Eula Davis McEwan explained

Eula Davis McEwan
Birth Name:	Eula Grace Davis
Birth Date:	January 6, 1879
Birth Place:	Milford, Illinois
Death Date:	August 8, 1962
Death Place:	Lincoln, Nebraska
Occupation:	Paleontologist, geologist, college professor

Eula Grace Davis McEwan (January 6, 1879 – August 8, 1962) was an American geologist and paleontologist who taught at the University of Nebraska.

Early life and education

Davis was born in Milford, Illinois, the daughter of Charles Neiswander Davis and Anna Cornelia Cuvelier Davis. Her father was a veteran of the American Civil War;^[1] her maternal grandparents were born in the Netherlands. She trained as a teacher in Indiana. As a young widow, she earned a bachelor's degree in 1913 and a master's degree in geology in 1914, both at Indiana University;^[2] she completed doctoral studies at Columbia University in 1917. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.^[3]

Career

McEwan was an aid in paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1917 to 1918,^[4] ^[5] and taught at Simpson College in Iowa. She was assistant professor of paleontology at the University of Nebraska^[6] until her retirement with emeritus status in 1940. During World War II, she served as curator of the invertebrate fossil collection at the university's museum.^[7]

McEwan was elected to membership in the Paleontological Society in 1918,^[8] and to membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1921.^[9] In Nebraska she was active in the Sigma Delta Epsilon organization for women in science,^[10] the American Association of University Women (AAUW),^[11] and in the Lincoln Woman's Club.^[12]

Publications

"A study of the Brachiopod Genus Platystrophia" (1919)^[13]
"The Ordovician of Madison, Indiana" (1920)^[14]
"Convexity of articulate brachiopods as an aid in identification" (1939)^[15]

Personal life

Eula Davis married John Alvin McEwan in 1906; he died in 1908. She was hospitalized for burns in April 1962,^[16] and died in August 1962, in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the age of 83.

Notes and References

News: 1962-08-09 . Geologist Dies at 83; Dr. McEwan Also Paleontologist . 18 . Lincoln Journal Star . 2023-01-21 . Newspapers.com.
January 1916 . Alumni Notes: 1913 . Indiana University Alumni Quarterly . 3 . 1 . 121.
News: 1918-05-24 . I. U. Phi Beta Kappas Add 16 New Members . 16 . The Indianapolis Star . 2023-01-21 . Newspapers.com.
Book: United States National Museum . Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . 1918 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 92 . en.
Book: United States National Museum . Report of the United States National Museum ... . 1920 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 37 . en.
News: 1924-06-09 . Geologists Are Finding What Nebraska Rests On . 3 . Omaha World-Herald . 2023-01-21 . Newspapers.com.
News: 1962-08-09 . Dr. McEwan Dead at 83 . 38 . The Lincoln Star . 2023-01-21 . Newspapers.com.
March 31, 1918 . Election of New Members . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America . 29 . 126.
Book: American Association for the Advancement of Science . Summarized Proceedings . 1921 . 485 . en.
Web site: Sigma Delta Epsilon Minutes 1929-1930 Great Nebraska . 2023-01-21 . en-US.
News: 1935-01-06 . A.A.U.W. . 16 . The Nebraska State Journal . 2023-01-21 . Newspapers.com.
News: 1949-07-31 . Lincoln Woman's Club Program . 21 . The Lincoln Star . 2023-01-21 . Newspapers.com.
McEwan . Eula Davis . 1919 . A study of the brachiopod genus Platystrophia . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . en . 56 . 2297 . 383–448 . 10.5479/si.00963801.56-2297.383.
McEwan . Eula Davis . 1920-08-01 . The Ordovician of Madison, Indiana . American Journal of Science . en . s4-50 . 296 . 154–158 . 10.2475/ajs.s4-50.296.154 . 0002-9599. subscription .
McEwan, Eula Davis. "Convexity of articulate brachiopods as an aid in identification" Journal of Paleontology (1939) 13 (6): 617–620.
News: 1962-04-05 . Woman Scalded in Bathtub . 7 . Holdrege Daily Citizen . 2023-01-21 . Newspapers.com.