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Early life[edit]
Alva C. Ellisor was born on April 26, 1892 in Galveston, Texas. At the age of eight, she survived the 1900 Great Galveston Hurricane. She had two infant brothers who were killed in the event. Being the valedictorian of her class, she later, in 1915, graduated as an honours student in Geology from the University of Texas, and was one of two the only women who graduated. After graduating, Ellisor held a teaching position in Ball High School. This was short-lived as she decided to go back to university and study in hopes of becoming a professor. At the same time Ellisor was studying, she was also doing research in the field of geology under the supervision of her instructors, Professor Francis L. Whitney and Professor Hal P. Bybee. One of her first research papers was published shortly after, in 1918, which consisted of numerous discoveries of her fossils. These same fossils were included in the Handbook of Texas Cretaceous Fossils, by W.S. Adkin (1928). That same year, Ellisor began working as a professor at the University of Kansas teaching geology and in 1919 was able to apply her experience while working for the Kansas Geological Survey.

Career[edit]
In 1920, Ellisor switched professions again and started working for the Humble Oil & Refining Company. She was specifically hired by Wallace Pratt to design a subsurface laboratory which works to show the development of petroleum and natural gas as well as other minerals. This is where she was really able to make a name for herself in the study of petroleum geology as well as making many firsts for women in geology. Ellisor created and opened the laboratory to focus on focusing on Tertiary and Cretaceous time periods. In just a few months after opening the laboratory, she made a major discovery of foraminifera in one of the company's wells at Goose Creek. Her study of foraminifera indicated Oligocene-aged coral reefs on the Damon Mound salt dome in Brazoria County. Some of her specimens are contained in the NPL’s Type Collection. She was one of the first to see the potential for using foraminifera to correlate rocks from drilling cores. These findings would be the basis of some of her most famous writing for years to come.

Alva C. Ellisor became one of the first female stratigraphers, a leading economic micropaleontologist in the US, and has had a lasting impact in the field of geology as well as paving the way for many women in the field. When she was employed by the Humble Oil & Refining Company to work on a subsurface laboratory, she became the first woman to work on one for a company – simultaneously she was able to help in the creation of the Houston Geological Society. In her many journals with Joseph A. Cushman, they studied the foraminiferal fauna and discovered fifteen new species and seven new varieties. Despite her contributions, she was never credited for her discovery in foraminifera in Edgar Owen's The Trek of the Oil Finders, which exclusively credited J.A Udden, Edwin T. Dumble, Joseph A. Cushman, and Jesse J. Galloway. Yet, the four could only conclude their findings by the research of Ellisor herself, as well as her co authors Esther Applin and Hedwig Kniker. Ellisor, along with Applin and Kniker all proposed the idea of using microfossils to locate and find petroleum. Alva C. Ellisor continued to be influential on her own, having her work published by many well known geology organizations in The United States. Of her many achievements, some of her greatest positions in science were being a fellow of the Geological Society of America and being the Vice President for the Houston Geological Society for two years.

Ellisor spent over twenty years working for the Humble Oil & Refining Company until she retired in 1947. Ellisor engaged in acts of philanthropy throughout her career, donating money and her 3000 volume geologic library to the University of Texas. She passed away at the age of seventy-two on September 22, 1964 in Galveston, Texas.

Awards and honors[edit]

 * 1924 Vice-President of the Houston Geological Society
 * 1930 Vice-President of the Houston Geological Society
 * 1941 Vice-President of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
 * 1948 Honorary member of the Houston Geological Society
 * 1953 Honorable mention by the Desk & Derrick Clubs of North America (Outstanding Oil Woman of the Year)

Works[edit]

