Dr. Solon Shedd, geologist, dies
Retirement from Stanford in '40 ended half century of teaching
Dr. Solon Shedd, curator of the Branner Geological Library at Stanford, whose retirement last June closed 50 years of active college teaching, died this morning at his campus home. He was a member of the Stanford geology faculty from 1925 to 1940.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Stanford Memorial Church. Interment will be at Alta Mesa Cemetery.
Dr. Shedd was born May 25, 1860, in Mercer County, Ill. When he was three his family came by prairie schooner to the Willamette Valley in Oregon and settled at a locality where the town of Shedd later grew.
He attended the Monmouth Normal School in Oregon, graduating in 1889, and returned to teach natural sciences there from 1890 to 1894. This was the beginning of his long career as a teacher and student of sciences, particularly geology.
Stanford graduated the young science teacher in 1896 and he joined the faculty of the Washington State College at Pullman the same year. Graduate work at Stanford followed, Dr. Shedd winning his master's degree in 1907 and his doctorate in 1910.
The Washington college made Dr. Shedd head of the geology department. In 1921 he was appointed state geologist for Washington. Many of his published papers deal with the mineral resources and geological formations of that state.
During the summers of 1921 and 1922, Dr. Shedd taught at Stanford. He also taught here during the autumn quarter of 1921. Then in 1925 he was appointed curator of the Branner Library which he enlarged until it became one of the best geological libraries on the coast.
Not content with giving 15 years of service to the library, Dr. Shedd established in 1940 the Jeannette Bell Shedd Fund of $20,000 to be used toward support of the collection. The fund was established as a memorial to his wife, who died in 1939.
In addition to his work in the library, Dr. Shedd found time in his later years to write and keep up to date his "Bibliography of California Geology," published by the State Division of Mines. He also contributed to scientific periodicals and was working on a supplement to the bibliography when he died.
Dr. Shedd was the brother of Cornelius Johnson Shedd of Shedd, Ore., and the uncle of Frank Raymond Shedd of Stanford, and Harold and Bertha Shedd of Shedd, Ore.
The funeral services are being arranged by Roller and Hapgood.
—From the Palo Alto Times; Wednesday evening, March 4, 1941
Retirement from Stanford in '40 ended half century of teaching
Dr. Solon Shedd, curator of the Branner Geological Library at Stanford, whose retirement last June closed 50 years of active college teaching, died this morning at his campus home. He was a member of the Stanford geology faculty from 1925 to 1940.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Stanford Memorial Church. Interment will be at Alta Mesa Cemetery.
Dr. Shedd was born May 25, 1860, in Mercer County, Ill. When he was three his family came by prairie schooner to the Willamette Valley in Oregon and settled at a locality where the town of Shedd later grew.
He attended the Monmouth Normal School in Oregon, graduating in 1889, and returned to teach natural sciences there from 1890 to 1894. This was the beginning of his long career as a teacher and student of sciences, particularly geology.
Stanford graduated the young science teacher in 1896 and he joined the faculty of the Washington State College at Pullman the same year. Graduate work at Stanford followed, Dr. Shedd winning his master's degree in 1907 and his doctorate in 1910.
The Washington college made Dr. Shedd head of the geology department. In 1921 he was appointed state geologist for Washington. Many of his published papers deal with the mineral resources and geological formations of that state.
During the summers of 1921 and 1922, Dr. Shedd taught at Stanford. He also taught here during the autumn quarter of 1921. Then in 1925 he was appointed curator of the Branner Library which he enlarged until it became one of the best geological libraries on the coast.
Not content with giving 15 years of service to the library, Dr. Shedd established in 1940 the Jeannette Bell Shedd Fund of $20,000 to be used toward support of the collection. The fund was established as a memorial to his wife, who died in 1939.
In addition to his work in the library, Dr. Shedd found time in his later years to write and keep up to date his "Bibliography of California Geology," published by the State Division of Mines. He also contributed to scientific periodicals and was working on a supplement to the bibliography when he died.
Dr. Shedd was the brother of Cornelius Johnson Shedd of Shedd, Ore., and the uncle of Frank Raymond Shedd of Stanford, and Harold and Bertha Shedd of Shedd, Ore.
The funeral services are being arranged by Roller and Hapgood.
