Joseph Augustine Cushman

Joseph Augustine Cushman
Joseph Augustine Cushman
Born	January 31, 1881; Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 16, 1949 (aged 68); Sharon, Massachusetts, U.S.
Burial place	Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation(s)	Foraminiferologist and academic
Known for	Foraminifera, Their Classification and Economic Use and his system of discovering petroleum deposits
Academic background
Alma mater	Bridgewater Normal School; Harvard University
Thesis	The Phylogeny of the Miliolidae (1909)
Academic work
Discipline	Biology
Sub-discipline	Micropaleontology
Institutions	Harvard Museum of Natural History; Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research; Harvard University; United States Geological Survey

Joseph Augustine Cushman (January 31, 1881 – April 16, 1949) was an American micropaleontologist and academic.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] He specialized in the study of marine protozoans (foraminifera) and became the foremost foraminiferologist of the first half of the twentieth century, developing to a "world-famous system of discovering petroleum deposits".^[2]^[5]^[4] He also was a founding father of Kappa Delta Phi fraternity.

^ Henbest, Lloyd G. (July 1952). "Joseph Augustine Cushman and the Contemporary Epoch in Micropaleontology" (PDF). Proceedings Volume of the Geological Society of America (Annual Report for 1951): 95–102. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Joseph Augustine Cushman | Marine Invertebrates, Mollusks & Fossils". Britannica. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
^ Ovey, C. D. (June 1949). "Dr. J. A. Cushman". Nature. 163 (4155): 944. Bibcode:1949Natur.163..944O. doi:10.1038/163944b0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 39386374.
^ ^a ^b "Dr. J. A. Cushman Noted Geologist, Harvard Graduate, in Sharon at 68". The Boston Globe. 1949-04-18. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Joseph A. Cushman". Cushman Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-28.

[:0-1] Henbest, Lloyd G. (July 1952). "Joseph Augustine Cushman and the Contemporary Epoch in Micropaleontology" (PDF). Proceedings Volume of the Geological Society of America (Annual Report for 1951): 95–102. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

[:1-2] "Joseph Augustine Cushman | Marine Invertebrates, Mollusks & Fossils". Britannica. Retrieved 2023-07-28.

[:3-3] Ovey, C. D. (June 1949). "Dr. J. A. Cushman". Nature. 163 (4155): 944. Bibcode:1949Natur.163..944O. doi:10.1038/163944b0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 39386374.

[:6-4] "Dr. J. A. Cushman Noted Geologist, Harvard Graduate, in Sharon at 68". The Boston Globe. 1949-04-18. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.

[:2-5] "Joseph A. Cushman". Cushman Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-28.

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Joseph Augustine Cushman
Born	January 31, 1881 Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 16, 1949(1949-04-16) (aged 68) Sharon, Massachusetts, U.S.
Burial place	Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation(s)	Foraminiferologist and academic
Known for	Foraminifera, Their Classification and Economic Use and his system of discovering petroleum deposits

Academic background
Alma mater	Bridgewater Normal School Harvard University
Thesis	The Phylogeny of the Miliolidae (1909)
Academic work
Discipline	Biology
Sub-discipline	Micropaleontology
Institutions	Harvard Museum of Natural History Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research Harvard University United States Geological Survey