Chief geologist, u.s. geological survey (1944 to 1959).
Wilmot Hyde Bradley (commonly shortened to Bill Bradley; April 4, 1899 – April 12, 1979) was an American geologist who served as Chief Geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1944 to 1959, and as President of the Geological Society of America in 1965. He was the tenth Chief Geologist, and his tenure was the longest of any Chief Geologist at the time. Bradley was born on April 4, 1899 in Westville, Connecticut; the son of Anna Miner Hyde and John Lucius Bradley. He attended college at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. At Yale, he first studied engineering and then chemist