Everette Lee DeGolyer

Everette Lee DeGolyer , was a prominent oilman, geophysicist and philanthropist in Dallas. He was known as the founder of applied geophysics in the petroleum industry, as the father of American geophysics, and was a legendary collector of rare books.

DeGolyer was born in a sod house on October 9, 1886, the son of John and Narcissa Kagy Huddle DeGolyer of Greensburg, Kansas. He was the eldest of three children. The family moved to Joplin, Missouri, where Everette attended school while his father worked in lead and zinc mining in the area. In 1901 the family moved to Norman, Oklahoma, where Everette attended the University of Oklahoma preparatory school. DeGolyer attended the University of Oklahoma beginning in the fall of 1905. During the summers of 19061909 he worked for the United States Geological Survey, starting as a cook and working up to field assistant. In 1909 DeGolyer began work as a field geologist for the Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company , remaining with the company for ten years, where he was involved in the discoveries of the Potrero del Llano No.in 1910 and the Las Naranjas field after 1911. DeGolyer married Nell Virginia Goodrich, a teaching assistant at the University of Oklahoma, in 1910, living in Tampico, Mexic

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