Thomas S. Lovering

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Thomas "Tom" Seward Lovering (May 12, 1896,

ore deposits and hydrothermal alteration of wall rock.[2]

Biography

During WW I, Thomas S. Lovering volunteered for the U.S. Navy and was trained as a naval aviator, but the war ended before he was assigned to combat duty. In 1919 he matriculated at the

Prentice-Hall published his book Minerals in World Affairs, which explains the importance of various essential minerals in terms of utilization, technology, geology, and international distribution.[3][4] After WW II ended, he resumed his professorship at the University of Michigan for the academic year but resigned in 1947 to accept a permanent position in the USGS's Mineral Deposits Branch. He continued this employment until 1966 when he retired at age 70.[2] In retirement he lived in Lakewood, Colorado (near USGS regional headquarters) for about 10 years. During his retirement years, he held an appointment as research professor at the University of Arizona and lectured at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Utah at Salt Lake City.[5] In 1976 he moved from Lakewood, Colorado to Santa Barbara, California, where he became a research associate at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1]

Lovering's most important research is perhaps on the geochemistry of wall-rock alterations caused by magmatic hydrothermal effects, as typified in Colorado's

Boulder County tungsten and gold district and in Utah's East Tintic mining district. His research on the geochemistry of hydrothermal alteration of wall rocks and the thermodynamics and cooling rates of igneous intrusions clarified the general processes of ore deposition. In some instances, knowledge stemming from his research guided geologists in discovering concealed ore deposits. Some of his geological and hydrothermal alteration maps were widely used in Utah by private mining and exploration groups, leading to the discovery of ore deposits and the development of two major new mines.[2]

In 1949 Lovering was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[6] In 1965 the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) awarded him the Penrose Gold Medal.[2] In 1965 he also received the Daniel C. Jackling Award from the American Institute of Mining, and Metallurgical Engineers (AIMME).[7]

In October 1919, Thomas S. Lovering married Alexina Corinne Gray (1895–1969), who often shared the hardships of geological fieldwork involving wilderness camping in the Colorado Rockies. Their son Thomas G. Lovering (1921–1996) was the father of a son and a daughter. After his first wife died, Thomas S. Lovering married Mildred Stewart, who died in 1983.[1]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b c Morris, Hal T. "Memorial to Thomas Seward Lovering 1896–1991" (PDF). Geological Society of America.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-309-05346-4. text at nasonline.org
  3. ^ Lovering, Thomas Seward (1943). Minerals in World Affairs. Prentice-Hall.
  4. ^ Myers, W. M. (December 1943). "Review of Minerals in World Affairs by Thomas S. Lovering". American Mineralogist. 28 (11–12): 614.
  5. ^ "Thomas S. Lovering". Mining and Minerals Education Foundation (MMEF, miningfoundations.org). The MMEF notice erroneously states that Lovering received his Ph.D. in 1926 — the correct year is 1924.
  6. ^ "Thomas S. Lovering". Member Directory, National Academy of Sciences.
  7. ^ "Recipients of the Daniel C. Jackling Award". Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration.
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