Department of Geological Sciences Newsletter THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN NO. 20, September1971 FredBullard Honored at Dinner

On the evening of May 9 about 200 friends and former Azores, the Philippines,New Guinea, Slovakia,and of course, students gathered to pay tribute to Fred Bullard at a dinner Italy. Out of this have come uncounted fascinating lectures at the Villa Capri in Austin. Fred has reached the age of and a book on volcanoes so popular that it is in its fourth mandatory retirement from full-time teaching, and in spite printingandbeingrevisedcurrentlybyFred. of his continued ability andyouthful appearance,he is bring- Fred Bullard was Chairman of the Department of Geology ing his record performance as a professor to a close. His for eight years (1929-1937), and for many years he taught charm and talent as alecturer are truly superb, as everyone the courses in mineralogy, petrography, field geology and learned again that evening. several other subjects as needed. His lectures in freshmen Fred has been in the teachingprofession for 47 years, and geology were always popular but he never made the course he hasprobably taught elementary geology to morethousands easy, as many will recall. Fred helped create and sustain a of students than any other professor in the world. In recent great tradition in this department: senior professors and years he has grown accustomed to discovering the children permanent staff members do nearly all the lecturing to fresh- of his former students attending his current classes, and one men, and they take pride in the task. As Professor Emeritus, young student at the dinner, Carolyn Keyser, was preceded Fred will no longer lecture to large freshman classes, but he by both her mother, Jean Funkhouser, and her grandfather, can probably be persuaded to teach a graduate class in vol- Ernest Funkhouser,inFred'sclasses. canology at intervals. Fred's father homesteaded on the Kickapoo reservation in At the dinner Fred was accompanied by Bess and one of Oklahoma and Fred first attendedschool with young Indians their two daughters,Fredda. Toastmaster for theoccasion was as his classmates. He graduated from high school in Okla- Frank Gardner,International Editor for the Oil& Gas Journal homa City and entered the University of Oklahoma where and a former UT geology student whoobtained his Ph.D. at he happened to get a part-time job during his sophomore Texas in 1942. Among the distinguishedguests from the Uni- year with the state geological survey. That soon led to a de- versity administrative staff were Chancellor Emeritus Harry gree in geology and more work for the state survey, where Ransom andMrs. Ransom, President Bryce Jordan andMrs. another employee with a geology degree was his classmate Jordan, Vice-President Peter Flawn and Mrs. Flawn,Provost Miss Bess Mills. About this time the state legislature cut off Stanley Ross, and of course the newly designated Dean of thesurvey funds,and Fred Bullard joinedthe survey director Natural Sciences, Sam Ellison,accompanied by Mrs. Ellison. and BessMills in a geological consulting firm. The consulting A very special place at the head table was occupied by Mrs. venture fell through, but from it grew a lasting partnership Hal P. Bybee. for Bess and Fred, theirmarriage. Inhis delightful address to the guests,Fred recalled many About this time Dr. Hal Bybee invited Fred to teach at events from theearly days of his career and introduced many The University of Texas, and Fred has been teaching here of hisformer students. Amonghis remarks... ever since.But Fred was not one to be tied down too tightly It seems to me than when Ijoinedthe faculty 47 —years ago to any one spot on this globe, and managed to travel, study there were more colorful characters on the faculty Irecall and lecture elsewhere during summers and periods of leave. Dean Harper withhis red tie;Dean T. T.Taylor; Judge Sim- He has taught also at the University of Michigan, Columbia kins, and others. However, Ithink wehave some prospects: University, theNational University of Mexico,Vassar College, SamEllison plays the fiddle and he is a Dean— if Sam would the Peruvian University of San Arequipa,and NorthernAri- lethishair grow.... zonaUniversity.It was at Michigan in 1928 that hereceived Ithas been statedthat Istarted geology at The University his Ph.D. degree while on a teaching scholarship. Fred's of Texas, and even though my tenure does extend back into travels have taken him all over the world on geologic expedi- thePleistocene,this is incorrect.Icame to Texasas aresult of tions and excursions also, especially after an early field sea- a series of fortunate coincidences. As a freshman at the Uni- son with the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska introduced versity of Oklahoma Itook a course in geology— under Dr. him to his first live volcano. A few years later he served Vie Monnett. Idid well and liked the subject but Iwas on temporarily as an assistant to Dr. Jagger at the Hawaiian my wayto become alawyer.Ihave a brother two yearsolder Volcano Observatory, and he was teaching in Mexico when and from childhood my father told us that one of us would be the volcano Paricutin burst through a cornfield. Fred lived a doctor and the other alawyer. My brother was studying with that volcano through much of its nine-year span of ac- medicine, so Iwas to be the lawyer.However, at the end of tion,and heinvestigated other volcanoes in Centraland South my freshman year Ineeded a summer job and Ifound one America. Ultimately he studied volcanoes in Iceland, Japan, at the Oklahoma Geological Survey. My duties varied but Turkey, Greece, Africa, the Canary Islands, Madeira, the they included sweeping out the offices each evening. In the 2 September, 1971

Fred,BessFreddaand Bullard with dinner guests

summer of 1918 a young professor from The University of being open in the fall.... (which was subsequently offered Texas was employed to work on the Billings-Garber oil field and accepted) ... in north-central Oklahoma, to see if there was a relationship Ithink one of the satisfactions one— receives from teaching of the production to the surface structure. This was a new is seeing his students make good rise to the top of their technique, using a plane table and alidade to map the struc- profession, and in this respect the graduates from our depart- ture. It had been used, especially in the Cushing Field where, ment have been outstanding; one of the best prerequisites to perhaps, for the first time the structure was mapped in ad- become apresident, chairman of the board, etc., is to be a vance of drilling. This was around 1910—1912. The Texas Texas graduate. geologist was Hal P. Bybee, the Director of the Oklahoma Another satisfying experienceis to encounter your former Geological Survey was C. W. Shannon....Dr.Bybeeneeded students in far-off corners of the earth and be warmly re- a field assistant, so they found someone else to take over my ceived. On one occasion Iwas not sure whether to be happy sweeping chores,and Iwent to the field withDr.Bybee.This to encounter one of my former students: it was back in the began an association which was largely responsible for my 50's when Iwas studying the volcanoes of Central America. going into geology, and ray coming to Texas.Dr. Bybee re- It wasmy practice toselect flights oncommercial airlines that mained a close friend, teacher, advisor and later a colleague would pass volcanoes at the best time of the day for photo- throughouthis life... graphs.It was also my custom to send a noteto the pilot say- The nextsummer Dr.Bybee was teaching a field course— in ing Ihoped to have a view of this or that volcano. Iknew geology at Texas.This wassomething of aninnovation even they had some leeway in their course and frequently they perhapsone of the first such coursesoffered, andMr.Shannon— could arrange to pass by the volcano in question. Iwas a felt that it would be worthwhile for me to take the course so member of the Pan American Commission on Volcanology Ienrolled. Itis on the basis of this course that Iamlisted as a and had someletterheads withmy nameimprinted tomake it Texas-Ex... appearmoreofficial. Inearly May, 1924, when our spirits were low, Dr. Bybee One morningin August Iboarded a Pan American flight called from Austin and askedif Iwouldlike tohelp him teach in Guatemala City enroute to San Jose, Costa Rica. As soon a field course at Gainesville,Texas during the summer.Fur- as we were airborne Isent a note by the stewardess to the ther he stated that there was apossibility of aninstructorship pilot saying Ihad taken this flight in the hope of having a September, 1971 3

view of Izalo,Momotombo, etc. Ina fewminutes the steward- Mr.andMrs.Leon E. Long Mr.andMrs.DeWitt C- Reddick ess returnedsaying thepilot would like tosee me in the cock- Mr. Howard Lowe Mr. andMrs. BobRedfield Mrs. J. H. Mackin Provost Stanley R. Ross was a up my cameras went pit.This DC-6. So Igathered and Mr. andMrs. W. A.Maley Mr. andMrs. W. M.Rust,Jr. up to the cockpit. When Iarrived the pilot turned around, Mr. andMrs. GeorgeMarshall Mr.andMrs.RafiqSalem withhelmet,headphones, etc., on, togreet me. Since Ishowed Mr. andMrs-Robert Mather Mr. andMrs.Daniel Schofield no signs of recognizing him, he said: "You don't recognize Mr.andMrs. John C.Maxwell Mr.andMrs. VernonT. me— I'mJimmy Newmanand you oncefailed me ingeology." Mr.andMrs.Ross Maxwell Schuhardt Mr.andMrs.Holland C. Mr.andMrs. Alan J.Scott no response so continued, Icould think of appropriate he McCarver Mr.Wilton E. Scott "Now what volcanoes do you want to see?"— At the moment Mr. andMrs. Gordon R.McNutt Mr. andMrs. T .H.Shelby, Jr. Iwas sorry Ihad brought up the matter— because Ithought Mr. andMrs.MarionJ- Moore Mr. andMrs- Louis Shudde thismight be morethanIcouldhandle and just what didhe Mr.andMrs. W. R. Muehlberger Mr. andMrs.J. E.Smith have in mind? Mr. andMrs.George A. Mr.andMrs.Kemp D.Solcher Musselman Mrs. Tom Stenis "Ithink you willhave a better viewfrom theco-pilot's seat" — Mr.andMrs- JamesH.Nienaber Mr. andMrs. William E. Stone so he sent the co-pilot back to thecabin andIslid into his Mr. David Nilsson Miss Virginia Tabb place.We found Izalco volcano,—encircled it while thepilot an- Mr.andMrs. JohnNorman Mr. George W. Taylor nounced it to the passengers and, incidentally, becoming Mr.Fred L.Oliver Mr- andMrs.Holt Taylor engrossed with the idea, we surveyed a number of volcanoes Mr.Ed Owen Mr. Bert C. Timm Travis J. Parker Mr. andMrs. Blake Travis not expected to see. to Mr. Ihad When Ireturned AustinIlooked Mr. J. L- Patton Mr. andMrs.Edd R. Turner,Jr. up Jimmy Newman's record and found that Ihad actually Mr.andMrs. James U.Patts Mr. andMrs.Kent Waddell givenhim aB andhewas"pullingmyleg"... Mr. Tom Patty Mr.andMrs. A.H. Iam sure you want to know how Ifeellooking back over Mr. andMrs. BillPayne Wadsworth, Jr. — Mrs. L.Walper 47 years of teaching well, it does not seem that long and, Mr. andMrs.John R.Pedigo,Sr. Mr.and Jack Mr. andMrs. Van A- Petty,Jr. Mr.A. P- Wendler frankly,I that I just my prime. Time, feel have reached for- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Power Mr.andMrs.JamesE. White, Jr. tunately, has a wayof letting you forget the disappointments Mr. E.D. Pressler Mr. andMrs.John A. Wilson —andthe heartache and you remember only the cheerful things Mr. andMrs.ErvinJ.Prouse Mr.R.D. Woods so Ilook back on mylongteaching career with manyhappy ChancellorEmeritus andMrs. Mr. andMrs.Charles E- Yager — Mrs.Keith memories and most of all Iam grateful for the friendship Harry H. Ransom Mr.and Young of my many students and for the wonderful colleagues with whomIhavebeen privilegedtoassociate. The guest register for the dinner records the following names: Many friends and ex-students wroteletters or sent telegrams Mr. andMrs. Eugene P. Mr. andMrs.James Dolley of congratulation and appreciation to Fred. These were as- Alexander Mr.andMrs. Hoye Eargle sembled in a scrapbook and presented to him at the banquet. Mr- Ernest E. Allerkamp Mr. K.Eifler, andMrs.G. Jr. letters, were to attend the dinner Mr.andMrs. VirgilE. Barnes Mr- andMrs.SamEllison Those who sent but unable Mr.andMrs.L. T. Barrow Mr.andMrs. RizerEverett arelisted below. In a few cases brief excepts are given: Mr. R. B. Bartholomew Mr. and Mrs.George Fancher DanandBarbara Barker,Austin,Texas Mr.andMrs. EarlH. Bescher Mr.R. B. Fitzgerald Nancy andJackBoon,Arlington,Texas Mrs. Willis C- Blackburn Mr.andMrs. PeterT. Flawn Ray Burke, Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. andMrs.R.R. Bloomer Mr.andMrs.RobertL. Folk GeorgeClements, Denton, Texas (in field course withFredin Mason Mrs.Fredda BullardBoeringa Mr. Paul S- Freeman County in 1919). Mr.andMrs. RobertE. Boyer Mr. Frank Gardner HowardDavis,Midland,Texas Mr. W. A. Bramlette Mr. andMrs. Clem George MorganDavis, Houston,Texas Mr. andMrs.Donald Brand Miss Marie Graman 0.W. (Buzz) Fauntleroy,Los Angeles,Calif. Mr- and Mrs. Ralston Brown Mr. andMrs. J. Nalle Gregory Herman Fonville,Houston, Texas Mrs. Hal P. Bybee Mr.and Mrs. Charles Hartshorne WarrenFuller, Menlo Park, Calif. Mr.andMrs.HalBybee Mr. James F. Hayes Mrs. C. T. Gray,Austin,Texas Mr.andMrs. RobertBybee Mr. andMrs.GeorgeHoffman Robert Grayson, Calgary, Alberta Mr.J. BenCarsey Mr- Lee M.Hollander Berte R.Haigh, Midland,Texas Mr.J.Ben Carsey,Jr. Mrs. Ida T. Hopper W- Dow Hamm, Dallas,Texas Mr.and Mrs. SteveClabaugh Mr.andMrs.Leo Hughes Carroll AnnHodges, Woodside,Calif. Mr. andMrs- W. Kenley Clark Mr.William 0.Huie Claude Holcomb, Quannah, Texas Mr. W. Howell Cocke,Jr. Mr.andMrs.Earl Ingerson Wayne Holcomb, Houston, Texas Mr.andMrs. Walter Collins Mr.andMrs.J. R.Jackson, Jr. Jack Holland, Austin, Texas Mr. andMrs. CarrollE. Cook Mr.andMrs.FrankW. Jessen Joseph andJoanJones,Austin, Texas. Mr.andMrs. Sam Cook President andMrs.Bryce Jordan Commenting on the eruption of Ruapehu—Volcano in New Zea- Mr.andMrs.Robert C. Cotner Mr.Ralph 0.Kehle land ..."We—are fully prepared to believe and Maori tradition Mrs- Robert Cuyler Mrs. GeneF. Keyser will support it that the powers of the nether world arranged this Mr. and Mrs. HaroldDavies Mr. andMrs.G.Moses Knebel eventinhonor of your retirement." Mr.andMrs.Ronald K.DeFord Mr- andMrs. WarmLangston Pageand MadgeKeeton,Austin,Texas 4 September, 1971

HowardLackman, Arlington,Texas JohnTuohy, Tripoli, Libya Kathleen and Ray Lee,Austin, Texas (both were studentsin Fred's Marion and Beth Underwood, Tripoli, Libya (cable from pre-school firstfreshman geology class atUT). daughters ofJimandMargaretAnnUnderwood) Charles A.LeMaistre,Austin, Texas "You owe us an apology because we cannot have youfor geology." JohnLoftis,Jr., Houston,Texas CharlesandEloise Vertrees,Midland, Texas Alan Lohse, Houston, Texas Several friendsmade contributions topayfor alargephoto- Maguire, Austin, Jack Texas graphic color portrait of Fred to hang in the facultymeeting VaughnMaley,Midland, Texas roomand a similarlarge two ones Charles Mankin,Norman, Okla. portrait and smaller for the Bullard home. "Fred received a portion of his academic training at the University of Oklahoma, and we believe our.contribution benefited the Uni- Credit for the success of the dinner goes chiefly to Rizer versity of Texasinno small way." Everett and his wife Hildegarde. Rizer prepared letters to JoeMeyer, New Orleans,La. alumni announcing the event, made arrangements with the Clarence andBessie Mills, Chandler, Okla. Capri for dinner,helped greet MildredandRay Mills,St. Louis,Mo- Villa the refreshments and the Charles B.Morris, Austin, Texas and introduce the guests, and generally acted as an efficient Freeman Orman,Rome,Italy (cable) and genial host and manager.Hildegarde and wives of local "Stromboli and Mt. Etna join thousands of your students in salut- geologists also greeted the arriving guests, collected their sig- ing your inspirationalteachingandpersonalguidance." natures, and distributed the name tags. Music wasprovided Gaston Parrish, Corpus Christi, Texas (in field course withFred in Mason Countyin 1919). by several talented graduate students under the direction of Juan andFrances Pedretti, Anchorage,Alaska band leader Sam Ellison,and President Jordanled the group Rafael Bueno Salazar,Bogota,Colombia in an enthusiastic rendition of "The Eyes of Texas" at the Betty Theobold,Austin, Texas close of the memorable evening.

Fred Bullard with dinner guests Department News

New FacultyMembers JohnC.Maxwell,William StampsFarishProfessor EarleF.Mcßride Three new faculty members are joining the departmental WilliamR.Muehlberger (onleave) staff this fall. They are Victor R. Baker, Douglas Smith and Alan J. Scott James T. Sprinkle. All three men are young, and all are John A. Wilson married. Victor Baker completed his work for the Ph.D. Keith P. Young degree during the spring of 1971 at the University of Colo- rado under the supervision of Professor William C.Bradley. Associate Professors He received his B.S. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic In- DanielS.Barker E. Behrens,Marine stitute in 1967. His special fields of interest are geomorph- William ScienceInstitute ology,Quaternary geology,and environmental geology. Dur- Ralph 0.Kehle Long ing 1970-71 Victor has been working as Engineering LeonE. Geologist for the City of Boulder Engineering Department. Assistant DougSmith receivedhisbachelor's degree in geology from Professors Victor R.Baker CaliforniaInstitute of Technologyin1962, hismaster'sdegree RollandB.Bartholomew,ScienceEducation Center from Harvard in 1963, and his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1969 Lynton S.Land the of Professor Leon Silver. He has been a under direction Douglas Smith Post-doctoral Fellow at the Geophysical Laboratory in Wash- James T. Sprinkle ington,D.C. since the fall of 1968. Doug is an igneous and Jan Turk metamorphic petrologist with special interest in the crystalli- zation of pyroxenes,use of themicroprobe, andgeochemistry. Lecturers Jim Sprinkle graduatedfromMIT with a bachelor's degree Charles G.Groat,Bureau of Economic Geology in Earth Science in 1965;he received his Ph.D.degree from Warm Langston,Jr.,TexasMemorialMuseum Harvard in1971. Since September of 1970 hehasbeen work- FredMcDowell ing with the Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch of the JosephH.McGowen,Bureauof Economic Geology /O Geological Survey . U.S. in Denver on an NSF Post-doctoral Ed Owen Fellowship. He has specialized in primitive echinoderms, WillM.Rust,Jr. ?*O blastoids,and the Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Rocky Moun- tains. The faculty for the 1971—72 academic year will be as DanBarker taught freshmanphysical geology,sophomore follows: igneous petrology, and graduate courses inigneouspetrology and thermodynamics of geologic processes last year. Hepub- Professors lished "Compositions of granophyre,myrmekite and graphic VirgilE.Barnes,Bureauof Economic Geology I" granite" and "North American feldspathoidal rocks in space W. Charles Bell and time:Reply",both in the GSA Bulletin,and attended the Robert E.Boyer,Chairman ""9 annual GSA meeting in Milwaukee. During the academic L.FrankBrown,Bureau of Economic Geology year,Dan gaveinvitedlectures to the Department of Geology, Stephen E. Clabaugh £* University of Houston and to the UTAustin chapter of Sigma Ronald K.DeFord 1*066 Gamma Epsilon. His field and lab studies continue on the Samuel P. Ellison,Jr., Dean of Natural Sciences^? *> alkalic igneous rocks of west Texas.Learning to use the elec- WilliamL.Fisher, Director,Bureau of Economic Geology tron microprobe is a challenge; Dansays that after eight years Peter T. Flawn,Vice-President for Academic Affairs, ad of teaching,he is a post-doctoral dropout,and finds it difficult interim 10 to learn something new. Dan is spending part of the summer Robert L.Folk working on the geochemistry of igneous rocks of west Texas Claude W.Horton,Professor of Physicsand Geology for the Bureau of Economic Geology, and with one of his F. Earl Ingerson / gfl graduate studentshe ismaking a series ofmelting andcrystal- Edward C. Jonas,Graduate Advisor lization determinations of natural rock samples from that Ernest L.Lundelius,Jr. region. 6 September, 1971

Rolland (Bart) Bartholomew joined the geology staff merits, and servicebuilding) for theMarine Institute.He also as a joint appointee with Science Education inSeptember last workedon the boat committeewhich is supervisingthe design year.During the 1970-71 school year, Bart began to assume and construction of anew 80-footsteelresearch vessel. some of Bob Boyer'sresponsibilities for earth science educa- tion. conjunctionwith Bob, he held an earth science semi- In Charlie Bellresumed his teaching dutieslast fallin spite nar each Wednesdaynoonwithsixgraduatestudents specializ- of the severestroke in January 1970 that left him paralyzed inginearth scienceeducation.There is a growing demand for throughout the left side of his body. He moves about in a thiskind of trainingat the universitylevel,and the sizeof the wheelchair and delivers his lectures and remarks with char- group is expectedto double nextyear.Inaddition to teaching acteristicclarity andincisivelogic,buthis frustration atbeing Geology 360K and Geology 304, Bart taught a course in restricted to one hand and half a body is painfully obvious. science methods in the Science Teaching Center, coordinated After yearsof participating freelyinnationalmeetings andde- the science student teacher programwith theAustin schools, partmental activities, of leading field trips for students and and taught a physical science in-servicecoursefor junior high joining them frequently in their parties, of taking countless school teachers. superb photographs of both fossils and lively non-fossils Part of the excitement of being the newest member of the (whichhe developedinhis owndarkroom),he cannot fail to department is finding where one can work effectively. In resenthishandicap.But Charlie's greatestaccomplishment was Bart's case, this was easy because others were interested in hismasterly teachingat the graduate level,impartinga vigor- new teachingideas. Ed Jonas andBart developed a computer- ous,fearlessspirit of inquiry andcriticalevaluationalong with assisted instructional (CAI) unit as an example of computer competence in professional work. Fortunately he has main- use as asupplementary teachingdevice. He will work withEd tained this ability, as he continues to supervisestudents at the a (AnnLee) indeveloping anew physi- and graduatestudent M.A. and Ph.D. levels. One of his doctoral graduate students cal geology course using CAI supplementary units in the is now completing animportant study of central Texas Paleo- spring of 1972. zoic rocks, and another is launching into a paleoecologic During the summer, Bart is developing a methods course study of fossils of Pennsylvanian age in Stephens County, classroom television tapes for teaching assistants in using Texas. geology. This course will be taught in the fall. Bart is also interested in developingself-teaching auto-tutorial materials in geology.Beginninginthefall,one (hopefullymore) sample Bob Boyer began the fall semester anticipating another unit will be ready for testing in study carrels located in the routine year but wound up finding it more filled with sur- Science Education Center. prises than any of his previous thirteen years in Austin. He Bart also participated in CASMT, the NSTA convention, became departmental Chairman when BillMuehlberger went and the NAGT meetings of the Texas Academy of Science. onleave in January and agreed to the additional post of Ex- He served as aconsultant to theEctor County SchoolDistrict, ecutive Secretary of the Geology Foundation in May when and as a consultant on undergraduate science education for SamEllison became Dean of the College of Natural Sciences. the University of Arkansas to round out averybusy first year Bob also served as Chairman of the Publications Committee inAustin. oftheGeological Societyof Americaduring the year. Bob taught the"Geology of Texas" course last fall and the tectonics course, "Evolution of a Continent" in the spring. BillBehrens teaches marinescience and does research in In May, when school ended early under the new schedule, marinegeology at the Marine Science Institute at Port Aran- he and Jan Turk taught the brief junior-level field course in sas, thereby qualifying as a member of our departmental central Texas before the summer heat and drought set in. faculty even thoughhe works at some distance from the re- Bob attended the national GSAmeeting and theSouth-Central mainder of the staff. Bill is closely associated with Lynton sectionalmeeting, as well as theAAPG meetingand theTexas Land in part of his research,andhe accompanied Lynton and sectionmeeting of NAGT. Heis also servingon theAGIEdu- a groupof UT geology students on the research cruise of the cation Committee. A book he co-authored entitled Activities R-V EASTWARD along the reef-bound Jamaica coast last and Demonstrations for Earth Science was published by February.Bill taught amarine geology course atPort Aransas Parker Publishing Company, and another, the Geology Fact last summer and he is teaching a general marine science Book, is beingprintedby Hubbard Scientific Company. This course there this summer. Last November he presented a summer Bob has prepared a revision of our departmental paper "Subtidal Holocene Dolomite, Baffin Bay, Texas", co- brochure, a booklet on the Geology Foundation and a bro- authored by Lynton Land, at the GSA meetingin Milwaukee. chure on the combined Department-Bureau program in en- In March he led a field trip for the SEPM coastal research vironmental geology and earth resources.Inconjunction with group. Bart Bartholomew, he is continuing his activities in earth Bill spent an unusual amount of time on committeeslast science education. He and Bart now have a viable group of year, especially on the building committee planning a new graduate students in the program,four Ph.D. aspirants and $3,000,000 expansion (laboratorybuilding, dormitory, apart- six masters candidates, including some very pretty gals! September, 1971 7

Fred Billiard retired from full-time teaching at the end Ronald DeFord washonored inearly November last year of the summer session to become Professor Emeritus. He was by a symposium inMidland co-sponsored by the West Texas honored at a dinner in May which is described in a special Geological Society and the UT Department of Geological article in this issue. Fred says that he will continue to offer Sciences. Thehighly informative and stimulating papers were his graduate seminar in volcanology at intervals and will focused on the geology of the Chihuahua Tectonic Belt, a maintainhis office in the Geology Building.He ispreparinga subject to which Ronald andhis graduate studentshave made revision of his book Volcanoes. He taught throughout the major contributions. In June 1971 Ronald was further hon- summer, after giving his usual courses in general geology, ored as a 50-year Distinguished Alumnus of the Colorado volcanology, and Latin American geology last winter. Inlate School of Mines. At the recent commencement ceremony in August he went to Craters of the Moon in Idaho to assist in Golden, Colorado,he waspresented a silver 50-year diploma outlining anewly authorized wilderness area there.Fred and lettered in gold. Ronald graduated from the Colorado School his students have studied the volcanic features of the areafor of Mines in 1921and earned amaster's degree the following several summers. At the South-Central sectional meeting of year. He waspreviously honored by his alma mater in 1963 GSA in Lubbock, he presented the results of radiocarbon when the school awarded him a Distinguished Achievement dating of volcanic activity at Craters of the Moon. Medal. For the past 23 years, Ronald has been aprofessor Fred also gave his justly popular invited lectures toseveral of geology at The University of Texas,following a successful groups last year, including the Midland Geological Society, careerintheoil industry. the University of Houston, North Texas State University in Last year Ronald taught a graduate course in advanced Commerce, and the Science Symposium for high school general geology and another graduate seminar. He also con- science students in Austin. He enjoyed attending the AAPG tinued to direct the Technical Sessions course and to work convention in Houston with no special responsibilities. withEd Jonas in advisinggraduate students.He is scheduled to retire from full-time teaching duties in 1972. This past summerRonaldconcentrated onpreparing asum- Steve Clabaugh taught metamorphic petrology to alarge mary of the accomplishments of G. K. Gilbert for the Dic- group of graduatestudentslast falland againteamedup with tionary of Scientific Biography, a new endeavor being edited Ed Jonas to teach the mineralogy-optical crystallography by C. C. Gillispie. Late last springhe completedabiography coursefor sophomores.Healso joinedEarleMcßride inteach- of Kirk Bryan for the Directory of American Biography. ing a new junior-level petrology course. In the spring he Ronald and Amma enjoyed a visit to Midland in July to at- taught aminerals and rocks course and spent the remainder tend the 25th Anniversary of the Midland Community The- of his time supervising four graduate students mapping in atre, a festival occasionhonoring the Director, Art Cole and Mexico,and four others preparing reports on their research his wife. Ronald had the distinction of being the first presi- in theLlano region and theDavis Mountains. Inbothcentral dent of that theatre.He waspresented anHonoraryLife Mem- Texasand westernMexico,the springmonths are far superior bership in the Midland Community Theatre at the banquet to the summer for geologic mapping; therefore,Steve encour- held inhis honor during the symposium inNovember. ages his students to do their field work during the spring se- mester. He made several trips to the Mazatlan-Durango re- gion to accompany students in the field and to help collect and bringback large samples for isotopic-age determinations. The Mexican research is being done in cooperation with the Mexican Geological Institute,headed by Diego Cordoba. The S. P. Ellison, Jr., Institute provided three field vehicles and part of the field Dean, expenses for the project, which is also supported by NASA College of NaturalSciences research funds obtained by Bill Muehlberger and Steve to continue the ignimbrite studies begunby Hoover Mackin. Steve attended the GSA meeting in Milwaukee, and like several other faculty members spent most of his time there interviewingpotential new teachers for the department. He also attended the symposium in Midland held in honor of SamEllison served as Acting Dean of the College of Arts Ronald DeFord, and recently he gave a lecture at the Uni- and Sciences last fall and still managed to find time to give versity of Houston. Last fall he again served as head of the a course in micropaleontology and work with his graduate Executive Committee of the Geology Foundation, and this students. During the spring he returned to full-time teaching summer he is again helping with the Newsletter. Steve also duties in the department,lecturingin anelementaryhistorical worked intermittently on the sale of bulk materials given to geology course and presenting a revised course "Geology of the University by the late Colonel Barron. The sales are to Energy Resources." He also continued his investigations of obtain endowment funds for maintaining the fine Barron conodonts, including work on a computerized reference re- collection of gems andmaterials. trieval system for conodont literature. His study of Sulfur in 8 September, 1971

