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/loughlin.htm> |
| Associated language | eng |
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