VITA 



I, Helen Morningstar, was born in Columbus, Ohio, on September 

 23, 1891. I attended the Columbus public schools and was graduated 

 from East High School in June, 1909. In September, 1909, I entered 

 the Ohio State University and graduated with the degree of Bachelor 

 of Arts in June, 1913. In the same year I was elected to membership 

 in the Phi Beta Kappa Society. During the years 1913 to 1915, I 

 was a graduate assistant in the department of English at the Ohio 

 State University, and in 1915 received the degree of Master of Arts, 

 and was also elected a member of the Sigma Xi Society. The next 

 two years, 1915 to 1917, I spent at Bryn Mawr College in the capacity 

 of graduate Fellow and Scholar in Geology in study for the degree 

 of Doctor of Philosophy, and in 1916 was awarded the President's 

 European fellowship by the faculty of Bryn Mawr College. Work 

 in the major subject, Paleontology, was carried on under the direction 

 of Dr. Thomas C. Brown, while the associated minor, Petrology, 

 was directed by Dr. Florence Bascom, and the independent minor, 

 Biology, by Dr. David H. Tennent, to each of whom I wish to express 

 my indebtedness for the kindly interest and aid given me throughout 

 my course of study at Bryn Mawr College. Since 1917 I have been 

 an instructor in the department of Geology at the Ohio State Uni- 

 versity. 



My dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy entitled 

 "The Fauna of the Pottsville Formation of Ohio below the Lower 

 Mercer Limestone" was presented to the faculty of Bryn Mawr Col- 

 lege on April 10, 1921. In the introduction acknowledgements 

 have been made for the assistance which I have received during 

 its preparation. 