Texas waspublished by the Bureau of Economic Geology. tion Gulf Environment Program and is the UT-Austin rep- Sam was chosen as aDistinguishedLecturer of the Ameri- resentative to GURC. can Association of Petroleum Geologists last spring, and he Pete justaccepted the nominationto serve as Councilor for has presentedhis lecture on "Geology of the Middle East" at the Geological Society of America for a three-year term, numerous university and geological society meetings in the 1972—74. During the year he served on several committeesof southern and eastern part of the country. Otherhonors which the GSA including the Committee on Committees and the have come to him during the year include membership in Committee onEnvironmentalandPublic Policy. Phi Kappa Phi, anational honor society, Honorary Lifetime Pete gave a number of speeches as representativeof theUT- Membership in the Dad's Association of The University of Austin administration. One such address, given to the Texas Texas, and an award and dinner given by University Presi- Exes Club in Alice, Texas, was entitled "UT-Austin— Prob- dent Bryce Jordan in appreciation for his work as Acting lems in 1971." Despite his many duties he had time to pub- Dean of Arts andSciences. lish several papersincluding one entitled "Texas coastal zone On May 1, 1971, Sam accepted appointment as the first development" which he read at a Governor's Conference and dean of the new College of Natural Sciences, one of the sub- which was published in the Texas Business Review. divisions of the former College of Arts and Sciences. But he insists that he is not going to remaina dean very long, even BobFolk says thatlate last summerhe found scads of new though that job keeps finding him, and he is determined to evidence in the Marathon Basin for the shallow-water origin continue teaching the energy resources course and doing re- of the Caballos Novaculite, and with Marge'shelp collected search on conodonts. spectacular samples. He also managed to take a train trip from Ojinaga to Topolobampo with a side trip to Mazatlan Bill Fisher, Frank Brown, and Chip Groat partici- and a stop at Copper Canyon. During the school year Bob pated in teaching courses for the department during the year taught courses in sandstone petrography, carbonate petrog- in addition to their work for the Bureau of Economic Geol- raphy, and elementary geology. (He also continued to attend ogy. Activities of these men are reviewed more fully in the a Czech class.) He gavelectures to the West Texas Geological section devoted to the Bureau. Society, Lamar Tech, and UT-Arlington, and during a week at the University of Wyominghe gave aseries of sixlectures. At the GSA meetings inMilwaukee hepresented a paper on psritidal novaculite,and he gave a lecture also at the meet- ing honoringPettijohn at Johns Hopkins University. At the UT alumni breakfast during the AAPG meeting in Houston last March,Bob was givena teaching excellence awardand a $1,000 check by the Geology Foundation inrecognitionof his P. T. Flawn, outstanding teaching of thepetrology of sedimentary rocks. Administrator After publishing his brief but widely discussed (and cussed) paper on "Greatly enhanced stereoscopic vision through the use of two hands," Bob has gone on to dis- cover new ways of improving stereo perception. He recom- mends looking at a distant landscape through an old mirror stereoscopefor a real thrill and listening to stereo music with two rolls of unusedbathroom tissue held up to your ears. Bob has spent very little of the summer of 1971 in Austin. PeteFlawn wasnamed Vice-President for Academic Af- He was one of the teachers of a course in recent carbonates fairs ad interimof the University onSeptember 1, 1970. Dur- given in the Cayman Islands (a boondoggle organized by ing the past year Pete has worked closely with President ad Clyde Moore) early in the summer; then he took his family interimBryce Jordanand sinceJuly 1971 withnew President withhim to southern Yugoslavia toinvestigate the geologyof Stephen Spurr. Administrative work is not new to Pete; he an archeological site (Roman and Byzantine),traveling via served as Director of the Bureau ofEconomic Geology for ten Paris, Algiers, and Athens. After a couple of weeks visiting years and currently holds the title of Director, Division of geologists and outcrops in Czechoslovakia,he went to Heidel- Natural Resources and Environment. Despite his administra- berg to deliver a paper on length-slow chalcedony (again!) tive duties, Pete maintained high interest in environmental at the International Sedimentological Congress.Bob'spublica- problems, especially as they pertained to public affairs, tions during the last year ranged as usual from Australia and through his active work on numerous committees. Among Tahiti to Yucatan and Texas, and once again several were these arethe National Academy of Science-National Research strictly for the birds. Council Committee and Panel on Bedrock Disposal and the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. He also Claude Horton is a professor in the Physics Department served as Director of the Gulf Universities Research Corpora- whose research interests extend into geophysics; therefore September, 1971 9 he agreed several years ago to serve also as a professor of Edtaught a graduate courseon the Petrology of Shales last geology, and he quickly became a welcomed and refreshing fall, as well as the elementary mineralogy course, and he participant in geology faculty meetings and academic activi- worked on a computer-assisted teaching program with Bart ties. Most of his formal teaching is in physics; last year he Bartholomew in the spring while teaching a section of fresh- taught Classical Dynamics both semesters, and during the mangeology. Ed also serves the department as Graduate Ad- spring gave an advanced course for which the text was his visor. Inlate May he joined a group of UT geology students own book Signal Processing of Underwater Acoustic Waves, in an excitingraft trip down the Grand Canyon which he published by the U.S.Government PrintingOffice. Three stu- describes in a special story in this issue of the Newsletter. dents completed MA degrees and one completed the Ph.D. This summer Ed taught a rocks and minerals course and in degreeunder his supervision. With Bourianoff, the Ph.D. re- August attended the joint meeting of the Mineralogical cipient, he published the paper "Ensemble and time aver- Society of America and the Clay Mineral Society at Rapid ages of reverberationfrom a sea surface:A computer study." City, South Dakota. It was followed by field trips to nearby At a symposium inHouston sponsored by the Acoustical So- bentonite deposits and phosphate mineral occurrences. ciety, Claude presented an invited lecture on underwater acoustics last November. He also gave alecture on the sub- RalphKehle worked his waynorthward from west Texas ject in our geology Technical Sessions last fall,and this sum- to western Canada during the summer of 1970. After four mer he was invited to lecture at A&M on "Scattering and weeks inthe MarathonBasin,hemovedthe summer fieldclass reverberation." During the past year he was elected to Fel- (Geol. 660) up to the high country nearTaos, New Mexico, lowshipintheAmerican PhysicalSociety. for the final section of the course. From there he took his Claude reports that his local activities include alittle cat- family toLewiston, Montana, to check onPaul Gucwa's work tle raising which he pursues with enjoyment despite drought in the Bearpaw Mountains. Inspection of Paul's thesis area and poor range conditions. included a float trip through the Missouri Breaks. Calgary was the next stop for Ralph, wherehe spent a month consult- ingfor AMOCO Canada onsalt tectonics. Earl Ingerson taught a graduate seminar in the genesis During the fall Ralph taught a freshman geology section and exploration of ore deposits last fall which included afast- for the first time, in addition to the annual "beer and cheese" paced, exciting trip to major silver, gold and ironmines in advanced seminar in structural geology. In addition,Ralph central and western Mexico. A little unexpected excitement went to New Orleans, Milwaukee, and Houston as part of a wasintroduced abruptly near theend of the trip inMonterrey departmental team to present an AGI-sponsored short course when an approaching Mexican car went out of control and in environmental geology. His lectures on landslides, active slammed across the median into the path of a departmental faults and subsidence reflect some of his current research in- carryall. TheMexican car was a total loss inthe collision,but terests. In October he received an NSF research grant for fortunately the owner's insurancepaid for repairs to the uni- measuring fault activity in the Texas coastal region, and in versity vehicle, and luckily no one suffered injuries worse November he was awarded another grant to compile data than bruises and sprains. During the spring semester, Earl on stress in the shallow earth's crust. He is continuing his collaborated withLeon Long and EdJonas in offeringa new duties as Chairman of the AAPG GeothermalSurveyof North senior geochemistry course. He also made arrangements for America, and in January he received another grant to sup- a new course on gems which he will present for the first time port a special geothermal study. In this connection he was this year. It is designed for non-geologists, but you can be also appointed to a national committee for geothermal re- sure that it will include quite abitof fundamental mineralogy. search. Earl attended a meeting of the National Committee for Spring semester found Ralph teaching a surprisingly large Geochemistry in Washington, D. C, early in February and class (57 students) in the undergraduate structural geology went from there to Paris to a conference of the International course and a smaller class of graduate geologists and engi- Geological Correlation Program where he presented a report neers in an engineeringgeology class. He also attended the on "Chemical methods of correlation." During the early part AAPG and AEG meetings, a meeting of the AAPG research of this summer, Earlagain was workingin Houston as a Con- committee, and several meetings of committee sultant for EssoProduction ResearchCompany. the steering for the Geothermal Survey. As you would anticipate, Ralph used the summer months of 1971 for some uninterrupted Ed Jonas attended the National Clay Conference inMiami progressonhisresearch projects. last October and made a field trip through the southern Flor- ida phosphate deposits. He is completing his last year as a Lynton Land taught courses last year in sedimentary member of the Council of the Clay Mineral Society. In April geochemistry, carbonate petrography, opticalmineralogy and Ed attended the AAPG meeting inHouston and the new Col- oceanography. This fall he and Earle Mcßride will jointly loquium on Clay that met concurrently. He accompanied teach a new introductory course inoceanography. Last Feb- KeithYoung and the student geological society on a field trip ruary Lynton added a new dimension to his teachingby tak- innorthernMexico. ing a group of eight graduate students on a training and re- 10 September, 1971 search trip to Jamaica where they spent five days on board study with Dan on the Texas alkalic intrusions has disclosed the research vesselEASTWARD and five days ashore study- some intriguingproblems andsolveda few. ing reef sediments.Financial supportfor the project waspro- In June,— he and his family enjoyed the most excitingvaca- vided by a National Science Foundation predoctoral training tion ever a trip to Florida, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto program.Lynton gaveinvited lectures at Louisiana State Uni- Rico.He reports that snorkeling in those fantastic coral reefs versity and Northwestern University and served as session at St. John blows the mind, and the whole vacation blows the chairman atpart of the AAPG-SEPMmeeting inHouston.He pocketbook! also published three paperslast year, one in the Journal of Sedimentary Petrology and two in Sedimentology. All were Ernie Lundelius was on research leave last fall working chiefly based on his research on recent andPleistocene carbonates. withDr.W.D. Turnbull at the Field Museumof Nat- Lynton is again spending most of the summer in Jamaica ural History in Chicago. They completed the first of a series investigating the genesis of reef carbonates and teaching a of four papers onthe vertebrate fossils from the Madura Cave course in carbonate diagenesis for the Organization of Trop- in western Australia. He took time off from his research to ical Studies.His research grantfrom thePetroleum Research attend the GSA meeting in Milwaukee in November to help Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, has interview invertebrate paleontologists for the teaching po- sition the been renewed for two years to continue this research. He is in that field at UT. He also attended meeting of the in Toronto, also engaged in research on Holocene carbonates of Baffin Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Bay, Texas, with Bill Behrens. They have NSF support for he spent some time in New York studying collections in that project, and Lynton has also been granted $27,000 in the American Museum of Natural History and consulting paleontologists NSF matching funds for purchase of a gas-source mass spec- vertebrate there. Ernie taught anintroductory geology course and a gradu- trometer to beused for stable-isotope analyses (C,0,N,H). ate course on the paleontology of birds and mammals during Warm Langston works for both the Department of Geo- thespring,andhe joinedEarleMcßride inteachingthe senior hon- logical Sciences and the Texas Memorial Museum, and is field course during the summer. This summer Ernie was in Director of the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory at the ored by beingnamed a Research Associate the Division of Balcones Research Center. Last fall Warm taught the gradu- Fossil Vertebrates, Chicago Field Museum of History.He re- honorary five-year term ate vertebrate paleontology course concerned chiefly with ceives this staff appointment for a in fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. His latest publication is a inrecognition of his fine accomplishments fossil vertebrate technical study of a 75 million-year-old fossil sting-ray from research.Judy andErnie are eagerly awaiting completion of Alberta, Canada. He is collaborating with the Houston Mu- anewhome innorthwestAustinearly this fall. seum of Natural Science by supervising the reconstruction John Maxwellbecame President of the American Geolog- and mounting of an 80-foot dinosaur skeleton. When time ical Institute last fall, and he was recently nominated for the allows, from other projects Warm continues his research on post of Vice-President of the Geological Society of America. to give perspective, fossil crocodilians,and himself the right John is currently serving as Chairman of the Earth Sciences he keeps a few not-so-fossil alligators in a pond at Balcones! Division of the National Academy of Sciences-National Re- search Council, which required eight trips for meetings in Long againtaught graduate Leon the course in isotope Washington and one in Denver during the past school year. geology, and continued to team-teach the high-enrollment He also attended the GSA and AGI meetings in Milwaukee introductory Inthe Earl course with Al Scott. springsemester last November, an AGIcouncil meeting in Colorado Springs Ingerson, Ed Jonas,and he together pioneered a senior geo- in January, and the AAPG meetingin Houston inMarch. In chemistry course. addition,John somehowfound timeto assist inleadinga field Leon chaired a sessionat theMilwaukee GSAmeetings and trip in Switzerland and northern Italy inearly September of special geology to gave a lecture on environmental a conven- 1970, to make a trip to Missouri,Montana, for NSF last Oc- tion high in Rouge. of school teachers Baton He also put sev- tober, to address the American Institute of Electrical Engi- in mill," inprint. eral papers the "Publications soon toappear neers at their meeting inMiami inNovember, and to present effort, though, to continue a His primary has been writing a paper at the AGU meetingin San Francisco in December. freshmangeology text,now past comprehensive well the half- Believeit or not, still manages to find time for teach- becoming John waypoint. He says that an amateur vertebrate pa- ing formal courses, supervising graduate students, and doing leontologist, seismologist, geomagnetician, and what-have-you quite a bit of field work of his own.He taught a graduate sem- purposes is for of book writing abig struggle, but fun. inar in regional tectonics each semester last year, and he is spring, lengthy trips in In the Leon made two field connec- spending most of the summer with four Ph.D. aspirants map- tion with researchby his students in iso- him and Rb and Sr ping along the easternmargin of the Franciscan beltinnorth- tope geochemistry. One journey was toMexico nearMazatlan central California. where he, Steve Clabaugh, FredMcDowell and students have a sizeable program.The other was a collecting trip in Trans- Earle Mcßride taught the senior field course inthe Mara- Pecos Texas with Dan Barker and students. His cooperative thon region this summer with the help of Ernie Lundelius September, 1971 11 and student assistants. Earle says that the tributaries in the Mountains,California. He hasmade trips with the Apollo 16 Marathon Basin make field workexcitinginspite of the heat. crew to Meteor Crater, Arizona; Capulin Mountain region, He even spent some extra time there after the field course New Mexico; San Francisco Peaks volcanic field, Arizona; studying the Caballos Novaculite in an attempt to resolve the Mono Craters, California; Keweenawan region, Michigan; feud withBob Folk over"deep"versus "shallow" waterorigin and Sudbury area,Ontario. Additional field trips areplanned of the Caballos. The National Science Foundation is support- to the Adirondack Mountains,New York, and to Hawaii. ing their joint work onbedded chert.In August Earle is at- Bill continues to direct theresearch of several graduate stu- tending the VII International Sedimentological Congress in dents and to make use (infrequently, of course) of his office Heidelberg, where he will present a paper on the "Origin of in the Geology Building. If you arelucky, you may find him Red Beds of the Difunta Group,Mexico." He will also go on there when you come to Austin. He will be surrounded by a field trip to examinesomered beds inGermany. (For Earle, lunar and terrestrial geologic maps and photographs and one turbidites and red beds are the in things these days.) ear will be semipermanently attached to the government tele- Extra-curricular activities last year included trips to the phone linethere. GSA meeting in Milwaukee in November, a diagenesis con- ference in Denver in December, a sedimentation conference Ed Owen closed his downtown office in San Antonio and honoringF. J.Pettijohn in Baltimore in January, the AAPG his office at the University, and moved his pen and ink to a meeting in Houston in April, and the Texas Academy of convenient wingof his home at505 Club Drive, San Antonio. Science meeting in Nacogdoches in April. At the conference There he is working full-time toward completion of a book honoringDr.Pettijohn, Earle presented aninvited paper on which has been in—progress for eight years. The title is:Trek "Some concepts of Appalachian basin sedimentation in the of the OilFinders A History of Exploration for Petroleum. last 70 years." The AAPG will publish it as Memoir 6. His original dead- During the spring Earle served as assistant departmental line for completion was in 1966. He apologizes herewith to chairman,aiding Bob Boyer who had just become chairman. all former students whom he chewed out for being dilatory in He also served on several committeesand took care of a large finishing theses and dissertations. share of the academic advising of undergraduate geology stu- dents.He taught a new junior-level petrology course last fall, Will Rust taught a course in exploration geophysics to a andhe will joinLynton Land in teachinga new introductory class of 20 students last fall, and in the springhe presented a courseinoceanography this fall. new introductory course in solid-earth geophysics for geology seniors. In this course he discussed the current concepts of Fred McDowell completed construction of Depart- the global tectonics and the basic geophysical techniques that ment's potassium-argon datingfacilities during the past year, provided support and tests for the new theory. Will has been andis currently processinga huge backlog of Tertiary ignim- actively developing our facilities for geophysicalresearchand brite samples from west Texas,Mexico, and Honduras. teaching. Heis supervisingthe installation of a digital seismic Fred's name appeared on three papers published in the computer which was donated to the department, and he is past year: "Potassium-argon ages of glauconites from abio- now in the initial stagesof installing an earthquake observa- chronologically dated upper Jurassic sequence of northern tory at the old NIKE missile base westof Austin (now owned Switzerland," and "On-line Ar extraction system for rapid by the University) A recording device located onprominent high-precision routine analysis," both inEclogaeGeol. Helv., . display in the corridor outside the auditorium of the Geology and "Potassium-argon ages from the Ceneri Zone, southern Building will register the seismic disturbances as they arebe- Swiss Alps,"inContr.Mineral. Petrol. ingdetected. Inaddition toa sampling to Honduras withBillMuehl- trip Willattended the annual meetingof the Societyof Explora- berger last summer, Fred accompanied Steve Clabaugh to tion Geophysicists in New Orleans last winter,but he plans westernMexico to check the progressof student mapping and to stay home all this summer. He says that he and Margaret for more sample collecting. This summer's plans included a areready to spend this summer in Austin recuperating from similar trip to westTexas. last summer's trip to Europe. BillMuehlbergerended his formal teaching duties (tem- porarily) and his term as departmental chairman in January AlScott says the best news he can offer in 1971 is that by taking leave from the University to give full-time attention for another year he has successfully avoided conviction on to the field geology training and planning for Apollo 16 and either vagrancy or moral terpitude charges! Al and Leon subsequent Apollo moon shots. Bill continues to call Austin Long againteamed up to teach double sections of their popu- his home base, but his work with the astronauts keeps him lar introductory freshman course in geology, and Al taught traveling constantly to the USGS Astrogeologyoffices inFlag- the new sophomore course "Depositional Processes." This staff, Arizona, to the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in course was designed as part of our new curriculum to inte- Houston, and on field trips with the astronauts. Bill has ac- grate concepts from geomorphology, sedimentary processes companied the Apollo 15 crew to examinethe geology of the and facies analysis, using field trips to the Gulf Coast to illus- Rio Grande Gorge near Taos, New Mexico, and the Coso trate the subjects. (What the course actually accomplishes 12 September, 1971 may be far different from its intent; some students have re- Jack Wilson attended the 1970 Geological Society of ferred to it as the art of digging L-shaped trenches.) America meeting in Minneapolis for only one day and then This summer Al has been working for the Bureau of Eco- moved onto the meetingof the Society of Vertebrate Paleon- nomic Geology. After the Bureau's successful Delta Collo- tology in Toronto.In Torontohe chaired one of the Technical quium, Al and his fellow mud daubers have decided to have Sessions and talked about vertebrate fossil finds in West a try at other facies, and Al hopes to have a syllabus com- Texas. This talk was a short summary of the onehe gave in pleted soon. At theend of the summer,Al will go up to Maine Midland last fall at the symposium honoring Ronald K.De- to wade on mudflats and eat clams with graduate student Ford. Jack again taught the new freshman course "Life Barry Timson. Through Time," the junior level course in stratigraphy and a During the past year, Alpresented talks on hurricane ef- course in vertebrate paleontology. Jack waselected chairman fects at UT-E1 Paso, Rice, A&M, and the AAPG meeting. of the American Commissionon Stratigraphic Nomenclature When he first gave this lecture at Port Aransas last summer for 1971. it was followed by hurricane Celia within a week. No such Last summer Jack located a late Eocene bone bed near fatebefell hislaterlocales. Aqua FriaMountain which proved very productive. He re- Al says that the best part of the Delta Colloquium road turned this summer with a crew of six and excavated a fan- shows in Midland,New Orleans, and the AAPG in Houston tastic amount of bones and teeth of turtles, crocodiles,rhinos, was the opportunity to visit with so many Texas Exes. If small deerlike forms, andprimitiveprimates. During the lat- any of you missed him, we can assure you that Marilyn and ter part of the summer, Margeand Jack traveled to Nairobi, his daughters are keepingalive his interest in Mexican food Kenya, to visit Texas ex, John M. Harris (M.A. '67). John and other goodies. gave them a guided tour of several classic vertebrate sites in- cluding Olduvai Gorge.They had thepleasureof havingMrs. Jan Turk joined Keith Young and others last year in Leakey accompany them on their safari. Marge and Jack spreadingthe gospel of environmental geology. After a warm- have moved to their remodeled house onLake Travis and so up performance for the New Orleans Geological Society in far, commuting has not presented any serious problems. October, the UT evangelists presented the AGI-sponsoredEn- Keith Young taught anintroductory Environmental Ge- vironmental Geology short course in Milwaukee at the GSA ology course for freshmen, an advanced course in the same meeting and again later in Houston at the AAPG meeting. subject,and a graduate course in Mesozoic stratigraphy dur- Jan attended theAssociation of Engineering Geologists meet- ing the 1970—71 academic year, and he is teaching the pop- ing in Washington, D. C, but his most exciting trip of the ular introductory EnvironmentalGeology courseagainduring year was in May when he went to the Society of Petroleum the second term of the 1971Summer Session.Keith's enthusi- Engineers Regionalmeeting in Anchorage,Alaska. He made asm for environmental aspects of geology caused him to be an all-day field trip to the North Slope, where he toured the selected to organizeand head the group of UT geologists who petroleum installations. presented a short course on EnvironmentalGeology for the In January he was invited to present a paper at the an- New Orleans Geological Society in October, a similar course nual Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Con- sponsoredby the American Geological Institute inMilwaukee ference at Vanderbilt Universityin June. His topic was "Im- in November, and one inMarch inHouston. He attended the— pact of sanitary landfills on groundwater resources." Later GSA meetinginMilwaukee,the TexasAcademy of Science in the month he presented a paper, "Nitrate contamination NAGT meeting in Nacogdoches inMarch, and the sth meet- of ground water in Runnels County, Texas" (co-authored ing of the CaribbeanGeological AssociationatIsla Margarita, withRichard Heil, Charles Kreitler, and David Jones) at the Venezuela in July, where he presented a paper on "Ammo- Conference on Trace Substances in Environmental Health, nites from Puerto Rico and St. Thomas." On route to the University of Missouri. Both these papers were published in Caribbean meeting, Keith spent two days in Jamaica visiting the respective Conference Proceedings. Last fall, Jan and a graduate student who is doing his research there under Frank Brown led a flying field trip of the Texas coast for Keith's supervision. Keith also served last April as an AGI twenty SigmaEpsilon members.Each student spent two hours guest lecturer at three Pennsylvania colleges, and he led two in the air observing the coastal geomorphology. field trips for students into Nuevo Leon and Coahuila,north- In May Jan joined Bob Boyer in teaching the elementary ern Mexico. field course,G32OK, to 57students.During theregular school Keith is Editor of the Texas section of NAGT and incom- yearhe taught engineeringgeology and two graduate courses ing Vice-President of the organization. He is also an asso- inhydrogeology. This summer Jan continuedhis research on ciate editor of the Texas Journal of Science, amember of the nitratepollution of groundwater,liquid and solid waste dis- Environmental Committee of the Texas Academy of Science, posal, and active faults in the TexasGulf Coast.He also plans and vice-chairman of faculty for the new Institute for Ad- to complete a manuscript on the hydrogeology of lacustrine vanced Environmental Studies. Inaddition to serving on the clays in the Great Salt Lake Desert, and to prepare a publi- UT Library Committee and other university and state com- cation for the Bureau of Economic Geology on geologicalcri- mittees, he is a member of the Executive Committee of the teria for landusein Texas. Northwest Austin CivicAssociation. September, 1971 13

Lecturers— Guests oftheDepartment Dr. Alfred S. Romer, Harvard University. "Triassic ver- tebratefossils fromSouthAmerica." The Department hosted a number of prominent geologists Dr. Robert B. Scott, Florida State University. "Cenozoic and other distinguished persons during the year.Included in evolutionof the GreatBasin." this group were several AAPG Distinguished Lecturers. The Smith, visitors,along with the topics of their talks, arelistedhere to Dr. Charles I. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. illustrate the variety of subjects and the timeliness of the in- "Lower Cretaceous sedimentation and tectonics of the Coa- formationpresented. huilla andWest TexasPlatforms." Dr. Douglas Smith,Geophysical Laboratory, The Carnegie Institution of Washington. "The origin of K-rich grano- Departmental Speakers,1970-1971 phyres, central Arizona: an end-member model for the formation of granite." and "Stability of Fe-rich pyroxenes; Dr. John J. Anderson, Kent State University. "Cenozoic experiment application. geologic evolution of the southeastern High Plateaus, and Utah." Dr. James T.Sprinkle,HarvardUniversity. "Theearly evo- Dr.Victor R.Baker, University of Colorado, "Catastrophic lution of attached echinodermata." Pleistocene flooding in eastern Washington." Mr. BurYon B. Tettleton,AAPG Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Woodfin L. Butte, School of Law, The University of "The compatability of the offshore oil industry and the Texas, Austin. "Legal aspects of international mineral in- marine environment." vestment anddevelopment." Dr. Alan Thomson, Shell Houston. "Conti- Dr. J. B. Davis,Mobil Research and Development Corpora- Development, nuity of Pliocene turbidite sandstones, Ventura area,Cali- tion, Dallas. "Analogy between sulfur deposition in an- fornia, application tosupplementaryrecovery." hydritic formations of the Delaware Basin and the Gulf with Coast salt domes." Dr. Brian B. Turner,Research Geologist, Terrestrial Sci- Dr.DavidE. Frazier,EssoProduction ResearchCorporation ences Lab, AFCRL. "Precambrian geology of the south- Houston. Informal discussions on "Holocene deposition easternAdirondacks." and stratigraphy, Mississippi Delta and adjacent Continen- Teachinghighlights for the yearwere the four distinguished tal Shelf." guests who participated in our visiting lecture series.Prof. Gaertner, Dr. Henri yon German Federal Geological Sur- Philip E. LaMoreaux, Director of the Alabama Geological Hanover, vey, Germany. "Tectonics and magmatic devel- Survey, and Dr. F. Beach Leighton, Chairman of the De- opmentof cratons." partment of Geology at Whittier College, shared in the en- T .Gutmann, University. my Dr.James Stanford "Review of vironmental theme during the spring semester. Prof. La current prejudices regarding the history and pe- eruptive Moreaux included an analysis of hydrologicproblems of sev- trology of Crater Elegante, in thePinacte field." eral foreign countries inhis talks. A keynote address was en- Dr.Paul L.Hilpman,University ofKansas. "Man,resources, titled "Man and his environment: today and tomorrow." Dr. and the environment." Leighton concentrated onenvironmentalengineering concerns Dr. Philip B.King,U.S.Geological Survey. "Precambrian with emphasis on California. "Geology in the early planning of thesoutheasternU.S." stage of suburbia andnew towns" wasonetopic inhis seriesof Dr. David L. Meyer,Smithsonian Institution. "Living Cri- popularlectures. noidsof theCaribbean." Dr. Desmond A. Pretorius, Professor, Exploration Geol- Dr.EldridgeMoores,University of California,Davis. "Role ogy at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,pre- of plate tectonics in regulating sea level and faunal evolu- sented a stimulating short course series on the Precambrian tion." and "Ophiolites and the tectonic evolution of the history and structureof southern Africa.His lectures included westernCordillera ofNorthAmerica." one entitled "The metallogenetic provinces and epochs of Southern Africa." Dr. Stanley A. Schumm, Professor of Ge- Dr. John D.Morgan,Daytona Beach College. "U. S.usage ology at Colorado State University,conducted a series of lec- of mineralresources," and "Formulation and implementa- tures on fluvial geomorphology. These talks, which outlined tionof U.S.mineralpolicies." the major aspects of river development and hillslope evolu- Morgridge, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer. Mr. Dean L. tion,wereincorporated inthe seniorcourse ingeomorphology Field,Eastern "The geology and discovery of PrudhoeBay and were thoroughly enjoyed by all the participants. Arctic Slope,Alaska." An interestingpanel discussion in the Technical Sessions Dr. Raymond Pestrong,San Francisco State College. "Geo- program waspresented by members of the Texas Water De- logic hazards of the San Francisco"Bay area." and "Geo- velopment Board. Lew Seward, an engineer,presented the morphic evolutionof tidal marshes. main talk on the Texas Water Plan followed by a question- Mr.Merrill J. Reynolds,A. G. Oliphant-Ceja Corporation, and-answer sessionwithJamesHill,economist; JamesPerdue, Tulsa, Oklahoma; AAPG Distinguished Lecturer. "Omega geologist; and Jack Nelson, biologist. The program featured of hydrocarbons." themultidisciplinary approach to waterplanning. 14 September, 1971

Enrollment andDegrees RecentGraduatesinGeologicalSciences August 1970 A considerably larger group of graduating seniors during 1970—71 reflects the increased undergraduate enrollments in Bachelor of Arts Daniel Everett Gorski geology over the past few years. The large sophomore class Richard Milton Smith, Jr. Michael AndrewJordan for 1970—71 representsapeak withaslight taperingof under- Bachelor of Science with Hildebrando Jose Martell Honors William Benjamin Oliver IV graduate majors expected for the next few years. Graduate Donnie FranklinParker,Jr. Master of Education (Geology) slightly enrollment remained steady with more than half of Bachelor of Science James LawrenceLearned the group seeking Master's degrees. Employment opportuni- William Richard Cunningham John Philip Podolinsky ties for Ph.D.'s arebecoming progressively tighter, especially Jerry Robert Gips Doctor of Philosophy in the teachingprofession. Consequently a greaternumber of Daniel Richard Kruger Edward Ramsey Burt 111 John William Preston Henry Simon Chafetz our graduate students will concentrate at the Master's level. Master of Arts John Raymond Everett Headcount of students who declared their major subject to Mustafa Cengiz Bastug Harlan Hugh Roepke begeology for the 1966—71 periodis givenbelow. Ronald Arthur Butterworth Michael Alan Wiley WilliamRoark Dupre Fall Spr. Fall Spr. FallSpr. Fall Spr. Fall Spr. 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71

Fresh. 18 19 21 19 26 32 40 38 34 30 December 1970 Soph. 24 39 26 27 50 50 39 32 65 67 Bachelor of Science with Joseph Brewton 39 33 32 31 32 22 40 43 41 40 Lawrence Jr. Honors Morgan Cadwgan Sr. 10 9 30 28 14 16 20 27 40 40 Richard Don Anthony Lundy Freddy Jesus Chiquito Grad. 96 105 107 104 103 91 96 96 100 90 Bachelor of Science Richard Brown Waitt Totals 187 181 216 209 225 211 235 236 280 267 Joseph Cepeda Doctor of Philosophy Susan Jane Deutsch John Doyne Cooper Cecil Rob Sloan Robert Harry Fakundiny RandolphErnest Wilson John C. Gries Enrollment in introductory geology courses has increased Master of Arts slightly, largely in response to a wider selection of course offerings.Inaddition to ourphysical andhistorical courses of long standing, and the most successful one-semester course, May1971 "Introduction to Geology", a substitute for "Historical Ge- ology" entitled "Life Through Time" is being offered. Also, Bachelor of Arts Cynthia Elliott "Geology Geological Basis Darrell Lee Frey James David Joy and Man: The of Man's Environ- Armando Otal Garza Stephen Lynn Shaw ment" continues to be a popular selection among students of Stephen Asher Walton James Jackson Shelton lower-division standing. In the fall of 1971-72, Drs. Land Phillip Robb Winsborough Thomas William Swinbank andMcßride will offer a new freshman course entitled "In- Bachelor of Science with Karl Robert Warning Honors Arts troduction to Oceanography". We anticipate this to be as Master of Robert McClelland Adams 111 Gerald Stanley Barton popular an offering as Dr.Young's environmental course has Edward John Krish Edgar Lowndes Berg been. Enrollment figures inthese courses for theperiod1956— Bachelor of Science Arthur WordsworthCleaves II 71are givenbelow. John Michael Breeding Enrique Martinez-Garcia Harvey Lee Case 111 Doctor of Philosophy 1956-57 1224 1961-62 1845 1966-67 2254 Glenn Felix Cooper William Edmond Galloway 1957-58 1191 1962-63 1875 1967-68 2263 1958-59 1294 1963-64 1810 1968-69 2156 1959-60 1422 1964-65 2060 1969-70 1721 GraduateDegreesinGeologicalSciences 1960-61 1763 1965-66 2407 1970-71 3028 Master of Arts, August 1970 (7) Bastug, Mustafa Cengiz, 1946— B.S.ingeology, 1968, University ofTexas, Austin Tabulated below is the number of degrees granted in ge- Subsurface geology of BronteField,Cook County, Texas ology at The University of Texas at Austin in recent years: Supervisor: S. P.Ellison,Jr. Butterworth,Ronald Arthur, 1942- Expected B.A. ingeology, 1964,University ofMinnesota 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Sedimentology of the Maxon Formation (Cretaceous), West Texas Supervisor: E.F. Mcßride BA. 5 3 4 5 3 5 5 6 B.S. 8 4 5 3 8 9 21 25 Dupre,William Roark,1946- M.A. 14 10 11 12 12 16 14 11 B.S.in geology,1968,University of Texas, Austin Ph.D. 3 8 11 3 12 6 8 5 Geology of the Zambrano Quadrangle, Honduras, Central America Totals 30 25 31 23 35 36 48 47 Supervisor:W. R.Muehlberger September, 1971 15

Gorski,DanielEverett,1937- Masterof Arts, December 1970 (4) B.S.in geology,1960, SulRoss State College Brewton,JosephLawrence,1944— Geology and trace transition element variation of the Mitre Peak B.S. ingeology, 1967,University of Texas, Austin area, Trans-Pecos Texas Heavy mineral distribution in Formation (Eocene), East Supervisor:F. E.Ingerson the Carrizo Texas Jordan,Michael Andrew, 1944— Supervisor: R. L.Folk B.S.in geology,1966, University ofKansas Cadwgan, Morgan, 1941— Garnetiferous metagabbro near Babyhead, Llano County, Texas Richard B.A. ingeology, 1965, BrownUniversity Supervisor:S. E. Clabaugh Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Gaptank Formation (Middle Martell,HildebrandoJose, 1939- andLate Pennsylvanian),Pecos County, Texas B.S. ingeology, 1964,UniversidadCentralde Venezuela Supervisor: E.F. Mcßride Three Bar Oil Field,AndrewsCounty, Texas Supervisor: S. P.Ellison,Jr. Chiquito, Freddy Jesus, 1940— Geologoin geology, 1965, UniversidadCentral de Venezuela,Caracas Oliver,William BenjaminIV,1944- YarbroughandAllen Field,Ector County,Texas B.S. ingeology, 1968, University of Texas, Austin Supervisor:S. P. Ellison,Jr. Depositional systems in the Woodbine Formation (Upper Cretace- ous),northeast Texas Waitt,RichardBrown,1943- Supervisor: W. L.Fisher B.S.ingeology, 1966,Universityof Texas, Austin Ignimbrites of the Sierra Madre Occidental between Durango and Mazatlan,Mexico Master of Education (Geology Major),August 1970 (2) Supervisor:D.S. Barker Learned,JamesLawrence,1941— B.A. in psychology, 1963, University of Redlands, California Doctor of Philosophy, December 1970 (3) Urban geology in secondary schools: implication for conservation, city planning, andenvironmentalprotection Cooper,JohnDoyne, 1939— Supervisor:R.E. Boyer B.S. in geology, 1961, University of Michigan: M.A. in geology, 1964,University of Texas, Austin Podolinsky, Philip, John 1924- Stratigraphy and paleontology ofEscondido Formation (Upper Cre- B.S. in physics-math-education, 1951, St. Thomas College, St. Paul, taceous ),Maverick County, Texas and northern Mexico Minnesota Supervisor:Keith Young Use of field trips in secondary school earth science curricula Supervisor:R. E.Boyer Fakundiny, Robert Harry,1940— B.A. in geology, 1962, University of California, Riverside; M.A. in geology, 1967, University ofTexas, Austin Philosophy, August (5) Doctor of 1970 Geology of the El Rosario Quadrangle, Honduras, Central America Burt, EdwardRamsey111, 1942- Supervisor: W. R.Muehlberger B.S. in geology, 1964, University of North Carolina; M.S. in geology, Gries,JohnCharles,1940— 1968,University of North Carolina in general engineering, 1962, University of Wyoming; M.S. in Petrology of the Mitchell Mesa Rhyolite, Trans-Pecos Texas B.S. geology, 1965, University of Wyoming. Supervisor: S. E. Clabaugh — Geology of the Sierra de La Parra area,northeastChihuahua,Mexico Chafetz, Henry Simon, 1940 Supervisor:W. R.Muehlberger B.S. in geology, 1963, City College of New York: M.S. in geology, 1967, Michigan StateUniversity Mast, Petrology and stratigraphy of the lower part of the Wilberns Forma- r of Arts, May1971 (4) tion,Upper Cambrianof centralTexas Barton, Gerald Stanley, 1942- Supervisor:R.L.Folk B.S. ingeology, 1964,Pennsylvania StateUniversity Everett,JohnRaymond, 1940— A Fortran program for the generation of mean gravity anomalies by B.S. in geology, 1962, University of Oklahoma; M.A. in geology, least squares r 1964,University of Texas, Austin Supervisor: W .R.Muehlberger Geology of the Comayagua Quadrangle,Honduras, Central America Berg,EdgarLowndes,1944— Supervisor:W. R.Muehlberger B.S.ingeology, 1967,University of Texas,Austin Roepke,HarlanHugh, 1930- Geology of the Sierra de Samalayuca, Chihuahua, Mexico B.A. in geology, 1953, University of Minnesota; M.S. in geology, Supervisor: W. R.Muehlberger 1958, University ofMinnesota Petrology of carbonate units in the Canyon Group (Missourian Se- Cleaves,Arthur Wordsworth, 1945— ries),central Texas A.B.in geology,1967,BrownUniversity Supervisor: R.L.Folk Depositional environments in the middle part of the Glen Rose Limestone (Lower Cretaceous), Blanco and Hays Counties, Texas Wiley, Michael Alan,1935— Supervisor: A. J.Scott B.S. in geology, 1957, University of Texas,Austin; M.A. in geology, 1963,University of Texas, Austin Martinez-Garcia,Enrique,1940— Correlation of geology with gravity and magnetic anomalies, Van Licenciadoen Ciencias,1962,Universidad de Granada Horn-Sierra Blanca region,Trans-Pecos Texas Geology of the Sharp Mountain area, Llano County, Texas Supervisor: W. R.Muehlberger Supervisor: S. E. Clabaugh 16 September, 1971

Doctor of Philosophy,May 1971 (1) Houston Geological Society Outstanding, Graduate Student Galloway,William Edmond,1944— Award: B.S. in geology, 1966, Texas A & M University; M.A. in geology, Rafik Salem 1968,University of Texas,Austin Depositional systems and shelf-slope relationships in Uppermost Humble Oil&Refining Company Scholarship: Pennsylvania rocks of the eastern shelf, north-central Texas RichardC.Finch Fall1970 Supervisor: L.F.Brown,Jr. Humble Oil Foundation Scholarship: JohnB.Comer SunSummer 1971 Scholarships,Fellowships and Awards Humble Oil & Refining Company Tuition Scholarships in GeologicalSciences: 1970-71 academic and Recipients of awards during the year EugeneJ.Amaral DouglasA.Lawson 1971 session the summer are as follows: AriaJ.Anderton DavidH.Lehman AMOCOFoundation Graduate Fellowship: AlbertoBelforte StevenA.McLean (Formerly Pan American Petroleum Foundation Faculty Gale A.Bishop James A.Miller Doctoral Fellowship) AlanB.Blaxland RobertE.Moran Patrick L.Abbott 1970-71 Mary E.Bowers Emilio Mutis-Duplat JamesL.Carew Ronald W.Nordquist AMOCOFoundationUndergraduate Fellowship: Arthur W.Cleaves ClairR.Ossian EdwardJ.Krish 1970-71 Richard A.Crawley DonnieF.Parker G.LymanDawe Jay A.Raney AMOCO Foundation Summer Fellowships: StephenE.DeLong Rafik Salem Patrick L.Abbott Terry G.Leifeste H.WilliamEicher JohnW. Sauri G.LymanDawe RobertE.Moran J.AnthonyFallin111 MarkA.Sholes Goran Fredrikson Emilio Mutis-Duplat GoranFredrikson Michael A.Smith DouglasA.Lawson CharlesM. Woodruff,Jr. EdwinR.Goter Phillip B.Snyder Champlin Oil Company Undergraduate Scholarships: PaulR.Gucwa BarryS.Timson S.ChrisCaran Spring 1971 Peggy W.Harwood DavidE. Wahl JamesI.Lyons,Jr. Spring1971 Richard J.Heil AnthonyW.Walton Walter F.Holland DonaldS.Webb ChevronOil Graduate Fellowship inGeology: Michael A. Jordan RogerA. Wenzel (Formerly StandardOil of TexasFellowship) Robert S.Kier BruceH.Wilkinson ChristopherD.Henry 1970-71 Ronald A.Landers CharlesM.Woodruff, Jr. Robert C. Laudon CreolePetroleumCorporation Scholarship: Freddy J. Chiquito 1970-71 /.HooverMackinScholarship: ManuelA.Luzardo 1970-71 RichardC.Finch Spring 1971 RobertH.CuylerMemorialScholarship: Mobil FoundationFellowship: Robert Sikora Fall 1970 JamesH.Pendergrass 1970-71 RodgerE.DenisonFellowship: National Defense Education Act TitleIV Fellowships: RichardC.Finch Summer 1971 PaulR.Gucwa 1970-71 FloydN.Hodges 1970-71 Fullbright Scholarship: Judith A.Schiebout 1970-71 1970-71 RaulF Solis CharlesM. Woodruff, Jr. Spring1971 Getty OilCompany Grants-in-Aid: NationalScienceFoundation Traineeships: 1971 Randall S.Rosenberger Spring AnitaA Dresser 1970-71 1970-71 . James Shelton Michael J.Eisenstat Fall 1970 1970 Cecil Sloan Fall EdwinR.Goter Spring1971 GuyE.GreenScholarship: DouglasP.Morrison 1970-71 CynthiaElliott 1970-71 Ronald W.Nordquist Summer 1971 — Hogg Foundation Joseph S. Cullinan Scholarship: Owen-Coates Grants for Geology Graduate Students: AriaJoAnderton Spring1971 GaleArdenBishop Ismael Ferrusquia-V. — JamesL.Carew Robert S.Kier HoggFoundation Walter B.SharpScholarship: G.LymanDawe Robert C.Laudon Robert C,Laudon Spring1971 RobertH.Fakundiny Emilio Mutis-Duplat September, 1971 17

Phillips Petroleum Company Undergraduate Scholarships: Ronald W.Nordquist PhillipB.Snyder DonA.Lundy Fall 1970 Clair R.Ossian BarryS.Timson JamesMcCalpin Spring 1971 Donnie F.Parker,Jr. DavidE.Wahl Jay A.Raney Anthony W.Walton Shell Company Foundation Scholarships— Summer 1971 FieldGrants: JohnW.Sauri Donald S.Webb Wayne Schade Roger A. Wenzel EdwinJ.Arnold Carl A.Teinert R. Mark A.Sholes Bruce H.Wilkinson Lewis YonButtron JohnW. Thackston MichaelA.Smith CharlesM.Woodruff, Jr ElginL.Dodd Roger A. Wenzel AlanC. Funk Compania Shellde VenezuelaScholarship EdgarH.Guevara 1970-71 F. W.SimondsMemorial Scholarship: J.Anthony Fallin111 FaUFall1970\ SunOilCompanyUndergraduateScholarships: Joseph C. Cepeda CarlA.Teinert JerryS.Davidson John Thackston StephenL.Shaw TechnicalSessioiisBestStudent SpeakerAwards for1970- ■71: RobertS. Kier AlbertoBelforte Alan Blaxland Anthony W.Walton Tenneco Thailand,Inc.Scholarship: Charan Achalabhuti TexacoFellowshipinGeology: RichardLee Watson 1970-71 John Gries at console of digital seis- mic data processor Texas Petroleum Company Scholarships: RobertoGarcia 1970-71 JoseMatos 1970-71 Seismic Laboratory Installed University Fellowship: JohnD.Cunningham The generosity of several companies has made possible the acquisition of a sound nucleus of geophysical equipment. Traineeship: U.S.Public HealthService Esso Production Research Company donated a geophysical ThomasP.Clark 1970-71 computer, shown in the illustration,and a truck-mounted set F.L. W/hitneyMemorial Scholarship: of digital seismicfieldrecording equipment.The computerhas WilliamM.Reid Fall 1970 some very useful auxiliary equipment including a Calcomp plotter, a film-section plotter and a high-speed paper-tape TeachingAssistantshipsinGeologicalSciences: reader. It includes two one-inch magnetic-tape transports. EugeneJ. Amaral PaulR.Gucwa Since The University of Texas at Austin ComputationCenter AriaJ. Anderton PeggyW.Harwood has half-inch magnetic tape transports,any seismic field tape Alberto Belforte Richard J.Heil can be handled. The computer is also useful for other seg- GaleA.Bishop Walter F.Holland mentsof the department. Alan B.Blaxland MichaelA.Jordan Geophysical ServiceIncorporatedhas donated a setof digi- MaryE.Bowers Robert S.Kier tal field recording equipment which is compatible with the RichardM. Cadwgan CharlesW.Kreitler EPRCo computer. They alsomade a most welcome gift of two JamesL.Carew Ronald A.Landers Benioff short-period seismometers with phototube amplifiers. Arthur W. Cleaves Robert CLaudon This madepossible asurveyfor locating anearthquakeseismic Richard A.Crawley DouglasA.Lawson observatory. The 40 acres proved to be too noisy seismically, G.LymanDawe PaulA.Lefkowitz so the seismometerswill be located in a subterranean bunker StephenE.DeLong DavidH.Lehman at the NIKE missile site off Bee Cave Road (about 10 miles H.WilliamEicher TerryG.Leifeste west of campus) withthe visible-recording unitlocated in the J.AnthonyFallin 111 StevenA.McLean corridor outside the Auditorium in the Geology Building. GoranFredrikson RobertE.Moran Gifts from Humble and Shell made possible the purchase Edwin R.Goter Emilio Mutis-Duplat of equipmentfor three seismic components. It is hoped that 18 September, 1971 other gifts will permit the addition of the remaining three componentsrequiredfor astandard observatory. The prime purposeof the earthquake observatory is to in- terest students in geophysics. For this reason the initial— three components will include a verticalshort-period— unit utilizing one of the seismometers donatedby GSI and two horizontal long-period units. All will be recorded at the same time scale to givethestudentsthe correctimpression.

