Herbert L. Mason

Herbert L. Mason
Born: Fond du Lac, WI 1/3/1896; died 3/26/1994
Education: Stanford (B.A, 1922); California (Berkeley) (M.A. 1923; Ph.D. 1932)
Dissertation title: A Pleistocene flora from the Tomales Bay region and its bearing on the history of the coastal pine forests of California (Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. #415)
Advisor: Willis L. Jepson (C)
Comments: Was a research assistant to Ralph W. Chaney while in graduate school
Teaching history: Mills Coll. 1922-25; California (Berkeley) 1925-63 (emeritus).
Ph. D. Students: Arthur R. Kruckeberg, Calvin McMillan
External links: Smith bios