Marion Isabelle Whitney (April 23, 1911 – September 16, 1998) was an American geologist, college professor, and writer.
She was the first woman to complete doctoral studies in geology at the University of Texas at Austin, in 1937.
She earned a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1930, then stayed to complete a master's degree in 1931,[2] with a thesis titled "Fauna of the Glen Rose Formation".
In addition to her academic publications, Whitney wrote a novel for young readers, Juan of Parícutin (1953), based on her travels to see the volcano Parícutin in Michoacán, Mexico.
[6] Whitney died in 1998, at the age of 87, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.