Department Acquires Electron Microprobe and Gas-Source MassSpectrometer The Department is pleasedto have in operationan electron John Maxwell and Ph.D. students Jay Raney and Moayad microprobe obtained through combined funds of theNational Shafiq view lunar photomosaic Science Foundation and the GeologyFoundation. Theelectron microprobe performs chemical analyses on single grains of minerals. Thesample maybe athin sectionof standard thick- New Lunar Laboratory ness, so that the chemistry of each analyzed grain can be library photographs compared to its textural relations. Inoperationsince March, A of and maps, which includes a com- plete photos plus the probe is currently being used to analyze zeolites, clays set of the Lunar Orbiter enhanced copies and oxides (graduate students Walton and Comer), carbon- of over 1300 of the best ones idealfor detailed study, arebe- ing in Laboratory. former general ates (Land),minerals in west Texasigneous rocks (Barker) housed the Lunar A class- Geology Building and olivines and pyroxenes (Smith).Heavy use of the micro- room on the second floor of the has been to probe is anticipated as more faculty and graduate students remodeled house thelaboratory and a much-needed seminar of moon, plantheir studiesknowingthat itisavailable. room. In addition to all the Orbiter pictures the photographs and data on the moon from Ranger, Surveyor Aprecision ratio gas-sourcemass spectrometer wasinstalled and Apollo flights are being acquired as they become avail- in the Geology Building during the summer. This equipment able. was purchased from combined funds of the University and This collection constitutes the basic data for regional and the Geology Foundation which were matched by National topical studies on both the near and far sides of the Moon. Science Foundation money. Lynton Land and his graduate More than one-half of the Moon has yet to be studied at a students willutilizethis equipment for several currentprojects regional scale of 1:1,000,000; much less at any more detailed including a geochemical study of recent reef carbonate sedi- level. Topical studies, in part resulting from the detailed ments of North Jamaica; diagenetic analysis (particularly Apollo astronaut surface andorbital investigations, on a wide dolomitization) of various clays and limestones; carbonate varietyof topics will be needed for a better understanding of and interstitial water chemistry of recent sediments of Baffin Lunar processes and geologic evolution in preparation for Bay, Texas; and meteoric-waterchemistry. In addition this furtherlandingsonthe Moon. equipment is beingusedby Dr. Bruce Smith (Botany Depart- Bill Muehlberger, currently on leave from the University ment) for severalprojectsrelated toplant growth. as team leader of field geology investigations for Apollo 16 andsubsequent Apollo missions, is responsiblefor acquisition of these valuable photographs and maps. Bill already has graduate students working on cataloging these photographs and onpreliminaryinterpretationsof someof their fascinating features. In addition to the Lunar materials, photographs taken by the 1969 Mars Mariner Fly-by mission have been acquired and a set of the Martian Orbiter series is anticipated. Earl Ingerson hopes to work on these photographs,aided by sev- eral graduatestudents. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons of Lunar, Mar- tian and terrestrial terrains are possible from this photo- graphic collection. Future spaceprobes to Mercury andVenus hopefully will complete our precursory view of the terrestrial Bob Folk and Floyd Hodges planets and will provide important clues on the early history determining the managanese content of the Solar System, including the very early history of the of carbonateminerals with electron microprobe Earth. Bureau News

The appointment of anew director, two associatedirectors, Chip graduated from the University of Rochester in 1962 ; and a research program manager highlighted the year's he received an M.A. degree from the University of Massa- changes at the Bureau of EconomicGeology. Thenewdirector chusetts in 1967 and aPh.D. degree ingeology fromThe Uni- is Dr. W.L. (Bill)—Fisher, whose appointment became effec- versity of Texas at Austin in 1970. Before coming to the Bu- tive on January I—he1 he had served as acting director since reauhe tookpart in a geologic mappingprogramintheLewis August 1, 1970. This spring Bill Fisher completed his travels and Clark Range innorthwesternMontana,in field work in a as a Distinguished Lecturer of the American Association of desert-basin study in San Bernardino County, California,and Petroleum Geologists.His subject was"Ancient Delta Systems in a study of sediments as pollutants in Tampa Bay,Florida. in the Gulf of Mexico Basin." During his tour, he addressed His Ph.D. dissertation wasbased on the study of the Presidio audiences at 40 geological societies and colleges in the con- Bolson,Trans-Pecos Texas. tiguous United States and in Alaska and Canada. In July A new position at the Bureau wasfilled early this year with Bill presented a series of lectures inRio de Janeiro on the re- the appointment of Ross L. Shipman as research program lationship of deltaic deposition to the occurrence of oil and manager.Before joiningthe staff onFebruary 1,Ross was as- gas. sistant executive director of the American Geological Insti- InMay, Dr.Fisher announced the appointment of Dr.L.F. tute in Washington, D. C, a post he had held since 1967. In Brown, Jr., as associate director for research and of Dr. addition tohis normaladministrative duties at AGI,he served Charles G. Groat as associate director for administration. as the Institute's liaison officer with Congress and Federal Frank Brown, a cum laude graduate of Baylor University in agencies, and he also was in charge of the Institute's educa- 1951, received anM.S.degree in 1953 and a Ph.D. degreein tion programinvolving multiple projects funded by the Na- geology in 1955 from the University of Wisconsin. While a tional Science Foundation. student, he was employed as an instructor in geology at Bay- Ross is a native of Jackson,Mississippi, and holds a bacca- lor University and at the University of Wisconsin, where he laureate degree ingeology from the Universityof Mississippi. also was aWisconsin AlumniResearchAssistant. Before com- During his senioryear and also while a graduate student, he ing to the Bureau,he worked as an exploration geologist with was employed by theMississippi Geological Survey.His pro- Standard Oil Company of Texas.Frank first joined the Bu- fessional background includes wide experience in the eco- reau research staff in 1957, remaining until 1960 when he nomic geology of Texas.In 1950, while writinghis Master's left to become an assistant professor and later an associate thesis,he was employed by Humble Oil & Refining Company professor of geology at BaylorUniversity. He returned to the and assigned to the west Texas area. There, his duties in- Bureau in 1966 as aresearch scientist.He also became apro- cluded posts as district geologist in Wink,McCamey,Midland, fessor of geology at UT-Austin,effective September 1971. and Odessa. He resigned from Humble in 1955 to become a Frank is the author or coauthor of approximately 25 pub- geological consultant in Midland, and in 1957 was one of lications thatinclude geologicalreports,papers,andmaps.His the founders of the Texas-New Mexico Development Com- research is focused on Texas Upper Paleozoic stratigraphy pany, where he served as vice-president for exploration. In and depositional systems and on the environmental geology 1960, he established a geological consulting office in Corpus of the Texascoastal zone.During the spring and fall of 1972, Christi, where he remained until accepting the position with he will be a DistinguishedLecturer— of the American Associa- AGI in Washington. Ross is a member of the American As- tion of Petroleum Geologists his tour will include lectures sociationof Petroleum Geologists, Geological Society of Amer- in Midcontinent,East Coast, and Pacific Coast States. ica, American Institute of Professional Geologists, and the The Bureau's associate director for administration,Charles Geoscience Information Society.He was a foundingmember G. (Chip) Groat, joined the staff on November 1, 1968, to and was ontheBoard ofDirectors of the Societyof Independ- take part in astudy of the depositional environmentand stra- ent ProfessionalEarth Scientists. tigraphy of the VanHorn Sandstone in Culberson and Hud- Dr.Peter U.Rodda, a long-time member of the Bureau re- speth counties. A report of thestudy, to beissued by the Bu- search staff, resignedeffective theend of August to accept an reau, is now in editorial review.Chip's research interests— in- appointmentas curator of geology at the California Academy clude the regional aspects of mineral occurrence particu- of Sciences in San Francisco. While at the Bureau, Pete in- larly in Trans-Pecos Texas, geomorphology, ground water, vestigated the stratigraphy, depositional systems, paleontol- geochemistry applied toexploration for economicmineral de- ogy, and resources of Lower Cretaceous rocks of Texas. He posits,and the application of geology to environmental prob- also took part in the Austin project,—a study of the environ- lems. mental geology of the Austin area one of the geological 20 September, 1971 mapsresulting from that study, the Austin West Quadrangle, Breccia," by Preston E. Cloud, S. V. Margolis, Mary Moor- waspublished last year. Pete also was an associateprofessor man, J. M. Barker, G. R. Licari, David Krinsley, and V.E. of geological sciences atUT-Austin, where he taught courses Barnes, in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 34, Pro- inpaleobiology andhistorical geology. ceedingsApollo 11Lunar Science Conference,supplement 1, A Best Paper Award was won by a part-time staff member vol. 2,pp. 1793-1798,1970, and inScience,vol. 167,pp.776- at the 1970 annual meetingof the Gulf Coast Association of -778, 1970. Geological Societies. The paper,presentedby Cleo V.Proctor, Jr., placed third among the papers at the meeting in given Bureau Projects Shreveport. It wasbased on a Bureau research-projectreport,— "Depositional Systems in the Jackson Group of Texas A major Bureauproject, the Environmental Geologic Atlas Their Relationship to Oil, Gas, and Uranium," by W. L. of the Texas Coastal Zone, is nearing completion. Designed Fisher, C. V.Proctor, Jr., W.E. Galloway, and J. S. Nagle. toprovide environmental information on which planning,leg- Cleo, who expects to complete requirements for a Ph.D. in islative guidance, and morespecialized scientific studies can geology at UT-Austin next year, has received a full-time ap- be based, the Atlas consists of 64 multicolored geologic and pointment to the Bureau research staff effective September environmentalmaps and a text explaining useand interpreta- 1, 1971. tion. The maps are now in cartographicpreparation, and the Dr. Virgil E. Barnes continues to hold the Bureau record text is being written. The area of study comprises approx- for field trips to distantplaces.In connection withhisproject imately 20,000 squaremiles of the entirelength of the Texas "Origin of Tektites" (which is supported by the National coastal zoneand extends fromthe shoreface to about 40 miles Science Foundation),he travelled in May to the North Afri- inland. can Libyan Desert to examineLibyan Desert glass. This was The environmental geologic maps of the Atlas present125 the only area of major tektite occurrence in the world that mapunits,includingsediments,bedrock, and landforms from he had not previously visited. The expedition, completed in which a variety of data can be derived. Scale is 1:125,000 June,—was the result of detailedplanning byJames R.Under- (1 inch to about 2 miles). The special derivative environ- wood a UT-ex who at that time was concluding— a term as mental maps showlanduse,watersystems,man-made features, professor of geology at the University of Libya in coopera- engineering properties, biologic assemblages, physical pro- tion with the Faculty of Science of the University of Libya cesses, salinity, climate, mineral and energy resources, and and with the Kufra Agricultural Project (a project in south- depositional systems. easternLibya designed to bring about theirrigation of large The first issues of the Atlas are scheduled for publication areasof the desert with waterpumped from theNubian Sand- inlate 1971, with the complete Atlas available for distribu- stone).Members of the expedition were Virgil Barnes, Jim tion by the end of 1972. Principal investigators are L. F. Underwood,and AH Sbeta of the Faculty of Science,Univer- Brown, Jr., W. L. Fisher, C. G. Groat, and J. H. McGowen, sity of Libya. assisted during the summer by Mary Beth Bowers, A. W. The Libyan Desert glass occurs in one of the world's most Erxleben,andB.H.Wilkinson. inhospitable deserts.Before the advent of oil exploration, the Another project, the compilation of the Texas Geologic area was seldom visited except by explorers such as Clayton Atlas,continues with support and cooperation of various geo- and Bagnold. There is no water, no vegetation, no human logical societies, oil companies, and other organizations. habitation,and very little evidence of life. Any expedition Through anInter-Agency contract, the Texas Water Develop- into the area has to be self-sustaining and capable of com- ment Boardprovided financial assistance for the project dur- munication. This was indelibly impressed on the members of ing the year. this expedition by their finding— an Egyptian plane— that had Twelve Atlas sheets have been published, and the Dallas strayed off its course and running out of fuel had been Sheet is readyfor publication. TheAbileneSheet willbe ready forced to land in the desert on April11, 1968. There was no for the press by the end of the year.Review has been com- indication that the plane had been equipped for communi- pleted for the Austin and SequinSheets,and when final cor- cation.Virgil and his companions found aletter in the plane rections are made these sheets will be ready for color sep- stating that no water was onboard and that all expected to aration. Work on the Beeville-Bay City Sheet is awaiting die. Near the plane they found eight bodies in various— states completion of the Environmental Geologic Atlas of the Texas of preservation. They did not see the ninth body mentioned Coastal Zone in order that features that will make the sheet in a June 15 news itemin the International Herald Tribune. moreuseful maybe added. Scribing of the Brownfield Sheet According to that news item, the members of this ill-fated is complete,and it is ready for review by theReview Commit- flight, other than the crew, were"iron-oreexperts." teeof the West TexasGeologicalSociety. During the year, Virgil Barnes was named coinvestigator The New Mexico State Bureau of Mines andMinerals Re- to work with Preston E. Cloud and associates, of the Univer- sources is cooperating in completing five sheets common to sity of California,SantaBarbara, in an examinationof lunar Texas and New Mexico.During the summer, TexReeves was samples. A publication resulting from this work is "Micro- finishing theNewMexicoportionof theHobbsSheet. morphology and Surface Characteristics of Lunar Dust and In Texas, geologists of the Bureau of Economic Geology September, 1971 21 havecompleted field checkingthe Laredo-Corpus Christi,Mc- Fossil Vertebrates from theLate Pleistocene Ingleside Fauna, Allen-Brownsville, San Antonio, Brownwood, and Pecos San Patricio County, by—Ernest L. Lundelius,Jr.;Van Horn Sheets. All that remains of the Crystal City-Eagle Pass Sandstone, West Texas An Alluvial Fan Model for Heavy Sheet to field check is an areaof Jackson rocks that D.Hoye Mineral Exploration, by J. H.McGowen and C. G. Groat; Eargle of the U. S. Geological Survey has promised to map. Depositional Systems in the Woodbine Formation (Upper Field checking is continuing on the Fort Stockton and Big Cretaceous), Northeast Texas,by William B. Oliver IV; and Spring Sheets andhas been initiated onthe San Angelo and Edwards Group, Surface and Subsurface, Central Texas,by Emory Peak-Presidio Sheets. Much of the Llano Sheet is Peter R.Rose. complete, and the only sheet on which work has not been Additional projects, which are in various stages of com-— initiated is the Wichita Falls-Lawton Sheet. pletion, are: The Moore Hollow Group of Central Texas Geologists who have worked on the Atlas during the year V. E. Barnes and— W. C. Bell; Geologic quadrangle mapping include Virgil Barnes, who directs the project, G. K.Eifler, in central Texas Cap Mountain,— Kingsland, Click,and Dun- Jr., P. U.Rodda, J.L. Brewton, N.P. Waechter, R. S. Kier, man Mountain quadrangles V. E. Barnes and R. V.Mc- E. M.P. Lovejoy, J. B. Brown,and A. W. Cleaves 11. Gehee;— Virgil-Wolfcamp Facies, Eastern Shelf,North-Central In a new project initiated in October of 1971, the Bureau Texas L. F.Brown,Jr.,assistedby graduate students includ- began broadening its environmental studies of the Texas ingRafik Salem, 1970-1971; Deposition of Upper Pennsyl-— coastal zone.In a cooperativeprogramwiththeGeneral Land vanian-Lower Permian Rocks of North-Central Texas L.F. Office, the Bureau is conducting apilot study of Matagorda Brown, Jr.,and former students; Depositional Systems in the Bay and environs. One phase of the study is the historical Texas Gulf Coast Basin— W.L.Fisher,J.H.McGowen,C. V. monitoring of natural geological boundaries that also consti- Proctor, Jr.,— and graduate research assistants; TexasMineral tute legal boundaries between public and private ownership. Resources S. P. Ellison,— Jr.; Permian Red-Bed Copper De- A second phase will establish capability of basic land and posits, North Texas W.E. Galloway and L.—F. Brown, Jr.; water units to sustain particular levels of use. The study is Depositional Facies of ColoradoRiver System L.E.Garner; directed by J. H.McGowen with assistanceby graduate stu- Geology and EngineeringProperties in theGrapevine,Euless, dents JosephBrewton and Ron Nordquist, working in coop- and Arlington Quadrangles, Texas— Leo Hendricks and H. eration with staffmembers of the General Land Office. H. Sampson, Jr.; Precambrian— Rocks of the Southeastern The preparation of a Mineral Atlas of Texas was in- Llano Region, Texas R.V.McGehee ;TexasBarrierIslands, itiated during the summer. The Atlas, as planned, will con- J.H.McGowen and C. G. Groat; Bibliography and Index of sist of maps showing the locations of metallic and nonmetallic Texas Geology, 1951-1960— E. T.Moore andM.D. Brown; deposits and occurrences as well as mines and quarries, ce- Addendum to Index to Well Samples, 1963-1971— M.— L. ment and lime plants, smelters, and oil and gas fields. The Morrow; Talc Deposits of the Allamoore District, Texas R. maps will be accompanied by an explanatory text and lists G. Rohrbacher; The Mineral Industry of Texas in 1970— E. of references on the mineral deposits.Working on the project R. Slatick and R.M. Girard; Texas Public Lands— Estimate during the summer were Shirley Dreiss, W.R. Steams, and of Future Oil and Gas Production from Established— Fields: Roselle Girard. Texas Gulf Coast, Offshore, Bays, and Estuaries W. R. Another new project, begun since the last Newsletter was Steams;— Environmental Geology of the Austin-San Antonio issued, is a Regional Geological and Geochemical Study of Area P. H. Townsend; Gravity, Magnetic,and Generalized Trans-Pecos Texas. Emphasis is on the investigationof eco- GeologicMapof the VanHorn-Sierra BlancaRegion,Texas— nomic mineral deposits of the west Texas region. The study M.A. Wiley; Geology of Austin and Vicinity— K.P. Young involves compilation of geologic data and preparationof a and L.E. Garner. Descriptions of all the above projects will mineral resource map;sampling and field studies—of intrusive be contained in the Bureau's Annual Report for 1971, avail- igneousrocks, contact metamorphic zones,springs especially able earlyin1972. hot springs, and stream sediments. One of the aims of the project is to develop a model for mineralization and for prospecting.Portions of Trans-Pecos Texas tobe investigated Status of Bureau Publications initially are the Chinati, Eagle, Indio, and Quitman Moun- tains, and specific areas in the Big Bend National Park, the Issued since lastNewsletter— Sierra Blanca-Van Horn district, and Van Horn, Franklin, — and Wylie Mountains. Chief investigator is Chip Groat, as- Effects of Hurricane Cclia A Focus on Environmental sisted during the summer by John Gries and Susan Deutsch. Geologic Problems of the Texas Coastal Zone, by J. H. Now in editorial review at the Bureau are the following McGowen, C. G. Groat, L. F. Brown, Jr., W.L. Fisher, reports that are scheduled for future publication:Deposition- and A. J. Scott. Geological Circular No. 70-3, 35 pp., 9 figs., August [October] 1970. al Systems and Shelf-Slope Relationships in Upper Pennsyl- — vanian Rocks of the Eastern Shelf, North-Central Texas, by Depositional Systems in the Jackson Group of Texas W.E.Galloway; Geology of PresidioBolson,PresidioCounty, Their Relationship to Oil, Gas, and Uranium, by W.L. Texas, and Adjacent Chihuahua, Mexico, by C. G. Groat; Fisher, C. V. Proctor, Jr., W. E. Galloway, and J. S. 22 September, 1971

Nagle. Geological Circular No. 70-4. Reprinted from Bureau of Economic Geology Annual Report 1970, 25 pp., Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological illus., January 1971. Societies, Vol. XX, pp. 234-261, 15 figs., October — [December] 1970. In press Austin West, Travis County, Texas,by P. U. Rodda,L. E. Geologic Atlas of Texas, Dallas Sheet. Scale 1:250,000, Garner, and G.L. Dawe. Geologic Quadrangle MapNo. Gayle Scott Memorial Edition. 38. Scale 1:24,000; 11-p. text, April [December] 1970. UraniumGeologyand Mines,SouthTexas,byD.H.Eargle, Geologic and Historic Guide to the State Parks of Texas, G. W. Hinds, and A.M. D.Weeks. Guidebook No. 12. by Ross A.Maxwell. Withcontributions by L.F. Brown, Reprinting of Field Trip of Houston Geological Society Jr., G. K. Eifler,Jr., and L. E. Garner. Guidebook No. for AAPG Convention,Houston, April I—2, 1971. 10,197pp.,98 figs.,1pi.,December 1970. — Stratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous Trinity Deposits of Recent Sediments of Southeast Texas A Field Guide to Central Texas,by F. L. Stricklin, Jr., C. I.Smith, and theBrazos Alluvialand Deltaic Plains and the Galveston F.E.Lozo.Report ofInvestigations No.71. Barrier Island Complex,by H. A.Bernard, C.F. Major, Jr., B. S.Parrott, and R. J. Leßlanc, Sr., 24-p. text, 57 Recently reprinted— figs., AND [Appendix] Resume of the Quaternary Depositional Systems in the Wilcox Group of Texas and Geology of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Province, their Relationship to Occurrence of Oil and Gas, by W. by H.A. Bernard and R.J. Leßlanc, 23-p. text, 40 figs. L. Fisher and J. H.McGowen. Geological Circular No. Guidebook No. 11, July [October] 1970. Reprinting of 67-4 (2nd printing). Reprinted from Transactions of Field Guide prepared by Shell Development Company. the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Vol. Ellison, 2, Sulfur in Texas,by S.P. Jr.Handbook No. 48 XVII,pp. 105-125,1967. pp.,14figs.,2pis.,January [February] 1971. Geometry and Distribution of Fluvial and Deltaic Sand- by Jones, The Mineral Industry of Texas in 1969, O. W. stones (Pennsylvanian and Permian), North-Central F. F. Netzeband, and R. M. Girard. Mineral Resource Texas,by L. F. Brown,Jr.Geological Circular No. 69-4 Circular No. 52, 36 pp.,28 tables, December 1970 [July (2ndprinting).Reprintedfrom Transactions of the Gulf 1971]. Preprint from Minerals Yearbook, 1969, Bureau Coast Association of Geological Societies, Vol. XIX,pp. of Mines,United States Department of the Interior. 23-47, 22 figs., 1969. — Lower Cretaceous Stratigraphy, Northern Coahuila,Mexi- Depositional Systemsin the JacksonGroupof Texas Their 65, co, by C. I.Smith.Report of Investigations No. 101 Relationship to Oil,Gas, and Uranium, by W. L.Fisher, pp.,20 figs., 15 pis., mcl. geol.map in color,June 1970. C. V. Proctor, Jr., W. E, Galloway, and J. S. Nagle. Facies and Genesis of a Hurricane-Washover Fan, St. Geological Circular No. 70-4 (2ndprinting).Reprinted Joseph Island, Central Texas Coast, by P. B. Andrews. from Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Report ofInvestigations No. 67,147 pp.,18 figs.,22 pis., Geological Societies, Vol. XX, pp. 234-261, 15 figs., October [November] 1970. 1970. Pre-Chappel Conodonts of the Llano Region, Texas, by Texas Fossils, An Amateur Collector's Handbook, by W. GeorgeSeddon. Report ofInvestigations No. 68, 130pp., H.Matthews 111, 1960. Guidebook No. 2 (4thprinting). 9 figs.,19pis.,September1970. Delta Systems inthe Explorationfor Oil and Gas (Syllabus Gum Hollow Fan Delta,Nueces Bay, Texas,by J. H.Mc- for Research Colloquium held in Austin, August 27—29, Gowen. Report of Investigations No. 69, quarto, 91pp., 1969),by W.L.Fisher,L.F.Brown,Jr., A.J. Scott, and 35 figs.,8 pis.,January 1971. J. H.McGowen. Special publication (4th printing). Correlation of Tertiary Rock Units, West Texas,by R. A. Texas Mineral Producers (Exclusive of Oil and Gas) [a Maxwell and J. W. Dietrich. Report of Investigations directory], 1970, compiled by R. M. Girard. Special No. 70, 34 pp., 1pi., December 1970 [January 1971]. publication (2ndprinting). Geology Foundation News

Newly-electedmembers of the Geology Foundation Advisory Council

Since the GeologyFoundation wasfirst established in 1953, Council membersand briefly commented onthe restructuring it has maintained a dedication to improve the quality of plans. Dr. W. Gordon Whaley, Dean of the Graduate School, teaching and research ingeologicalsciences at the University. then addressed the group on the results of the latest reportof In a world economy dependent on mineral resources,the the American Council on Education which rated graduate rapid development of our own region as a result of mineral programs.He waspleased toinform the Council that Geology exploitation is exceptional.It is therefore not surprising that at The University of Texas was ranked among the top ten more geologists are employed today in Texas than in any institutions in the country. (Which we are happy to report other area of comparable size, and that The University of represents continued improvement over our previous rank- Texas at Austinhas overthe years awarded moreundergradu- ings.) ate degrees in geology than any other single department in AdvisoryCouncil Chairman LeslieBowling thenannounced the United States. that threemembers of theCouncil whose terms expiredin the The Geology Foundation seeks gifts of any kind that will Spring of 1971 did not elect to accept reappointment.These benefit geological education. Most financial gifts areinvested Council members were William W.Moore, William T. Smith and the incomeused to fund theeducational objectives of the and Sheridan A.Thompson. The resignations of these three Department of Geological Sciences. gentlemen were accepted with regret as all three have served The Foundation is guided by a group of 22 leaders of the Foundation andDepartment with distinction.Mr.Bowling science and industry who comprise the Geology Foundation announced that Messrs. Babisak, Coates, and Gibson have Advisory Council. These men meet in Austin each year to agreed to accept reappointment to three-year terms on the review the programs of the department and discuss its aims Council. and objectives. They contribute generously of their time, ef- The Council members and the faculty of the Department fort and money. are extremelypleased to welcome Holland C.McCarver, Wil- The Council met on January 22, 1971. At this meeting Dr. ton E. Scott and Edd R. Turner, Jr. as new appointees for Ellison reviewed the recent administrative changes in the three-year terms. All three are UT Geology exes. Holland University and informed theCouncil members of the pending McCarver, who is currently Assistant General Manager for subdivision of the College of Arts and Sciences. This restruc- Texaco, Inc. in Houston, attended the University duringthe turing, since completed, places the department within the new interval 1931-37. Wilton Scott received hisB.A.in1936 from College ofNatural Sciences. Dr. StanleyR.Ross, then Acting the University. His primaryposition now is Executive Vice- Dean and now Provost of Arts and Sciences, welcomed the President of Tenneco, Inc. in charge of oil operations and 24 September, 1971 natural gas pipeline systems.Edd Turner serves as Off-shore O. Scott Petty, Jr., Petty Geophysical Engineering Co., Manager,Mid-Continent Division,of Getty Oil Company. He Drawer 2061,SanAntonio,Texas. received aB.A.degreefrom theUniversityin1943. 'Roger S.Plummer, Jr.,Champlin Petroleum Company* Box At the January meeting of the Advisory Council,plans for 9365,Fort Worth,Texas. the preparation of a brochure about the Geology Foundation WiltonE. Scott,TennecoOil Company,Box 2511,Houston, were approved. This brochure is currently beingprinted for Texas. distribution in early fall. The members were treated to a Edd R.Turner,Jr., Getty Oil Company, Box 1404,Houston, series of brief presentationsby geology graduate students on Texas. their research projects. These presentations were considered thehighlight of the meetingby manyof the Councilmembers. The Council also approved the expenditure of $12,000 to Honorary Life Members initiate a seismic laboratory. They also instituted efforts to Barrow, Chevy Drive, Houston, raise funds for the endowment of two professorships; one in .L. T. 3314 Chase Texas. J- Nalle Gregory,' P. O.Box 243,' San Angelo,' Texas, energy resources and one in geophysics. Minimum goals of/ .-■ & Moses Knebel, 1801Lavaca—Apt. 14J, Austin,Texas. $100,000 were declared for each professorship. John Loftis G. '"- . Edgar W. Ovvten,'505 Club Drive,' San Antonio,. ' Texas, has agreed to serve as coordinator of fund raising for these Scott Petty, Sr., Petty GeophysicalEngineering Co., two professorships. g^tf / Drawer 2061,San Antonio,Texas. X^harlesE. Yager, 3801 Potomac Street, Fort Worth,Texas.

