Eleanor Seely Salmon

Eleanor Seely Salmon (February 16, 1910, Rochester, New York – September 30, 1984, New York City) born to Flora Seely Salmon and William Harry Salmon. She was a geologist who specialized in petroleum exploration, drilling, and refining. Although she did not have many of her own publications, she made many important contributions by editing.

Education Salmon started her education as a young girl at Columbia Preparatory School in Rochester, New York. She also attended St. Agatha's School in New York City. Although she was originally interested in studying French, with some encouragement from her first geology teacher Howard Meyerhoff, Salmon quickly discovered her passion for geology and adjusted her scholarly goals. Even after her retirement in 1975, including dealing with health issues related to emphysema, Salmon continued to work freelance for the American Petroleum Institute as well as providing services as a translator for the French Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Miniferes. Together they prepared catalogs of foraminifera, which are tiny organisms that provide vital information to geologists about ancient climates within their fossilized chambers. The Nature Conservancy which focuses on land and water conservation, and the Society of Sigma Xi, which combines both her passion for science and equality. She was also a member of the National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization. There is also a list of fossils of this faunule, mostly Mollusca, including a few new species. The species included in this list consist of eight Gastropoda, ten Caphalopoda, fifteen Pelecypoda (now referred to as Bivalvia, two Scaphopoda (or Tusk shells), and the two new species being ammonoid Cephalopoda, coming to a total of thirty-five species.

Personal life Salmon remained unmarried, and never had any children of her own. After she died, her funeral was held at Riverside Cemetery in Rochester, New York. Her burial plot can be found in section G of the cemetery.