Michigan Geological Survey
List of State Geologists

Portrait
Name
Post
Took office
Left office
Division
Ref(s)
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Douglass Houghton
State Geologist
1837
1845 (death)
First Geological Survey
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Office suspended (1845–1859)
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Alexander Winchell
State Geologist
March 9, 1859
1862
Second Geological Survey
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Office suspended (1862–1869)
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Alexander Winchell
State Geologist
April 24, 1869
April 17, 1871
Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey
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Carl Rominger
State Geologist
1871
1885
Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey
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Charles E. Wright
State Geologist
1885
1888 (death)
Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey
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Marshman E. Wadsworth
State Geologist
1888
1893
Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey
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Lucius L. Hubbard
State Geologist
July 3, 1893
1899
Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey
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Alfred Church Lane
State Geologist
1899
1909
Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey
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Roland C. Allen
State Geologist
1909
1919
Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey
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Richard A. Smith
State Geologist
1919
1920
Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey
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Richard A. Smith
Division Chief and State Geologist
1920
1946
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation
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Gerald E. Eddy
Division Chief and State Geologist
1946
1951
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation
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Franklin G. Pardee
Division Chief and State Geologist
1951
1952
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation
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William L. Daoust
Acting State Geologist
1952
1954
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation
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William L. Daoust
Division Chief and State Geologist
1954
1964
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation
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Gerald E. Eddy
State Geologist
1964
1971
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Natural Resources
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Arthur E. Slaughter
State Geologist
1971
1976
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Natural Resources
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Arthur E. Slaughter
State Geologist
1976
1977
Third Geological Survey Division of Geology, Department of Natural Resources
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Arthur E. Slaughter
State Geologist
1977
1981
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Natural Resources
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R. Thomas Segall
State Geologist
1981
1996
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Natural Resources
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Harold R. Fitch
State Geologist
1996
2002
Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Environmental Quality
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Harold R. Fitch
State Geologist
2002
2004
Third Geological Survey Geological and Land Management Division, Department of Environmental Quality
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Harold R. Fitch
State Geologist
2004
2011
Third Geological Survey Office of Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Quality
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Alan E. Kehew
Director
2011
2013
Third Geological Survey WMU Department of Geosciences
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John A. Yellich
Director
2013
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Third Geological Survey WMU Department of Geosciences
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Question: What happened in 1952 at the end of of Pardee's term as State Geologist?
Answer: William L. Daoust succeeded Franklin G. Pardee as Acting State Geologist until 1954 and as State Geologist until 1964.