Sigma Gamma Epsilon's W.A. Tarr Award: Honoring the Memory of William Arthur Tarr (1881-1939), Grand Editor of The Compass

Authors

Larry E. Davis, College of Saint Benedict / Saint John's UniversityFollow
Robert L. Eves, Southern Utah UniversityFollow
Paula Even, University of Northern IowaFollow
James C. Walters, University of Northern IowaFollow

Author Keywords

University of Missouri geology; Epsilon chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon; stylolites; cone-in-cone structures

Abstract

In 1947, delegates to the 14th National Convention of the Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon established the W.A. Tarr Award in honor of William Arthur Tarr (1881-1939) and the awards were made by active Society chapters in the spring of 1948. William Arthur Tarr was the first editor of The Compass. W.A. Tarr was a professor of Mineralogy and Geology at the University of Missouri from 1911 to 1939, during which he was the faculty advisor to the Epsilon chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon.

Recommended Citation

Davis, Larry E.; Eves, Robert L.; Even, Paula; and Walters, James C. (2014) "Sigma Gamma Epsilon's W.A. Tarr Award: Honoring the Memory of William Arthur Tarr (1881-1939), Grand Editor of The Compass," The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon: Vol. 86: Iss. 4, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62879/c12344772
Available at: https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/compass/vol86/iss4/4