 * Ellisor, A. C.  1918. Species of Turritella from the Buda and Georgetown limestones of Texas, Series: University of Texas bulletin no. 1840.
 * Ellisor, A. C. 1925. The Age and Correlation of the Chalk at White Cliffs, Arkansas, with Notes on the Subsurface Correlations of Northeast Texas. AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 8, p. 1152-1164.
 * Applin, E. R., Ellisor, A. C., & Kniker, H. T. 1925. Subsurface Stratigraphy of the Costal Plain of Texas Louisiana. AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 79-122.
 * Ellisor, A. C. 1926. Coral Reefs in the Oligocene of Texas. AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 10, p. 976-985.
 * Ellisor, A. C. 1929. Ellisor, A.C. Correlation of the Claiborne of East Texas with the Claiborne of Louisiana. AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 10, p. 1335-1346.
 * Ellisor, A.C. 1936. Jackson Group of Formations in Texas with Notes on Frio and Vicksburg. AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 11.
 * Ellisor, A.C. 1940. Subsurface Miocene of Southern Louisiana. AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 435-475.
 * Cushman, J. A., Ellisor, A. C. 1945. The Foraminiferal Fauna of the Anahuac Formation. Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 19, No. 6, p. 545-572.

Ellisor, A. C. 1947. Rockhounds of Houston.

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Biography:

Doris Malkin Curtis (January 12, 1914 – May 26, 1991) was an American paleontologist, stratigrapher, and geologist. She became the first woman president of the Geological Society of America (1991) and made meaningful contributions towards Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Doris Malkin Curtis, an American Geologist, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 12th, 1914. Both her mother, Mary Berkowitz, and father, Meyer Malkin, inspired Doris from a young age to pursue excellence in all areas of life. In her early years, Curtis had a significant involvement with Girl Scouts, and she became increasingly involved both as a member and leader. She eventually assumed the position of counsellor, acting as a role model for young women. (She began as a member, then became increasingly involved as a counselor). She attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, where she demonstrated a variety of interests. During her post-secondary academic years, she attended Brooklyn College, where she received her bachelor's degree in Geology in 1933, and went on to earn her master's degree in 1934 and PhD in 1949 at Columbia University.

At a very young age, Curtis excelled in the geological field to pursue her interests further. Furthermore, she was the first to become a woman president of an organization called “The Geological Society of America,” which consisted of roughly 17,000 members. Curtis had a lengthy career in the petroleum industry working for the Shell Oil Company, from 1942 until 1979. In 1959, at Shell she was promoted to the position of senior geologist. She then began her career in academia, where she taught for nearly 5 years. She also taught at Houston’s Rive University for a few years. Ultimately, her passion for the petroleum industry reunited her with Shell Oil, where she continued to work until 1979. During these years, an energy crisis caused the urgent need for further oil exploration. Hence, in 1979, she  formed a geology consulting firm, with her long time friend/partner Dorothy Jung Echols. Doris became president of the Geological Society of America in 1990. During her time as President of GSA, she began feeling unwell on her trip as a guest speaker on women’s issues at Indiana University and Women’s History Month. Doris continued to work until her death on May 26th, 1991, (age 77). She passed away from pneumonia in Houston at the M.D Anderson Cancer Research Institute  – where her career began. In August later that year, her life was celebrated by the staff of the Geological Society of America as her ashes were placed beneath the branches of a spruce tree, which represented the ever-growing impact she made on those she came across.

Doris Malkin Curtis was a pioneer in her field, working within the gulf coast for over 50 years and making contributions throughout her career. Shortly before her death, Doris was made the first woman president of the GSA. Even during her battle with acute leukemia, she continued to travel as the GSA president, demonstrating the same strength and perseverance that she was known for.

Career:

She began her career by working in the petroleum industry with small companies in 1939. In 1941, Doris began working for Shell Oil Company. Initially as a paleontologist until she was transferred to several different locations to work as a stratigrapher and geologist (1942-1950). She was an active member of the Houston Geological Society by chairing committees and writing technical papers on the Gulf Coast stratigraphy since the beginning of her career. With the help of her mother, she also completed her field work required to complete her PhD during this time.

After marrying a Shell engineer, temporarily ending her career at Shell due to nepotism laws at the time, Curtis joined the University of Houston as a Faculty of Earth Sciences member. After teaching for two years, she left to become an associate research geologist for Scripps Institution of Oceanography where she made contributions to the study of biofacies. Doris began teaching at university as an instructor for sedimentary geology, beginning at the University of Oklahoma (1954-1959) where she became a popular professor and instructor, loved among students.