AdvisoryCouncil Leslie Bowling, Chairman, 1417 NBC Building, New Or- Gifts to theGeology Foundation leans,Louisiana. To all donors listed below we want to express our deepest George R. Gibson, Vice-Chairman, 408 Midland National appreciationfor their generous support. Bank Bldg.,Midland,Texas. »Julius Babisak, Atlantic Richfield Company, Box 2819,Dal- las, Texas. Donors of LibraryBooks ► Thomas D. Barrow, Humble Oil & Refining Company, Box 2180,Houston,Texas. 1970-1971 John F. Bookout, Jr., Shell Canada, Ltd., 505 University W. Herbert Alexander J.Richard Harris Aye.,Toronto,Ontario,Canada. Daniel S. Barker F.EarlIngerson ,Ray A. Burke,Union Oil Company of California,Box 7600, VirgilE. Barnes G.Moses Knebel LosAngeles,California. Mr.andMrs.L. T. Barrow Lafayette Geological Society- GeraldS. Barton Lynton S. Land George Antonio, H. Coates, 1610 Milam Building, San Baylor Geological Society JohnL.Loftis Texas. AlbertoS.Belforte LeonE. Long I.Grady Davis,Gulf Oil Corporation,Box 1166,Pittsburgh, W. CharlesBell ErnestL.Lundelius,Jr. Pennsylvania. Edgar L. Berg fm.N.McAnulty Morgan J. Davis, 1300 Main Street, Suite 709, Houston, Joseph L. Brewton Earle F.Mcßride RobertE. Boyer John C. Maxwell Texas. L.Frank Brown Missouri Geological Society Rodger E.Denison,MobilResearchand DevelopmentCorpo- RichardM.Cadwgan W. R.Muehlberger ration,Box 900,Dallas,Texas. FreddyJ. Chiquito-L. JohnH. Newcomb Robert W.Eaton,P.G.Lake,Inc.,Box 179, Tyler, Texas. StephenE.Clabaugh Edgar W. Owen Clement E. George111, 231 Western United Life Building, Uel S. Clanton J. H. Pollard Midland, John D. Cooper JamesF.Quinlan Texas. Arthur W. Cleaves Peter U.Rodda William E. Gipson,Pennzoil United, Inc., 900 Southwest Corpus Christi Geological BillSt.John Tower,Houston,Texas. Society Alan J.Scott William O. Ham, Jr., Continental Oil Company, Box 2197, William R.Dupre Moayad Shafiq Houston,Texas. JohnE. Elliott A.Richard Smith Samuel P.Ellison, SouthTexas Geological Kern, 822, Jackson, Jr. Society Jack C. Chevron Oil Company, Box Mis- RobertH. Fakundiny W. T.Spurlock sissippi. Murray Felsher Robert A. Staewen John L.Loftis, Jr., Humble Oil & Refining Company, Box RobertL.Folk William S. Strain 2180,Houston,Texas. John Martin Fouts, Jr. CharlesJ.Sullins Holland C. McCarver, Texaco, Inc.,Box 52332, Houston, William E.Galloway S. A.Thompson Williard R. Green Paul D. Torrey Texas. John C. Gries L.Jan Turk John D.Moody,MobilOil Corporation,150 East42ndStreet, Thelma Guion John A. Wilson New York,New York. Ed Hamner KeithYoung September, 1971 25

Contributors to theGeologyFoundation Van An.Petty, Jr. JohnD. Tuohy September 1970-July 31, 1971 Roger S. Plummer,Jr. EddR. Turner,Jr. W. R.Ransone RobertD. Turner William Akersten DavidE. Dunn W.F. Reynolds A. Knox Tyson EugeneL.Ames, Jr. Robert W. Eaton HarlanH. Roepke Sam M.Udden Terry M. Anderson D. Edson, James Jr. Roy M.Ross Harry A. Vest Thomas Anderson Gus K. Eifier Peter D.Rowley Dick Waitt Julius Babisak Mr.& Mrs.S. P.Ellison, Jr. Mrs.M.E. Ruby HershelWalker Hugh R. Balkwill A.G. Everett Will M.Rust, Jr. Ralph H. Warner C.F. Barber Mr. &Mrs.P. T. Flawn Jack S.Sanders Arthur J. Wessely Mr.& Mrs. VirgilBarnes Dan R. Frantzen John T. Schulenberg Jane BriteWhite Mr. & Mrs.L. T. Barrow JulianandMary Frasher John T. Schulz,Jr. WilliamP. Wilbert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D.Barrow Mrs.Henry S. Frierson CharlesR. Sewell Michael A. Wiley GeraldH.Baum Clem E. George NoyesD. Smith Mrs.HelenWithers Mrs.GeneM. Beard FredM. Gibson Howard J.Speer Patricia W. Wood Douglas E. Bell Mrs. J. J.Gibson RobertK. Steer RobertL.Wood,Jr. Richard E. Bennett GeorgeR. Gibson B. E. St.John RaymondD. Woods EarlH.Bescher William E. Gipson ThomasF. Taylor Thomas C. Woodward Terry V.Bills Willard R. Green JohnTeagle CharlesF. Word B. A. Bishop J.N. Gregory Billy D. Thomas JohnB. Wright Leonore Whitmire Blackburn ThomasW. Grimshaw S. A.Thompson J.R.Wynne Kenneth W.Boeker Robert 0.Gross Bert C.Timm Leonard M.Young Louis F.Bonner A. W. Habarta W. Bryan Trammell Mrs.Walter R. Zanes, Jr. John F.Bookout W. 0.Ham,Jr. Steven Trudeau Leslie Bowling Wreldon W.Hammond, Jr. RobertE. Boyer J.Richard Harris Mrs.Lael E. Bradshaw William H. Hawn Record of AlumniSupport W. A.Bramlette HowardD.Henderson RobertP. Brewer111 Sumner B.Hixon Here again is an analysis of total alumni gifts based on the JohnW. Brice Charles W. Holcomb records kept by one of our geology ex-students who has been Luther Bridges Emmett Humble generousinhis own supportof the departmentand is troubled ThomasE. Bridge EarlIngerson that so manyother alumni have nothelped at all inour drives JesseBrundette CarlB. Irwin scholarshipendowments, equipment, forlibrary funds, Wallace E. Brunson J.R. Jackson,Jr. for for Ray A.Burke Jack C.Kern for student loan funds,for Newsletterprintingfunds, and for William M.Burnett Maj. Roy L. Kern a dozen other ways to improve geological education and the Ron A. Butterworth G. Moses Knebel reputationof the department. The tabulation presentedbelow HalH. Bybee Mrs.Orion Knox is based on monetary gifts and stock contributions only, and RobertBybee Robert K.Lattimore it 30,1971. The generous Mrs. RuthBybee JohnL. Loftis includes gifts received through June L. G.Byerley, Jr. Susan A. Longacre donationsof books, well-logs,maps,equipment andspecimens Mr. andMrs. Warren J. Cage E. WilliamLongmire are not included because it is difficult to assign a cash value Rodney J.Camp Mrs.D. E. Lounsbery to someof them. Mrs.Robert Campbell, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. W. G.McCampbell, Jr. W. H. Cardwell G. C.McCandless,Jr. 7otal .ontnbtutors Amount J. BenCarsey JeremiahF. McCarthy Classes Alumni Number % of Class Contributec Robert D. Carter Edward McFarlan, Jr. 1896-1915 6 2 33.3 % 2,600 Lon D.Cartwright RobertH. McGhee 1916-1920 8 4 50.0 9,686 Guy A. Chamot Robert G. McKinney 1921-1925 41 28 68.3 349,907 Joe A. Champion ■ JohnF. McKnight 1926-1930 80 32 40.0 22,251 Pei-YuanChen Reynaldo Macedo-Raa 1931-1935 77 27 35.1 2,753 Mr. &Mrs.S. E. Clabaugh Charles J.Mankin 1936-1940 223 94 42.2 14,766 Charles E. Clark George W. Marshall 1941-1945 213 66 31.0 6,016 W. K.Clark DavidF.Martineau 1946-1950 579 169 29.2 13,473 Russell E. demons LamarMaxwell 1951-1955 535 151 28.2 7,861 GeorgeH. Coates J.L.Meadows 1956-1960 594 142 23-9 8,680 Mr. &Mrs. M.B. Collins Frank W. Michaux 1961-1965 161 45 28.0 2,260 Moody Mr.&Mrs. W. B. Collins J.D. 1966-1970 162 41 25.3 3,619 Mr. Mrs. Carroll E. Cook C. & G.Moon 1971- -20 none none none Augustus S. Cotera,Jr. Irma JoMorgan Totals 2699 801 29.3 443,872 Hugh M. Cunningham MichaelB. Morris I.Grady Davis FredL. Oliver Note: The figures for alumni in the early years are the totals living at JamesH. Davis Edgar W. Owen the time the Geology Foundation was establishedin 1953. Alumni are Morgan Davis James A. Parr countedin year of graduation, or year first degree wasreceivedif more Rodger Denison GastonH. Parrish than one was earned at UT, or year degree would normally have been Mr.&Mrs. R.K.DeFord Mr.& Mrs.Bill R.Payne received if not completed. The number for 1971 does not include Charles J.DeLancey O. ScottPetty,Sr. August graduates. An erroneously large number of contributors in Gene Doty 0.ScottPetty, Jr. 1956-1960wasreportedlast year. 26 September, 1971

IndustrialContributors to the Foundation To the Geology Foundation September 1970-July31,1971 The University of Texas Amoco Foundation(formerly PennzoilUnited,Inc. Gentlemen: Pan American Petroleum Petty GeophysicalEngineering Company) Co. Iwould like to express my sincere apprecia- Atlantic Richfield Foundation Phillips Petroleum Company thanks and Champlin Petroleum Company ShellCompanies Foundation tion to the Geology Foundation for the $500 scholarship Chevron OilCompany Sun Oil Company awarded to me for the Fall semester, 1970. Scholarship Continental Oil Company Tenneco Oil Company money, along with my own summer earnings,has afforded Getty Oil CompanyFoundation Texaco,Inc. me luxury of being to my energies Gulf Oil Corporation Union Oil Company of the able direct toward Humble Oil Education Foundation California thesis and academic endeavors sans financial pressures.I Mobil Oil Foundation hope that the end product, my thesis on the Oakville For- mation, Texas, will in some way justify your confidence in A Letter of Thanks me. The students and faculty benefit greatly by Foundation Also, Iwould like to add that the scholarship, in reliev- support.Many expressions of appreciation arereceived each ing financial pressures, has indirectly given me more —time year that point out how meaningful the grants, scholarships to consider my own directioning and potentialities to andloans can be.Below is one suchletter which illustrates the better establish my list of priorities in life.It is that time importance of the Geology Foundation to continuing educa- that Ivalue most. tion in our department. Sincerely,

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Down the Colorado the equipment was bright, clean, and undoubtedly new. All by E. C. Jonas of us had preferred to camp along the way.It appeared the camping would be inhigh style. Twoyears ago Ed Garner andIled a field tripby canoeon Twenty people of the group went out together inthree cars, the Colorado River below Austin. Ijokingly titled the field one carryall furnishedby the Department, andmy newpickup guide "Down the Colorado" never dreaming that Iwould truck which served very well to carry the luggage overflow. ever to Wesley Powell's down be able follow John footsteps There weregraduatestudents Brack Armstrong, Chris Henry, that other Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. The Ken Smith, John Cunningham, and his wife Liesel,and Alan two-day trip own was pleasant, little canoe on our Colorado a Blaxland in addition to Shirley Dreiss, John Watson, Dan interesting year. same outing that wasrepeatedlast About that Wood, Jim Weedin, Carl Teinert, Frank Smith, and Randy time Blaxland, graduate student from Darlington, Alan a Rosenberger who are undergraduates in geology. The non- England,began talking about his experienceslast summer on major students were Andrea Doukas, Michelle Hewlett, a raft-trip through the Grand Canyon. He had talked up a Chester Klunik, Robert Nelson, Gerald Smith and my son lot of excitement among the students in his freshman labs Peter, most of whom had already taken the freshman course about repeating the trip this summer by organizing a group in geology. Brack Armstrong is not really a candidate a from UT. Other geology students, graduate and undergradu- for degree in geology,although we think being grad ate,began joining the discussions,and beforehe knew it Alan of him as a student in department. is earning degree was a tour guide for a group of 27 people. Here was my the He his masters Earth chance to follow Powell, and Iseized it. Alan made the ar- in Science Education. rangements with the outfitter, organized the transportation, Our first stop wasPalo Duro Canyon State Park where we andacted asbanker for the group. camped for the night. Being a Texanmyself, Iam proud of We startedoff May 13 directly after the last final exam for Palo Duro and think it is beautiful. Onthe other hand,Iknew the spring semester. There were a number of incongruous from just havinglookedinto the Grand Canyon from therim things about the group, not the least of which was having an that Palo Duro was no match. For this reason weplanned to Englishman show 26 Americans their ownGrand Canyon. In see the Texas canyon first. The following days westopped to addition, wehad allprofessedbeingexperienced campers,but visit the Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, andMeteor Crater September, 1971 27

The 90-mile trip down the river to Phantom Ranch usu- ally takes three days, but our schedule called for six days to allow ample time for examining the rocks along the way. Kaibab,Toroweap, Coconino,etc. wereall familiar namesbe- fore the trip, but after six days of living with them and on them everyone felt personally acquainted with the geologic history of the area. Each formationalboundary was a good excuse for stopping on a sandbar for a hikeup a side canyon. There were abund- ant fossils and sedimentary structures to examine. Deeper in the canyon we saw major unconformities, faults, igneous intrusions as well as some extrusive rocks. Occasionally the group discussed different interpretations of the geologic his- The group stopped to discuss an outcrop along the way to tory than thosein the guidebook. Twenty-sevenstudents mak- Arizona ing independent observations and interpretations can pose plentyof penetratingquestions. Everyfield tripof this kindhas its upsand downs. A major "down" descended on us the second day out in the form of apple cobbler. We had landed on a sand bar to make camp the night, preferred before arriving at Lee'sFerry, Arizona,— onMay 16, where we for and everyonehad selected the spot he met the remainder of the group Mark and Brenda Sholes, for spreading his bedroll. The next consideration was, of Doug and Susie Morrison,both graduate students and their course, supper, which was to be tube steaks. Facial expres^C sions it wives who drove out independently by other routes. Doug's changed noticeably when developed that tube steak^ father,Dr. N. D.Morrison, drovein fromCalifornia and Bill meant weinersin river jargon.But, we were told, there were and Lisa Lang drove from St. Louis where Bill is a graduate all the ingredients needed to make an apple cobbler. Baked in a oven, — it just student at Washington University. dutch all brown and crusty sounded like everyone through preliminaries The followingday westarted down the river in araft made what needed. Weraced all the of two inflated rubber pontoons and a platform for an out- hardly noticing what we ate. The main thought was that mouth-watering ready board motor. These make relatively safe crafts in spite of cobbler. The first person for dessert being old and scarred after making many trips down the was always Chris with Ken fast on his heels. They dished huge helping log river. They were first used only about 20 years ago for shoot- up a andsettledback ona tosavor this camp- ing the rapids of the Colorado River, and have been so suc- cessful that largenumbers of people arenow making the trip. The National Park Service will limit the number of people allowed to takethe rafttrip nextyear. Immediately after leavingLee's Ferry we entered the first rapid. Thereafter hardly an hour went by that we were not dashingthrough a white torrent beingsplashed fromall sides withtheicy water.The firstrapid was fairly mild,rated7 ona scale of 11, but Icould hardly imagine a rougher patch of water. The vertical drop through this rapid was 15 feet. Before the trip was over all of us had new concepts of white water.Many of the rougher rapids were named Hance,Sock- dolager, Tanner,andPresidentHarding. The outboard motor is used mainly for manuevering the raft.Idiscovered how essential it was on our second day out. Going through aparticularly turbulent rapid a wavesplashed over the entire raft including the motor platform in the back. The motor stopped, and we found ourselves twisting and bouncing, rearingand diving. We werehelpless to control the route we took. Luckily the raft was not torn on any of the rocks we hit. Inever decided whether or not the boatman planned that episode for a little added excitement, and he never admitted one way or the other. His facial expression View from the front of the raft showing therapid we had seemed to me to be a mixture of embarrassment and terror just run as we rode backwards down the remainder of the rapid. 28 September, 1971

ology Building this late in the summer. It was a hungry, ex- hausted group that gathered inthe campgroundsthat evening. Almost everyone was eager to get back to Austin. The return trip wasfast.Wepausedonlylongenough to go throughCarls- bad Caverns. Some of the students were taking summer courses, some had jobs beginning June 1,and everyone was eager to spread tales of the hardship and danger wehad sur- vived. There won'tbe anopportunity for reunionof the groupand exchange of photos until fall. By that time the sandy food, icy spray, and aching muscles will all be forgotten. The ex- hileration of plunging 20 feet down a raging torrentof Colo- rado River water will be the mainrecollection. Then too, there is the satisfaction of having followed a part of the most his- toric exploration in American geology. Powell would have beenproud of us. Packing theraft on the last and most thrilling day of rapids

UTEx-StudentBreakfast atHouston AAPG Meeting Well Attended cooked delight. The next thing Isaw was Ken unceremoni- ously throwinghis cobbler in the fire. Chris threw hisbehind Despite the early hour of the day (7 a.m.),over150people a nearby bush. Each of the 27 took his turn at that same attended the UTAlumniBreakfast of the Department of Geo- routine.It simply couldn't be eaten. The eveningended with logical Sciences at the annual meetingof the AAPG inHous- everyoneeither hungry orhavinghurtfeelings. tononMarch30, 1971. Jim Davis (MA '60) of Humblemade The most enjoyable stop we made was at the mouth of the all the arrangementsfor the breakfast anddid anoutstanding Little Colorado River. The water feeding this stream comes jobon thefacilities,menuanddecorations. SamEllisonserved entirely from a large spring during dry seasons. The spring- as toastmaster but the group was blessed with only a few water contains a remarkable concentration of copper sulfate "Ellison jokes." that gives it an unbelievable blue color. The springwater is Those attending were informedof activities within the De- also ''warm," we were told,and good for taking a bath. Ac- partment and the Bureau of Economic Geology and brought tually it felt about like Barton Spring's water, but that was up-to-date on changing educational programscurrently being warmcomparedwith theColorado River water. developed. (These items areincluded in some detail in several Sand was always withus, in ourpeanutbutter,beds, tooth- articles elsewhere in thisissueof theNewsletter.) paste,etc. The only place to make camp is on the very loose SamEllison presented Honorary Life Membership Awards sand bars deposited by the river during flooding. Not much in the Geology Foundation to Edgar W. Owen and Charles wTind is needed to move this sand, and there is always a fine E.Yager. A similar award was made to Mr. 0. Scott Petty, breeze inthe canyon. At timesthe wind! was strongenough for Sr.who wasunable toattend the breakfast.All threerecipients a remarkable demonstrationof abrasion by wind-blown sand. of the HonoraryLife Membership Awards have served faith- One student complained about etchedeyeglasses. fully as members of the Geology Foundation Advisory Coun- The sixthday was probably the most exciting one on the cil and continue their interest in the activities and functions river. It seemed we didn't get straightened out from one of theDepartmentand Foundation. rapid before going into the next. The river narrowed as we BobBoyer thenpresented a Distinguished TeachingAward entered the inner gorge with the schist walls rising almost toBobFolk. The awardincluded aplaque and a $1,000check, vertically out of the river. There was no place to stop for the latter a gift from the Advisory Council of the Geology camping,but we did manage to tie the raft to a few boulders Foundation. Bob is the second geology professor to be hon- long enough to scramble up the wall to examine anigneous ored in this manner; Fred Bullard was the first recipient of intrusionintotheschist. this award. Bob was recognized for his teaching effectiveness After camping at Phantom Ranch that last night, we got at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Bob's courses up early for the climb out of the canyon. The trail was 9.5 in sedimentation and the petrology of carbonate rocks have mileslongand rose morethan5000 feet above the riveronthe been popular choices of seniors and graduate students for way to the rim. Although everyone raced for the shower as more than 15 years. More recently he began teaching the soon as he reached the rim, there were a surprising number freshman-level physical geology course, much to the delight of beards that survived,andIstill see a few around the Ge- of manystudents whoflock toenroll inhis sections. September, 1971 29

Environmental GeologyShort Course Presentedby UTFaculty A two-day short course on environmental geology waspre- pared at the request of the American Geological Institute. This course was given in Milwaukee,Wisconsin in conjunc- tion with the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America and again in Houston at the AAPG meetings.Keith Young organizedthe programandpresentedthreepapers out- lining his popular introductory course in environmental ge- ology and the subjects "Man in the Geobiocoenose" and "Erosionis Here to Stay." The course wasintroduced by Pete Flawn who posed the question of the responsibility of en- vironmental geology to science. Other participants included Jan Turk who discussed hydrology and solid waste disposal, Ralph Kehle whose topic was earth movements especially as they relate to problems in areas of growingpopulation, Sam Ellison whospoke on environmental problems inEurope,and Frank Brown and Bill Fisher who focused on environmental problemsalong theTexas coastal zone. The popularity of this subject and the UT presentations is reflected in the demand for the Lecture Notes for this short course which arebeingdistributedbyAGI.

Bob Folk, Distinguished Teaching AwardRecipient VolcanicRocks and Central AmericanGeology New Chairman Theme of FallVisitor Program During the fall semester 1971, the Department willhost a In January Dr. Robert E. Boyer was chosen to head the series of distinguished lecturers whose work centers on the Department of Geological Sciences when Bill Muehlberger geology of western United States and Central America, and went onleave to work full-time with geological trainingof the onvolcanic rocks.Mostof these visitorsarescheduled for two- astronauts. Bob had already learned the ropesby serving as or three-day stays; however, Dr. Gabriel Dengo will present Assistant Chairman, and in his first semester as Chairman a two-week short courseonCentral American geology,and Dr. hehasdemonstrated thedetermination andability tokeep the Zoltan de Cserna is scheduled for a full week to present lec- department onits upwardtrend. tures on geology highlight Bob Boyer joined the UT faculty in 1957 while still work- the of Mexico. A of this program will be a field trip led by Ing. Diego Cordoba, Director of ing on his Ph.D. which he received from the University of Instituto deGeologia, which will coverthe areafromDurango Michiganin1959.Hehas taught courses instructuralgeology, regional tectonics, field geology and related subjects. Lately to Mazatlan. The schedule of visitors and the dates of their lectures intheDepartment areas follows: his interesthas turned strongly to applications of remotesen- sing in environmental problems, landuse and urban growth. September14-16 Dr. Vincent C. Kelley, University of New For several years Bob has been actively engaged in training Mexico earth science teachers and indeveloping innovativematerials September 20-October1 Dr. Gabriel Dengo, Instituto Centro Ameri- and books for teaching earth science atpre-college levels. cano de Investigacion y Technologia In- Bob is very active in numerous scientific societies. He has dustrial served as President of the Texas Academy of Science, the October3-9 Field trip led by Ing. Diego Cordoba,Insti- local chapter of Sigma Xi, and the Texas Section of the tuto de Geologia, Mexico National Association of Geology Teachers; Editor of the October 13-15 Dr.Richard S. Fisk,U- S. Geological Survey Texas Journal Science and theJournal Geological Edu- October18-19 Dr. Thomas W. Wright, U. S. Geological of of Survey cation; and Chairman of the Publications Committee of the October28 Sr. Baldomero Carrasco V., Instituto Mexi- Geological Society of is activein commu- America. Bob also cano del Petroleo nity civic organizations, and and he likes to collect unusual November 8-12 Dr. Zoltan de Cserna, Universidad Nacional antiques,including aModel T Ford which he has put inrun- Autonoma de Mexico ningcondition. Bob is married; he andBetty have threechil- November 29-December 1 Dr. Peter W. Lipman, U. S. Geological dren. Survey 30 September, 1971

Special SymposiumHonors DeFord "The geologic framework of the Chihuahua tectonic belt" was the theme of a symposium held in Midland, Texas on November 5-7, 1970. The symposium was co-sponsored by the West Texas Geological Society and the Department in recognition of Ronald K. DeFord's many years of distin- guished servicetoeducationandindustry. Joining the UT-Austin geology faculty in 1948, Ronald has concentrated his research efforts and that of his many graduate students on the geology of west Texasand northern Mexico. Papers at the symposium werepresentedby persons who have made substantialcontributions to the geological un- derstanding of that area.Many of the participating speakers were Ronald's own former students who have gone on to dis- Sam Ellison congratulates Ronald and Amma DeFord at the tinguish themselves in teachingand industrial positions. Con- recognitionbanquet tributing authors and the titles of their papers appeared in last year's Newsletter. Publication of a special symposium volume containingthe paperspresentediscurrentlybeingpre- pared for distribution by the West Texas Geological Society. In Memoriam

OrbyClinton Wheeler (1898-1970) A pioneer in petroleum geology, Orby Clinton Wheeler passed away October 19, 1970 in Coral Gables, Florida of complications following surgery.Known as "Jimmie" tomany friends, was in Gainesville, on of his he born Texas October Orby Clinton Wheeler 30, 1898, where heattendedpublic schools.In1916 heentered the Universityof Texas Law Schoolbut transferred to geology and did exceedingly well. In 1918, his third year in college, he collaborated with Drew Christner in publication of an article onthe Geology of Terrell County, Texas.DuringWorld War I,he joined the armed forces and after being released from service in1919, resumedhis work onpotash deposits of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas for the Texas In 1927 he was granted aleave of absence from Tropical Bureau of Economic Geology and the U.S.Geological Survey. Oil Company and went back to study geology at Stanford. He The work wasperformed under two stalwarts,W.E. Wrather was an outstanding student there, doing field work in the and J.A.Udden. Ventura Basin, California. He obtained his B.A. degree and While onhis potash work in northwest Texas, he wooed a was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Following his graduation in charming school teacher by the name of Katherine Riggs 1929, he returned to his old company as field supervisor in whomhe married on August 5, 1920. They both entered the Colombia,S.A.In 1930 he was transferred to theHome Office University that Fall. In 1921, without waiting for his B.A. in Toronto, Ontario, as geologist in charge of Colombian degree, he accepted the position of resident geologist on the Operations. From there his progress continued upward from Demares Concession inColombia,SouthAmerica.During his Chief Geologist of International Petroleum Company and mapping of the generalInfantas District of Colombia, he dis- ImperialOil,Limited, to Director of Explorationcoordination covered alarge domal expansion on the westside of the thrust for International Petroleum; to Director and Vice-President which on drillingled to the discovery of the LaCiraField, the for Exploration and Production for International Petroleum most productive one in Colombia. His stratigraphic work in Company.In 1946 he moved with the Home Office to Coral the Middle Magdalena Valley was an accomplishment of the Gables, Florida where he continued as Vice-President and highest scientific value. Directoruntil his retirementon January1,1961. September, 1971 31

Jimmie had an excellent sense of humor; there was always sity of California and the University of Wisconsin as well as a twinkle in his eyes. He was a staunch supporter of many at TheUniversity of Texas.In1927 John Emery went to work social and scientific endeavors. His encouragement and con- for the California Company, the predecessor in Texas of the tributions to the Geology Foundation at The University of Standard Oil Company of Texas, from which he retired in Texas at Austin have aided the department to become one of 1964. He was a frequent visitor to Austin,always apopular the leaders in the nation.Besides finding oil,here wasa man lecturer in the department, and a regular user of the geology who inspired those under him to dolikewise. He wasmodest, library. John Emery had a longand distinguished career cul- gentle and thoughtful inhis personalrelations with all people. minating inpresidency of the American Associationof Petro- He would remain quiet rather than say anything derogatory leum Geologistsin1953—54. He was a good Christian and, according to his about anyone. Bill Bloodworth died of stomach cancer inDenver on June wife,he wasa wonderfulhusbandand father. 12,1971. Memorial services wereheld inDenver onJune 16, M. A. Wright, Chairman of the Board of Humble Oil and and inGatesville, Texas,on June 20. His ashes wereinterred Refining Company (a close friend of Jimmies) summed up in Valley Mills,Texas, where Bill wasborn onDecember 16, Orby magnificiently as : Clinton Wheeler follows 1916. "He was certainly one of the mostbeloved of allmenIhave Bill graduated from Gatesville High School in 1934 and His convictions onimportant matters weredeepand known. entered TheUniversity of Texas.He received the B.S. degree firm, yet he respected those of others. His integrity and in geology in 1939 and the M.A. degree in 1941. He was a honesty were above reproach. Those associated intellectual member of Sigma GammaEpsilon. After servingin the armed him unreserved respect. was with honored him with Jimmie forces during World War 11, Bill joined Geophoto Services, loyal to all who earned and deserved his loyalty. He was Inc.,inDenver.At the timeof his deathhe wasadministrative staunch in support of those persons.Jimmie was a modest geologist and manager for domestic marketing for that com- man, almost to a fault. He neverassumed more stature or pany. position than he himself felt he deserved, and this was gen- In 1948 Bill married Mrs. Retha Humphrey, the former erally less than others judged.He was a family man whose Retha Mac Pearsonof Austin,who had graduatedwith aB.S. merits arereflected in thosehe hasleft behind. Ithas been in geology in Bill's class in 1939. Retha and Bill Bloodworth aprivilege to have been associated with him and them." made their home in Englewood, Colorado, a short distance Mrs. Cam (Maude) Sproule of Calgary wrote: from Denver.Mercifully,Bill's final illness was of short dura- tion. "His name was abyword for unfailing devotion to duty at all times.Hiskindness and concernfor all those who worked Ernest M.Funkhouser (BA '25) died onMay 16, 1971, in with and for him extended to each and every member of Oiks, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 67. He was the retired their families as well. To the pioneer of Oil Exploration in Vice-President of theUnion Oil Company of Canada and for- Canada and South America, the name of Jimmie Wheeler merChief Geologistand BoardMember of WoodleyPetroleum will always evoke memoriesof a warmpersonality, devotion Company.His death cameexactly one week after FredBullard to duty, and held in highest esteemby all who knew him introduced his granddaughter, Carolyn Keyser, as his first and who willmisshimgreatly." "third-generation student" (see story on dinner honoringDr. Jimmie is survived by his wife,Katherine, and two sons, Bullard in this issue). Ernest was in the first Comal County Charles Bowen with "Jersey" in the Argentine, and Joseph field camp in1923. Orby with "ARCO" inHouston,and sevengrandchildren.His JoeB. Koenig (BA '32, MA '40) died at age 62 onNovem- eldest son, James Clinton waskilled in service during World ber 29, 1970, in Midland. He taught at The University of War 11.Heis also survivedby three sisters and threebrothers. Texas in Austin until moving to Midland as a geologist for by G. Moses Knebel University Lands in 1942. Since 1952 he had been an inde- pendent geologist. Deaths Other Mrs. Alexander (Fannie West Harris) Pope died in Lub- Our records of the deaths of other ex-students seem to be bock on June 9, 1971, at the age of 87. She was one of the very incomplete this year. We urge you to send us a note or early graduates in geology at The University of Texas and clipping when you learn of the death of a former classmate; reportedly the first woman to be awarded a scholarship in often it is the only way welearn of theunhappy event. Here geology here.Mrs. Pope, the formerFannie West Harris, re- areafew that wehaverecentlylearned about: ceived her bachelor's degree in 1905; her husband received John Emery Adams (graduate student in 1927) died in his LLB degree from the University in 1907. In 1925 his Midland on September 30,1970, at the age of 71.He worked office was in the Magnolia Building inDallas; duringthe last for the Bureau of Economic Geology in 1926-27 after teach- 20 years Mrs. Pope lived in Lubbock. Survivors include a ing for a year at Texas A&M. He was a native of lowa, andhe daughter, Mrs. John Vickers, Jr., of Lubbock; a son, Alex obtained his B.A. andM.S.degreesin geology at the Univer- Pope, Jr., of Fort Worth; four grandchildren, and two great- sity of lowa.He did additional graduate work at the Univer- grandchildren. Alumni News

Department — Picnic June, 1945 Back Row: Dr.Fred Bullard,Dr. F. L. Whitney, Phyllis New, Mrs. Bullard, I. V. Anderson, Dr. Gordon Damon, Norman West, June Byfield, Howard Davis, Allen Humphrey's hands, Pete Marquez,Annabelle Bunnahan, NewtonRabensburg, Betty McCarthy, Jack Rodgers, Mary Wood, K. Denham, A. J. Anderson, Joyce Jones, Charles Butler, Bill Doyel, Clifton Perkins. Seated: Lillian Blame, Martha West (Mrs. Norman West), Margaret Davis (Mrs. Howard Davis), Gus Marques, Rosalie Judy, Marjorie (Play- mate) Grant, Peggy Stanley, Eduardo Pflucker, Trinka Seely. (Picture taken by Jeff Burnett; our thanks to Mrs. Trinka Seely Neal for sendingit tous.)

Samuel C. Adair, Jr. (BA '56) writes that Gordon E. Adams (BS '55, MA '57), Ex- Coast. He would enjoy seeing any and all England is a lovely place to live. Son, ploration Geologist with Mobil Oil Com- old friends should they be coming to the Sammy, is enjoying attending UT. pany in Los Angeles, says that they are coast. still enjoying the wonderful southern Cali- G. Baxter Adams, Jr. (BS '51, MA '53) is fornia climate. "Hello to Everyone." John L. Aldridge (BA '70) writes that he is Exploration Manager presently a medical student at the Univer- Vice-President and C. Clarence Albers (BS '48) is with Amoco sity of Texas Medical Branch at Galves- for Texas withMcCormick Oil & Gas Cor- Production Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma poration in Houston. He writes, "We are ton. On February 20, 1971 he married asStaff Research Scientist. one of the more active wildcatters in the Sallie Martin Sharp of Baytown, Texas. Texas and Louisiana Gulf— Coast area with Charles W. Alcorn, Jr. (BS '52), President 25-40 wildcatsper year a public drilling of Spears-Alcorn Well Service, Inc.in Vic- James W. Alewine (BS '50) with Atlantic fund. Staying very busy and hoping for a toria, Texas,says he is still working over Richfield in Corpus Christi, Texas writes big year in '71 to support the 'needs' of wellsandstill looking for the every elusive that he is "still pursuing that elusive three good-lookin' teenage daughters." oil and gas fields along the middle Gulf uranium." September, 1971 33

(PhD '61) DavidAlt writes that everything is outcrop study in Eastland, Erath, Coman- Joseph B. Avant (BS '51) is still geologist going smoothly in snow-covered Montana. che andadjacent counties. with W. H. Hudson, Dallas, Texas. Daveis Associate Professor of Geology at E. L. Ames, (BS '55) and Iwould Herbert A. (BS the University ofMontana at Missoula. Jr. "Ellen Babione '40), with Humble like to say hello to all our friends and Oil in Los Angeles, California, writes that Payton V. Anderson (BS '45) Partner in thanks to the Geology Departmentfor the there is no particular news; appreciates W. D. Anderson and Sons Midland, is in great Neivsletter."Gene is located in San the Newsletter; that he is pleased to hear active in oil operationsin West Texas and Antonio, Texas with Venus Oil Company. of Dr. Bullard and knows the retirement the Rocky Mountains. He and his wife, David L. Amsbury (PhD '57) is with the dinner was enjoyable. Evelyn, (formerly Evelyn Brewster, UT — NASA MannedSpacecraft Center inHous- A. C. Baker (BS 1944-45) have three daughters Nancy, '51), independent geologist fyjjton, Texas. He writes, "Am working on ge- in Falls, with sons; Janet, recent UT Wichita says "Two major dis- married two ological applications of high-altitude graduate— just married; Gary, UT junior. coveries in1970 (for north Texas,thatis)." photographs, infrared imagery, and radar He is also engaged in cattle ranching in — Ernest Baker, (BS imagery especially ge- T. Jr. '55) continues as South Dakota. in environmental Assistant ology thesedays!" to Chief of Projects with empha- sis on Gulf B.H."Pat" Anderson (BS '56) District Sales Coastal Plain of Texas.Ernest Fayez S. Anan (MA '65) (information from is with the U. Geological Texaco, Inc. at McAllen, S. Survey, Water Supervisor with M. 0. Hayes) Fayez finished all require- Resources Division — Texas, writes that this is their third year in Austin, Texas. ments for the PhD degree and returned in magic valley and they all enjoy the Gus B. Baker (BA '49) the to in February, 1971. He is still in New Or- girls Saudia Arabia leans climate and Mexico."Joanne and the will receivehis PhD inJune,1971from the as District Geologist with Chevron shopping sight-seeing across Oil Company, like the and University of Massachusetts. He is now the California Company Di- Rio Ifind the hunting and fishing vision. the and teaching geology at Riyad University in the finest." Saudia Arabia. Jerry D. Baker (BS '51), a mechanical de- Thomas H. Anderson (PhD '69) Research signer Gaynor George H. Anderson (BS '53), Geologist for with &SirmenofDallas,says Fellow at Caltech in Pasadena, California, that he is working on Amoco Production Company in Houston, preliminary draw- reports their addition, Sara Lee ings for new about Texas, writes, "Spent 10 years (1955-65) the UT at Dallas in Rich- (May 26, 1970), "if she doesn'tstop grow- ardson. "In several in New Mexico learning Colorado Plateau years the school will ing world's tallest woman ge- bring to our small [his she'llbe the minerals and oil and gas exploration. Re- city home is Rich- ologist!" Research continues in western ardson] all turned to Houston (transfer) in 1965- the cultural advantages, refine- Mexico; dating basement rocks by U-Pb ment and -working subsurface Jurassic and Lower prestige that a university campus method. can ,»— Cretaceous inEast Texas. Daughter, Carol, offer." (Grad- is UT; son,Jim, in Ltjg. William B. (Bill) Anderson freshman at freshman B. A. Baker (PhD 70) is a widget tester with high 20 years of marriage to uate School 1967-69), is with the U.S. school. After Esso Production Research Company in gal, keep her Naval Facility, Centerville Beach, Fern- the same think I'll on Houston. He writes, "Work is going well. dale, California as Communications Offi- steady." This year (1971) Imade it around the cer. Bill writes that he just returned from world: Sydney, Larry M. Asbury (BS '59, MA '61) is Chief Jerusalem, London and one year at aNaval station on Grand Turk, back. Geologist with Atlantic Richfield Indo- The most significant event last year West Indies. He will finish his Navy tour nesia, Incorporated. Larry Writes, "We was joining a church: we're Mormons in California andhopes to be back at UT now." were transferred from N. Y. to Djakarta to finish his Masters in September of '72. about a year ago.We are especially enjoy- W. F. (Bill) Baker (BS '51), District Ge- Carl E. Andrews (BS '58), is with the First ing the tropical climate and the opportu- ologist with Diamond Shamrock Corpora- NationalBank inDallas, Trust RealEstate nity to travelin this part of the world." tionin Amarillo,reports he is still working boy, Brad, Rocky Department, and reports a new DickE. Atchison (BS '53, MA'54),Geologist the Mountainarea,andlooking for- in September,1970. with MarathonOil Company in Anchorage, wardto theirnext Austin visit. Billhas one son in UT and Alaska, says that there is no good news three other prospective E. DeWitt Anthony, Jr. (BS '50), with En- Longhorns in the family. ' vironmental Protection Agency as Enforce- this year.Alaska's budding oilbusiness has ment Specialist writes he is "helping the beenpruned too much by faddists andpoli- Hugh R. Balkwill (PhD '69) is with the Feds cleanup the environment." ticians to make much of a crop. Geological Survey of Canada as a research scientist in Calgary. He says he's now trek- Luis E. Ardilo (MA '67) is Division Staff AnnMarieParsons Austin (BS '58, M.S.C.E. '68), teacher in Coronado High School king around the Canadian Arctic Archi- Geologist with the Texas Petroleum Com- pelago. pany, Bogota, Columbia. He wirtes, "1) at El Paso, Texas, writes, "I am currently Spent a year at Sheffield University, Eng- teaching math and physical science, but Ben L. Barrow (BS '51), Gulf Coast sales land where Iobtaineda M.Sc. in Geomor- have requested the new courses in geology manager for Reilly Tar & Chemical Cor- phology. I returned from England last and oceanography to be taught next fall. porationin Houston, writes that he is con- July. 2) The fourth son was born last De- All our spare time seems to be devoted to tinuing as sales manager with some travel cember. Now they are Luis Ernesto, Jr., swimming these days as Mallory (11) and ineast Texas andLouisiana. Juan Guillermo, Camilo y Andres." Graham (9) are avid A.A.V. competitors. Brad (2) is still just watching." L.T. (Slim) andLaura ThompsonBarrow Fred Altman (BS '42) is still with the New (MA '23; BA '23) recently cameup from York Stock Exchange firm of Walstonand Gene M. Austin (BS '52), Geologist with Houston to attend the dinner for Dr. Bul- Company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Houston Oil Fields Company, reports that lard. Slim and Laura are among themost ' he has been fortunate to have nearly 20 loyal and helpful of our geology alumni, Henry (BS '59) J. Alvarez with the Texas years of actively looking for oil and gas andSlimis always interested in the geology Water DevelopmentBoard at Waco, Texas as an exploration geologist. Family-wise, students and in departmental activities, is presently engagedin Antlers-TravisPeak they have 3 boys and 2 girls. publications andrecords. 34 September, 1971

