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The Wyley History of the Geologists' Association in the 50 Years 1958 THE WYLEY HISTORY OF THE GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION 1958–2008 Leake, Bishop & Howarth ASSOCIATION THE GEOLOGISTS’ OF HISTORY WYLEY THE The Wyley History of the Geologists’ Association in the 50 years 1958–2008 by Bernard Elgey Leake, Arthur Clive Bishop ISBN 978-0900717-71-0 and Richard John Howarth 9 780900 717710 GAHistory_cover_A5red.indd 1 19/08/2013 16:12 The Geologists’ Association, founded in 1858, exists to foster the progress and Bernard Elgey Leake was Professor of Geology (now Emeritus) in the diffusion of the science of Geology. It holds lecture meetings in London and, via University of Glasgow and Honorary Keeper of the Geological Collections in the Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and Hunterian Museum (1974–97) and is now an Honorary Research Fellow in the School publishes Proceedings, the GA Magazine, Field Guides and Circulars regularly. For of Earth and Ocean Sciences in Cardiff University. He joined the GA in 1970, was further information apply to: Treasurer from 1997–2009 and is now an Honorary Life Member. He was the last The Executive Secretary, sole editor of the Journal of the Geological Society (1972–4); Treasurer (1981–5; Geologists’ Association, 1989–1996) and President (1986–8) of the Geological Society and President of the Burlington House, Mineralogical Society (1998–2000). He is a petrologist, geochemist, mineralogist, Piccadilly, a life-long mapper of the geology of Connemara, Ireland and a Fellow of the London W1J 0DU Royal Society of Edinburgh. He has held research Fellowships in the Universities of phone: 020 74349298 Liverpool (1955–7), Western Australia (1985) and Canterbury, NZ (1999) and a e-mail: [email protected] lectureship and Readership at the University of Bristol (1957–74). www.geologistsassociation.org.uk Following undergraduate and postgraduate studies at King’s College, London, Clive The Curry Fund of the Geologists’ Association provides support for geological Bishop was appointed to HM Geological Survey in Edinburgh to which he returned publications and geological conservation projects, also contingency funding for after National Service in the RAF. In 1958 he took up a Lectureship at Queen Mary other geologically based initiatives, either from groups or individuals. College, London and, eleven years later, moved to the Mineralogy Department at the British Museum (Natural History) in time becoming Keeper of Mineralogy Rockwatch is the national geology club for children and is the junior arm of the and Deputy Director. Besides serving as President of the Mineralogical Society Geologists’ Association. It publishes a magazine three times a year, organizes (1986–88) he was President of the Geologists’ Association (1978–80) and the field trips around the country and runs ‘hands-on’ family days in museums and Halstead Medallist in 1999. universities. To find out more or to join Rockwatch: phone: 020 77345398, e-mail: [email protected], www.rockwatch.org.uk Richard Howarth is a geologist, specialising in statistical interpretation of geological and geochemical data and, more recently, the history of the use of Registered Charity number 233199 quantitative methods in geology and early geophysics. He took his B.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Bristol, UK, and subsequently worked for Shell International; Copyright: The Geologists’ Association encourages the use of its materials in the Applied Geochemistry Research Group, Imperial College, London; and British promoting the geological sciences and gives non-exclusive permission to reproduce Petroleum. He is now Honorary Professor in Mathematical Geology at University free of charge for non-commercial purposes any figure or quotation from the text College London. He has been awarded the Murchison Fund of the Geological (not to exceed 250 words in length), subject to appropriate acknowledgement and Society, the Krumbein Medal of the International Association of Mathematical compliance with any other stated terms and conditions of use related to the content Geology and the Richardson Award of the Geologists’ Association. of this book. Full details relating to copyright can be obtained from the Geologists’ Association. Typeset by: The Geologists’ Association Printed by: City Print (Milton Keynes) Ltd ISBN 978 0900717 71 0 GAHistory_cover_A5red.indd 2 19/08/2013 16:12 The Wyley History of the Geologists’ Association in the 50 years 1958 to 2008 by Bernard Elgey Leake1, Arthur Clive Bishop2 and Richard John Howarth3 1School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT [email protected] 2208 Mayfield Court, 27 West Savile Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 3DR [email protected] 3Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT; [email