Laura Lee Weinzierl
Laura Lee Weinzierl | |
|---|---|
 Laura Lee Lane, later Weinzierl, from the 1923 yearbook of the University of Texas at Austin | |
| Born | Laura Lee Lane July 28, 1900 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Died | September 28, 1928 (age 28) Houston, Texas |
| Occupation(s) | Geologist, micropaleontologist |
| Spouse | John Frederick Weinzierl (m. 1926) |
Laura Lee Weinzierl (née Lane; July 28, 1900 – September 28, 1928)[1] was an American petroleum geologist and micropaleontologist who worked in the Texas and Gulf Coast oil fields.
Early life and education
[edit]Lane was born in Louisville, Kentucky.[2] She graduated from San Antonio High School in 1917, and earned a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1923.[3] At university, she was a charter member of the Beta chapter of Chi Upsilon, a geology honor society for women.[4][5]
Career
[edit]Lane worked for the Rio Bravo Oil Company for a summer during college. She was a micropaleontologist for Marland Oil Company. She studied Foraminifera to identify sites likely to contain oil and gas in the Texas and Gulf Coast regions.[6][7] She was a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists[8] and a charter member of the Houston Geological Society.[9] She presented her research at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting in Houston in 1924.[10]
Publications
[edit]- "Hockley Salt Dome, Harris County, Texas" (1925, with Alexander Deussen)[11]
- "The Claiborne Formation on the coastal domes" (1929, with Esther Richards Applin)[12]
Personal life
[edit]Lane married fellow geologist John Frederick Weinzierl in 1926. She died in 1928, in Houston, at the age of 28, from an asthma attack.[2] A collection of her papers and artifacts is in the natural history collection of Sam Houston State University.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Biography via archives.datapages.com. Accessed March 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Deussen, Alexander (January 1929). "Memorial: Laura Lee Weinzierl". AAPG Bulletin. 13 (1): 94–95.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003-12-16). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. pp. 1358–1359. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.
- ^ "New Fraternity is Organized". The Austin American. 1921-12-04. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-12-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kortsha, Monica (November 20, 2017). "Women in UT Geology". Texas Geosciences. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ a b Hagerty, Michael (2023-07-13). "How a pioneering geologist helped transform the search for oil and gas — and the Texas economy". Houston Public Media. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ Vincent, Aude (2020). "Reclaiming the memory of pioneer female geologists, 1800–1929" (PDF). Supplement of Advances in Geosciences. 53: 129. Bibcode:2020AdG....53..129V. doi:10.5194/adgeo-53-129-2020.
- ^ "Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists". Journal of Paleontology. 3 (1): 111–116. 1929. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1298054.
- ^ Elllisor, Alva C. Rockhounds of Houston: An Informal History of the Houston Geological Society (1947): 13, 15.
- ^ "Geologists Hear Illustrated Talk; Spend Day in Discussion of Various Surface Indications". The Galveston Daily News. 1924-03-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-12-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Alexander Deussen, Laura Lee Lane (1925). "Hockley Salt Dome, Harris County, Texas". AAPG Bulletin. 9. doi:10.1306/3D9326EE-16B1-11D7-8645000102C1865D. ISSN 0149-1423.
- ^ Weinzierl, Laura Lee Lane; Applin, Esther Richards (December 1929). "The Claiborne Formation on the coastal domes". Journal of Paleontology. 3 (4): 384–410.