Thomas D. Barrow (MA '48), President of Arkansas and north Louisiana. Kathryn President of Coastal States Gas Producing Humble Oil and Refining Company, is is fine,retired from teaching andbeginning Company. being kept very busy withhis new job and bridge. Little Kathryne (9) is still numero (BS with the national committees and boards unoandonly." James B. Blanton '56), senior engineer concerned with energy resources. Tom with Welex in Houston, says that they are Ed Berg (BS '67, MA '71) is an associate servedas Chairman of theAdvisory Council expecting a new addition to the family. geophysicist with Oil Refining of our Geology Foundation for several Humble & Company in Los Angeles. Ed writes, Harvey Blatt (MA '58),AssociateProfessor of years prior to accepting Presidency of the "Paula and I daughter's Geology at the University of Oklahoma in Humble. are enjoying our company to the hilt! Becky was born on Norman, writes: "Still employed at OUby JeraldH. (Jerry) Bartley (BS '37) writes: November 24, 1970. Iam currently serv- that distinguished UT alum, C. J. Mankin. "Everything still OK in Midland, Texas. ing as secretary to the Los Angeles Basin My first attempt at artificial petrefaction All the children have left the nest. Look- GeologicalSociety, which is about one-half of knowledge (a textbook) will be pub- ing forward to another Rizer Everett 'pro- of the PacificSection AAPG. Any students lished about Christmas time by Prentice- duction.' (Our thanks to Rizer for the an- going to work out here should contact me Hall." nual get-togethers.) My oil activity is re- for membership in this active society." Richard R. and Anne Egdorf Bloomer ducedandam enjoying hobbies of electron- (BS '40) (PhD '49; BA '48), independent geolo- ics andhamradio." Earl H. Bescher writes that he is still in Houston and still promoting gist in Abilene, Texas, writes that they can M. Cengiz Bastug (BS '68, MA 70) ) is field _ Humble, for whom he does considerable now say withpride that Dr. Bullardtaught geologist with Turkiye Petroleeri A. 0., i recruiting of scientific personnel. Earl Dick, Anne, and Carol. Their daughter Bakanlikar, Ankara, Turkey. He says that "O visits Austin and the University frequently, took historical geology under Dr. Bullard after going through an orientation pro- and he talks of building a place on Lake during the spring semester. gram in the summer of '71,he will do field Travis one of thesedays. Dan Blunk (BA '70) is a student at Uni- geology in eastern Turkey with emphasis The Jerry W. Biesel (BS '63) is an attorney in versity Gal- on post-Miocene tectonics; that he is of Texas Medical Branch at par- Dallas, - ticularly interested in wrench-faulting and Texas. veston. plate tectonics. Terry V. Bills, Jr. (BS '55, MA '57) is an Robert L. Bluntzer (BS '60) is Chief of independent geologist located Lafayette, Muse Beard (Mrs. M.) (BA in Ground-water Availability Branch, Texas Marianne Gene Louisiana. '60) writes: "There's not much time to Zk^C^Q Water Development Board in Austin. He spare, what with our 2-year-old and 6- Edward C. Bingler (PhD '64), Associate writes : "Became TWDB staff supervisorof year-old. But have been having a glorious Mining Geologist, Nevada Bureau of five district offices— in July, 1970.New addi- time with our historical society digging in Mines, University of Nevada, Reno says, tion to family son, Peter, in June, 1970. prehistoric Indian sites. It's work, but we "This is our second year in the Reno area. Continuing to learn more on ground-water have had some exciting finds." Marianne I've given up teaching and am now doing conditions in Texas, particularly in west lives at 8555 Clough, Cincinnati, Ohio geologic mapping full time in western Texas." 45244. Nevada. June has enrolled at the Univer- Murray E. Body (BA '32), retired from sity and is busy becoming a medical tech- Ralph Beaver, (BS '58), President of Oil Co. Libya and living in J. Jr. nician. Traveling Texas exes are always Oasis of BevexCorporation,Fort Worth, writes that Madrid, Spain writes, spend a great — welcome inour home." "We he is still married to the same gal same deal of our time traveling, hunting, and business, both better every year. "Come Neal J. Bingman (BA '26) writes from golfing. This retirement business is a real visit or call ED 6-0682— office, or WA 6- Wichita, Kansas, "My wife, Opal, and I good racket and Iam enjoying it very 7527— h0me." still live in Wichita after four years of re- much." tirement. We plan to move back to Texas, (BS '62) Major L. S. Beeler writes fromFt. however. We are proud grandparents now Kenneth Wayne Boeker (BS '69) writes stationed, Belvoir, Virginia where he is of a grandson." from Calgary, Canada wherehe is a geolo- that he is serving as Chief of Soil Sub- gist with Sun Oil that he is working for Bobby A. Bishop (PhD '66) writes from sections at the United States Army Engi- Sun's Key Areas Division in the Arctic Is- Greenville, North Carolina, is neer School. where he lands. The work is on the relatively vir- /an Assistant Professor of Geology East at ginal Sverdrop Basin where Sun has Robert L. Begeman (BS '42) reports from * Carolina University, is now in £ that he his extensive acreage a long-term drilling San Antonio: "Enjoyed a very active year and fourth year of teaching. A daughter, Clara "My interests, however, with Tesoro Petroleum Corporation and program. have Diana, wasborn last December. He willbe been becoming increasingly separated we are expanding our exploration activi- in Europe this summer and will attend the from those of Sun Oil Co., and more di- ties more extensively inboth domestic and International Sedimentological Congress rected toward the developmentaland social foreign areas. Was elected Vice-President, in Heidelberg end August and at the of consequences of geology." Exploration,for Tesoro Petroleum Corpor- hopes to see a lot ofUT peoplethere. ation in February of this year." Lenora Whitmire Blackburn (Mrs. Willis Charles H. Boeckman (BS '52, MA '54). George A. Bell (BS '50) is still with Ameri- C.) (BA '27) lives in Mobile, Alabama. A newspaper clipping tells us that Charles professional geolo- can Overseas Petroleum (Spain) Ltd. in She says that adding to her art collection, has been promoted to Madrid,Spain as GeophysicalSupervisor. civic activities and travel keep her busy. gist in Humble Oil and Refining Com- "The recognition dinner for Dr. Bullard pany's Southwestern Division in Midland. James B. and Kathryn Giddens Bennett was great! Surely enjoyed seeing so many (BS '61; BA '61), Area Geologist with Fredda Bullard Boeringa (MA '51) reports former classmates. Enjoy receiving the Champlin Petroleum Company, writes, married Boeringa in October, Newsletter verymuch." she James "We are enjoyingHouston andTexas after 1970. "We have set up our 'Taos house' at our 10-year sojourn in Shreveport, Louis- Wesley F. Blankenship (BS '57) is still in the footof the Sangre de Cristo Mountains iana, working with Jurassic trend in south Corpus Christi and is Assistant Vice- in Taos,New Mexico." September, 1971 35

G. P. Bolden (BS '51), senior geologist with Thomas E. and Betty Anne (Giese) Breed- Lawrence A. Bruck (BS '68) reports from ShellOil Company in Midland,writes that love (BS '54, BS '54) still live in Alief, Del Rio that he was recently promoted to son, Craig, graduates from West Texas Texas and Tom is still with Marathon Oil Chief Controller RAPCON (Lawrence is State this summer with a degree in eco- CompanyinHouston. a Ist Lt. in the Air Force) and is working nomics. Daughter, Kathy, is a freshman at on number 2 son— Darin is now one William M. Brenner (BS '58) continues as the same school. "Barbara and Iwelcome (March 6). an Assistant Professor of Physical Educa- company." tion at Emory University in Atlanta, Geor- Wallace E. Brunson (BS '42) writes from John F. Bookout,Jr. (BS '49, MA '50) is gia. Fort Worth that his address is temporary President of Shell Canada Limited in To- until Amoco moves in August, 1971 to L. W. (Dan) Bridges (MA '58, PhD '62) ronto, Canada. Houston, Denver, or New is sT£r writes, "I still consult for and office with Orleans. He hoping for Houston. Charles Clinton Booth (MA '56) is Presi- Bob Haynie and Lon Mayer here in Den- dent of Flat Top Ranch, Walnut Springs, ver, but I'm attempting to get a —few part- Leonard C. Bryant (BS '57) says he is still Texas. interest wells drilled in myname Bridges involved in oil and gas exploration along Exploration. If you are interested in part- the Texas Gulf Coast. He is with Kilroy SouthernWood Bower (BS '50) says that he interest, good but small prospects with Company of Texas located in San Antonio. is still assigned to the Houston head- — minimal promotion contact me." S quarters; teaching new trainees (worms) Julius A. Buchanan (BS '41) is consultant is still fun and enjoyable. He is with Virgil A. Brill (BA '27, MA '29),independent in Tyler, Texas and is also teaching at Magobar in Houston as drilling-fluids in- oil operator, writes, "Carrie and Iare TylerJunior College. structor. moving to Austin around June 1 of this Cleo E. Buck, (BS '54) with Tenneco year. We purchased a home in the Mt. Jr. Oil Leslie Bowling (BA '28), independentoiland inMidland writes, newsis good news. Bonnell-Mt. Barker area,and Ifind that "No gas consultant in New Orleans, is now Seriously, I no complaints andevery- both of these mountains are steeper now have Chairman of our Geology Foundation Ad- thinglooks good." than they were when Iattended the Uni- visory Council and has been actively de- versity and made one or two field trips out Leroy C. (BS '57) is a senior geolo- veloping new support for educational Buehrer into thesehills. Iam also movingmy office gist with Core Laboratories, Inc. in Dallas activities ofthe department. J^ 'O to Austin and am currently looking for andsays he is still enjoying the consulting Donald R. Boyd (BS '58) writes that he is office space." business with- no changes to report since still doing business as an Independent in last year. '56) Corpus Christi. Buddy Brock (BS is in farm and ranch investments in Edna, Texas. He says there Rafael Bueno-Salazar (BA '57) writes from Walter A. Boyd, Jr. (BS '53), Senior Reser- is nothing really new: still has business in- Bogota, Colombiawherehe is Chief Geolo- voir Geologist with Columbia Gas Develop- terest withKen Jarratt (class of '57) and gist with ECOPETROL: "Llano explor- ment Corporation in Houston thought his has frequent visits withHarry Burke (class ation now going full steam. Association reply was too latebut wanted to be surehe of '57). He sends greetings to Fred Skid- contracts with Continental, Superior, B. P. received a copy of theNewsletter. We are more (class of '56). and Intercol were recently signed. My happy to oblige,Walter ! home address is Diagonal 111 No. 55-48, D. R. (Bob) Brogdon (BS '53, MA '54) is a Bogota, Colombia. **" Robert W. Bradley (BS '56), District Pro- geologist with Marathon Oil Company in duction Geologist withHumble in Abilene, Houston. Ben Buongiorno (MA '55) is still withKelly writes, "THINK RAIN!!" (We agree; BellinHouston,Texas. KenBrook (BS '67), with Comico American Austinhas had the dryest winter onrecord, (BS Inc. in Tucson, Arizona as exploration Burke Burkhart '54, MA '60) reports and spring and summer are bringing no geologist, writes, "Busy exploring south- from Arlington, Texas, "We are complet- relief yet!) west for economic deposits. Presently con- ing our first year at the University of William Allen Bramlette (MA '34) is now centrating on porphyry copper in Arizona. Texas, Arlington andenjoy the University, AdministrativeVice-President of Esso Pro- It's really too— bad there aren't any mines department and being back in Texas very duction Research Company in Houston, near Austin you people need to be ex- much." having moved from New York where he posed to the glories of economic HARD Michael P. Burkhart (BA '60) withIBM in was Executive Vice-President of Esso Ex- ROCKS! I would welcome a visit from — San Francisco reports that California is enjoying living in those of youpassing through Tucson give ploration.He says he is overcrowded, smoggy, expensive, and in Texasagain. <>. me a call." imminent danger of slipping into the Pa-" Robert F.Brandt (BS '57) writes from Hous- Gerald R. Brooks (BA '58) is President and cific. He advises, "Stay inTexas." beginning fifth year of the Bossier ton that he is his Chief Executive Officer James D. Burke (BS '38) is a consultant in teachingphysical andhistorical geology at Federal Savings & Loan Association in CorpusChristi, Texas. South Texas Junior College and enjoying Bossier City, Louisiana. He says they itmore all the time. would like for any of their old buddies to Thomas M. Burke (BS '49) is with Van Dyke give them a call when they are in the Oil Company in Houston. He says, "Have (BS '69) Nugent Brasher, Jr. reports that Bossier-Shreveport area and they'll "kill been with Van Dyke sinceDecember,1970. they continue to enjoy living in Lafayette, the fattedcalf." My oldest son, Steven, enters college this Louisiana;havepurchasedtwo houses, one fall. Wants to be a petroleum land man. for renting one for a home. He is an- Georgette Covo Browder (Mrs. Jack Brow- and Myson,John,enters high school andSusan der) (BA '44) from Waco, Texas ticipating an upswing in the oil business writes is in elementary school. Come see me and times petroleum geologists. she is still working toward and better for that teacher 'Hi' to all." Looks forward to returning to Austin for certification in secondary education and UT football games. Nugent is a geologist that their UT daughter and son love the Lewis B. Burleson (BS '48), a partner in (exploration) with Texas Pacific OilCom- University as much as their mother and Burleson & Huff in Midland, Texas, says pany. dad did when they were students. that he is "spending 50% of my time in 36 September, 1971

the production and petroleum engineering Claude Alan Campbell (BS '50), Assistant Robert D. Carter (BS '48, MA '48) with part of the oil business which has made Rector of the Church of the Incarnation in USGS in Menlo Park, California, writes me appreciate geology much, much more." Dallas, Texas, writes, "I have been in the "Just returned from AAPG convention in clergy since 1964,serving south Texas and Houston and it was great to see 'old' class- Claude M. Burnett (BS '51), consulting — Dallas. Itook two extra years of training mates some not since graduation in geologist Dallas, Texas,writes, "Regret in in counseling and crises ministry. We have 1948!" being unable to attend dinner in honor of been in Dallas two and one-half years.Kit, Dr. Bullard, but wish him every enjoyment W. Carter, Jr. (BS '49) is a partner in my wife, is maintaining the scientific side W. of retirement, fine gentleman that he is." Carter & Carter located in San Antonio. of our life. She is working toward a PhD T. J. (Jeff) Burnett, Jr. (MA '48) writes in human anatomy at Baylor University. Jack C. Cartwright (BS '51, MA '55) is a fromHouston that their son, Jeff,is now in Twochildren, aboy, 7 anda girl, 10." partner with Roberts, Koch & Cartwright, the Armed Forces; that wife Cathe, is ac- Midland, Texas. He writes, "I started the Donald H. Campbell (MA '62) writes from tive in Harris County Historical So- new year of1971 inanew venture. Ijoined the Nacogdoches, Texas, "Contract terminated ciety. with Ross D. Roberts (petroleum engi- because of 'enrollment drop' in the Ge- neer) and Charles E. Koch (landman) to William M. Burnett (BS '50) reports from ologyDepartment. Jobs are scarce." form the partnership of Roberts, Koch & he Lourenco Marques, Mozambique where Cartwright. Our firm will engage in all Sunray Richard A. Campbell (MA '59) says, "Best is explorationmanager for Mozam- phases of the oil business.We will concen- "struck oil Ifound last year was in an art gallery bique Oil Company that they out trate in and Anadarko basins, in Dallas. Still enjoying Lafayette, my the Permian in our drilling program. Anyone interested — will go anywhere for good deals. work and my family now Kevin is 15, but oil in a ten-million-acre farmout?" family fast— will have Eric, 11, John, 6. Looking forward to a The is growing up daughters year." Gordon Burton (BS '58) is in Washington, busy year." Dick is an independent geolo- three teen-age this D. C. with the U. S. Naval Oceanographic gist inLafayette,Louisiana. Lon D. Cartwright (BA '24) from Sherman Office as a geophysicist. Oaks, California where he is an independ- A. T. Carleton (Toby) (BS '51, MA '52) (BA '41) Houston, ent, reports that he is an active student and Hal H.Bybee writes from writes family status »2 from Midland that the consultant in the new geothermal power where he is senior geologist with Continen- is the same: wife and three kids, Cathy * Company, Sally are field in California, Nevada,Oregon. Inter- tal Oil that he and (15), Elaine (13) and Phil (9).Still en- be ready to mittent participation in lease buying and getting shots and passports to gaged in making regionalgeological struc- several in drilling in south Texas-Corpus Christi dis- leave in May to spend months ture maps of the Permian Basin. Toby is S. A. representing trict. Georgetown, Guyana, a general partner in Structuremaps, Ltd. Continental Oil Company and Associates David G. Casey, Jr. (BS '60) is Executive during the drilling of an offshore explora- Joel C. Carlisle (MA '55) is a senior geologist Vice-President of Steinhorst Operating tory well. with Chevron Oil Company in Lafayette, Systems in Lafayette, Louisiana. He says Louisiana.He says, "Approaching our fifth that business is continuing to grow at a Robert W. Bybee (BA '41) is still with anniversary in Lafayette, our longest stay > rapid pace. Now getting involved in inter- Humble Oil& Refining Company in Hous- at any one place, and family really enjoy- national work and computer engineering ton as operationsmanager in the Explor- ing it. Dee andIare still involved with our and geological studies. Oil business never ationDepartment. hobby of collecting and growing orchids looked better from his viewpoint. Just par- William M. Byrd (BA '54, BS '56, MA '58) andplan to tour some commercial growers' ticipatedin purchase of oil field. Will now writes from Los Angeles that he is working ranges this summer. I'm still working the test his skill. Built swimming pool, and on various staff projects including Prudhoe Miocene onshore and offshore in south- Cynthia and he are happier than ever. Bay development drilling and unitization. west Louisiana." "Hook'mHorns !" Billis Division staff geologist with Western Marvin T. (BS '52) is a (life Alan M. Cassell (BS '54) is exploration ad- Humble Oil andRefining Company. Carlson teacher and earthsciences) at Midland,Texas. He visor with Humble Oil & Refining Com- pany in Houston. He is currently assigned PaulF. (Fred) Byrom (BS '57) is district says that he still finds teaching in junior to headquarters exploration analysis sec- geologist with Lone Star Producing Com- high challenging; is working toward a tion after a two-year tour with corporate- pany inMidland,Texas. Master of Education degree at Sul Ross State University during the summers. All planning department. Warren J. andSusan Kiefer Cage (BS '50; five children are making A's and B's in Dwight E. Cassell (BS '55, MA '57), resi- BA '50), geologist with Gulf Oil Corpo- grades ranging from 7-12. dential coordinator for Friendswood De- ration in Bakersfield, California, report (MA '68), velopment Company in Houston, says, "We are still working Alaskan and west- Baldomero Carrasco-Valazquez "Took thebigleap last year fromHumbles geology and taking trips' into geologist with the Instituto Mexicano del coast 'field oil patch to Humbles real estate venture, thelocal mountains. We both look forward Petroleo in Mexico City, reports: "I am quite a switch from developing prospects to the still working in the study of Lower Cre- Newsletter." to developing subdivisions. Really exciting taceous San Luis Potosi-Valles Platform and enjoyable work plus it is nice to live Jim G. Callihan (BA '32) reports from rocks and it will take somemore years to and workin the far out suburbs. Come see Marble Falls, Texas that he's not doing reach conclusions about the stratigraphy usinClearLake City." much— just working in the yard and gar- andsedimentary patterns." den and waiting for Lake LBJ to refill to DonaldE. Caussey (BS '51), senior geologist — (BS try out the fishing needs a goodrain. Ralph V. Carson, Jr. '55), finance with Pennzoil United in Midland, writes, for Conch Methane Services,Ltd., manager "Ihave a new job with Pennzoil. I'mhav- Rodney Camp (BS '43) says he's still London,England, writes that they are J. still ing aball." scrambling in the blowing sand of west enjoying the good life in London and Texas. He is a geologist with Camp Oil working on projects to move liquefied Henry Chafetz (PhD '70), Assistant Profes- {) Company in Midland. natural gas to the United States. sor of Geology at the University of Hous- September, 1971 37

pendent geophysical in Houston as senior formation geologist for ton, writes "It has been a very busy first consultant Little- (Standard Oil of Texas). Last year teaching in the Geology Department ton,Colorado. Sotex Houston. During my spring Sotex merged with Chevron Oil at the University of E. (BS '53) is an attorney with sedimentation, petrol- Gordon Coe Company,Western Division,andIassumed first year I've taught the Diamond Shamrock Corporation in duties as the SeniorFormation Evaluation ogy of carbonates, stratigraphy, and a Amarillo, Texas. Geologist the Chevron-Western op- section of historical geology. Both Janet for (BS eration." and Ienjoy living in Houston." H. Grady Collier, Jr. '43), independent petroleum consultant in New Orleans, geologist John D. Cooper (MA '66, PhD '70) writes Joe A. Champion (BS '39), staff writes, "Resigned as manager of King Re- Houston, now from California State College at Fullerton with ShellOilCompany in is sources Company January 15, 1971 and Department, wherehe is an Assistant Professor, thathe in the InternationalVentures openedoffice as consultant specializing in exploration, and defended his dissertation in September assigned to foreign oil ecological matters of Louisiana and off- 1970 and met November deadline for grad- findsitreally interesting. shore, ARK-LA-TEX, and southeastern uation in December 1970. Sigh-relief. He independent states. Come to see me when in New Or- JohnG. Champion (BS '47), an has good at leans." had a year California State in Tyler, says he is working east Texas teaching physical and historical geology geology from Tyler and now has two sons Bryan D. Collins (BS '50), Chief of Resource plus paleontology and stratigraphy. Loves incollege. Management Division, USAF Security southernCalifornia andits myriad geologic '50) Service in San Antonio, says, great to wonders. Walter Chatham, Jr. (BA '48, MA is "It's get the Neivsletter and hear about former still with the Federal Power Commission Duncan Corbett (BS '36), landman with a geologist. He y*l classmates and friends. Part of the family in Washington, D. C. as *** Brothers Corpus Christi, reports is going to Europe this summer,but Bryan Hawn in says, "Givemy best wishesto all." and enjoyed seeing old (6 yrs.) and Iwill do some camping and that JimBurke he (Carmi, 111.) who, with Carl R. Chelf (BA '40) is a geologist with fishing." friend Pete Smith Janes-Prentice,Inc.in Austin. his wife, Del, stayed in Corpus for several James W. Collins (BS '56), independent ge- weeks in February. "For your Department Jack M. Chrismon (BS '51), geologist with ologist in Corpus Christi, says he became of Time Passing: on April 1, 1971, Icom- Sun Oil Company,is stilllocatedinDallas. an independent geologist in 1971 and pleted 20 years with HawnBrothers." hopes to become a rich independent ge- Stephen E. Patricia Clabaugh (BS (MA '64), Director, In- and S. ologist soon. Diego A. Cordoba V'4o, MA '41; MA '62) took their youngest stituto de Geologia,and Coordinator de la after Christmas for a (MA '57) I daughter with them Clark R. Colton writes from Den- Maestria enGeologia,Facultad de Ciencias quick and delightful tour of theCaribbean. ver, "We have been inDenver almost eight of the National University of Mexico Steve had several students mapping in years now and like it very well. We con- writes that he was reelected President of Mexico during the spring semester, so he tinue to work almost entirely in theDenver the Sociedad Geologica Mexicana. Diego made a few trips there also when he could Basin of northeast Colorado and western has been very helpful in providing trucks, get awayfrom classwork. Nebraska." Clark is geologist and partner air photos,and other assistance for several inColton & Colton- UT geology students mapping in western Uel S. Clanton (BS '55, MA '60, PhD '68), Mexico in cooperation with the Instituto. geologist with NASA'sManned Spacecraft E s> (jack) Conway (BA '38, MA '39) He presenteda paper at the symposium in Houston, says "Still training Center in writes fromLondon, England where he is in honor of Professor De- pick up rocks on the Moon. Midland held astronauts to manager for Esso Exploration and Pro- Fordlast November. Also getting alittle time now to look at the duction U. X., Inc., that they are still en- material brought back on Apollo 11, 12 joying London after 5% years. Their FernandoE. Corral (BA '60),geologist with and 14. The A-14 material will do a lot to youngest, John Roy, graduates from high Siderugica Las Truchas in Mexico City, educate people about shockbreccias." schoolthis year so Edith and he will have reports: "Divorced in 1967, Iam mother „. boys andBernard, "r /-.i i t /BA 'Q7i a^oc the house to, themselves and would wel- and father to my Daniel G. Clarkson, Jr. (BA 37) does . _ William " old has tound Doing geology, some Tv/m- n i t come ...mends to visit. He now ages 9 and 7. field consulting mMidland,Texas. oil, but will have to drill to evaluate it as mining—geology in very remote parts of George H. Clements (BA '22), retired, is itis 160 miles from shore. Still enjoys the Mexico occasionally getting shot at by stilllivinginDenton, Texas. Newsletter very much—keep up the good illicit farmers. Still fighting bulls once in work. a while, writing fiction stories, etc. Living (PhD '66) is Associate Russell E. demons a fast and ferocious life andhaving aball." Professor at New Mexico State University. Carroll E. and Marion Clarke Cook (BA He is enjoying the land of enchantment; '23, MA '32; BA '22) report from Austin Glen Lee Corrigan (BA '55) is Library Sale! mapping the Black Range;and building a "Afithat they enjoyed their 93-day world Representative with the Macmillan Com- new home at 3273 Fariway Drive. cruise, touching at numerous ports in Asia pany located in Houston. He says he is . .. and Africa—including a 5-day train trip now covering the southern half of Texas (BS '64), ogist with Michael J. Clifford geo _ four q£ g^. for Collier-Macmillan School and Library Geological Survey in Columbus is _ Ohio b g pregerveg In ]anua^ Services. Mary continues as a high school also working a Master s at Ohio towards they & business teacher; Donald is a hif,h school University. State to ±c gouth pacinC; Indonesia and the freshman. (MA '58), Director of Op- Orient—including a few more places they D.B. Clutterbuck Henry C. (BA '40) is partner in the Company in Hous- haven't seenyet. Cortez erations withInexco Oil firm Ad-Ver-Tis-Er in Dallas. great year in ton, writes, "Had ONE Beaumont B Cooley (MA who ig gen. Good to be Colorado thenback to Houston. .^ geologigt; Formation Evaluation with Augustus S. Cotera, Jr. (BS '52, MA '56, oil business, back in center of the oa Companys Western Division PhD '62) at Northern Arizona University however." in Denverj Colorado says, "Since Ilast re- in Flagstaff, where he is Professor and Department of Geology, Dimitri B. Cocovinis (MA '49) is an inde- ported,Iwas transferred from Midland to Chairman of the 38 September, 1971

writes that he finally had several old Wichita Falls, Texas, says "We are still George A. Davis (BS '59) is supervisor for friends visit this year to see some great enjoying the country life. We are farming Mandrel Industries Company in Niamey, geology first hand. The welcome is still out and ranching about 10,000 acres now and Niger. for therest of you! still growing. Wife, Barbara, and four George H. Davis (MA '66), Assistant Pro- (BS children allfine. Good luck to all!" Bill C. Cotner '53), owner of Meadco fessor in theDepartment of Geosciences at Properties in Midland, writes that he is Max M. Crunk, Jr. (BS '51), geologist with the University of Arizona in Tucson, says, still drilling in New Mexico and finding Warren American Oil in Midland, urges "Merrily, Mike and Isend our best to our new oil. all geologists to join AIPG to advance pro- UT friends. We're enjoying life in Tuc- fessional geology. "We need an organiza- Relmon E. (BS '54) for son immensely and find the climatemuch Cotten is manager tion will speak for — Clovelly Company Orleans, that out allbranches of to our liking. Teaching hasbeen exciting Oil in New geology." Louisiana. fantastic local structures!" Milton W. Crusius (BS '49) writes, "Joined Jerry Covington (BS '43),independent geolo- James Harrison Davis (MA '60) is in Hous- our documentation group at Humble last gist in Midland, says he is still looking for ton with Humble Oil & Refining Company July. I'm now writing user documents for gas in theDelaware Basin. as staff geologist. computer programs (exploration)." He is £ R. Wilson Cozby, Jr. (BS '60), pedodontist geophysical specialist with Humble Oil JonathanO. Davis (BA '69) is junior geol- in Tyler, Texas, writes that it could not be and Refining Company inHouston. ogist in the Department of Anthropology, Washington Pullman, better in Tyler; certainly proud of the Thomas A. Cullinan (BS '55), geologist with State University in Washington. He writes, geologist for new geology building. Amoco Production Company in New Or- "Staff paleoenvironments-oriented Anthro De- William Craig (PhD '68) with Depart- leans says he is still working for the same W. partment. Spent last summer working on ment of Earth Sciences, in New Or- company although the name was changed LSU Mousterian site near Granada, Spain." leans,reports: "Only thing new withme is to AmocoProduction earlier this year. a promotion to Associate Professor. Jim Hugh W. Curfman (BS '48), independent Morgan J. Davis,Jr. (MA '53), exploration Wolleben is probably too modest to report geologist in Lafayette, Louisiana, is still manager, Canadian Division of Pennzoil that he has made a fundamental break- searching for oil and gas. "Same family, United, Inc. in Calgary, Canada, says through in solving the world's population Jayne and five kids (one graduates from O^"We're hard at it finding some oil and gas explosion;he stoppedhaving children." SMU and one from high school)." for the Pennzoil coffers. It would be great to see Fred Bullard off at his retirement Arthur S. Cramer,Jr. (BS '57) sayshe spent Landon Curry (BS '50), partner Easley & in party, but it looks like we'll have to wait the summer of '70 in London, England on Curry, petroleum geologists Corpus in until the spring ice break-up." business, and his wife, Diana, joined him Christi, writes, "We've rebuilt our offices for a month. He is with Texaco, Inc. in after the storm, but there are many gaps Richard A. Davis, Jr. (MA '61), Associate Bellaire, Texas. in our mapping that remain to be filled Professor of Geology at Western Michigan in. doing University Kalamazoo, reports he R. P. (Buddy) Crawford (BS '63), sales- We're well enough under the in that circumstances, though." will be on leave during next academic man with Milton Roy Company in Hous- year doing coastal sedimentation, as yet ton, still enjoys the challenge of selling Mrs. Robert H. Cuyler (Esther, widow of location is indefinite. Presently studying mechanical equipment to the chemical former faculty member) writes: "Busy en- coastal dynamics in Lake Michigan with process industry. joying all of my various activities. Am hopes of expanding to the marine coast. particularly pleased and happy with my (BS '50) Enjoyed Houston and Wegman W. Crawford is regional 10-month old grandson, Christopher Rob- seeing UT-exes in explorationmanager for Texas Sul- tribute the department paid Bob Folk. Gulf ert, who weighedin at 12pounds,8 ounces. the phur CompanyinHouston. He is the image of his father and grand- Robert B. Davis and Mary L. Quick Davis W. R. Cree (BS '52) is a partner in Cree Oil father and just as smart." (BS '49; BS, '48), districtexplorationand Companyin Abilene, Texas. John H. Dante (1944-45), geologist with the production geologist for American Petro- Company Texas Tyler, writes Ronald W. Crockett (BS '69), geologist with FederalPower Commission in Washington, fina of in Tyler, years Earth Resources Company in Golden, D. C, says that one son is in Viet Nam; "After three years in then two other married, girls in Shreveport, we returned to Tyler in Colorado reports that he married Carolyn one just two little at 1970. Inmy new position,Iam attempting Huddleston inJune andhas just moved to home.Nothingelsechanged. Coast Province with emphasis on from Corpus. He is presently ex- Gulf Denver Harris P. Darcy (BS '51) is an independent the ploring for uranium in the Wyoming covering all portions of six states in locatedinHouston. geology. basins. Jurassic, Cretaceous and Miocene Octavio Nejia-Dautt (1965-67) moved re Mary andIlook forward to theNewsletter John C. Crowell (BS '39), Professor, De- cently from Reynosa olice to the central each year." partment of Geological Sciences, Univer- office in Mexico City. He is now Geology (MA '66) sity of California at Santa Barbara,writes, Manager at Pemex. Frederik E. Dekker reports from "Continuing teaching and research. Wind- Los Angeles that after almost three years Marthann Kessler David (Mrs. D.) (BA ing up 6-year study of PermoCarb glacials W. fin Dahomey, West Africa, he has been '43), senior research scientist with Amoco in Gondwanaland,so,after far-flung travels p temporarily assigned to Los Angeles head Production Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, all over southern hemisphere, will stay at office pending reassignment somewhere writes, "Though company name has home for a while and dig once more into the overseas. He took a short enjoyable vaca- changed, it is same place as 27 years tectonic history of transverse ranges, and the tion in South Africa on the way back to especially the early history of the San An- ago when Ibegan working for Stanolind! theUS. dreassystem." Have been assigned past two years to a special, problem-oriented research group Charles J. DeLancey (BS '40, MA '42) with C. Paul Crumpler (BS '57), farmer-rancher, of multi-disciplines as Technical Editor for Humble Oil & Refining Company in Hous- Montgomery-Grumpier Farms, Inc. out of both internaland externalpublications." ton, says that he enjoys the Newsletter September, 1971 39

very much and wishes more people would had enough of Hurricane Celia in Corpus his friends to visit if they are anywhere sendinnews. Christi and have moved to San Antonio. near ChapelHill. Theysend best regards to all. George P. Derry, Jr. (BS '49), consulting Bobby G. DuPree (BS '54), is now Chief geologist in Portland,Texas, writes: "Our William W. Doyel (BS '48) reports from Offshore Geologist, Marine Division, of lives are gradually returning to normal Washington, D. C, where he is a hydrol- Pennzoil United, Inc. He has recently been after my returning home from two years ogist with the USGS that there is no transferred from Lafayette, Louisiana to of active duty with the US Air Force from change except for some nice trips around Houston, Texas. 1968 to 1970, then the marriage of our the country chasing water data and data Dale L. Dutton (BS '59), special- youngest daughter, Sarah, and last but not systems and a nice trip to Buenos Aires curriculum least, we received major damage to our withthe OAS. ist (high—school) with McGraw-Hill Book home from Hurricane Celia." Company New York, Webster Division, Bill M. Doyle (BS '52) is an independentin writes from Los Angeles: "Two eastern W. H. (Bill) Devine (BS '48), exploitation San Antonio,Texas. winters are enough for anyone! We re- geologist with Sun Oil Company in Hous- turned to southern California in May. Larry Doyle (BS '50) writes, "Am still in ton, says that Houston is certainly a big, Donna will be music director for new foreign consulting. Was a booming city.One daughter graduated from in Nicaragua in school in Malibu, and Iwill be working 1969-70 where Ihandled the hydrology UT last year and another is starting this with high in curriculum de- and surface geology on Geothermal Re- schools there fall. One more afterthat. velopment." sources project. In 1970-71 Idid ground- Bettye Hudson Dick (BS '49) writes from water hydrology on an agricultural proj- Connie Mayes Dyer (Mrs. Byron F.) (BA Houston that there is not much change ect in Algeria. We saw much of North 158) says she's still in Houston, loving it there except for the tremendous growth of Africa (including the Sahara) and Europe more all the time, freeways and all, Houston! before returning to the U.S." Larry is cur- couldn't tell us much about geology any- rently a consultant in hydrology in San more, pretty Barnard P. Dietz (BA '53) Vice-President, but is a good hand at car is Antonio. Exploration,of Texas Oil and Gas Corpo- pooling andcookie baking. rationinDallas,Texas. Robert E. Doyle (BS '55, MA '57) informs Lynn C. Eads (BS '57), independentin Cor- us that he spent an interesting and enjoy- pus Christi, writes after years Thomas Edward Dillon (1963-1965) is a that 13% able year in New Orleans, but is happy to with States,he opened an as cartographic officer with the US Air Force Coastal office be back in Houston. After fourteen years February, stationed Langley AFB, Virginia. He an independent geologist in '71. at with Shell Oil Company, he has joined reports: "Received in Geology from (BS '48) BS Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation as Fred A. Ealand writes that he is Eastern Washington State College, 1969; Manager of Technical Services. He says, still with Humblein good oP New Orleans married, two children; am doing geologic — one daughter, sophomore LSU-New Or- "It's great to be back inTexas." — field workin Giles County, Virginia during leans; one son freshman, LSU-Baton summer leaves. Eagerly anticipating grad- Ralph C. Duchin (MA '55) is now an inde- Rouge, two still at home. "Life is good to geology — — uate study in at UT upon separa- pendent in Houston says he joined the vs allhappy andhealthy." tion from USAF in fall of 1973 or winter ranks of independents and associated with building Gerald (Jerry) K.Ebanks (MA '66), geol- of 1974; toured new UT geology UT ex,Bob Zinn at Zinn Petroleum Com- ogist with Mobil Oil Corporation in in December,1970 and briefly visited with pany. New Drs. Jonas and Boyer; joined GSA and Orleans,says they have survived two years Orleans, AAPG." John W. Duke (BS '49), general agent with in New in spite of itself. "We en- State Reserve Life Insurance Company, joy all the good places to eat, and Ienjoy Ormond (Mrs.L. L.) (BS '38) Jane Dinkins Lufkin, Texas writes: "Enteredlife insur- the good duck hunting. Wife, Bulinda and writes from Houston that they are still children, Cynthia (6) ancebusiness in1953.Received CLUdesig- and Keith (4), are ranching a new farm at Chappell all and have nation, 1961;received numerouslife insur- doingwell." Hill,Texas. ance awards and am currently serving as JoanEchols (MA '59),instructor in the Earth Carr P. Dishroon, Jr. (BS '53), senior pro- President of Texas Association of Life Science Department of East Texas State fessional geophysicist with Humble Oil & Underwriters." University in Commerce, reports: "I am Refining Company, writes that he is at- enjoying living in my new house, am WilliamE. Dunaway (MA '62) is geologist- and tached to the Offshore Evaluation Group gradually acquiring furniture. Iam also geophysicist with Chevron Oil Company of Esso Production Research, and is look- beginning to be to over top' inHouston. able 'see the ing forward to the Newsletter. of that pile of mosasaur bones I've been H. L. Dodd (BS '56), sales engineer with Don Dunbar (BS '51) writes from Midland working on, andhope to finish that project — soon.Best to all." Schlumberger Well Services in Wharton, that the status is quo he is still chasing regards Texas,says that they are still enjoying the oil, gas and other minerals. Still learning Gus K.Eifler, Jr. (BS '29, MA '30) is doing town and job; family recently enlarged new tricks through— Permian Basin Grad- continuation of surface mapping for the by additionof one dachshund. uate Center the latest—in oceanography Geologic Atlas of Texas; field work com^* and economic geology metallics from pleted for the Pecos sheet. Gus is research George A. Donnelly, Jr. (BA '40) is inMid- UTEP. land, Texas with the Eastland Oil Com- scientist for UT's Bureau of Economic Geology. pany. David E. Dunn (PhD '64), spent his research leave from the University of Carolina at Gene C. Doty (BS '54), hydrologist with the Ab R. Ellis, Jr. (BS '50), development ge- Chapel Hill at the Lawrence Radiation USGS in Richland,Washington, says there ologist withTexaco,Inc.inMidland,writes Laboratory and at Texas A & MUniversity is nothing new since thelast report. that he, his wife, two daughters and a son Center for Tectonophysics. He writes that are alldoing fine inMidland. WilliamE. Dougherty (BS '36) writes from his wife, Gretchen, continues to "forge San Antonio that he and his wife, Valda ahead in Law School." Dave welcomes all Ralph I. Ellsworth (MA '49) writes from 40 September, 1971