protected] © THE GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION 2013 GAHistory_1_A5_revised_v2.indd 1 15/08/2013 08:04 Frontispiece: The GA Powerhouse: Mrs Sarah Stafford, Executive Secretary (centre), Mrs Geraldine Marshall, Administrative Assistant (on left), and volunteer Mrs Susan Brown, Rockwatch Chairman (1998–2000) and President, 2002–; Curry Fund Secretary (1995–) and GA President 2000–2 (on right). ii GAHistory_1_A5_revised_v2.indd 2 15/08/2013 08:04 Contents 1. General review of the 50 years 1 Statistical summary 1 Table 1. Statistics of the Geologists’ Association 1958–2008 3 Review of membership numbers and reasons for decline 6 The 1976–77 crisis 8 Staffing and office accommodation 12 The 1991 loss of Beverly Halstead 15 Lecture programme 17 The annual reunion 18 Special events 19 Excursions 25 The library 27 The website 28 Rockwatch 28 Geoconservation 29 The Press Officer 30 The GA photographic archive 31 2. General review of the publications over the 50 years 33 Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 33 The Circular and the GA Magazine 36 Geology Today 42 Table 2. Geology Today profits paid to the GA 45 Excursion Guides 45 Table 3. List of Guides: position at the end of 2000 48 Rockwatch Magazine 49 The Directory and Rules and Lists of Members 50 3. More detailed accounts 52 The Council 52 Contributions by former Presidents 56 The Curry Fund 61 Table 4. Returns to the Curry Fund from Schroder Charity Investments 63 Finances 64 RockWATCH, later Rockwatch 71 GA Enterprises Ltd 81 CD-ROM project 81 The ‘Way Forward’ Proposals 82 The ‘Earth Alert’ Meetings 85 Benefactors 90 A short history of the Proceedings 94 Table 5. Special issues of the PGA 1959–2008 98 iii GAHistory_1_A5_revised_v2.indd 3 15/08/2013 08:04 4. Acknowledgements 104 5. References 105 6. Appendices 108 Appendix I. Local Heroes 108 Appendix II. List of past GA officers, awardees and Special Lectures to 2008 116 Presidents 116 Treasurers 117 PGA Editors 118 Guides Editors 119 General Secretaries 119 Secretaries for Field Meetings 120 Meetings Secretaries 121 Librarians 121 Rockwatch Chairman or President 121 Executive Secretaries 121 Recipients of the Foulerton Award 121 Recipients of the Henry Stopes Medal 124 Recipients of the Halstead Medal 124 Recipients of the Richardson Award 125 Geologists’ Association Special Lectures 125 Honorary Members 127 Honorary Vice Presidents 129 Appendix III. List of recorded donations, legacies and sponsorship 130 Index 134 iv GAHistory_1_A5_revised_v2.indd 4 15/08/2013 08:04 1. General review of the 50 years The history of the founding and of the first hundred years (1858 to 1958) of the Geologists’ Association (GA) was summarised by Sweeting (1958) while Freeman (1996) explored its origins further. The present account derives from a generous bequest by a former GA Member, who joined in 1953, John Fitzthom- as Wyley (1920–1994). Council ruled on May 1st 2009 (Council Minutes; CM hereafter) that the Wyley Fund should meet the cost of publishing a continuance of the history of the GA covering the years 1958 to 2008. The main features of the 50 years which follow the 1958 centenary in- clude: the gradual replacement of the source of the Friday lectures from papers primarily intended for publication in the Proceedings of the Geologists’ Asso- ciation (PGA) to invited lectures not necessarily intended for publication; the generous donation in 1959 by Dennis Curry (1912–2001) of Curry’s Ltd shares which eventually led to the institution of the Curry Fund, effectively in 1986, and the consequent major increase in geological public benefit that this enabled; the quite sudden deep involvement in geoconservation from 1972–3; the enlarge- ment of the Circular from September 1978 with short contributions, comments and book reviews which later, from the end of 1980, under (John) Eric Rob- inson’s remarkable 22-year reign as editor (1980–2002) and chief contributor, eventually blossomed into The GA Magazine in March 2002; the establishment of the first permanent GA Office in BurlingtonHouse and the appointment of the first salaried employee in 1979, and change of the post in 1991 to that of Exec- utive Secretary; the successful launching and continuance of Geology Today in 1984; the successful establishment in 1991 of RockWATCH (a geology club for young people, subsequently renamed Rockwatch) and its own magazine for jun- ior geologists; the establishment of GA Enterprises in 1995; the gift of £50,000 secured by Susan Brown in 2002 from the winding up of the Joint Association for Petroleum Exploration Courses (JAPEC); the bequest of the Wyley Fund, the gradually widening range of the overseas field excursions, the maintenance of the publication of Excursion Guides and the PGA together with several sesquicente- nary initiatives,
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