In 1960, she began working in the petroleum field once more and was assigned to Shells Baton Rouge Exploration Office. Curtis was adamant on many social justice issues, she was a member of the League of Women Voters which eventually earned her the position of president. Further Doris was also a member and leader of the Environmental Quality Committee, she addressed how the company could limit their pollution and impact on the environment. In 1970 she published her regional studies of time-synchronous deltas in the petroleum-rich Miocene of Coastal Louisiana. After working alongside Shell for nineteen more years, Doris retired in 1979. She created a geological consulting firm with her good friend, Dorothy Jung Echols by the name of 'Curtis and Echols.' where she used her skills to map deposition in various locations to determine where hydrocarbons could be found within the earth. Doris was a very respected geologist, she held many sessions of various geology topics. During her career she wrote and collaborated on thirty papers. Thanks to Doris' contribution to the geological field, new concepts for interpreting the geology of basins all around the world were created and the study of time-synchronous deltas was initiated in Louisiana.

Accomplishments:


 * Doris published over 30 papers that were featured in professional journals on topics such as biostratigraphy and the source of hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico during the Cenozoic period.
 * She was a member of multiple geologic organization's such including being an honorary member and president of the Gulf section of SEPM, the Association of Geologists for International Development (AGID), the International Association of Sedimentologists, the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) - where she was on the executive committee, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) where she was a chairman of Section E - Geology and Geography, the Houston Geological Society, Sigma XI, a member of the board for the Treatise on Petroleum Geology, the 28th International Geological Congress and he Scientific Committee of the International Geological Correlation Programme of the International Union of Geological Sciences.
 * The first woman to become president of the Geological Society of America (GSA).
 * The first woman to become the President of The American Geological Institute- founded in 1948                  ( societies in Earth sciences)
 * With her background in geology and industry, she became a member of the Environmental Quality Committee and worked towards conservation of the environments that industries are founded on and led her to be appointed in 1967 as one of four delegates from the United States to the USSR in an exchange visit to tour petroleum provinces in the Baku area of the Caspian Sea.
 * The accomplishment she was most proud of was her opportunity to participate in the shipboard sedimentologist on two legs of the Deep Sea Drilling Project on the Glomar Challenger in Yokohama to Okinawa Japan from 1978-1979 and again in 1983.
 * Doris was listed in the book American Men and Women of Science and Marquis Who's Who due to her contributions to geology.
 * Received Matrix award in Houston for Women in Community Service.
 * Member and chairman of the U.S National Committee of Geology.
 * Became the president of the “Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.”
 * The Doris Malkin Curtis medal is awarded to individuals in geology who have made considerable contributions in understanding of the geology of the Gulf coast.
 * The Curtis-Hedberg petroleum career achievement award is a new award that is meant to honor the two former presidents of GSA (Geological Society of America), Doris Malkin Curtis and Hollis Hedberg, this award is given to those who have made significant contributions to the discovery of petroleum reserves.
 * Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Women in Science Award, this is awarded to women who have made great impacts on geoscience with their PHD research.
 * Coauthored the novel "How to Try to Find an Oil Field" in 1981 with Patricia Wood Dickerson, and Donald M Gray.

References:


 * Echols, Dorothy Jung. "Memorial to Doris M. Curtis 1914-1991" (PDF). Memorials of the Geological Society of America. 23: 175–183.
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Encyclopedia.Com. (2020). “Doris M. Curtis (1914-1991) | Encyclopedia.com. https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/curtis-doris-malkin-1914-1991.

EurekAlert. (2019).”Announcing new GSA Division Award for career achievement in petroleum geology.” AAAS. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/gsoa-ang120319.php.

EurekAlert. (2006). “Elizabeth Cochran to receive DSA 2006 Subaru Outstanding Women in Science Award.” AAAS. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/gsoa-ect080706.php.

Picou, Edward.B.(2020). “Doris Malkin Curtis Medal.” GCS Foundation. http://www.gcssepm.org/about/curtis_medal.htm.

The New York Times.(1991).”Doris M. Curtis, 77; Led Geological Society.” Nytimes. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/30/obituaries/doris-m-curtis-77-led-geological-society.html?auth=login-google&searchResultPosition=2.