Richard Joel Russell

Richard Joel Russell (born Nov. 16, 1895, Hayward, Calif., U.S.—died Sept. 17, 1971, Baton Rouge, La.) was a geologist known for his studies of coastal morphology. He was a professor of geology at Texas Technological College (Lubbock) from 1926 until 1928, when he joined the faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge), where he was dean of the graduate school in 1949–63; he was also director of the Coastal...