The New Student's Reference Work/Van Hise, Charles Richard

Van Hise, Charles Richard, American geologist and author, was born at Fulton, Wis.,on May 29, 1857. He studied at the University of Wisconsin, and in 1879 graduated, after which he became a member of the faculty, acting first as instructor in chemistry and metallurgy, then as professor of metallurgy and petrology, and finally was elected president of the institution. While acting in the latter capacity, he accepted the post of non-resident professor of structural geology in the University of Chicago, and later served as assistant on the Wisconsin State geological survey and subsequently became consulting geologist to the survey. He was also a member of the United States Geological Survey, and took charge, in 1888, of its operations in the Lake Superior district. Two years later he was appointed geologist in charge of the division of the archæan and metamorphic rocks of the United States. He has been made honorary member of a number of foreign scientific societies, as well as member of the National Academy of Sciences, and editor for a time of his own department of the Journal of Geology. His published works embrace Principles of North American Pre-Cambrian Geology, Some Principles Controlling the Deposition of Ores, A Treatise on Metamorphism and Concentration and Control, dealing with the trust problem.