Houston that he is "still struggling to put Livingston. His home is in Lufkin and the national Field Institute to Spain (1971): four daughters through the University of latch string is always out for "visiting presented results of sabbatical-year work Texas." Firemen." in March in Oviedo,Spain, and at AAPG meeting. Peg, Tom, and Rob join me in (BS Ben M. Elms (BS '49), region development Jack C. Fitzpatrick '48, MA '50), Geol- saying HI!" geologist withUnion Oil Company of Cali- ogist with Forest Oil Corporation in Lafa- fornia in Houston, says there's no partic- yette, Louisiana, writes that, "We are all A. L. Frerickscontinues as Division Geologist ular news—just another petroleum geol- enjoying our life in Lafayette. Our son, with Forest Oil Corporation in Corpus- ogist called"Grandfather." Jack, is in high school and the three girls, Christi. Alllle' SUSIe' aild Maiy aie beCOming JosephT U Jiilo,T?l ' T (BSfOC >ZA\56) reports: «MJNew son, , , „ Ruth M. Fruland (BS 70) working with Jr. iv prettier and smarter every day. Max, born July 30, 1970. Joe is region NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in well log analyst with Cities Service Oil G. E. Flack (BS '51), Area ProductionGeol- Houston in a position that she describes Company in Thousand Oaks, California. ogist withGulf Oil Corporation inMorgan as "hopeful" says she coordinates moon- , rock displays and catalogs thin sections for ■r t. -r. tTT ,„. ,>_. City, Louisiana, says there is no change . . " " (MA 65) is senior geol- James Jr. Evans 111 ■ -it i /->« i i ., ■ since the last card. Onshore exploitation principal investigator use. The Apollo 14 . , , , , , , ogist° with Amoco Production Company in . . , rocks defy succinct descriptions and make t " " and theiederal regulations takeup most ot JNew Orleans, Louisiana. , amans time.. me feellike Ishould be back at UT!In the near future my personal life will include ' „ _, , ,CA, John R. Everett (MA '64, PhD '70), staff TT ,_c . . , _ ," „ Herman H. Jtorbes (BS 50) reports he is .... „ „ , , , marriage toan IBM"Penguin." scientist °geologist,Earth Satellite Corpora- , , . .T ~ „ ■ «rr>i stl^ an Engineering 1echnologist with the tion in Washington, D. C, writes lhe _, ... Henry L. Fulghum (MA '50) writes from ; ,r "> " General Land Omce here Austin. ■■ T t i i m Everett family (Lael,.Mark, Connie, and Jackson, Mississippi that he deserted the John) is off to spend six months in DonH. (Hank) Ford (BA '56), Vice Pres- ranks of consultantsDecember 1, 1969, for Brazil" where John will be chief of field ident and General Manager of Cayman employment with Murphy Oil Corporation party in a side-looking radar survey of a del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, writes, as Area Geologist exploring in Mississippi large area south of the Amazon River that "Nancy and Ihave five children—four and surrounding states with emphasis on is being conducted by the government of boys and one girl. As always, wemiss Aus- the Jurassic. Brazil. tin and the University of Texas. Thanks James B. Furrh, Jr. (BS '50), Independent ". -^ ,-r.■ ,„« t^ ,^^s i for thenice Newsletter." Rizer Everett (BA '37, BS 37) says he.is con- Oil Producer in Jackson, Mississippi, re- tinuing work as a consulting geologist and Richard R. Foster (BS '50), Assistant to the ports "activeprimarily in Mississippi,Ala- geographer; enjoying travel with wife to President of Dawson Geophysical Comp- bama, and Florida. Three boys— ages 7— visitchildrenand grandchildren. Their son, any in Midland, reports that there is 14." John, and his family moved to Bethesda, nothing new last report. It looks as since RobertB. Games (BS '49, MA '51),Geologist Marylandin1970, and their daughter, Dot, though Midland will be dry and dusty with Northern Natural Gas Company in andher husband moved to Santa Fe, New this year; lots ofsand storms. Midland, Texas, reports that the Games Mexico. Rizer did a fine job of planning family is glad to be back inTexas after 14 and managing the dinner honoring Dr. Hewi" B- Fox BS '48> MA '48) yearsin Bullard recently. writes, "We have one son attending the Nebraska. University of Texas and another graduat- WilliamE. Galloway (MA '68, PhD '70) is Thomas E. Fanning (BS '56) writes from j ng from high school this year—the recent a Research Scientist in the Exploration Shreveport where he is a geologist with arrived increases in crude and gas prices Research Department of Continental Oil Marathon Oil Company, that he enjoyed j time!! Everything still running ust in Company, Ponca City, Oklahoma. seeing many Texas friends at the GCAGS high and looking good." Hewitt is Presi- meeting in Shreveport this year. dent-Owner of Hewitt B. Fox, Inc. in Frank J.Gardner(BA '36, MA'38, PhD '42), Corpus Christi. International Editor for Oil and Gas Jour- (BS Dorman N. Farmer '50), President oi nal in New York City, writes "Still watch- Fargo Exploration Company in Abilene, Dan Frantzen (MA '58), Independent in ing the world in Fun City. Enjoy writing says, "growing more mature—in a mature Lafayette,Louisiana, says he's "Chairman my weekly column— it's like writing a let- Geological Province—come on out and of theBoard." ter to all by classmates, many of whom help us grow older—gracefully." me, Bruce K. Frazee (BS 52) continues with call or write 'specially whenImake a William A. Faubion (BS '50) is still in Cal- Marathon Oil Company in Houston as a mistake!" gary, Canada where he is Vice-President, Geologist. RobertA. Gardner,Jr. (BS '50),Continental Manager of the oiland gas departmentfor Division Manager for George Mitchelland Chemicals, W- D- Frazell ' Associates in Houston, says he is looking ager for W. W. F. Oil Corporation in forward to seeing everyone at the conven- Bruce W. Fields (BS '51), Independent-Con- Lafayette, Louisiana, writes that his No. 1 tion this year and to come to see them in suiting Geologist in Corpus Christi re- son is at long last graduating from the their new offices on the 39th floor of One ports he is still looking for oil and gas in University of Texas in Advertising and that ShellPlaza. south Texas. Oldest son, Byron, will be a the search goes on for oil in commercial sophomore in college next year and his quantities insouthLouisiana. J. Neal Garland (BS '59) reports from Long- youngest son will be a senior in high view, Texas where he is Geologist with school Thomas J.Freeman, Jr. (PhD '62), Associ- Goldstein OilCorporation. ate Professor of Geology at the University Walter M. Fitzgerald, Jr. (BS '53) is a Ge- of Missouri, reports: "Taught a three-day Douglas G. Garrett (BS '51), Division Ex- ologist, Minerals Division with TempleIn- short course in carbonate petrology to 19 ploration Manager with Humble Oil and dustries, Inc. in Dibol, Texas. Walter says professional geologists; guided a graduate Refining Company in Midland, says he is he is conducting surface and subsurface student fiield trip through theBahamasand recuperating nicely after a stay in Okie geology around Big Sam, Toledo,and Lake south Florida; directing the AGI Inter- country. September, 1971 41

Cameron H. Gates (BS '60, MA '62) writes new job; same wife and children. "They BarbaraHurley Green (BA '45) writes from fromHouston wherehe is withMcMoßan are all getting older,but not me!" Odessa, Texas, that "Page and Ireached Exploration Company that "No news is the ecstatic state of grandparenthood, Conley R.Goodrum (BS'57),Area Geologist good news." Business as usual, moving thanks to our daughter Alyson's little Jen- with General Crude Oil Company in Den- at a fast clip nifer's arrival. Also continue enthusiastic ver, reports he was transferred last Sep- about our volunteer work of teaching il- Henry B. Gayle (BS '58, MA '60), Project tember when the company decided to open literate adults to read." Engineer with Holmes and Narver, Inc.in an office in Denver with instructions to find Las Vegas,Nevada,says he's still working some oil. Says he has already met some Joseph Nalle Gregory (1919-21), Geologist despite the slowdown of atomic testing. UT classmates and hopes to see more. and Mining Engineer in San Angelo, Margee and the kids are fine; thriving. Texas, is an Honorary Member J. E. Gordon (MA '51) continues as a Con- Lifetime "My work on Cambrian trilobites gets of the Advisory Council of the Geology the sultant with office in Corpus Christi. more interesting and complicated every Foundation. day." Daniel E. Gorski (MA 70), District Geol- (Mrs. ogist, Southwest, with Earth Resources Jean Lewis Greig Paul B.) (BA '44, (MA Consultant, David E. Gee '49), reports Co. in Tucson, writes that he is working MA '49) sends interesting news: "High- that when he from Wichita Falls returned inminerals exploration,principally copper, lights from the past year:seeing oldfriends Jamaica, in late March from vacation in in Arizona,New Mexico,northern Mexico, at the AAPG convention here (Calgary, "it's hard get back to work Canada) June, having daugh- to !" southern Utah and west Texas. in our oldest ter graduate from high school and leave Clem E. George (BA '47, MA '48), Con- Ronald L. Graner (BS '58) is Watershed for at least 6 months living in a kibbutzin sultant in Midland, writes, "Still looking Planning Staff Geologist with USDA, Soil Israel, my trip to in for in Permian Basin During and wonderful Israel oil the ... Conservation Service in Nashville, Ten- March, 1971.The rocks, birds,flowers, and my brief time on the Geology Foundation nessee. amazing were evenmore Advisory Iam greatly impressed land reclamation Council interesting than the historical sites!" with the excellence of the Faculty, stu- Richard E. Grant (PhD '58), Geologist dents and program." (paleontologist) with the USGS in Wash- Ariel Dale Griffin (BS '57) is Senior GeO' ington, gives the following account, "We're physicist with Lone Star Producing Com Fred M. Gibson (BA '51) continues with Evan-5, all well: three boys (Charles-8, pany inHouston,Texas. American Founders Life Insurance Com- Lauren-2) active and thriving. I'm still pany in Austin as Manager of New Busi- getting my kicks from the study of Perm- Robert O. Gross (BS '63, MA '65) says the ness andPolicy Issue Department. ianBrachiopods,especially the Texasones; only thing new is Brian Carr, born Janu- Lucy teaching Sorry ary 18, 1971. Bob is an ExplorationPhysi- Louis deA. Gimbrede (MA '51), Associate is still music. to miss Bullard, Icongratulate cist with ChevronOil CompanyinMidland. Professor of Geology at University of dinner for Dr. but him a long and productive career." Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, re- on Roy H. Guess (BA '39, MA '40), Consulting ports:—"Getting older;— gettingbusier; new Leo C. Gravis (BS '42), President of Ryder Geologist in Casper, Wyoming, writes: hobby lapidary teach it at local mu- Scott International Exploration Company "Wyoming and adjacent states continue to seum. Was— involvedin Mastodonbone find in Houston, says he's enjoying Houston, be most attractive from the standpoint of last May display in museum." Texas Gulf Coast and the Longhorns after both 'fun' and business. Good commercial several years absence. Also enjoy and ap- fields continue to be found with large William E. Gipson (BA, '48, MA '49) is preciate relatively unexplored still available. Vice-President-Exploration for Pennzoil theNeivsletler. areas Weloveit here." United,Inc.inHouston. O C. DeVerle Gray (BS '57), Senior Geophysi- cist with Mobil Oil Company, writes from Paul Giraudin, Jr. (BS '48) informs us that Karl F. Hagemeier (BS '49) writes from Corpus Christi, "Been pretty quiet since he openedhis office as anIndependentGe- Metairie,Louisiana, that they arebuilding big blow, and get even quieter ologist in January 1970. Home and office the will a new house in "Lake Wood South" sec- when the next one gets here, 'cause I'm partially wiped out by hurricane Celia in tion of New Orleans.Family all doing fine, gonna leave! out real well so can't August. He has been rebuilding and doing Came and he is still searching for oil and gas in complain." a bit of contracting since. Hopes to be south Louisiana,Mississippi, and Alabama, back in the office before much more time Donald M. Gray (BS '51, MA '53), Staff Ge- and continuing to find some each year. elapses. "What a marvelous job you folks ologist with Shell Canada, Ltd., Frontier Berte R. Haigh (1925) reports from Mid- do on theNewsletter." Division in Calgary, sends this bit of infor- land, "Still trying (slowly) to compile a mation, "Our daughter, Linda, whose ar- Goerner (Mrs. Fred S.) history of UT Permanent Fund Endow- ElizabethMerritt rival in Austin added urgency to comple- (BA '39) Houston that she is ment Lands; also assisting in compilation writes from of my graduate work, entered theUni- tion of history of petroleum developmentin the teaching sth—and 6th graders in a multi- versity of Texas last fall!" ethnic school "perhaps they are teaching Permian Basin of west Texas and south- me!" Son, Jim ('69) and daughter, Sally Robert W. Grayson (BS '48) is Exploration east New Mexico." Although 80 years ('65) are married to Texas Ex's and we Manager with Marathon Oil Company, young, Mr.Haigh is a Consultant, onmodi- have two little granddaughters. Calgary, Canada. fied service, with The University of Texas System (University Lands— Geology). Eugene M. Goltz (BS '49), Petroleum Geol- Willard R. Green (MA '55), Senior Geol- ogist in Abilene, says "Still in west-central ogist with Shell Oil Company in Midland, Marvin E. Hairgrove (BS '38) Senior Staff Texas looking for oil—hope to see all Texas,sends this news, "1970-71President Geologist with Humble Oil and Refining friends whenthey are in MY AREA." ,ji of PermianBasin Section, SEPM. Enjoyed Company in Houston, says he continues 'AJ visiting with the geological sciences pro- enjoyable oil finding work at Humble with- W. Leonard Goode (BS '53) writes from fessors who attended thebanquethonoring out any major change during the year. Midland where he is District Geologist Professor DeFord in Midland in Novem- Family numbers remain the same. "I just with Amarillo Oil Company, that he has a ber, 1970." figured out how longit would be between 42 September, 1971

youngest daughter's graduation and Brooklyn, New York, is actively engaged ogist in Corpus Christi, says he's still try- granddaughter's enrollment at Number in studies of marine pollution and biolog- ing to find peopleinterested in drilling for One and know" what they mean by 'gen- ical amplification of toxicmetals in organ- oil orgas. eration gap.' isms in the New York Bight. Evelyn and Heiken (MA '66), Geologist in the the girls are all well. Grant Curry W. Hall (BS '54), Columbia Gas De- Planetary and Earth Sciences Division, velopment Corporation Geologist, writes: H. Lee Harvard (BA '55), General Partner withNASA in Houston, writes: "I'm work- "Business: spending majority of time doing of Harvard Exploration Company in Ros- ing diligently on Apollo 12 and 14samples, exploration and development work in off- well,New Mexico,writes:"StillinRoswell training crews, planning a skylab project shore Louisiana and Texas; Personal: still— (15 years). Oil business continues to be and sampling a few live volcanoes. Be- hoping to get back to Austin for a visit good. Starting to get involved in under- tween work and numerous cultural events maybe this summer. ..." ground fresh water, too. Have been travel- inHouston, we have successfully forgotten ing a lot getting drilling money together. how flat Houstonis." Robert A. Hall (BS '57), Professional Geol- Joanne (class '55) and two boys (Jeffrey, Tyler, says, "Wynne andIand the (BS ogist in 10 yrs. and Alan 8 yrs.) are in good health James H. Helland '43), Independent kids continue to be blessed with good Antonio, reports: andstay veryactive." Oil Operator in San healthand fortune. Ihave beenhonoredby "My son now a sophomore at UT Austin. being chosen to serve on a few civic func- Robert S. Harvill, Jr. (BS '50) is with My oldest daughter will enter next year tions this last year,and was thrilled—to be Humble Oil and Refining Company in and if the 'boy' decides to be a lawyer or elected to the Vestry of my church. Life Houston, as Coastal District Geophysicist, take a master's degree, my other two doesbegin at 40!!" andcontinues to livein Conroe. daughters could make it to UT in time for all four to be there at the same time. I Weldon W. Hammond, (BA '50, MA George M. Harwell, Jr. (BS '57, MA '59), Jr. guess I'm just lucky that Imade three '69), Program Coordinator, Water Quality Staff Geologist with Shell Oil Company in new in 1970 so Ican pay for Planning, with the Area Council Houston, says, five Harwells, (Li- discoveries Alamo of "The the above." Governments in San Antonio, is happy to nette, Sharon, Leslynn, Corbin and me) report the arrival of son number two this are happy to be in Houston for another WilliamBrent Hempkins (BS '58, MA '62), year.He is still working in environmental year. Iwas fortunte enough to have been Research Geologist with ChevronOil Field geology and enjoying it immensely. Says, offered a position with the newly-formed Research in La Habra, California, says he "thanks for the excellent Newsletter." International Ventures Department, which is North American Representativeto Mem- is proving to be an exciting assignment." bership Committeeof International Associ- W. Hampton, (BS '53) is a part- John Jr. ation for Mathematical Geology is W. Hampton Wichita (BS '51), and ner in Jno. & Son in Laurence H. Hawes Senior Geol- still working actively in application Falls, Texas. — Exploration with Atlantic the of ogist Rich- statisticalmodels in geology. field Company, reports that he was trans- Richard F. Hare (BS '41), President of Pro- ferred from Tyler to Midland in March John D. Henderson (BS '37) retired, writes ducers Service Company in Fort Worth, '71. He finds the geology of west Texas from Dallas: "Early retirement was taken reports that his oldest son is starting at challenging; however,if it doesn't rain out from Texaco, Inc. Am presently com- UT Austin inthe fallof'71. in the west pretty soon,the geology may all pletely occupied with ranching operations Louis H. Haring, Jr. (BS '38) writes that he blow away. A good portion of it has been in west Texas and real estate holdings in is finding a little oil and gas occasionally. goingby the windows lately. Good to see a Dallas." Louis is an Independent Geologist and Oil lot of Texas Ex's." Leo Hendricks (PhD '42), Professor of Ge- OperatorinSan Antonio. Edward F. Haye (BS '51) is President of ology at Texas Christian University in Travis O. Harkness (1934-1936) is Presi- Photogravity Company, Inc. in Houston. Fort Worth, says that in additionto teach- dent Exploration Company, ing duties in the Geology Department at of Harkness L. Haynes (BS '50), Independent Dallas, Texas. Charles TCU, he is doing detailed field mapping Inc.in Geologist in Corpus Christi, writes there ineastern Tarrant County, an area of rapid is no news— just shuffling logs and Wiley B. Harle (BS '50) is with Natural Gas follow- metropolitan development. The Bureau of inggolf balls around. Pipeline Company of America as District Economic Geology is publishing the work. Geologist. Hugh Hay-Roe (MA '52), PhD '58), Senior E. R. Henningsen (BS '57) writes from '51, '53) Geologist with Belco Petroleum DavidH. Harrington (BS MA ,Trust Staff Cor- Stephenville, Texas, wherehe is Associate InvestmentOfficer withBank of the poration writes, "After 3 years in Lima South- Professor of Geology at Tarleton College, Houston, that "Dodie (9 years in Peru), am shifting from As- west in reports and that the earth science program is develop- young are good health sistant General Manager of Belco's Peru- — our three in with ing nicely. Family is all well Biff is a spirits. Best regards my class- vianoperations to New YorkHeadquarters, active to freshmanat TCU thisyear. mates." where I'll handle geologic coordination for domestic and overseas operations. After JimHenry (BS 70) is a Geologist with Getty (BS '51) Cleason L. Harris sent us a late nearly a decade in the Banana Belt, this Company inMidland. Orleans, Oil reply last November from New whole family is going to experience 're- Geologist for Pan Larry R. Hensarling (BS '56), President of where he was Area entry problems,' or reverse culture-shock. Lafayette, American PetroleumCorporation. Idon't know how I'll like being a com- Petroleum Futures, Inc. in Louisiana, for muter, but am willing to try anything says he's still prospecting Thomas E. (BS '57) Supervisor, Harris is once!" oil and gas insouth Louisiana and that he Reservoir Engineering Department of hopes1971is a better year than 1970. Coastal States Gas Producing Company in Mack L. Hays, Jr. (BA '42) is an Independ- Charles W. Henslee (BS '51), District Ge- Corpus Christi. ent Geologist and Oil Producer in Tyler, Texas. ologist-Anadarko, South Texas Gulf Coast, WilliamH.Harris (MA '61), Assistant Pro- withDiamond ShamrockOil andGas Com- fessor, Geochemistry, at Brooklyn College, John E. Hearn (BS '52), IndependentGeol- pany in Amarillo, writes: "Wife, Ruth; September, 1971 43

sons: Gale and Kerry; daughters: Karen Bill D. Holland (BS '54) informs us that he Tina,says, "Every time Iget this cardsome- and Lora. Oldest son, Gale, is attending recently moved from the Production De- how Ifeel— Ihave wasted another year of West Texas Stateon National Merit Schol- partment to Exploration Data Processing; my life no positive news, just older and arship and is running track. Iam thor- presently involved in the applications of fat" oughly enjoying becoming involved in finding oil and maintaining exploration W. T. (Bill) Hudson (BS '39), Independent offshore geology in various parts of the surveilance through the use of the com- Geologist in Denver, Colorado, reports, world as is looking for bigger "It's be back home in Shamrock puter. great to "Nothing new." andbetter things." Texas." Bill is Manager-Exploration Sys- tem-Data Operations for Humble in Hous- Sherwin Eugene (Gene) Hufford (BS Harold T. Henslee (BS '50), Consulting Ge- ton. '58) is Secretary-Treasurer andDirector of ologist in Amarillo, reports that after 21 Todd and Sander, Inc. in Wichita Falls, years with Phillips Petroleum Company, (BS '57) H. W. (Bill) Hollingshead, Jr. Texas. he resigned December 1,1970, and opened reports from Midlandwhere he is Western a consulting office. Division Exploration Manager for Perm- Jack T. Hughes (BA '41, MA '42), Professor zoil-United, of Anthropology at West Texas StateUni- James (Jim) G. Herblin (BS '52), Develop- Inc. versity in Canyon, Texas, says, "The ge- ment Geologist with Getty OilCompany in (BS Clifford K. Holloway '50), Consulting ology dog is still wagging the anthro- New Orleans, says that living in the New Texas, Petroleum Geologist in Amarillo, pology tail around here." Orleans area is different, but it's great! says that "Business was fair in the Ana- Charles H. Hightower, Jr. (BS '56) is in darko Basin areain 1970, butwill probably EdW. Hughston (MA '50) writes from Dal- Lafayette,Louisiana, wherehe is Geologist be a little worse this year. Will be losing las, "continuing as President of Homa Oil withBright andShiff. oldest daughter to college rank in the fall; and Gas Company. Older son,Lane, com- otherwise, everything the same." pleting second year at MIT; middle son, Nolan Hirsch (BS '44) reports fromMidland, Mark, entering SMU in fall to study Texas, "Left King Resources Company Eleanor MachaHoover (BS '56),Senior Pc- archeology." January '71. Now a member of large fra- troleum Geologist with Humble Oil and ternal order of 'Independents'." Refining Company in Houston, is still Emmett A. Humble (BA '49, MA '51), Ex- doing Gulf Coast geology. ecutive Assistant to thePresident of Stand- Sumner B. (Dave) Hixon (MA '59) writes ard Oil Company (N. J.) in New York with Richard A. Hoover (PhD '68) is a Geologist from Houston that he is involved a City, writes, "Continue to enjoy the New computer program (GEMSORT) for with Esso Production Research Company England life and the International Oil handling photos and separating inHouston. all space business. Since my contact with UT is by various parameters, including area. David T. Hopkins (BS '48), Consulting Ge- less than Iwould like, Icontinue to look "Our group is occasionally involved in in- My ologist inBig Spring, Texas, writes:"Dave, forward to the Newsletter each year. terpretative studies in estuaries, water Jr., now 18, Gage Russell, 16; Dave going compliments on a very interesting and quality,and various types of remote sens- Howard City College well-done publication." ing." Dave is Senior Engineer with Lock- to Junior for two years. Gage junior high heed Electronics Company. is a in school. Allen E. Humphrey (BS '49) is President Business much the same. We need to in- of the Humphrey Oil Corporation and (BA Carroll Ann Hodges '58), Geologist, crease ournationalreserves." Energy Fuel Corporation of America in USGS Branch of Astrogeology in Menlo David R. (PhD '67), Dallas. He and his company have played Park, California, writes that she is still Horn Research Assoc- — a key role inan impressiveseries of new oil working on moon maps for the Survey iate in Deep-Sea Sedimentology with the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory field discoveries in Grady and McClain including, happily, an Apollo site map, at University in Palisades,New Counties, Oklahoma,during thelast 3 or 4 whichmay involvesome visitsto Austin for Columbia years. consultation with chief investigator Muehl- York, reports that he is working on relat- ing modern deep-sea sands to ancient berger! Continues to enjoy California Jack Hunter (MA '48) is a Geologist with trails and San Francisco entertainment! flysch. Marathon Oil Compnay in Tulsa, Okla- (Carroll did make it to Austin late last Carlton W. Hornbeck (BS '53), Geologist, homa. spring as anticipated, and more visits will Consulting, Oiland Gas Operator in Alice, be welcome.) Elvin M. Hurlbut, Jr. (BS '43), Data Re- Texas, tells us he is busy packaging new trieval Specialist withLTV/Service Tech- prospects— preparing for the big boom. Fred Hoeninghaus (BS '49), Geophysicist nology Corporation, says, "Still workingat say $5.00/bbl gas with Humble Oil and Refining Company "They oil will be and Manned Spacecraft Center. Everyone fine. .50 MCF. This business is long overdue. in Houston, writes: "Presently involved in My compliments to the Newsletter staff geophysical data-digital processing of Gulf Enjoy your Newsletter very much." for their excellent job each year." Looking forward, usual, Coast area. as to Charles M.Hoskin (PhD '62),AssociatePro- the fine Newsletter.'''' Joe A. Hybner (BS '52) is District Geologist fessor of Geology at the University of for Texas Oil and Gas Corporation in Ray Holaske (BS '51,MA '52),Geologist with Southern Mississippi, writes from Hatties- Corpus Christi, Texas. Marathon Oil in Houston, says his daugh- burg: "We are enjoying theSouth, but we ter's plans to attend Texas this year are all miss the snow and moose of the North. W. Clyde Ikins (BS '38, MA '39, PhD '41) threatened by his transfer to Anchorage Istudy mud, water, and oysters in Missis- writes fromKent, Texas, that he still lives inJune. sippi Sound in the winter and— back to at his ranch, El Rancho —Encantado, on top Alaskan Fjords in the summer a pleas- of the Davis Mountains raising Brangus Charles Wayne Holcomb (BS '37) reports ant arrangement.I'll have to see whatsort cattle andfruit. Houston he is working in East- from that of confection can be made from muktuk ernMarine Divisioninoffshore exploration andpecans." Carl B. Irwin (BS '39), Head, International for Humble Oil and Refining Company in Standardization and Coordinator, U. S. Houston, where he is a SeniorExploration Jorge R. Huca (BA '59), General —Manager Navy Distillate Fuel Program, in Wash- Geologist. of JabonFederalin Buenos Aires Argen- ington, D. C, says, everything is about the 44 September, 1971

same as previously reported, but beginnig devoting much time to passage of needed It's great to see UT's Department of Ge- to move into the pollution control and environmentallegislation. ological Sciences producing geologists of abatement field. the highest quality for all phases of earth Charles R.Jones (BS '50), Project Develop- science." Jack is Division Exploration Jim Bob (MA '69), Geologist with ment Geologist with Cities Service Oil Jackson Superintendent,NorthernDivision of Chev- Humble Oil and Refining Company in Company in Houston,informs us that he is ron Oil Company, The California Com- Harvey, Louisiana,says he's sitting on wells workingoffshore geology,and his daughter panyDivision. in south Lonisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, is graduatingfrom The University of Texas and Florida, and working south Louisiana in May1971. Roy L. Kerne (BS '49) Retired USAF Major geology. — Glen D. Jones (BS '57) is Senior Engineer sayshe'sstill traveling around went to the Far Expo J. R. Jackson, Jr. (MA '40), Manager— Ex- with the Boeing Company in Seattle East and 70 last year;inMay of this he will ploration Environmental Affairs withHum- Washington. i year be driving a German S couple through f bleinHouston, reports he recently changed the western half of the Harold E. Jones (BS '41), Consulting Geol- country— jobs and is now involved in matters of the United States to show themthe ogist Midland, writes, environment. Sees lots of Texas Ex's in "Had a good year may drive through Austin to show off the with for around Humble andHouston. in 1970 prospects a better one in University. 1971. Two boys in college now (Gal at Funkhouser) Otis L. James, Jr. (MA '52), Independent Texas University andStan at Texas Tech). Mrs. Gene F. Keyser (Gene Geologist in Gainesville, Texas, says no Imade all home football games last year. (BA '48) writes us from Midland that — 21, change still hunting oil in north Texas. Let's beat NotreDame next time!! Thanks Carolyn, age is graduating from UT for the Newsletter." Austin; Julie, age 20, is a sophomore at M. H. (Pete) Janszen (MA '53), Counselor Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri, (BS with Texas Rehabilitation Commission in Richard D. Jones '56) is Regional Ge- and Laura and Ann, age 15, are sopho- Corpus Christi, writes, "Vivian is in her ologist with Monsanto Chemical Company mores inhigh school. 30th year of teaching. I'm in my 4th year inMidland. with Rehabilitation, and Howard William Kiatta (BS '58), Geologist the Vocational (Bill) Jordan, (BS '49), (son) junior UT Austin." William L. Jr. with George Mitchell and Associates in Jack is a at Production Geologist Humble, with reports Houston, is still enjoying living and work- Jennings (BS '52), Computer Ge- Andrews, Texas, from Hobbs, Norman he moved to ing in Houston.He is involvedprimarily in ologist with Company New January Cities Service Oil in Mexico in 1971. exploration in the Gulf Coast area and Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is still making Frank C. Kallina (BS '39), Independent Oil offshore. "Our four children now range in maps withthe computerfor CitiesService; and Gas Operator in San Antonio, writes age from 6 to 12." moving into Tulsa this summer whereCities that he's drilling 4 or 5 wells a year in Service is moving into new headquarters James R. Kiker (BS '54), Analyst with the Dimmit and Bastrop Counties. Spending a building. Invites any of his old buddies Department of Navy, is still in the sunny great deal of time on his farm in Bastrop coming this way to come by and see him Caribbean. County. Is now a grandfather; little girl, inTulsa. Jennifer Sue Jackusch, born to youngest Ed Killian (BA '67) reports from Houston Alice Dominques Jobes (BA '23) Kerrville, daughter, Janis. where he is Geologist with Texaco, Inc., Texas, writes, the he and Francey are enjoying "Now's time to Go-Go- E. A. Karper (BS '41),Partner inKarperand that their we don'thave nine lives y'know.""I try to new home. Glass in Graham, Texas, reports there's make up for it! Kansas City in January — — notmuch going on oilwise. Weather dry H. Killam (BS '49) Director for first grandchild's wedding, oldSan An- Wilton is of quailhunting bad;drought inabout every- Student Personnel at Angelina College in gelo in February, Mexico in March and — thing spring may bring a change. Lufkin, writes, "Have been again— Ihope— in April— visiting Texas. He at Jamaica Angelina College opened fall of son." Edwin N. Kasper, (BS '51) continues since it in Jr. '68. Am equivalent Deanof Students. with Coastal States Gas Producing Com- the to Charles B. (BS '51), Gulf Coast Re- Do a lot of counseling, work with student John pany in Corpus Christi, as Reservoir Ge- psychology; gional Staff Geologist with the USGS in ologist. organizations; teach some Metairie, Louisiana, says he is still work- coach tennis team; stay busy and substi- ing on the evaluation of the Gulf Coast Robert A. Keahey (BS '57), Independent tute in geology occasionally." outer continental shelf and is a part-time Geologist in San Antonio, writes, "I'veen- ElbertA. King, (BS '57, MA '61), Chair- graduate student in geology at Tulane joyed my first year as an independenthere Jr. man of the Department of Geology at the University working on his masters thesis. in old San Antonio.It looks as if the oil University of Houston, writes, "Busily "We sure appreciate your work inpublish- business is headedfor an upswing in 1971. working with the latest lunar samples and ing a good Newsletter each year." If we get that and some rain, Heaven only Mars photographs,shuffling the departmen- known what good things will come to pass." — M. L. Johnson (BS '50) is with W. Earl talpapers, andraising our two daughters Rowe and Field Drilling Company as a Clinton C. Kearney (BA '39) continues as Lisa, 13 years and Cindy, 11years. Pegis geologist inSan Antonio. Pilot-Geologist with Wm. Gruenerwald and fine!" Associates,Inc., inColorado Springs, Colo- (BS '58) (MA '57) as MalcolmR.Johnson is a Geologist rado. Victor L. King, Jr. continues withPentonand PentonOil andGasProp- Senior Geological Engineer with Shell Oil erties in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Donald M. Kerr, Jr. (BS '60) is Director- Company in Metairie, Louisiana. Medical Construction Spaw-Gloss,Inc. Nancy (BA '50) with '60) are Jenswold Johnson writes inHouston, Texas. DonL.Kirksey (BS reports that they fromDallas that she is working very hard making plans to move to The Hague, to earn an MA in Urban Affairs fromUT Jack C. Kern (BS '43) writes from Jack- Netherlands.Don has been transferred and Arlington, probably early in 1972. As "|\soii, Mississippi: "Scientific demands on will be working North Sea geology for Legislative Chairman of the Air Quality {jy geologists in oil exploration get more Tenneco. They are all very excited and Coalition of north-central Texas, she is C challenging and stimulating all the time. looking forward to seeing Europe. September, 1971 45