—From the Palo Alto Times; Wednesday evening, March 4, 1941
Dr. Solon Shedd, geologist, dies
Retirement from Stanford in '40 ended half century of teaching
Dr. Solon Shedd, curator of the Branner Geological Library at Stanford, whose retirement last June closed 50 years of active college teaching, died this morning at his campus home. He was a member of the Stanford geology faculty from 1925 to 1940.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Stanford Memorial Church. Interment will be at Alta Mesa Cemetery.
Dr. Shedd was born May 25, 1860, in Mercer County, Ill. When he was three his family came by prairie schooner to the Willamette Valley in Oregon and settled at a locality where the town of Shedd later grew.
He attended the Monmouth Normal School in Oregon, graduating in 1889, and returned to teach natural sciences there from 1890 to 1894. This was the beginning of his long career as a teacher and student of sciences, particularly geology.
Stanford graduated the young science teacher in 1896 and he joined the faculty of the Washington State College at Pullman the same year. Graduate work at Stanford followed, Dr. Shedd winning his master's degree in 1907 and his doctorate in 1910.
The Washington college made Dr. Shedd head of the geology department. In 1921 he was appointed state geologist for Washington. Many of his published papers deal with the mineral resources and geological formations of that state.
During the summers of 1921 and 1922, Dr. Shedd taught at Stanford. He also taught here during the autumn quarter of 1921. Then in 1925 he was appointed curator of the Branner Library which he enlarged until it became one of the best geological libraries on the coast.
Not content with giving 15 years of service to the library, Dr. Shedd established in 1940 the Jeannette Bell Shedd Fund of $20,000 to be used toward support of the collection. The fund was established as a memorial to his wife, who died in 1939.
In addition to his work in the library, Dr. Shedd found time in his later years to write and keep up to date his "Bibliography of California Geology," published by the State Division of Mines. He also contributed to scientific periodicals and was working on a supplement to the bibliography when he died.
Dr. Shedd was the brother of Cornelius Johnson Shedd of Shedd, Ore., and the uncle of Frank Raymond Shedd of Stanford, and Harold and Bertha Shedd of Shedd, Ore.
The funeral services are being arranged by Roller and Hapgood.
—From the Palo Alto Times; Wednesday evening, March 4, 1941
Retirement from Stanford in '40 ended half century of teaching
Dr. Solon Shedd, curator of the Branner Geological Library at Stanford, whose retirement last June closed 50 years of active college teaching, died this morning at his campus home. He was a member of the Stanford geology faculty from 1925 to 1940.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Stanford Memorial Church. Interment will be at Alta Mesa Cemetery.
Dr. Shedd was born May 25, 1860, in Mercer County, Ill. When he was three his family came by prairie schooner to the Willamette Valley in Oregon and settled at a locality where the town of Shedd later grew.
He attended the Monmouth Normal School in Oregon, graduating in 1889, and returned to teach natural sciences there from 1890 to 1894. This was the beginning of his long career as a teacher and student of sciences, particularly geology.
Stanford graduated the young science teacher in 1896 and he joined the faculty of the Washington State College at Pullman the same year. Graduate work at Stanford followed, Dr. Shedd winning his master's degree in 1907 and his doctorate in 1910.
The Washington college made Dr. Shedd head of the geology department. In 1921 he was appointed state geologist for Washington. Many of his published papers deal with the mineral resources and geological formations of that state.
During the summers of 1921 and 1922, Dr. Shedd taught at Stanford. He also taught here during the autumn quarter of 1921. Then in 1925 he was appointed curator of the Branner Library which he enlarged until it became one of the best geological libraries on the coast.
Not content with giving 15 years of service to the library, Dr. Shedd established in 1940 the Jeannette Bell Shedd Fund of $20,000 to be used toward support of the collection. The fund was established as a memorial to his wife, who died in 1939.
In addition to his work in the library, Dr. Shedd found time in his later years to write and keep up to date his "Bibliography of California Geology," published by the State Division of Mines. He also contributed to scientific periodicals and was working on a supplement to the bibliography when he died.
Dr. Shedd was the brother of Cornelius Johnson Shedd of Shedd, Ore., and the uncle of Frank Raymond Shedd of Stanford, and Harold and Bertha Shedd of Shedd, Ore.
The funeral services are being arranged by Roller and Hapgood.
—From the Palo Alto Times; Wednesday evening, March 4, 1941
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