William Lee Stokes

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William Lee Stokes (March 27, 1915, Black Hawk, Carbon County, Utah - December 12, 1994)^[1] was a geologist and paleontologist who is best known for his work at Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Emery County, Utah. William Stokes lived to be 79 and was survived by his wife Betty Stokes, his two daughters, Patricia Stokes and Betty Lee Huff; a son, William M. Stokes, and several grandchildren.^[2] The dinosaur Stokesosaurus was named after him.

Stokes graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in 1937 and M.S. in 1938.^[1] He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Geology from Princeton University in 1941.^[3]

Stokes, a Latter-day Saint, wrote extensively about science and religion, and against young-earth creationism. In spite of his scientific qualifications and record, many of his manuscripts went unpublished. One that did,The Genesis Answer, was nominated by the publisher, Prentice-Hall, for the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence. His writings did find at least a limited audience, as Elder John K. Carmack, a member of the LDS hierarchy, nominated him for a Templeton Prize in 1991. He was nominated the James E. Talmage Scientific Achievement award from BYU in the 1980s.

Stokes gave a pro-evolution lecture, "Which? Genesis or Geology?" which was printed in the advance issue of the June 8, 1973 Church News, but was edited out and replaced for the public printing.^[4]

Publications[]

• Dinosaur National Monument, past and present, January 1, 1949
• Sedimentary Properties of Salt Wash Sandstones as Related to Primary Structures, 1952/1953
• The Creation Scriptures: A Witness for God in the Scientific Age, 1979
• The Genesis Code, 1981
• The Genesis Answer: A Scientist's Testament for Divine Creation, 1984
• The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry: Window to the Past, 1985
• Evolution: the Scriptures Say Yes, 1987
• So God Created Man: Latter-day Alternatives, 1988
• Joseph Smith and the Creation, 1991
• Scriptures for the Age of Science, 1992

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