Caswell Silver (June 25, 1916 – October 18, 1988) was an American geologist and entrepreneur who was President of Sundance Oil Company from 1960 to 1984.
He went to work for the US Geological Service, mapping silver mining districts in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
He subsequently served as an assistant topographic and hydrographic engineer with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in Cape Fear, North Carolina.
[2] Silver joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and served three years in the Photo Interpretation Branch of the Naval Intelligence in the South Pacific in Guadalcanal and Hawaii, attaining the rank of Lieutenant.
Silver also conducted research, joined the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and became a fellow of the Geological Society of America.
This Foundation is administered by the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,[8] and supports visiting professorships, graduate fellowships, undergraduate research, and lectures by distinguished scholars.