Mary Louise Rhodes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Louise Rhodes

geologist

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1916

Place of Birth: Clinton, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1987

Profession: geologist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mary Louise Rhodes (April 5, 1916 – June 26, 1987) was a petroleum geologist in the United States.
Rhodes was born April 5, 1916 in Clinton, Missouri.
She achieved a bachelor’s degree (1938) and a master’s degree (1939) in Geology at the University of Missouri.
In 1942, Rhodes started her professional career in the production department at the Standard Oil Company of Texas (SOTEX), where she examined well samples, constructed sample logs, and prepared subservience maps and cross-sections.
Later she transferred to the exploration department in 1946, she continued to work in this department for the rest of her career.
Her duties in this department mainly included travelling the world to collect soil samples and collect to find oil reserves.
Throughout her professional career, Rhodes became well known as a carbonate stratigrapher and an expert on several of the Permian basin rock units.
Rhodes died on June 26, 1987 from cancer in Midland, Texas.