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= Helen Morningstar Lamborn = Dr. Helen Morningstar Lamborn was a Geologist and Paleontologist who worked as an one time instructor at Ohio State University from 1917 to 1923.

About
Dr. Helen Morningstar Lamborn was born in Columbus Ohio on September 23 1891.

Education
In 1913 Helen completed her Bachelor of Arts at the Ohio State University which followed with her completing her Master of Arts in 1915. She was a member of multiple clubs during her University years such as the History Club, Philomathean Society , Varsity "A", and the Phi Beta Kappa. She then completed her Ph.D at Bryn Mawr College in May 1922.

Death
Helen passed away on July 31,1951 at the age of 59 due to arteriosclerosis and hypertension in her hometown of Columbus Ohio, and was buried at the Greenlawn Cemetery.

The Pottsville Fauna of Ohio
With multiple layers forming this location and abundance of coal and marine fossils, Helen catalogued the different marine life characteristics and the different fossils that may pertain to the different strata's. It was noted the shift in water levels and the alternation of marine sediment and coal.

Dr. Helen Morningstar Lamborn details each county and township within the area of the Pottsville Formation in Ohio and documents the types of rock and fossils that were found and describes where it may have originated from and what time period it may have lived.

She was commended for her book in 1923 by a Professor Charles Schuchert of Yale and the once President of the Geological Society of America for her work of "Pottsville Fauna of Ohio' and praised its contributions towards Paleontology in the "American Journal of Sciences".

Publications

 * Pottsville Fauna of Ohio: Geological Survey of Ohio
 * Catalogue of Type Fossils in the Geological Museum at the Ohio State University

Recognitions

 * Member of the Paleontological Society of America
 * Elected Fellow of the Academy of Science
 * Member of A.A.A.S (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
 * Fellow of Section C