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Biography
Early Years and Education
Richard “Dick” Warren Hedlund received both his Masters of Science and Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman, Oklahoma under Dr. Leonard R. Wilson. For his masters, he collected and studied the palynology of the Sylvan Shale in central Oklahoma, completing it in 1960 entitled “Microfossils of the Sylvan Shale (Ordovician) of Oklahoma.” He continued on at OU and for his Ph.D., he collected and studied the Woodbine Formation from southeastern Oklahoma, completing it in 1962 entitled “Palynology of the Red Branch Member of the Woodbine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in Bryan County, Oklahoma.”
Hedlund’s Thesis, Dissertation and Related Publications
Hedlund, Richard Warren, 1960. Microfossils of the Sylvan Shale (Ordovician) of Oklahoma: Norman, Oklahoma, United States, University of Oklahoma, M.S. (Masters) – Geology, 90 p. [SNOMNH_Pbot-00000064]
Wilson, Leonard Richard, and Hedlund, Richard Warren, 1960. Two Techniques for Staining Hystrichosphaerids: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 20, no. 4, p. 101-102. [SNOMNH_Pbot-00000093]
Hedlund, Richard Warren, 1962. Palynology of the Red Branch Member of the Woodbine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in Bryan County, Oklahoma: Norman, Oklahoma, United States, University of Oklahoma, Ph. D. – Geology, 147 p. [SNOMNH_Pbot-00000220]
Wilson, Leonard Richard, and Hedlund, Richard Warren, 1962. Acid-resistant Microfossils of the Sylvan Shale (Ordovician) of Oklahoma: Pollen et Spores, v. 4, no. 2, p. 388. [SNOMNH_Pbot-00000183]
Wilson, Leonard Richard, and Hedlund, Richard Warren, 1964. Calpichitina scabiosa, A New Chitinozoan from the Sylvan Shale (Ordovician) of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 24, no. 7, p. 161-164. [SNOMNH_Pbot-00000187]
Hedlund, Richard Warren, 1966. Palynology of the Red Branch Member of the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian), Bryan County, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, v. 112, p. 1-69. [SNOMNH_Pbot-00000003]
For the complete list of Hedlund’s publications see our compiled bibliography.
Career
Hedlund would go on to play a prominent role in the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP) becoming its President in 1975. Hedlund worked for Amoco Petroleum in Tulsa, Oklahoma retiring in 1999.