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{{short description|American geologist}}
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| alt                = A white woman with hair parted center and dressed to the nape; she is wearing a print dress with a high collar, and eyeglasses
| caption            = Eula Davis McEwan, from the 1913 yearbook of Indiana University
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| birth_name         = Eula Grace Davis
| birth_date         = January 6, 1879
| birth_place        = Milford, Illinois
| death_date         = August 8, 1962
| death_place        = Lincoln, Nebraska
| occupation         = Paleontologist, geologist, college professor
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'''Eula Grace Davis McEwan''' (January 6, 1879 – August 8, 1962) was an American geologist and paleontologist who taught at the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln|University of Nebraska]].
== Early life and education ==
Davis was born in [[Milford, Illinois]], the daughter of Charles Neiswander Davis and Anna Cornelia Cuvelier Davis. Her father was a veteran of the [[American Civil War]];<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1962-08-09 |title=Geologist Dies at 83; Dr. McEwan Also Paleontologist |pages=18 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116908011/geologist-dies-at-83-dr-mcewan-also/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> her maternal grandparents were born in the Netherlands. She trained as a teacher in Indiana. As a young widow, she earned a bachelor's degree in 1913 and a master's degree in geology in 1914, both at [[Indiana University]];<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 1916 |title=Alumni Notes: 1913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9okmAQAAIAAJ&dq=Eula+McEwan&pg=PA121 |journal=Indiana University Alumni Quarterly |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=121}}</ref> she completed doctoral studies at [[Columbia University]] in 1917.<ref name=":0" /> She was a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1918-05-24 |title=I. U. Phi Beta Kappas Add 16 New Members |pages=16 |work=The Indianapolis Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116908284/i-u-phi-beta-kappas-add-16-new-members/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Career ==
McEwan was an aid in paleontology at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] from 1917 to 1918,<ref>{{Cite book |last=United States National Museum |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bA7AQAAMAAJ&dq=Eula+McEwan&pg=PA92 |title=Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution |date=1918 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=92 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=United States National Museum |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reAyAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eula+McEwan&pg=PA37 |title=Report of the United States National Museum ... |date=1920 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=37 |language=en}}</ref> and taught at [[Simpson College]] in Iowa. She was assistant professor of paleontology at the University of Nebraska<ref>{{Cite news |date=1924-06-09 |title=Geologists Are Finding What Nebraska Rests On |pages=3 |work=Omaha World-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116908593/geologists-are-finding-what-nebraska/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> until her retirement with emeritus status in 1940. During [[World War II]], she served as curator of the invertebrate fossil collection at the university's museum.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1962-08-09 |title=Dr. McEwan Dead at 83 |pages=38 |work=The Lincoln Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116911805/dr-mcewan-dead-at-83/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
McEwan was elected to membership in the [[Paleontological Society]] in 1918,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 31, 1918 |title=Election of New Members |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DcFAAAAYAAJ&dq=Eula+McEwan&pg=PA126 |journal=Bulletin of the Geological Society of America |volume=29 |pages=126}}</ref> and to membership in the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS) in 1921.<ref>{{Cite book |last=American Association for the Advancement of Science |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3tDmcUl3_UC&dq=Eula+McEwan&pg=PA485 |title=Summarized Proceedings |date=1921 |pages=485 |language=en}}</ref> In Nebraska she was active in the [[Graduate Women in Science|Sigma Delta Epsilon]] organization for women in science,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sigma Delta Epsilon Minutes 1929-1930 {{!}} Great Nebraska |url=https://sandhillsarchive.unl.edu/sigma-delta-epsilon-minutes-1929-1930/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> the [[American Association of University Women]] (AAUW),<ref>{{Cite news |date=1935-01-06 |title=A.A.U.W. |pages=16 |work=The Nebraska State Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116909089/aauw/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and in the Lincoln Woman's Club.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1949-07-31 |title=Lincoln Woman's Club Program |pages=21 |work=The Lincoln Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116908436/lincoln-womans-club-program/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Publications ==
* "A study of the Brachiopod Genus Platystrophia" (1919)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McEwan |first=Eula Davis |date=1919 |title=A study of the brachiopod genus Platystrophia |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/37835 |journal=Proceedings of the United States National Museum |language=en |volume=56 |issue=2297 |pages=383–448 |doi=10.5479/si.00963801.56-2297.383|url-access= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= }}</ref>
* "The Ordovician of Madison, Indiana" (1920)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McEwan |first=Eula Davis |date=1920-08-01 |title=The Ordovician of Madison, Indiana |url=https://www.ajsonline.org/content/s4-50/296/154 |journal=American Journal of Science |language=en |volume=s4-50 |issue=296 |pages=154–158 |doi=10.2475/ajs.s4-50.296.154 |issn=0002-9599|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* "Convexity of articulate brachiopods as an aid in identification" (1939)<ref>McEwan, Eula Davis. "Convexity of articulate brachiopods as an aid in identification" ''Journal of Paleontology'' (1939) 13 (6): 617–620.</ref>
== Personal life ==
Eula Davis married John Alvin McEwan in 1906; he died in 1908.<ref name=":1" /> She was hospitalized for burns in April 1962,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1962-04-05 |title=Woman Scalded in Bathtub |pages=7 |work=Holdrege Daily Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116908865/woman-scalded-in-bathtub/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and died in August 1962, in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], at the age of 83.<ref name=":0" />
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[[Category:1879 births]]
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[[Category:People from Milford, Illinois]]
[[Category:American paleontologists]]
[[Category:Indiana University alumni]]
[[Category:Columbia University alumni]]
[[Category:Simpson College faculty]]
[[Category:University of Nebraska alumni]]
[[Category:People from Lincoln, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Graduate Women in Science members]]