West Texas State University. Geological Society

West Texas State University Geological Society was a student organization in the Department of Geology at West Texas State University, now West Texas A&M University, in Canyon, Texas. In the front matter of Guidebook of Palo Duro Canyon, the society says it was organized in 1958 to promote interest in geology as both an academic subject and a professional career.

The society is credited with Guidebook of Palo Duro Canyon, a practical and educational work centered on one of Texas's best-known landscapes. Project Gutenberg describes the book as a scientific guidebook that brings together geology, ecology, history, and field observations to help readers understand the canyon more fully.

Because this is an organization rather than an individual author, a standard author portrait does not appear to be available from the sources I found. In this case, the group is best understood through its publication and its connection to the geology program at West Texas State University.