Chester Stock

Chester Stock

Fellow: Awarded 1939
Field of Study: Earth Science
Fellow: Awarded 1940
Field of Study: Earth Science

Competition: US & Canada

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1939–40:

STOCK, CHESTER:  Appointed for the making of a vertebrate paleontological reconnaissance of Mexico; tenure, six months from August 15, 1939, and six months from July 1, 1940.

Born January 28, 1892, at San Francisco, California.  Education:  University of California, B.S., 1914, Ph.D., 1917.

Instructor in Paleontology, 1919–21, Assistant Professor, 1921–26, Professor, 1926—, California Institute of Technology. Research Associate, 1926—, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Curator, 1931—, Los Angeles Museum.

Publications:  Articles in University of California Publications, Science, American Journal of Science, Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Journal of Mammalogy, Los Angeles Museum Publications, Scientific Monthly, New Reclamation Era, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the International Geological Congress, Journal of Geology, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geology, Westways, American Naturalist.

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