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C217)333-3542 n%0 ~^'b TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER FROM HEAD 1 LETTER FROM EDITOR 2 1981-82 FACULTY AND STAFF 3 Faculty 3 Adjunct Faculty 4 Research Associates 4 Emeritus Faculty 4 Academic Office 4 Business Office 4 Technical Staff 4 1981-82 Committees 4 FACULTY PROFILES 5 DEPARTMENTAL NEWS 15 Colloquim Programs 15 Oil Company Donations 17 The Grim Chair 17 Placement/Recruiting 17 Sabbatical Visitors 18 Summer Field Camp in Wyoming 19 477 Field Trip 20 Intersession Florida Field Course 20 Clay Conference 23 STUDENT NEWS 24 Current Graduate Students 24 Cyclothem Club 25 Degrees Granted 26 GEOLOGY LIBRARY NEWS 28 ALUMNI NEWS 29 IN MEMORIUM 32 GEOLOGY ALUMNI DIRECTORY 33 September 1981 Dear Alumni and Friends: This may be as reliable as a switchboard poll at the White House, but everyone who has commented prefers having gone back to the old format for the Newsletter . Let us know what you think - but most of all, please send in news about yourselves. Just about everyone agrees that the most interest- ing part of the Newsletter is the Alumni News section - where you can find out what former fellow students are doing now, We put in all the alumni news we receive, but the bulk of the Newsletter must be composed of everything the department and its staff did last year. That's appropriate, of course -- but we need alumni news . The most important thing that has happened to the depart- ment in the past year is the formation of the Ralph E. Grim Chair in Geology, which you will read about in the Newsletter . As with other geology departments, our staff seems to have a high vapor pressure. Dennis Wood resigned to work for Robertson Research in England, Dennis Eberl is now with the uses, and Les Fruth and Bill Goodman (former business manager) resigned to work for Fed Donath's consulting company. Wang-Ping Chen, who received his Ph.D. from MIT, joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor this fall. Dr. Chen is a seismologist whose research interest is in the structure of the continental crust and will be teaching graduate courses in seismology. Cameron Begg, who is presently at Edinburgh Uni- versity, will arrive in the late fall as Research Associate. We are looking hard for a structural geologist to take Dennis Wood's place. Pat Lane joined the department as Departmental Secretary last spring and also serves as editor of the Newsletter . Support of the department by oil companies, which had dwindled to a very low amount in the 70 's, is picking up again - as described on later pages. That, along with increased research funding (mainly from the National Science Foundation), is helping to make up for the reduced internal resources of the University. We hope both those sources will continue to go up in the future. Sincerely, n / /5'''6hn' Hower Professor and Head September 19 81 Dear Alumni: Before greeting you as the editor of the 26th Annual Newsletter, I must introduce myself. My name is Pat Lane and I joined the staff at Geology as Department Secretary in April of this year. I came to Geology after working for the Civil Engineering Department for five years and the American Water Resources Association prior to com.ing to the University. I worked as an assistant editor while at AWRA but have found the editorship of the Alumni Newsletter a real challenge. I wish to express my appreciation to the staff: Juanita Foster, Murle Edwards, Myrna Goering, Laura Harbison and Carol Sanderson who have helped me collect and type the information, and to the faculty for their interest and cooperation. Dr. George White deserves special mention for his continuing efforts to see to it that I am supplied with up to date information about our Alumni. You will note that we received a number of responses to last year's request for information about where you are and what you are doing. We are again asking that you send informa- tion about yourself for next years issue of the Newsletter and are providing a self addressed form for you to use on the last page of this Newsletter for that purpose. We are planning an Alumni Directory as a separate publication this year so please get address changes in promptly so our directory will be as current as possible. Your comments and suggestions for making next years Newsletter what you want it to be will be welcomed. I hope to be a long term member of the Geology Department staff and I look forward to hearing from you often in the years to come. Sincerely, Patricia Lane Newsletter Editor 1981-82 FACULTY AND STAFF FACULTY DAVID E. ANDEBSON (PhD, Sydney) - Metamorphic and theoretical petrology [1967-Present] THOMAS F. ANDERSON (PhD, Columbia) - Stable isotope geochemistry; oceanography [1967-Present] DANIEL B. BLAKE (PhD, California-Berkeley) - Invertebrate paleontology; biostratigraphy [1967-Present] ALBERT V. CAROZZI (PhD, Geneva) - Sedimentology; sedimentary petrology; petroleum geology [1955-Present] WANG-PING CHEN (PhD, M.I.T.) - Solid earth geophysics [1981] PATRICK A. DOMENICO (PhD, Nevada) - Hydrogeology [1968-Present] DONALD L. GRAF (PhD, Columbia) - Sedimentary geochemistry; mineralogy [1969-Present] DONALD M. HENDERSON (PhD, Harvard) - Mineralogy; crystallography [1948-Present] JON T. HOLDER (PhD, Illinois) - Geophysics and solid state geophysics [1969-Present] JOHN HOWER (PhD, Washington-St. Louis) - Diagenesis; clay mineralogy [1978-Present] ALBERT T. HSUI (PhD, Cornell) - Geophysics, mathematical modeling, geodynamics and planetary interiors [1980-Present] W. HILTON JOHNSON (PhD, Illinois) - Quaternary stratigraphy; glacial geology; geomorphology [1958-Present] R. JAMES KIRKPATRICK (PhD, Illinois) - Igneous and experimental petrology [1978-Present] GEORGE deVRIES KLEIN (PhD, Yale) - Sedimentology; marine geology; sandstone petrology and diagenesis; petroleum geology of clastic reservoirs [1970-Present] RALPH L. LANGENHEIM, JR. (PhD, Minnesota) - Stratigraphy; paleontology; field geology; geology of energy, coal [1959-Present] C. JOHN MANN (PhD, Wisconsin) - Mathematical geology; stratigraphy [1965-Present] ALBERTO S. NEITO (PhD, Illinois) - Engineering geology; applied rock mechanics [1974-present] V. VICTOR PALCIAUSKAS (PhD, Illinois) - Theoretical geophysics; transport processes [1969-Present] PHILIP A. SANDBERG (PhD, Stockholm) - Cabonate sedimentology; micro- paleontology [1965-Present] , ADJUNCT FACULTY LEO'N F. FOLLMER (PhD, Illinois) - Paleopedology , soil geomorphology quaternary geology [Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana] JAMES E. KING (PhD, Arizona) - Quaternary palynology and paleoecology [Illinois State Museum, Springfield] JACK A. SIMON (MS, Illinois) - Coal geology [Chief, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana] RESEARCH ASSOCIATES - DAVID B. BIELER (AM [Geology] , Dartmouth) Structural geology JEFFREY TURNER (Ph.D. Flinders Univ. - Isotope methods LINDA M. WESTGATE (BS [Chemistry], Missouri) - Mass spectrometry EMERITUS FACULTY CARLETON A. CHAPMAN ARTHUR F. HAGNER _ HAROLD W. SCOTT RALPH E. GRIM GEORGE W. WHITE ACADEMIC OFFICE BUSINESS OFFICE PATRICIA J. LANE - Department Secretary CHARLES W. UHL - Assistant and Editor to Head CAROL SANDERSON - Secretary-Transcribing MURLE EDWARDS - Chief Clerk LAURA HARBISON - Clerk-Typist III MIRNA GOERING - Clerk-Typist III KAROLYN ROBERTS - Clerk-Typist III TECHNICAL STAFF JOHN F. BAUEELE - Instrument Maker and Shop Supervisor CAMERON BEGG - Microprobe Analyst DONALD D. DODSON - Instrument Maker DAVID R. PHILLIPS - Cartographer JACK 0. PULLEN - Physical Science Technician 1981-82 COMMITTEES ADMISSIONS: R. J. Kirkpatrick (Chm.), P. A. Sandberg, G. deV. Klein, D. M. Henderson (ex of.) ADVISORY: W. H. Johnson, D. B. Blake, R. J. Kirkpatrick COLLOQUIUM: T. F. Anderson COURSES & CURRICULA: D. B. Blake (Chm.), R. J. Kirkpatrick, W. H. Johnson, C. J. Mann, P. A. Sandberg, D. M. Henderson (ex of.) GRADUATE: D. L. Graf (Chm.), A. V. Carozzi, V. V. Palciauskas, A. T. Hsui, D. M. Henderson (ex of.) LIBRARY: A. V. Carozzi (Chm.), D. L. Graf, A. T. Hsui, R. L. Langenheim PLACEMENT: C. J. Mann TECHNICAL SERVICES: P. A. Sandberg, D. E. Anderson, T. F. Anderson, C. W. Uhl (ex of.) UNDERGRADUATE: W. J. Johnson (Chm.), A. S. Nieto, V. V. Palciauskas, D. M. Henderson (ex of.) FACULTY PROFILES Thomas F. Anderson, Associate Professor Dr. Anderson together with his graduate students and research associates continues to be actively involved in the application of stable isotope variations. New data on sulfur isotope variations in Illinois coals have provided a new perspective to the timing and contacting mechanisms for sulfur incorporation. These studies are currently being extended to the low-sulfur coals of the Rocky Mountain Region. Ongoing isotopic and mineralogical studies have refined our ideas regarding the origin of permineralized peat zones ("coal balls") in Pennsylvanian coals. The collaborative project with Dr. Philip A. Sandberg on the preservation and diagenesis of constituents in limestones has begun to yield some impressive results on the nature of Paleozoic oceans and mechanisms of carbonate stabilization. In addition, investigations are continuing on oxygen isotope variations in Alaskan permafrost and glaciers (in collaboration with Dr. Daniel E. Lawson, Ph. D. , 1977, now at the U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory) and on the isotopic record of deep-sea calcareous nannoflora (with Dr. John C. Steinmetz, B.S., 1969; M.S., 1975, now at the University of South Florida).