Nolan, Thomas B. (Thomas Brennan), 1901-1992

found: Potash brines in the Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah, 1927:t.p. (Thomas B. Nolan)

found: RLIN, 4/11/95(hdg.: Nolan, Thomas Brennan, 1901-; usage: Thomas B. Nolan, T.B. Nolan)

found: Wikipedia, January 10, 2019(Thomas Brennan Nolan; Dr. Thomas Brennan Nolan HFRSE LLD (May 21, 1901--August 2, 1992) was an American geologist; the mineral nolanite is named in his honor; he was generally known as Tom Nolan; he was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts and studied Metallurgy at Yale University, graduating with a BS in 1921; he then received a Ph. D. in Geology in 1924, also from Yale; after training for the Civil Service he joined the US Geological Survey; after Director William Embry Wrather retired because of illness and age in 1955, Assistant Director Thomas B. Nolan became the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) seventh director in January 1956; he served as director from 1956-1965; he died in Washington D. C. in 1992)