Mason Hill (geologist)

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'''Mason Lowell Hill''' (January 17, 1904March 11, 1992<ref name="GSA"></ref>) was an American [[geologist]].<ref name="AP">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="LAT">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="AAPG">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was known for his expertise on [[earthquake]]s, and played a leading role in the discovery of oil along the [[Swanson River]], the first commercial oil discovery in Alaska.<ref name="LAT" />

==Early life and education==
Hill was born on January 17, 1904. He attended [[Pomona College]], where he was influenced by professor [[A. O. Woodford]], the founder of the college's geology department, and graduated in 1926.<ref name="GSA" />

==Career==
Hill became the chief geologist for the [[Richfield Oil Company]].<ref name="LAT" />

==Retirement and death==
Hill retired in 1969.<ref name="LAT" /> He subsequently became a professor.<ref name="LAT" /> He died of a [[stroke]] in his hometown of [[Whittier, California]], on March 11, 1992.<ref name="LAT" />

==References==




[[Category:20th-century American geologists]]
[[Category:American seismologists]]
[[Category:Pomona College alumni]]
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]

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