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Everette Lee de Golyer
1886 - 1956 (70 years)-
Name Everette Lee de Golyer Birth 9 Oct 1886 Greensburg, Kiowa, Kansas, 
Gender Male Death 14 Dec 1956 Dallas, Dallas, Texas Burial Dallas, Dallas, Texas [1] Person ID I52454 Scudder Last Modified 16 Sep 2016
Family Nell Virginia Goodrich, b. 11 Nov 1886, New Florence, Montgomery, Missouri, d. 4 May 1972, Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Age 85 years) Marriage 10 Jun 1910 Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Children 1. Nell Virginia de Golyer, b. 29 Dec 1913, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, d. 8 Jul 1988, Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Age 74 years)2. Dorothy Margaret de Golyer, b. 18 Dec 1916, Glen Ridge, Essex, New Jersey d. 27 Jul 1969, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 52 years)3. Cecilia Jeanne de Golyer, b. 2 Apr 1919, Glen Ridge, Essex, New Jersey d. 9 Oct 2001, Middleburg, Loudoun, Virginia (Age 82 years)4. Everett Lee de Golyer, Jr., b. 27 Dec 1923, Glen Ridge, Essex, New Jersey d. 17 Dec 1977, Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Age 53 years)Family ID F18789 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Everette was a prominent oilman, known as the founder of applied geophysics in the petroleum industry and the father of American geophysics. In 1919, DeGolyer organized the formation of the Rycade Oil Company which established the petroleum exploration in many US States. He was director of the American Petroleum Institute for more than twenty years and a founder of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He also was a member of the Geological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the British Institute of Petroleum. He became the president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1952.
After suffering from aplastic anemia for years, he took his own life at age 70.
- Everette was a prominent oilman, known as the founder of applied geophysics in the petroleum industry and the father of American geophysics. In 1919, DeGolyer organized the formation of the Rycade Oil Company which established the petroleum exploration in many US States. He was director of the American Petroleum Institute for more than twenty years and a founder of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He also was a member of the Geological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the British Institute of Petroleum. He became the president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1952.
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Sources - [S1329] Find a Grave Index, 1600s to Current.
- [S1329] Find a Grave Index, 1600s to Current.