Joseph Augustine Cushman

Joseph Augustine Cushman (January 31, 1881 – April 16, 1949) was an American micropaleontologist and academic. He specialized in the study of marine protozoans (foraminifera) and became the foremost foraminiferologist of the first half of the twentieth century, developing to a "world-famous system of discovering petroleum deposits". He also was a founding father of Kappa Delta Phi fraternity.

Joseph Augustine Cushman
BornJanuary 31, 1881
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 16, 1949(1949-04-16) (aged 68)
Sharon, Massachusetts, U.S.
Burial placeBoston, Massachusetts
Occupation(s)Foraminiferologist and academic
Known forForaminifera, Their Classification and Economic Use and his system of discovering petroleum deposits
Academic background
Alma materBridgewater Normal School
Harvard University
ThesisThe Phylogeny of the Miliolidae (1909)
Academic work
DisciplineBiology
Sub-disciplineMicropaleontology
InstitutionsHarvard Museum of Natural History

Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research
Harvard University

United States Geological Survey
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