Louise M. (Weiler) Kiteley (BS '59) is JamesL. Lamb, Jr. (BS '56) is an Independ- "Keeps me busy butIam enjoying the fast Technical Publications Editor (Geology) ent Oil and Gas Producer in Midland. pace." for theUSGS in Denver. Sheis still work- Leon M. Lampert (BS '51, MA '53), Geol- H. (BS '58), ing on paleotectonicmaps, currently assist- LouisLee '54, MA District Ge- ogist with Dalport Oil Corporation in ing in laying the groundwork for the De- ologist with Tenneco Oil Company in Ok- Corpus, says he certainly enjoyed several vonian Folio, and also still working on lahoma City, says they've had a "very busy visits to the Geology Building and con- moderately the Mississippianand Pennsylvanian. Just and successful year" in Okla- versations with members of the faculty. and are looking a bigger moved into a new home with two small homa forward to Our family still consists of three children, daughters (2 & 4), and knows she is going and better 1971, if the new Democratic ages 10-17, and one overworkedwife. The tax bill on "Fat Cat" oil to enjoy being ahomeowner. Governor's the company remains active in southwestern industry canbe defeated. William B. Klemt (BS '57), Geologist with New Mexico. Development Ernest F. Lenert (BS '36), Retired from the Texas Water Board in Jack K. Larsen (BA '40), Vice President— Antonio, he project Creole Petroleum in Venezuela, writes San says continues as Exploration,Mesa Petroleum Company in head (Carrizo-Wilcox Study). He is very — — from Santa Monica, California, that he is Amarillo, is "Searching searching and one year but otherwise no change active in the U. S. Army Reserve, present older looking forward to the Newsletter." assignment— Headquarters Commandant from lastyear. 321st Group. To da'e: "three beautiful Jim D. Latham (BS '60), Lieutenant Com- G. Warren Leve (MS '52), Hydrologist-In- women, one wife and two daughters." mander in the US Navy, is stationed at Charge, Water Resources Division of Marietta, Georgia, and says nothing has G. Moses Knebel (BA '22),Retired; Consult- USGS, Jacksonville, Florida, reports he's changed since last year. divining ing Geologist, reports: "Situation same as "still water in Florida and look- — geology last year winter in Austin and summer Walton S. Launey (BS '37) is Exploration ing at on the ContinentalShelf." at Quonochotaug, Rhode Island. The De- Advisor with Humble Oil and Refining He hopes to have a paper on offshore work partment here is going great, but they Company inHouston. out soon. "Regards to all friends." still need the help and support of the Don Morgan Lawler (BS '54), Exploration Samuel Levin (BS '50, MA '52) writes from Foundation. We are counting on y-o-u." Geophysicist in Dallas, writes: "Congratu- Houston that he has been assigned to JohnJ. Knebles,Jr. (BS '50) is President of lations to each of our outstanding pro- Planning and Applications Development travel, Exploration Knebles Consulting, Ltd., in Calgary, fessors for their study, and teach- Division of the Data Process- Alberta. ing, and to our editor for such an inter- ing Center for the last two years. He is esting Newsletter. Dr. Ellison's presenta- ExplorationCoordinator withHumble. W. F.Knode111 (BS '57) is an Independent tion to the Dallas GGA on Mid-East oil DeanLeyerly (BS '49) isArea Sales Manager inCalgary, Alberta. was well receivedby an overflow audience. for Hughes Tool Company inMidland, and Icontinue to consult from Dallas for some Mrs. Jane Houston Knox (BA '69) is a Ge- reports that he's enjoying every day in — leading explorationcompanies andto travel ologist Assistant Economics Division of west Daughter, Dana, is a to what Beverly calls 'exotic places'." Texas. fresh- the Texas Water Development Board in man at Kilgore Junior College. "John Austin. John Earle Lawless (BS '51), Independent Turner (BS '49) is improving his golf, but in McAllen, Texas, says he has joined Icanstillspot hima stroke or two." S. Warren Krams (BS '59), Founder/Man- forces with an old fraternity brother and ager of Computer Professionals Company J. Ken Liles (BS '50), District Exploration ex, Frank Whittington, for two new in Houston, writes: "I've found the easy UT Manager for Star Producing discoveries. Lone Com- way to be a geologist. Instead of chasing pany in Houston, writes, "Enjoyed very all over— creation tofind stones, crystals, and Thomas H. Lawrence (BA '32), Retired, much renewing acquaintances with Gulf rocks Iwas minding my computer bus-— writes from MiamiBeach,Florida, that he Coast geologists and Gulf Coast explora- iness in Houston—when a stone found me plans on visiting friends in Bermuda soon tionists after having been away some ten a kidney stone composed of uricacid and will spend time again during the sum- years. Also, Fran and Iare the proud crystals. Needless to say, the experience mer months in the North Carolina and grandparents of a beautiful granddaughter rocked me plenty." Tennessee mountains. born to our daughter-in-law and son in January." ErwinK. Krause (BS '49, MA '54) continues Royce E. Lawson, Jr. (BS '49) is an Inde- as Paleontologist with Atlantic Richfield pendent Petroleum Exploration Geophysi Alsie Linscomb (BS '51) with Frio-Tex Oil Company in Houston. cistinMidland. and Gas Company in San Antonio as Di- vision Geologist, says that nothing is new; J. DavidKrause (BS '53) says, "Well, here Johnny G. Lay (BA '53), Attorney at Law in — — he is keeping busy trying to help solve the Igo again back to good ole Corpus El Paso, Texas, says "Ginnie and Iare energy crisis and enjoying living in the and back in the automobilebusiness. After still running our Border law office, I while Alamo City again. "Looking forward to the being out of Texas for 3 years it sure is retain a strong interest in the geo- side nextNewsletter.Keep up the good work!" good —to be back in the 'best' state any- logical nature of this area. Our oldestboy, where any time. Come see me!" Dave is Shawn, will enter college this summer, and Nancy Elizabeth Green Lister (BA '55) Sales Manager for Mender Oldsmobile in our other boy, Thorne, is presently a high writes from Houston, Texas, "We took our Corpus. schoolfreshman." three sons to Estes Park, Colorado, last summer. We enjoyed the geology there at Ted B.Lacafe, (BS '50) is now Division R. L. Layden (1942-1948), District Exploi- Jr. the Royal Gorge, and in Rocky Mountain Manager for American Trading and Pro- tation Geologist for Sun Oil Company in NationalPark." duction Corporation'sDomestic Operations Corpus Christi, writes that he is still work- inMidland,andenjoyingit thoroughly.He ing in Corpus, but now in exploitation Larry D. Littlefield (BS '57) writes from says he really looks forward to receiving work. The company is developing a field Buenos Aires, "In July we moved from the Newsletter and running down all his 180 miles west of Corpus and has drilled Luanda,Angola, whereIwas withCabinda oldclassmates. 80 wells; still drilling 2 wells a week. Gulf Oil Company, to General Alvear, 46 September, 1971

Province of Mendoza, Argentina, where I Vance 3VL Lynch (BS '51), Division Geo- publishers. We hope to go through Austin am District (and only) Geologist for Ar- physicist with Union OilCompany of Cali- on ournext visit to Mexico,but can'tmake gentine Gulf OilCompany." fornia in Los Angeles, says he is still in it by May 9— sorry,Fred! Hasta la vista!" charge of Union Oil's International Geo- E. R. Lochte, (BS '56) continues as Dis- Willard A. (BS '58), Jr. physics and is doing a lot traveling McCracken Assistant trict Geologist for Midwest Oil Corpora- of abroad. Professor of Geology at Western Illinois tion inSan Antonio. University in Macomb, writes, "The three A. L. Lyth (MA '49) writes from Denver of us are remodeling a 60-year old three- Allen C. Locklin (BS '54), Partner with where he is with Chevron Oil Company, story home we recently moved into.Ihave Ridley andLocklin inTyler, says, "Nancy, Western Division, "Recently promoted to completed my first year of full-time teach- Chris, and Lee Ann andIare all healthy Chief Geologist, January 1971. We have ing, but I am still somewhat confused and happy in east Texas. Our business is been headquartering in Denver for past 7 about themeaning of term 'relevant." ever the good, also. Iam still active as in east years andhave enjoyed the varied seasons. Texas oilbusiness." Family of three daughters, with oldest Edward McFarlan, Jr. (MA '48), Manager- Stratigraphic Geology Division L. Loftis, (NS '40) is General Man- married andattendingBaylor." for Esso John Jr. ProductionResearch Company inHouston, ager of the Minerals Department of (BS '40) William E. Mcßroom writes us is continuing to concentrate on developing Humble in Houston. John was in Austin from Vernon, Texas where he is Manager, new technology for finding oil and gas in last winter for the meeting of the Geology Oil Division of the W. T. Waggoner Es- today's frontierareas. Foundation Advisory Council of which he tate. is now amember. Joe Michael McGeath (BS '61) continues William G. (Bill) McCampbell (BS '38, with Mobil Oil Corporation in Corpus Alan Lohse (PhD '52) is Associate Professor '40),Independent Goliad, MA in Texas, is Christi as Senior Geophysicist. of Geology at the University of Houston still worrying about whether it will be dry, and Program Coordinator for the Gulf but now it has more to do with weather Edward F.McGee (BS '50, MA '52) is Louis- Universities Research Corporation. He than holes; that ranch life is great and iana Area Exploration Supervisor for writes, "Congratulations to UT Geology speaking of holes, 9 holes, that is, Goliad Marathon Oil Company in Houston. faculty and staff and to Dean Ellison and now has a new golf course! brand (BS '55, '63), Vice-President Flawn for continuing ex- Richard V. McGehee PhD As- cellent work andleadership." Garrett C. McCandless (MA '57) is an In- sociate Professor of Geology, Western dependent Consultant (Exploration) lo- Michigan University in Kalamazoo,says he Laddie F. Long (BS '52), Supervising Ge- cated in Perth, Western Australia, will continue mapping volcanic rocks in ologist, University Lands, University —of presently Superintendent of Operations for southwestern New Mexico in the summer Texas System in Midland, "Funny thing Sipes Mining and Exploration, and Con- of 1971and hopesto visit Texas in thelate have noticed all my friends and old class- sulting Geologist for MinWest, Ltd. He summer. mates are getting middle-aged! The great says, "Finally married and happily! Pam- Robert H. McGhee (BS '51) writes from American pastime, putting the kids ela Anne Waller, ex-Edmonton, Calgary. — Gabon: "I was transferred to Gabon last through college, starts this year for vs We'represently consulting for small nickel August (1970) as Gulf's Regional Geolo- at least 16 consecutive years. That comes prospectingcompanies in the western Aus- gist. The work is very interesting and I out at about ? !" tralianickel boom.Lots of movement, ex- like it much. After 12 in Wy- citement, latitude and scope for the right very years Susan Ann Longacre (BS '64, PhD '68), Re- — oming, it is great to be able to swim and types and we're the right types and very search Associate for Getty Oil Company in play golf all yearlongagain." happy in informal way by Houston, says she is still enjoying her this of life the IndianOcean." position with the Getty Lab and that Ken- Bill McGowen (BS '58) is District Geologist Pennzoil-United,Inc., Shreveport. neth has hung out his shingle and is prac- Jeremiah F. McCarthy (MA '53), Consult- for ticing law; Melissa is thriving on ing— Geologist in Midland, writes, "Tony is Bill J. McGrew (BS '54, MA '55) is District kindergarten and allher experiencesthere. 10 playing baseball and looking forward Reserves Supervisor for Humble Oil & Re- to summer. is 3 directs the fam- E. William Longmire (BS '50) continues as Noel and fining Company in Kingsville, Texas. ily's activities. Babe is fine and is growing Sales Representativefor G. R. Galey Com- J a forest of trees in thebackyard. Come visit Wayne Eugene Mclntosh (BS '56), Chief pany inDallas. l\ us!" Geology Section,U. S. Army Corps of En- gineers in Albuquerque, writes, "Joan and Robert G. Lovick (BS '51), Consulting Ge- Robert B. McCarthy (BS '50) with Humble Orleans, writes, "Still en- all the kids are fine, active with the UT ologist in New in Houston writes, "I have recently been joy reading where everyone is and exeshere in Albuquerque.Received all the about assigned as District Production Geologist they are doing. Wish that those who football films the past two years and sure what — inHumbles new HoustonDistrict." haven't reported in would do so so we enjoy them. Enjoy all the news from Aus- could findout about them." Holland C. McCarver (1931-37), Assistant tin through our friends in the Geology De- General Manager of Texaco, Inc.in Hous- partment. Look forward each year to the HowardR.Lowe (BS '48),Ownerof Howard ton, directs Texaco's exploratory efforts in Newsletter." R. Lowe and Associates, resigned as Presi- LatinAmerica. Major current activity is in RalphH.McKinlay (BS '36, MA '40) Chair- dent of International Petro Data, Inc.,but Ecuador where 16 wildcat wellshave re- — man of the Department of Geology, Victor stayed on board as a consultant. Just sultedin the discovery of13 new fields so Valley College in Victorville, wanted to get back into the"oilpatch." far. Holland joins the Geology Foundation California writes, "Came to California in the summer as a member of the Advisory Council this (BS '50) of Am develop a Depart- H. C. (Joe) Luther writes us from fall. 1970. trying to Midland that there are no changes except ment of Geology here. The local geology he is getting older and more gray headed. Duncan McConnell (Faculty1937-41) writes, is overwhelming. The earthquakes are Joe is Senior Development Geologist for "about to acquire writer's cramp working enough to shake one up. Wish someone ChevronOil,West. on a monograph for one of the scientific would donate a seismograph. If you want September, 1971 47

to see a place where the geology literally of Maley and Friedman, consisting of five Joseph C. Martino (BS '51) from Houston "jumps" visit me here on—the San Andres vigorous young attorneys. My specialty is where he is Chief, Documentation Engi- Rift. Bring a large bag the variety of still land transactions, probate and com- neering, for Service Technology Corpora- rocks andminerals is awesome." mercial law, but the younger attorneys are tion, writes that he is looking forward to very busy in criminaldefense field." meeting some "long lost" friends who R. G. McKinney (MA '57) reports he re- might start taking advantage of the re- joined Gulf, January '71, after one and a Charles J. Mankin (BS '54, MA '55, PhD markable Earth Resources Data Bank at half years of independent work. (Staff '58), Director of the School of Geology the NASA facility in Houston. Analyst, Corporate Development Depart- and Geophysics at the University of Okla- ment, Gulf OilCorporation inPittsburgh.) and Director of the OklahomaGeo- MunibR. Masri (BA '55) reports fromLeba- logical Survey inNorman, says: "After 12 non: "During the recent crisis in the W. N. McKinney, Jr. (BS '60, MA '63) says faW years at the University of Oklahoma Ifind MiddleEast, Munib was once again called they finally moved into their new house in that Iam becoming a member of the 'old upon to take a leave from the consulting Richardson, Texas four days before Christ- Guard'; our three daughters are growing business in Beirut and serve in the Jordan mas and are enjoying seeing such old up and my wife is getting older, but sur- government. This time he is serving as friends as Earl Anderson, Dave Powell, prisingly enough, Ihaven't changed a bit." Minister of Public Works and National Don Reasor and others. He is a Geologist Economy and finds it challenging though Companyin L. (BA '59) writes withSun Oil Dallas. William Mantinband geology is missed.Angela (Geology 53-55) fromSt. Louis, Missouri that inaddition to L. A. McLaurin (BS '58) continues as Dis- is remaining in Beirut until the five making worldly maps of the world, the trict Manager for Lynes, Inc. in Midland. younger Masris complete the schoolterm. Aero Chart Plant is now involved in draw- He reports no change from lastyear. ing road maps of the Moon. (Bill is a Roy W. Massey continues with Marathon Oil William (Bill) McMichael (BS '49) Geolo- Cartographer.) Company in Houston as a Geophysicist. gist with Marathon Oil Company in Mid- Charles William (Chick) Marquis,Jr. (BS Robert W. Mathis (BA '41,MA '42),Partner land says, "Enjoy the Newsletter. Enjoy '49) with in says and General Manager of Mathis & Mathis looking for oil in the Permian Good Core Laboratories Dallas Basin. he's completing his 22nd year with Core locatedinSilver City, NewMexico,writes: Luck!" Labs. "Time really does fly, but consider- "We continue to operate our Ferrous Car- GordonR. McNutt (BS '33, MA '38) is re- ingthe alternative— AlN'TITGREAT!" bonate plant in Cass County, Texas, and tired and makes his home in Austin, are also presently shipping magnetite sand Ronald J. Marr (BS '52, MA '56), Staff Ge- Texas. from central Arizona to the Nevada Prov- ologist Company, with Continental Oil ing Grounds for radiation stemming. We JeraldE. (BS '61, MA '63) writes transferred into the Eastern Hemisphere McQueen expectto open alimestonepit in the Silver fromMidland there are no major changes operations this past summer (1970) and is Cityarea toproduce quick-lime for Phelps- from last year. "Certainly enjoyed the working with the advanced geological Dodge at Tyrone, New Mexico,shortly." Chihuahua Symposium held in Midland group in Princeton,New Jersey. last Fall: renewing many friendships of Ed J.Matulich (BA '47) reports from Dallas, GeorgeW\ Marshall, Jr. (BA '48) withCon- Good Ole UT times." He is Geologist with Texas, where he is Exploitation Geologist tinental Oil Company in Ponca City, Okla- Refining Company. for Sun OilCompany. Humble Oil& homa, where he is Coordinator-Geological A. D. Mcßae (BS '42) Division Exploration Computer Application, says: "All of us Lamar Maxwell (BS '60, MBA '61), Owner- Superintendent for Mobil Oil Corporation enjoy reading the Newsletter and appre- Partner of Maxwell Brothers in Devers, in New Orleanssays they stillenjoy living ciate your efforts very much. We hope to Texas, reports he is still rice farming and and workingin New Orleans and the Gulf be there for Dr. Bullard's Recognition ranching. Coast. Dinner." Gideon C. Mayfield (BS '37) is a Consulting CarrollMcßeynolds (MA '5B) Assistant Pro- Lester Marshall (BS '37), Area Exploration GeologistinDenver, Colorado. fessor, Civil Engineering Technology, Manager with Gulf Oil Company in Ros- Mildred P. Mayhall (BA '24), Retired Institute Waco, well, New Mexico, writes that Gulf Oil Texas State Technical in Teacher fromAustin, reports: "Have com- Texas teaching in Sep- Company, like many other companies, has reports "Started pleted (co-authored) a text for a undergone some reorganization and con- seventh tember 1970. Quite a change of pace after grade Texas History for Graphic Ideas, 50,000 year car for solidation, however, they are still in Ros- putting miles a on a Inc. of Austin. Ihave one son interning at manyyears." carrying on exploration in the too well Medical Center, Albuquerque, Permian Basin. Bernalillo Clifford R. McTee (BS '54) continues as and one working on a degree in electrical District Exploration Manager for Texas Sabin W. Marshall (BS '52), Senior Geolo engineering at the University of Texas. My Oil and Gas Corporation in Corpus Christi. gist with Texas Gas Transmission Cor- husband, Temple, retired from the Austin poration, writes from Houston, "Enjoyed Public Schools in September." Reynaldo Macedo-Raa (MA '69) sends re- with some familiar, also not so visiting and Robert Truett Mayo (BA '48, MA '50) is *k gards from Sumatra, Indonesia wherehe is familiar, faces at the Houston AAPG con- Executive Na- } \S working on an offshore project for Mobil vention. Vice-President of the First OilIndonesiaIncorporated. tional Bank in Wills Point, Texas. DavidF. Martineau(BS '60), Vice-President Charles E. Mear (BA '51, MA '53) writes RobertL. Makins (BS '49) reports thathe is and Manager of Operations of Prudential "* from Midland wherehe is Geologist still in the same job as Geologist with Fund,Inc., in Dallas, reports no change in with The Louisiana Land andExploration Com- Perkins-Prothro Company in Wichita family status; looking forward to price pany that he is engaged in hard mineral Falls,Texas.Daughter, Carol, now a senior increases in gas andoil inorder for the oil exploration, mostly copper, lead-zinc, at Stephen F.Austin State University. business tosurvive. tungsten, in Arizona, California, Nevada, Karl A. Maley (BS '56), Attorney at Law, KenG.Martin (MA '61) is now a partner in New Mexico,and west Texas— veryenjoy- writes :"Iam a practicinglawyerin Hous- the Kenmore Oil Company and lives in able— petroleum geologists have easiest ton as the senior partner of the law firm Metairie,Louisiana. job. Same wife and same kids, same town. 48 September, 1971

William J. Meek, Jr. (BS '55) is District Mrs. Herbert G. Mills (Martha Bybee) (BA Bullard who long ago made Geology 1 so Sales Supervisor for Texaco, Inc. in Fort '49) writes fromNew Jersey that they have interesting that Iwashooked for life.Iam Worth. He reports, "We all continue to been in Yankeeland 2 years—amazingly gladhe did.

enjoy living in the mid-city area ofDallas/ enough, they like it. Husband, Skip, with D v »* ,nc, ,rn> r _.„ . :, »,- , «" McKay Moore (BS 52) reports from Worth, watchingtheRegional Airport oUJNJ in mid-town Manhattan. C1,,-. „ , „ Fort bnreveport, where he is a Consulting. Ge- transferring our people grow.Texaco keeps Richard Alvin Mills (BS '51) is General ologist. around, but, wehavebeen lucky enough to „ __ Manager of Geomet de Mexico, S.A., a x , , .„_, ,„„„,., stay far. My sales terri- A/r £ . . ! J- B. Moorhead (BS '39, MA '39 continues" here four years so . . . _. ■ ._ Mexican firm specializing m mining ex- T , , . wr. , tory gallons of gas in , . ,,.„. as anIndependent in Wichita. ralls, Texas, sold over 20 million ploration and drilling. '70 and are looking for 22 million this a v t» -vr-1 /Tir. ,^nx o ir /- i Duane E. Moredock- (BS '58) continues as Arnold P. Milton (MA 63), Staff Geologist -, ■ " , " year." ., ~ , Ideologist with Amoco»■ .Production Com- witn 1exaco .in Houston,TT announces the pany Colorado, (BS '56) as . , , . , "., inDenver, Charles M. Merrill continues arrivaln ofx a new baby girl,n their. first,r Me- Consultant, Division of Guidance Services lissa Rives, born October 23, 1970. Irma JoMorgan (BS '59) is Senior Program- with Texas Agency in Austin. Education t>i- »Ti»/r«- )in " -i mer Ior Philco-Ford Corporation in Hous- Robert J. Moffatt (BSmc- 41), Partner with F Mario L. Messina (BS '59, MA '61) with Brookings, Moffatt and Waddle in Shreve- International, Ltd. asPurchasing- Milchem port, writes, "Wife and myself are now Michael B. Morris (BS '47), Vice-President Manager, writes that he hopes to tour the members of the 'liniment set'—grandpar- EasternHemisphereExploration for Conti- end His wife, Far East near the of the year. ents. Two married daughters (LSUalums) Oil Company in New York City, from starring in ' Jnental Wendy, has just returned and two teenager sonsinhigh school.After writes, "We are looking forward to seeing a filmin Australia. 22 years,— we have become captives of the many old friends from UT at the AAPG Dean Metts (BA '32), Consultant, writes from Cajuns over here they got water." conventioninHouston." ThreeRivers,Texas, that he had double or James R. Moffett (BS '61), Executive Vice- Jimmy K. Morrison (BS '41), President of bilateral detached retina trouble and op- President of McMoßan Exploration Com- Muslow Oil and Gas, Inc. in Shreveport, letter last erationlastJanuary, hence no in pany in New Orleans, says, "Just as the reports that his son, James Muslow, Jr., finding oil as a issue. "However, just like University of Texas was good to me, the (1970 BS in Geology from Louisiana enough geologist, while Icouldn't see well south Texas area (Corpus) continues to Tech) has joined the company, to do much, Imade Conservation Rancher give excellent new gas reserves to MeMo- GeQrge A Musselman (BA fay. 1970, in Live Oak County. Iguess the MA In. of Ran. We're trying to do our part to curb dependent — youhave a feel for it." Oil Operator, Ranching, Real moral is to have the energy crisis. Hope all is well with all and Banking in San AntoniOj re. (BS '48) 0 y°u" Donald G. Metzger is located in ports: "Another busy year! Completed 5 Hydrolo- Washington, D. C, wherehe is a William A. Monroe (BS '63) made the big of last 7 wells as producers (2 dual com- gist with theUSGS. jump February 1971, from Shell Oil Com- pletions) and 2 drilling. Purchased an- Joachim D. Meyer (BS '58,MA '61), Assist- pany to Texas Eastern Transmission Cor- other 4,000 acre ranch in DeWitt County, poration. ant Professor of Geology at Tulane Univer- He's glad to be back in Houston Now operating approximately 20,000 acres sity in New Orleans, writes: "I always and working on new drilling prospects, of ranching and rice farming. Our North- enjoy reading about many of my friends especially in hot explorationplays such as ernHills Country Club,Racquet Club, and and how their families are growing. Ours offshore Nova Scotia. Looking forward to residential development is going well. has stopped growing with Brant and the seeing theHorns finish No. 1in'71. Daughter, Jo Lynne, BS '64, has son and " " (Ojala!!). re- w 1 jt» ivr j /do jc/iS -TV- i7 daughter.'Jack,' (twins) "" new arrival, Dierk Just Wayland P. Moody (BS 54), District» Engi- ? Jean ; and Jamie (Third all at UT- J°yCe' (BS 69) g^ turned from 2 weeks in Costa Rica neer for Sun Oil Company in Oklahoma § P"^'July Meeting of Central American Geologists). City, writes, "All is well with Annette and tm marned 3" Oddly enough, Ifound no other Texans boys, Mike andMark. We return to south Jerry Namy (PhD '69) Writes from Waco, present. Texas (San Antonio) a couple of times Texas where he is Assistant Professor of Daniel N. Miller, Jr. (PhD '55), State Ge- each year, to visit our parents: Dr. and Geology at Baylor University that he left ologist and Executive Director of the Mrs. W. P. Moody and Mrs. A. A. Smith. Pan American Petroleum in August of enjoyable Geological Survey of Wyoming, reports Would enjoy seeing some of the old gang 1970 after three years to try his City. Baylor from Laramie they are thoroughly enjoy- either there or here in Oklahoma hand at teaching. "First year of yer? hus but also very enjoyable. Susan ing BIG-WONDERFUL WYOMING and Charles Gardley Moon (BS '40, MA '42, ?> is expecting our third andlast offspring m the ground-swell of activity in our miner- y PhD '50) says still prospecting off- he's " , rp n ., tt April (hopefully a girl). Dave and bteve als and fuels industries. Acquired a cabin A / shore lexas. Gardley is with HumbleU1 in „ _, xj ■ " are 4, IEnjoy 10,400 feet elevation in the Snowy r c r> t i n i 5 and time flies Newsletter at Houston as benior Petroleum Geologist. ,4,, n Range which the family thoroughly en- very much. Thanks. Best Regards. Clyde H.Moore, Jr. (MA '59, PhD '61), As- and ■ " v a joys; theperspective of state national n £ m 1 T -. Roy JL. INaumann (Bb 57) \ihas been made a sociate Professor of Geology at Louisiana J problems different from here. " "* Lyons is up c tt t> x t> full Partner in Petroleum in La- otate" University in Baton Rouge, writes, . UT7 , r 1 r m ■ fayette, Louisiana and hopes lor continued Harry A. Miller, Jr. (BS '41), Independent Lnjoyed first real vacation... with1 family m J r " success insouthLouisiana. Geologist in Midland, says he's enjoying nCanadian Rockiest> i lasti summer, woundjup the trials and tribulations of geology and in Calgary at AAPG. Still working on Arsenio Navarro G. (1965-67) continues his the oil and gas business in west Texas and carbonates; they're trying to make a geo- work as District Manager with Petroleos southeast NewMexico. chemist out of me, but it's hopeless. PAT Mexicanos and sends his regards to his andEARLwhere areyou? ? ? ?" many friends. R. Dick Miller (BS '51), Geologist withUn- ion Texas Petroleum in Houston, writes, Marion J. Moore (BS '34), Geologist with G. AllanNelson (BS'47) writes from Denver "We enjoy living and workingin Houston, George H. Coates in San Antonio, says that he migrated from his normal Wyom- also appreciate the fine job you do with there's nothing new or exciting. Looking ing winter work into South Dakota last theNewsletter. forward to theRecognition Dinner for Dr. winter. But cannot seem to get up in th© September, 1971 49

hills just west of Denver on those two fieldtrip. Thought this might appealto my the Alumni get-together at the AAPG con- "slats". Allan is a Consulting Geologist. geologistfriends." vention in Calgary. "Us outlanders soak up all the UT news we can at every oppor- Josh W. andDiana Riley Oden (BS '56,MA tunity." '58, BA '55) write from Midland where Josh is Geologist with Humble Oil & Re- JuddH. Oualline (BA '42) isVice-President, fining Company—that they are still enjoying Exploration and Production, for Skelly life in Midland "if it would only rain!It Oil Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. was a real thrill for us to the sym- attend E. Owen, formerly posiumhonoringProfessor DeFordlast fall D. with theBureau of Eco- nomic Geology (1962-64), will return- and to see somany exes. The Newsletteris be ing to the Department Geology of always so welcome!" of Bowl- ing Green State University, Bowling John F. O'Donohoe (BS '50) is still in New Green, Ohio, after two yearsin Australia. Orleans with Humble Oil & Refining Com- Donald E. Owen (MA '51) is in Terre pany. Haute, Indiana where he is Associate Pro- A. M. "RED" Olander (BS '48), District fessor of Geology at Indiana StateUniver- Geophysicist with Humble Oil & Refining sity. jf*Company in Houston, is working in the 7 — Firth (1928-21) is an Independent Gulf CoastDivision. Two in Collegenow C. Owens Geologist and Engineer in one a freshman at UT. Petroleum Austin. He writes: "Still enjoying doing Fred L. Oliver (BS '51), Manager of Ex- what Iplease in geology, petroleum engi- ploration and Production for Greenbrier, neering, uranium and hydrology. Also like Limited in Dallas, writes, "Resigned as to prowl in the beautifulNovaculite Hills President of Consulting firm, Oliver & of the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas as West, Inc. in order to devote full time one of my daughters now lives near Hot duties to Greenbrier.W. T. "Bill" Stokes Springs." has taken over 0. & W. as president. Most (BS of Greenbrier's exploration activity is Robert M. (Bob) Owens '51), Consult- ing Geologist in Houston, us was along theGulf Coast." tells he happy to see several old friends at latest William B. Oliver (BAv '68,' MA '70) is with AAPG Convention in Houston. Continental Uu Company .in ronca City, Xi-V-i i i " i tt EdPalm (BS '57) Partner in Harvey, Palm, Oklahoma, but expects to be in the rious- . Chambers Company in Worth, is still ton area by the time. this is published. Fort incommercial real estate; Tarrant County. (MA '64) Bush for r# William Orr says "was pro- Senate Chairman 1970 and now moted this spring to Associate Professor of Tarrant County Republican Chairman; Geology at Ball State University where I Area Chairman for Fort Worth-Dallas am teachingpaleontology andstratigraphy. 1971Billy GrahamCrusade. Jasper Iwjuparticipatein theNSFColorado Pla- Donnie F. Parker, Jr. (BS '70) is working L. Starnes at teau shOrt course in June, 1971,having re- on his MA in Geology at UT,studying vol- summer field camp in Brady, ceived a stipend from NSF. A master's canic rocks in the Davis Mountains of July, 1947 degree program here in geology was just west Texas. instituted." Ball State U. is in Muncie, Indiana. John Wm. Parker (PhD '67) is enjoying his teaching at Albion College. Says O'Sullivan (MA '67) is Consult- duties William J. he and teacher, Bill ing Geologist in Midland, Texas, recently that fellow Workman (Ph.D. '68),plan to bring Yankee students David O.Nilsson (BS '61) is an Assistant In- with Tenneco Iran, Inc. He writes, "Spent to see Texas geology this winter. We guess structor in Mathematics at the University 6 months in southern Iran working as a they are tired of looking at glacial till. of Texas in Austin and is working on a consulting geologist in a sulfur exploration AppliedMath. program. Have decided that minerals are dissertationin Travis J. Parker (MA '39, PhD '52) is Pro- far more interesting than pertoleum. Also (BS '54) fessor of Geology of Texas A&MUniversity George E. Nowotny, Jr. is now enjoying foreign travel." serving his third term as House Minority in College Station,Texas .... "still teach- Leader in the Arkansas House of Repre- Geneva Risinger Oswald (BA '37) has re- ing". Travis recently came to Austin for sentatives. He has branched out into sub- cently moved to Chicago, and tells us she the dinner honoringFred Bullard. division development in low-cost housing wouldlike to continue to receive theNews- Gaston H. Parrish (BA '20) writes from and is still keeping an eye on the oil and letter. Corpus, "Still enjoying retirement; travel- gas industry. George is owner of Nowotny ing, stock market, and correspondence & Company inFt. Smith. Napoleon Otero (1963-67) is doing consult- ing engineering and geological work in IQ with old friends and classmates. Regret (BS '56) Bob R. O'Brien '52, MA continues many parts of Mexico from his home base that thearticle in 1970 Geology Newsletter as Associate Professor in the Geography jn Terreon, Coahuila. about founding of Zeta Chapter of Sigma Department of San Diego State College, Gamma Epsilon, honorary geological fra- San Diego, California writes, "Taught a Robert D. Ottmann (BS '51) writes from ternity at the University of Texas in 1920, special class this past fall—Total Develop- New Orleans where he is District Produc- failed to mention that Iwas not only a ment in Conservation—that was 100% tion Geologist for Humble thathe enjoyed charter member, but also recording secre- 50 September, 1971

tary: my only claim to fame." (We keenly says the hydrocarbon well-loggingbusiness Skiing, which seemed ridiculous last regret the omission also.) Mr. Parrish is a was very goodin 1970. My wife,Irene, and winter, is now the 'in thing' for the fam- retired geologist from Humble Oil & Re- Ihave one child (DonaldEarl). ily. Mary Anne and the boys are doing fining Company. great but old dad was a little slow. Best Omar W. Peters, Jr. (BA, BS '53), with wishes to old friends." Jim Patterson (BS '52) is a Consulting Ge- IBM, writes that he was just promoted to ologist inBellaire,Texas. Project Manager and transferred from Gerald S. Pitts (BS '54) is General Partner Houston to the IBM Development Center of GeraldS. Pitts Ltd. inMidland. He Jacob L. Patton (BA '32, MA '32), Inde- #1 inDcsPlains, Illinois. says he is still hunting for high quality oil pendent Oil Operator in Tyler, Texas, and gas prospects. Always looking for writes: "It was with pride that Iread in Harry Peterson (BS '40), Colonel,USAF, G. money to drill same. Family the same ex- the Alcalde about the ranking of the Ge- writes from Orlando, Florida, "retiredand — cept 1year older. "Thank you for a very ologyDepartment recently as wellas the golfing in 30 the Florida sunshine after pretty andinterestingNewsletter." otherdepartments." years in theU. S. Air Force." Phillip M. Pitzer (BS '54), Partner in Ro- (BS James U. Patts '59), Geoscientist with James E. Peterson (MA '55), President of minger & Pitzer Operating Account lo- International in Dallas, says Mobil Oil Zodiac Enterprises,Inc., in Irving Texas, cated in Breckenridge, Texas: "All the he's traveling a lot with Mobil's marine directly — — says, "Flat around middle is in Aggies trying to talk about N.D. Ikeep reconnaissance they are now operatingin proportional to Internal Revenue tax trying to get themto talk about the S.W.C. Indonesian waters. claims andinversely proportionalto money Otherwise, everything about as was." (1960-68) Austin, in pocketbook. (Translation: Too fat, tax Tom S. Patty writes from Roger S. Plummer, (BA too high, no money.) P. Keep up Jr. '48, MA '49), "For the past 3 years I've been engaged in claims S. the good work. You're doing fine." President and Chief Executive Officer of applied petrography and engineering ge- Champlin Petroleum Company in Fort ology for the Texas Highway Department Ben J. Petrusek (BA '42) Division Paleon- Worth, writes, "Finally completed 'retire- Laboratories. Interestingly, at the Austin tologist with AMOCO Production Com- ment' villa in Italy on a Tuscan hilltop several I've also been involved in state- pany in New Orleanssays "Enjoying read- /fr\ midway between FlorenceandPisa. Grapes wide investigations dealing with industrial ing the Geology Neivsletter. Many thanks V for private brand wine already planted. minerals, portland cements and aggregate to all concerned in the production of this Have six cats and seven grandchildren." material sources. My lab investigations informative publication." Roger is now serving on our Geology Foun- have mainly been centered around petro- dation Advisory Council, and retirement Robert W. Pettigrew (85.'52, MA '54) is graphic analysis of portland cement con- is still far in the future judging by his ac- cretes. My wife and 3 children, after 10 Corpus Christi District Production Geolo- tivities. years now, certainly have an attachment gist for Humble Oil& Refining Company. for Austin." Tom is Research Geologist II Edward D. Presslar (BA '26) writes from Van A. Petty, (BS '40, MA '41), Inde- with the Materials and Tests Division of Jr. Houston that he is enjoying a busy retire- / pendent Geologist and OilOperator in San the Texas Highway Department in Austin. ment. h Antonio, says there's nothing new to re- '70) Bill R. & Joyce Bowman Payne (BA '40, port. "Always look forward to receiving John W. Preston (BS is an Ensign in MA '41; BA '41), Gulf Coast Division Ex- the GeologyNewsletter." the U. S. Navy, Seventh Fleet. He writes ploration Manager for Humble Oil & thathe and his wifeleft for Japan August Peyton, (BS '63), Refining Company in Houston, writes, Chester A. Jr. Senior 2, 1970, and are making their home at Geophysicist with Phillips Petroleum Com- Hayama,Japan. "Sameplace as last year.Oldest sonJohn pany in Alexandria, Egypt, writes: "We and his wife living in Austin where he W. T. (Bill) Probandt (BS '56), Indepen- are enjoying very much the 'Land of the A works with an architectural firm (both dent Geologist in Midland,is pursuing ex- .' Pharohs' despite all the rocket rattling. graduated from UT). Daughter, Marianne ploratory work in U. S. and Mexico for Hope to see upper Egypt soon and will and her husband graduated last year from oil and gas and minerals. Things looking send you photos if possible. Should be UT and have recently made us grand- up in spite of sandstorms and the U. S. moving about summer, hopefully to the parents. Young son went to SMU this year Government.Heard some good UT sed and East. We enjoy receiving the Newsletter. and hopes to transfer to UT in 1972. Ifhe — strat papers at the Abilene AAPGmeeting Give my regrets to Dr. Bullard I doesand graduates thereit willbe a clean P. S. (Dr. Fisher andothers) won'tbe inU.S. untilJuly 1." . family sweep. Looking forward to seeing John L. Proctor (BA '50), Petroleum Engi- our football being No. 1again." team Harry S. Phillips (BS '42) is a partner in neer with theU. S. Government in Dallas, Richard C. Peckham (BS '56) is Director, Basin Operating Company, Ltd., and writes: "Our little girls are growing so fast. GroundWater Division of the Texas Water President of East Texas Exploration,Inc., They will beinUT toosoon." inTyler, Development Boardin Austin. bothlocated Texas. Jerry N. Purkaple (BS '56), Minister of (BS '49) Education of the First Baptist Church, La- Juan P. Pedretti (BS in PE '44) wrote last Jack L. Phillips is an independent mesa, Texas, reports: "Serving as fall from Anchorage, Alaska that it is in Gladewater, Texas with the firm Loyce Chair- much colder there than in Paraguay, &JackPhillips. man of Mineral Resources Committee in Dawson County. Purkaple family was where he had been.He is District Engineer George B. Pichel (BS '51), Chief Geologist for Union Oil Company of California, nominated as the 'Family of the Year' with Union Oil Company of California in (1970) for Dawson County by the Lamesa having completed 25 years of service with Los Angeles, learned about earthquakes Press-ReporterandKiwanis Club.When in the company in April1970. dropped firsthand. "Was inan elevatorthat Lamesa you are invited to worship with us four floors!" Charles S. Percy (BS '43) Retired, writes, at First Baptist." "Nothing to report at this time. Thanks so William R. (Pick) Pickens (BS '57, MA StanPyndus (BS '50),Independent in Hous- very much for the Newsletter." — '59), Supervising Geologist with Humble ton, says, "Sue, 20, and Stan, 18,— at UT DonPerryman (BS '57), Partner in Explora- in Denver, writes: "After a year in Colo- putting drilling deals together need in- tion Services Company in Midland, Texas, rado we are beginning to feel like natives. vestors or an angel with a drilling fund." 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William A. Poe (BS '48) Exploration Geolo- from down here. We've about gotten Gene Richardson (BS '58), Account special- gist with HumbleOil & Refining Company straightened up at home and at the office ist with IBM Corporation in San Antonio, in Houston, says that "by the time this is fromHurricane CelJa. Looking for abetter says, "No news is good news." printed,Iwill be a proudgranddad for the year in '71, withouthurricanes that is." (BS first time ! Still fighting South Texas,along Wade C. Ridley '53, MA '55), Partner Alan Rauch (BS '56) is Partner in Oil Field inRidley &Locklin Tyler, Texas, writes with being a member the AAPG House in of Rental Company in Houston. of Delegates, and Chairman of District 23 Service that he must be getting older since elder son Tom, (18) in college and of the AAPG-API Committee on the sta- A. B. Ray (BS '58) is a Major in the U.S. will be younger son. Clark (14) will in senior tistics of Drilling." Marine Corps; he writes, "Finished my be high come fall. Still working with Allen second tour in Vietnam and received or- Gene Russell Pollock (BS '52) writes from Locklin. Looking for some grease the ma- ders to beautiful Hawaii. Wife and family Bakersfield, California that he's still en- jors left they left Texas — lived here in 1969 whileIwas in Vietnam. behind when east joying California outdoors caught two for North Pole. Presently, I am a the 80-poundsailfish on 17-pound line this year Executive Officer of and now enjoying the ski season. Tenneco service battalion on Oahu." Frank Wm. Rife, Jr. (BS '50), Geologist with Austin Road Company in Dallas, still active in the San Joaquin Basin and M. Allen Reagan (BA '50), Senior Vice- looking forward to some deep wells this President— Operation for Houston Natural writes, "One 18-year-old girl in College; one 18-year-old son workingas cowboy and year. Gene is District Exploration Super- Gas Corporation, says he's spending con- equipment operator. One working in intendent. siderable time becoming familiar with wife thehome. dogs workingeveryonethey transmission and petrochemical operations Two Morris (Gene) E. Pollock (BA '62), Ex- can." ploration Geologist in Amarillo, Texas, now under his supervision since his pro- says he's enjoying his association with motioninFebruary, 1971. Raymond A. Riley (BS '40), Manager, Engi- neering Section,Water Division of the City Mesa Petroleum Company, an aggressive Don W. Reed (BS '56) is an Attorney ingen- of Houston, Department of Public Works, exploration-orientedcompany with offices eral practices inFort Worth with some oil says there'sno change, stillvery much the in Amarillo, Houston, Denver, and Cal- gas work as an attorney. Says, "my and and fossil collector. gary. geology backgroundhas helped very much rockhound E. R. Powell (1920-23) retired geologist in understanding the technical problems Alexander (Zan) W. Ritchie (MA '69) is formerly with Pan American now living in associated withmy legal work." IstLieutenant in the Army. He is in Viet- Midland, Texas, enjoying good nam running a quarry while his wife,Katy, says he is Scott C. Reeve (BS '70) is a graduate stu- health withlots work do. waits in Alexandria, Virginia. take of to dent at the University of Texas at Dallas. He'll his uniform off for the last time this sum- Dan Powell (PhD '61) Associate Profes- J. L. J. Rehkemper (BS '55, MA '56), Senior mer and will be back at UT in September sor of Geology at the University of Idaho Research Geologist with Sun Production to finish thePhD. in Moscow, writes: is great, (and "Idaho Research in Richardson, Texas, says the different). One can spend the summer on Cecil (BS '49, MA '51, PhD '53), familyis doingfine. C. Rix rocks that have never felt a rock hammer, SeniorResearch Associate-Research Super- and the winters burrowing about town be- Charles B. Renaud (BS '49, MA '50), Inde- visor with Esso Production Research, neath the snow. Itis definitely not Texas." pendent, writes "Moved from Fort Worth writes, "We returned from a 2-year assign- Midland last summer. Whole family ment in Bordeaux, France, August 1970 Aubrey H. Rabenburg (BS '37), Executive to the people Texas, but and are settled in Houston once again. Vice-President-Director of Cambridge Roy- love in West can't get used to the dust storms. My sons are Charles, our son, began high school last alty Company in Houston, writes, "Com- UT 'cop-outs,' one at Loyola (New Or- year; Jan began junior high. They en- pany purchases overridingroyalty interests leans) andone at Harvard." joyed the French schools, but are glad to on wildcat prospects to be drilled and bebackin theU.S. system. evaluated during year of purchase. Inter- W. F. Reynolds (MA '53) is an Independent ested royalty Neale, in worldwide. Son, _/Oil Producer, J. C. & W. F. Reynolds, in Jesse P. Roach (BA '41) writes from Tulsa, graduates this from UT an year as archi- ?«"* Wichita Falls, Texas. Oklahoma, "Resigned as Vice-President- tect. Wife, Alene, unfortunately broke her James Van (Jim) Richards (BS '56), Ge- International with Tenneco in July 1970 hip last year and is crutching her way to and with ologist with King Resources Company in went Terra Resources as Vice- recovery." President-Exploration.Moved from Hous- Houston, is still trying to convince the ton to Am having a working JackH. Ragsdale (BS '51) continues as Vice- skeptics that there are large gas reserves Tulsa. ball for a smaller company, but miss living in President of Caran Engineering Corpora- to be found in stratigraphic traps in the Texas." tionin Alice,Texas. Texas offshore. Completed a large-scale James A. Ragsdale (MA '60) is Mesozoic isochronous computer-mapping program Griff Robason (BS '57), Geologist with Hum- last year utilizing 2100 miles seismic District Geologist for Ada Oil Explora- of ble in Houston says, Alice, Michell, Terri, profiles. tion CorporationinHouston. and Chris are still enjoying the Katy (BS Prairie. Walter K.Rainbolt, Jr. (BA '57) continues James W. Richards '58), a Partner in ElCinco Oil,Ltd. inCalgary, writes there's as District Land Manager for Union Oil Ray Meredith Robb (BS '56), Service Engi- no news— looking forward to a busy year. Company of CaliforniainLafayette,Louisi- neer with Bariod Division, NationalLead ana. Frank M. Richardson (BS '57) with J. Rich- Company in Houston on assignment in ardHunt & Associates as Consultant writes, Tripoli, Libya writes will finish his two- Clyde M. Rascoe (BS '49) is President of he "Currently working in Africa as a consult- year contract and looking Merit Oil Company in San Angelo, Texas. in June is for- ant. Hope to be back at home office in ward to another overseas assignment. Also W. A. (Al) Ratcliff (BS '50) writes from Houston soon, so Ican spend more time looking forward to next issue of Geology Corpus Christi wherehe is Staff Geophysi- with new son, Joe Frank Richardson, my Newsletter with news of former acquain- cist with Continental Oil Co., "Little news Christmas presentin1969." tances. 52 September, 1971 — Herman E. Roberson (BS '55, MA '57), As- Some geology gets done mixed in with Chester C. Sadler, Jr. (BS '53), President sociate Professor of Geology at StateUni- all the water witching. of Gulf Camaron, Inc., says Corpus is a versity ofNewYork inBinghamton, writes, good place to livein spite of Celia and her "Iguess Ihave to be considereda natural- Margaret Anne Christie Rogers (BA '64, kind. Managing gulf shrimpers is a far cry ized New Yorker, having spent the last 12 MA '69) writes from Los Alamos, New from geology, but almost as risky, so Mexico, say. years here, butIstill think fondly of some "Nothing particular to Pro- "please brothers, try not to pollute the of the good times at UT. Hope some of gram Chairmanfor Los Alamos Geological continental shelf." you will drop in to see us if you get up Society." (BS '57) this way." Jack S.Sanders writes, "Happy with Robert B. Ross (BS '50), Geologist with second fisherson, Patrick, born 14 Febru- Jean-Paul Robert (MA '66), Exploitation Inexco Oil Company in Houston, writes: ary 1971." Jack is a geologist with Tele- Manager for Lambert Freres andCompany "Working Jurassic Trend in southeastern dyne Geotech inGarland, Texas. in Paris, France, writes that it is the firsL^ jj states. First wildcat for company resulted James Sansom, (BS '63), Geologist plaster-making company in Europe. Be- Sv in discovery of Prairie BranchField,Clarke W. Jr. f with Texas Water Development Board in sides Exploitation Manager, he is also en- County, Mississippi, which set a record Austin in the Foundation Branch, is con- gaged in marketing and management. potential of 3800 BOD from Smackover andNorphlet." tinuing to do geologic reconnaissance of WilliamP. Roberts (BS '59) sends thisnews projects being considered for Texas Water from Lamar State College of Technology Rollins M. Roth (BS '58), Production Fore- Plan, including geologic mapping, field wherehe is AssistantProfessor of Geology, man for TexasPacific Oil Company, Inc., reconnaissance and core drilling. "I am finishing my doctoral dissertation reportedthat at the time he was writing (MA '30) U.) will E. C. Sargent sayshe enjoys living, this spring (George Washington I he was attending a schoolat Kilgore Junior . making several trips a year. Last year he be leaving Texas inJune for a new teach- College called "The School of Production drove the West Coast from San Diego to ing poistion at Madison College,Harrison- Technology" which 6-week extension is a Victoria, B.C.— very beautiful. Mr. burg, Virginia. We are really looking for- Sar- course of theUniversity of Texas. retired and lives Corpus ward to life in the Shenandoah Valley!" gent is in Christi. Richard Rowden (BA '50) is an attorney, Wayne F. (MA '61) from Roland S. Robertson (BS '55, MA '56) is a Schake reports located inCorpus Christi. Sonoma, California that flying Consultantin Corpus Christi. he is still as apilot with Pan American World Airways. A. Rowell, (BS '54), President of Edwin C. Robinson (BS '50) writes from James Jr. His geology is restricted to week-endout- Lima, Peru wherehe is Vice-President of Par Oil Corporation in Shreveport, writes: ings with the family. Union Oil Company of Peru: "Completed "Wife, Pauline, daughter, Paula, and son, — Rob,are all fine and we love coun- (MA 3 yearsin Lima in January, 1971 longest still this Charles Schlaudt '60), Chemist with time in one place since graduation. Wife try living. Enjoy receiving the Newsletter ShellDevelopment Companyin Emeryville, andkids (John— 11, Liza— 10, Sandra— 6, andchecking up on oldfriends.Looks like California, writes, "Still a little theatre — 1971 will be for oil — Cristina 2) enjoying Latin living south a great year the and nut whole family just finished a produc- of the equator." gas business around these parts. My best tion of The Miracle Worker,—with daugh- regards to all." ter, Kay, 11, as Helen Keller sensational. Ron S. Robinson (BS '58), owner of Carter Rita now teaching junior high school in Book Store and The Slaughter House, El Peter D. Rowley (PhD '68), with the USGS SanRafael." Dorado, Arkansas, would appreciate calls in Denver, recently returned— from a 4- from any Exes traveling through. We're months stay in Antarctica "in theLassiter Jack R. Schmid (BS '51) reports from Cal- surrounded by Hogs up here and it gets ff)T)Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula as part of gary where he is Vive-President of Pin- mighty lonesome. an 8-man geological survey field party nacle Petroleums, Ltd. doing geologicalandtopographicmapping. Rogelio Robles (BS '60), Field Underwriter The weather was positively balmy ( — 2o° George W. Schneider, Jr. (BS '58), Inde- with New York Life Insurance Company to +30° F)." pendent Geologist in Lafayette,Louisiana, in Midland, writes that wife,Minnie, and reports: "We are still living in Lafayette he have two wonderful children, John John S. Runge (BS '50) is with Runge & where the oil business and real estate bus- David and Teresa. He entered the insur- Campbell inCasper, Wyoming. iness are good. Lafayette continues to ance business in 1969 and is doing very grow and will be one of the finest tourist Norton Russell (BS '52, MA '54), well. Invites classmates to write and prom- Jimmie attractions in Louisiana one day. It has Chief of Surface Casing Section of the ises not to talkinsurance unless asked. the second largest University in Louisiana, Austin, TexasWater DevelopmentBoard in and that combined with the oil center HarlanH. Roepke (PhD '70) is discovering received a coupleof promotions during the likens it to Austin. Everyone who has ever many new horizons now that he's got the past year. Was verypleased to see so many lived here hasliked the city.Regards to all dissertation off his back.— "My fond good UT grads at the recent AAPG convention in the Department." wishes to Dr. Bullard sorry Iwon't be in Houston. "Come see me in Austin!" I there for dinner. We would be happy to Louis I. Schneider, Jr. (BS '60) was pro- (BS seehim in Muncie again, just as we would Floyd F. Sabins, Jr. '52), Senior Re- moted to Assistant Division Manager and be pleased to see any UT Geology folk search Associate with Chevron Oil Field Vice-President of Teledyne Exploration who might pass this way. Harlan is As- Research Company in La Habra, Califor- (Data Processing Division) in Houston. writes, — sistant Professor at Ball State University nia, "Continuing research on vari- The Schneiders have a new daughter inMuncie,Indiana. ous applications of remote sensing. Joint Karen Suzanne. author of Academic Press Book 'Remote James E. Rogers (BS '55, MA '61), Hydrol- Sensing of the Environment.' Continuing Milt Scholl (BS '47, MA '48),Teacher at Hill- ogist-in-Charge, U. S. Geological Survey, my evening seminar teaching at USC. top Junior High School in Chula Vista, Water Resources Division in Alexandria, Presented paper at Houston AAPG Meet- California, writes, "Prepared junior high says he's still bogged down in Louisiana. ing." science courses of study last summer. Look- September, 1971 53

ing forward to spending coming summer in Clyde R. Seewald (BS '63, MA '66) is Staff paying quantities for Inexco Oil Company New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Development Geologist with Phillips Pe- in Louisiana. Recently promoted to Divi- Quebecmeeting wife's family. While pull- troleum Company in Anchorage, Alaskza, sion Exploration Manager operating in ing our trailer we will visit places of in- .-"Still working on North Slope geology, Texas,Louisiana, Mississippi,Florida, and terest between the extreme ends of the .3 things are slowing down due to any other place where it can be found. US,southeast corner to northeast corner!" the pipe-line delay. Third son, Gregory Will welcome visits from Texas Exes when Ray,bornMarch4,1971." they areinHouston." Barth Schorre (BS '49) is Senior Explora- tion Geophysicist withHumbleOil andRe- Kenneth O. Seewald (1961-1964, PhD can- Thomas J. Shields (BA '58) is Purchasing finmg Company in Los Angeles. didate) writes from Midland where he is Agent for StandardBrass and Manufactur- a Consulting Geologist, "GREETINGS— ing Company in Port Arthur, Texas. Glynn M. Schuchardt (BS '52) is an Inde- from the land of no rain!! We finally cut pendentGeophysical-GeologicalConsultant Brack K. Shirley (BS '53), Engineering Ge- the umbilical cord! Left Mobil last June in Corpus Christi. Still enjoys "the spark- ologist with the US Bureau of Reclama- and after a short stay with Great Western ling cityby the tionFry-Ark ProjectinSalida,Colorado,is sea." Drilling Company as District Geologist, still enjoying the "high" country in the MargaretSmith Schuehle (Mrs.R. G.) (BS decided to do my own thing. Hung out a Colorado Rockies. Added a son,Mike, last '40) writes fromMidland that she enjoys shingle in November and so far it's been November to go with daughter, Kristi, theNewsletter verymuch. GREAT. . Just hope we survive the . . age years. drought. Mary is getting her Real Estate 3Y2 Frank C. Schulte (BS '55), Stockbroker with Broker's license in June and hopes to sell Richard T. Short (1923-1924) is retired from Paine, Webber, Jackson, and Curtis in some of this New Mexico sand that's pres- Continental Oil Company. He writes, "We Houston, Writes, "Carol and Iand Susan ently blowing our way." moved into our new home on Granite and Kurt are happy living among the tall Shoals Lake in June of 1970 and are pines north of Houston. I'd be happy to Robert T. Sellars, Jr. (BS '57), Exploration thoroughly enjoying living in the area provideany investors withsome stockideas Geologist with Louisiana Land and Ex- whichIfirstvisitedin 1923." for 1971-72." ploration, transferred to Midland in May 1970. Doing a great deal of traveling in E. R. "Dick" Sims, Jr. (BS '38) started Fred E. Schultz (BS '47) says, "Still enjoy western US looking at mineral prospects. working as an Engineer with Uni- living in California. Lois is busy directing Globe versalSciences inMidland in 1970, testing the church junior choir, serving on the John Scott Shambaugh (BS '49, MA '51), and building a new digital recording Board of Directors of the San Fernando Geologist with Humble in Corpus, says type — equipment for seismic use and is spending Valley Symphony Association, painting, he's sorry no highlights to report still a time in Arctic testing new singing, sewing, and running house- enjoying Corpus Christi and south Texas. lot of the the the equipment. hold. Son, Van,— is a pre-engineering fresh- Enjoyed the October '70 Newsletter. man doing great. (MA at UCLA I'm Humbles Jerry M. and Gay (Salinas) Shelby (BS Samuel J. Sims '57), Geologist in the Western Division Geophysical Manager '57, BA '57) write from Amarillo, Texas, Geology Department of Bethlehem Steel (Los Angeles) Staying on top of the Santa . where he has joined Amarillo Oil Com- Corporation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Barbara Channel and North Slope prob- reports, "I still mainly working in pany as District Geologist, "Last year am lems isa full time job." Mexico looking for mineral de- brought a job change.This company (Ama- economic posits. Ihad break normal routine Rubin A. Schultz, Jr. (BS '61), Geologist rillo Oil) drilled the discovery well for the a in my last summer (1970) when Ihal the with Texas Highway Departmentin Corpus giant Panhandle Field in 19181 op- Christi, says no change since last year,still portunity to present a paper at the Inter- T. H. Shelby, Jr. (BS '33, MA '34), Senior national Symposium Precambrian Iron hunting basematerial for theHighway De- on Staff Geologist for Humble Oil and Re- and Manganese Deposits, in Kiev, Russia. partment. Always manage to find enough fining Company in Houston, reports he While there, Ialso got to meet Earl In- to get by on, so guess Iwill survive. Family is still enjoying hunting for oil and has 5 gerson, who had helped organize the Sym- is all well and we are looking forward to grandchildren— 2 girls and 3 boys. posium." theRound-Up Dinner for Dr.FredBullard. William K. Sheldon (BA '48), Chief Geol- (BS T. "Jerry" Schwarzbach(BS '58, MA '61) Robert S. (Sam) Singer '61), Petrol- J. ogist for Estate of L. A. Nordan in San is Senior Geological Engineer for Tenneco eum Engineer with Tenneco Oil Company Antonio,"More action thisyear,bothsouth Oil Company in Shreveport, Louisiana. in Lafayette,Louisiana, is still a displaced and west Texas. Little early yet to know Texan in Cajun Country, according to Eugene P. Scott (BS '56), IndependentGe- whether that's good or bad." him. He says now that offshore sales have ologist Corpus, says, "Everything is in William T. (Pete) Sherman (BS '51) is begun again, businesshas reallypicked up. fine." — going on his Bth year in Houston feels G. KeithSirrine (PhD '58) writes, "Left Pan Wilton E. Scott (BA '36) is Executive Vice- like a native. Pete is General Sales Rep- American Petroleum Corporation after 14 for President of Tenneco,Inc. inHouston. Wil- resentative Baroid. years and moved from Houston to Calgary ton joins Advisory Council of the Ge- the AlanShield (BS '60) continues with the Texas to become President of Photogravity Sur- ology Foundation thisfall. Highway Department in Austin as Geol- veys,Ltd., specializing in gravity and mag- John E. Scale (BS '41) is with Crown Pe- ogist. He says, "Stilllooking at bridge sites netic surveys and interpretation, photo- troleum Company in Houston as District for the Highway Department.— Sandra and geology, density determinations on well Geologist. Isay 'hello' to all. The kids Linda, Alan, cuttings and geologic consulting. Family Jr., and Allison arelovable,expensive,and has adapted well to this 'Winter Wonder- Dick Sears (BS '57), Pharmaceutical Sales time-consuming." land'... oldest daughter, Georgia Lynn, Representativefor Abbott Laboratories in married inMarch." Tulsa, Oklahoma,is on the Tulsa Planning Elgean G. —Shield (BS '53), Exploration Commission— in addition to his job with Manager Houston Division of Inexco Oil Harry H. Sisson (BS '40), Senior Explora- AbbottLabs. Suzanne and theboys, Mark, Company writes, "After all these years tion Geophysicist with Humble in Hous- Philip, and Steve,are all doing well. have finally found oil and gas reserves in ton, says, "Computer application of earth 54 September, 1971

science continues to challenge those of us J. T. Smith (BS '50, MA '56) is doing sub- Frederick L. Stead (MA '50), President of in explorationfor oil and gas. Besides the surface geology of the Texas Gulf Coast Coastline Petroleum Corporation in Sher- blessings of work and good health, Nancy for Sun Oil Company in Houston. man Oaks, California, reports: "We got and Iare enjoying our two granddaugh- 'burned out' in the Malibu Fire on Joet k,.t? Smitha "»!- (BS/r>c mo48, MAmi >/in\49),Independentt j j ters, age 3 years and 7 months." Exploration Geologist and Oil and Gas 9/25/70! Lost my library! Would appreci- ate the donation of UT Press No" 3401 J. W. Skrabanek (BA '46), Geologist for Producer, married Mary Alice Houston, a -\c\nc\ j .i Vols. from anyone who may own dpuli-y Universal Oil Products in Longmeadow, Decemberr> v 6, 1970, and they are now hv-v J J X cate copies."r Massachusetts, likesthe ground water field ing m Austin... more each day. Still traveling in New >^ " Walter W. Stein, Jr. (BS '52, MA '52), In- Johnt v wWyvan smithc -*v (BS 57), Seniorc rGeol-i . . . _, . .„ „, , , ■ says England and eastern Canada. Lots of snow i m n ■ t^ dependent m Gainesville, lexas, he s ogist with Skelly Oil Company m Denver, .„ . . . ,. , year. „.,,. . . still hunting stratigrapnic traps in north this writes, 1 finding.. r J;, Mill involved in lots ot . . Oklahoma,, ..,,„, , ,, . r 1exas and southern WilliamP. Slater (BA '50), Partner in Hod- oil in Alaska, lhe real problem is out ot ges, Deso and Slater in Midland, Texas, the ground and to market. Thanks to all Harry R. Stenson (BS '49) writes, "I con- is expecting a big exciting year in explo- for the Newsletter." tinue as Geophysicist for Shell in Vene-

■ zuela- The Newsletter Congratu- ration. New ideas will be "in" thing ■ ■ " is tops- the t i> c -.i me(BS 'on\ r tit - , , , „ J. Jreter. Smith ot) is in Carmi, Illinois. n £ this year. "Leave some money in your lations and thank you for my copy. (BS budget for west Texas!" John Frank Snell '66), Chief Geologist Henryk B. Stenzel (1934-1954) sends this for Producers Minerals Corporation in «t Frank Slavik,Jr. (BS '61) is a Clinical Psy- newg from Baton Rouge; Louisiana: am Safford, Arizona, says his wife, Leah, and petired chologist at Arkansas State Hospital in nQW and do nQt teach dasses Row. son, Lewis (1 year), are doing fine, they Rock, Arkansas. eyer> j continue doing and publishing re- Little all to come see invite their friends and _ oygter yolume (VoL N_3 of ' search The Marriett Wieckhoff Smart (Mrs. John A.) cm the Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology), (BS '57) Tampa, "We are writes from John L. Snyder (Faculty, 1957-1962) writes on which Ihave been working intermit- enjoying life in sunny Florida. Inow still from Washington, D.C., that there waslots tently for 20 years, is being printed now have a few hours credit toward a master's of activity around there this spring—lots and may be in print already when this degree in Library Education at the Uni- of students, lots of street-corner opinions Newsletter makes its appearance. Ihope versity of South Florida." expressed (some rather forcefully). Al- it will have a good reception." Tommy T. Smiley (BS '51) is with Aero- most like being back on campus. He is Bill St. Johnjohn (BS '58j MA »60j PhD »65)? nautical Chart and Information Center in with the National Science Foundation. Senior Research Geologist with Esso Pro- Louis, Missouri, St. as Senior Cartog- Howard J. Speer (BS '56) is Vice-President duction Research Company in Houston, rapher. 'Skeet, Mike, Tod, Kevin, Doyle, ) "f of Rotan Mosle-Dallas Union in Dallas. writes, A. Richard Smith (BS '64) continues as Ge- / and I have bought a big, 20-year old Frederick Spriegelberg (MA '61), Senior' house having remodeling ologist with Jefferson Lake Sulphur Com- and are fun Systems Analyst, writes, "Graduated from (patching) it. remains fascinating pany inHouston. Work New York University with MBA in June and while the boys are active in sports, Charles Edward Smith (BS '54), owner of 1970. Am now working for the Ist Na- Skeet keeps busy mothering. All of our tional City City." — Smith Associates in Dallas, says he is still Bank in New York friends are welcome- we're in the phone active as an Independent Geologist, but a Fred Spindle (BS '49), Manager for Produc- book!" large portion of his time is being devoted tion Technical Service Department of William T. Stokes (BS '50) reports from to shopping-center development and leas- Marathon Oil Company in Littleton, Colo- Dallas wherehe is President of Oliver and ingactivities. rado, says, "Survived!It was a good year, West, Inc. "This past year at Oliver and Daniel L. Smith (BS '58) writes from Hous- for all bets (football) were covered since West, Inc. has been a busy one. Fortu- ton that he joinedTexoil Company as Man- our daughter is a senior at St. Marys of nately, some of our business has been ager of Exploration last year. Notre Dame. Best wishes."H with Texas Exes. It is always a pleasure when an old classmate visits us. So we ex- Glenn C. Smith (BS '53) writes from Ama- Ann Marie Stanley (BA '44) Geologist with tend a hand to any who may be in Dallas, rillo, Texas, that after 16 years with a Miles Production Company in Dallas Fifi has her hands full with two sons and a major, the break and joined El writes, "About to finish my sixth year with he made geologist. She does an excellent job m Paso Company as Regional this company; time flies! We are still Natural Gas looking after them' We are lookin for" Geophysicist. "We have enjoyed returning looking for good deals and prospects in S ward t0 visitin the Geol°^ De Iam happily searching north and west-central Texas." S Partment to Amarillo where this spring." for gas in the Anadarko Basin." Stanley, (BS'49) writes from ' HerbertM. Jr. . ,__x . «**>. N y «t ij- 1 1 Winston L.- Stokes (BS 57) is seeing more (BS '53) Midland, 1 am now sell employed as a , . Harold W. Smith lives in Austin „ -, „ -, .-. , of the old classmates as more companies Consulting. Geologist primarily , , apilot for Com- interested TT T^ . and is ContinentalHomes j. , move to Houston. Wife, Kathryn, and the in .in "-,■— of and generating prospects for oil and gas , ,^., , , pany Houston Mid-Texas Com- , tvt " kids, Beverly, Michael, and Robert rr area. t. x -l three ■-. , the west lexas JNo change in iamily .^ munication Systems of Killeen. ,.,.-., ,„ _ .„ are doing line. Best wishes to Dr. Builard status—still 4 children, ages 10, 9, P5, 4. . s „■,-«„. . .. Harry L. Smith (BS '51, MA '56), Indepen- on his retirement. (Winston is Division Theodore E. Stanzel (BS'56), Geologist with Landman for Ashland Oil, Inc.) dent Geologists in Corpus Christi, says " " Skelly Oil Company in Tulsa,' Oklahoma, „ , T o /nnm mooi j j "Status quo." J „_. v : . Paul J.Storm (1921-1923) is retired and hv-t wntes, year lhe past J was spent evaluat- . . wr 1 Beach,-n i_ Florida,t^i -j n . , , mg in West Palm Jimmy L. Smith (BS '57), Senior Petroleum ing potential foreign oil and gas ventures Geophysicist with Humble Oil & Refining for Skelly and keeping up-to-date on the Tom W. Stovall (BS '57), Geologist and Re- Company, transferred to Humbles digital- uranium picture. Attending the University gistered Public Surveyor (Independent) processing center as a geophysical-process of Tulsa Graduate School. Congratulations is in Weslaco, Texas. He says, "If you are interpreter. and sincere good wishes, Dr. Builard." ever down in the Lower Rio Grande Val- September, 1971 55

ley (south Texas) come see us, 901South Dorothy, still proudof UT degree. Daugh- Roy W. Thompson (BA '38) is Senior Com- Texas Boulevard, Phone 968-2422, Wes- ter, Kirn, (14), plans to play flute in UT puter with Teledyne Exploration Company laco." band. Dennis, Jr. has elected to accept inMidland,Texas. (BS '61) Geophysical Texas A & M's offer to join freshman foot- Robert E. Stowers is T. J. Thompson (BS '57), Independent in Supervisor with Texaco, Inc. in Houston. ball team this fall. Itraveled some during Amarillo, Texas, says, "Like to hear from past year. Spent 2l2 months in Middle / old or new classmates with money good Carroll Stroman (BS '58), who is Executive East as advisor on training program. Also for deals." Director of GoodwillIndustries of Austin, short stay in England and Europe. Still is still involved with training and employ- 24-hour geologist." Jimmie H. Thomson (BS '58) tells us to ment of the handicapped. — Eugene Madison Taylor (BS '58) is an "Keep the Newsletter coming it lets us Walter M. Strong (MA '57), Account Execu- M.D. inDenton,Texas. keep in touch." Jimmieis Staff Engineer tive with and Company for SamP. Wallace Company, Inc. in Dal- Bache in New George W. Taylor (BA '49), Evaluation Ge- Orleans says he is keeping busy watching las. ologist, completed 20 years with Humble the oil stocks go up. May 14th. He has two children attending Wesley A. Tiller, Jr.(BS '50) is District Ge- Hal Stubbefield (BS '54) is a Geophysicist UT Austin, daughter, Jan, freshman, son, ological Supervisor for Sun Oil Company with OccidentalPetroleum Corporation in Holt, junior. in Dallas (Offshore Geological— Supervisor Houston. Dick Teel (BS '39), Staff Geologist with for offshore North America for Sun Oil's keyarearegion) DanielF. Sullivan (BS '42), Area Geologist AMOCO Production Company in Fort . with Asamera Oil Company (Indonesia) Worth, writes, "My long awaited dream Bert C. Timm (MA '41) writes, "Had lots of Ltd., reports, "4 years now in and out of came true last summer as Iwent on a fun in 1970 getting an offshore combine to Singapore. The city has really become a hunting and photographic safari in central put blue chips in the blue water. Hope giant oil center for Southeast Asia, more Africa as well as east Africa. Collected 1971 turns the blue chips to gold." Bert is andmore like aHouston and New Orleans excellent trophies, both with rifle and Regional ExplorationManager for SunOil combination. Enjoy the Neivsletter very camera. Highlight was a large elephant Company inHouston. much. Thank you." with goodivory." William L. Tipton (BA '48), Consulting Robert Terriere (PhD '60) writes, "I con- Berry Sutherland (BS '61) writes from the Geologist in Austin, says his family is tinue to work at Tulsa of University of Florida in Gainesville, the research lab spending a year in London, England. "We're enjoying the hospitality and the Cities Service Oil Company and now have climate of the Sunshine State. I'm continu- the title Research Associate. Have made Elsworth Tonn (BS '54) continues with The ing as Assistant Professor in the Earth several trips to areas of recent carbonate Monsanto Company as Regional Geologist Science Teacher Preparation Program deposition, including Abu Dhabi, British locatedin Houston. Honduras, and theBahamas." here at the University of Florida. I'm im- DonaldH.Torgerson (BS '52), Manager for pressed by the progress throughout the C. B. "Tim" Thames, Jr. (BS '54, MA '57) Dowell Division of the Dow Chemical State with the secondary earth science cur- is in Bismark, North Dakota where he Company in Evansville, Wyoming, writes, reform program." — riculum is with Pearce, Ergebretson, Anderson, "Still in windy Casper still plan on mak- Schmidt & Thames (Lawyer-Geologist). Leonard J. Svajda (BS '40) reports from ing a trip back to the UT campus as soon Says major project Corpus Christi, "After 21 years in dentis- home improvement as we are throughpaying for college edu- should completed this year.Family are try have flat-feet, aching back, and am be cation for three we have in school now. attend — jealously viewing the classmates of 1940 all fine. Regret will be unable to If you ever turn up in Casper give us a dinner for Dr. respects who remained in geology. Spent a lot of Bullard. "Warmest call." to a fine educator and person. Best re- time trying to find football talent for John W. Trammell (BS '59) writes from Royal in effort beat Notre Dame gards to all." Coach to Seattle, "Should have my PhD from the consistently. Having success, Billy D. (BS '49), Staff Ge very little Thomas Senior University of Washington byspring of '72." much to the delight of all the Aggies I ologist with the Railroad Commission of know." Texas in Austin, has a daughter who plans Mike Trant (BS '58), with Braniff Inter- to enter University of Texas in September national (pilot),says he enjoys Dallas and W C Swadley (MA '58), in Erlanger, Ken- 1971. flying very much. Tries to drill 3-4 wells tucky, is still with the USGS, engaged in each year. the Kentucky mapping program. GeorgeL.Thomas (MA '60),Head,Materials Project Section, Mare Island Naval Ship- Jack W. Trantham (BS '51), Independent in Don Taff (BS '57), Senior Geophysicist with yard Materials Engineering Laboratory in Tyler, writes, "Happy to report that we Mobil Oil Corporation in Los Angeles, Vallejo, California, writes, "Nothing new have found a little oil since my last writ- writes:"Wife, Joyce;four children,Janice to speak of. Children (Kelly, John and ing. toMidlandrecently visited (13), Bradley (12), Cynthia (9), and Went and Kristen) are all in school this year,since with by Brady Field Trip partner, Wayne Wesley (5). Mobil seven years (3 With Kristen started kindergarten. I've been Roye, and also Doug Garrett; hadn't seen in Dallas, 4 in L.A.). Prior to Mobil was taking (classic) guitar lessons, andraising eitherof them innearly 20 years; enjoyed with Continental Oil Company (6 years). Araucana chickens whichlay colored eggs. the visit. Looking forward to Dr. Bullard's Past four years have worked in southern Eloise is working part-time at school.Best Round-Up Dinner." California offshore exploration." Regards." B. (BS '48) continues IMC EverettJ.Travis (MA '51) continues to teach James Tartt with Jamie E. Thomerson (BA '57), Associate Drilling Mud, Inc., and is now National at San Antonio College but lives near Professor of Biology at Southern Illinois Sales CoordinatorlocatedinHouston. BuchananDam, Texas. University in Edwardsville, says he is be- Dennis R.Taylor (MA '52) is AssistantMan- comingmore involved withfish systematic RichardS. Travis (BS '48) is a partner in ager for D. R. McCord & Associates in work in South and Central America. Still Travis OilCompanylocatedin Los Angeles, Dallas.He writes,"Family doing fine.Wife, remembers Dr. Bullard's volcanic movies. California. 56 September, 1971

and waiting to see if he turns out to be a Spaniard, or Yorkshireman, or Texan." Robert is with Dresser Minerals S.A. as Project Geologist. Leßoy J. Tydlaska (BA '49), Staff Geologist with Amoco Production Company in New Orleans, reports no change.

A. Knox Tyson (BA '23, MA '24) is Vice- President of Rowles-Winston & Company inHouston, Texas. Robert C. Tysor (BA '52), Geologist with AMOCO Production Company, says, "It may be of interest to note that in 1957, Stanolind Oil and Gas Company was changed to Pan American Petroleum Cor- poration. Prior to this, Stanolind was formed in 1931, as a consolidationof Dixie Oil Company, McMan Oil and Gas Com-— pany andMidwest ExplorationCompany and now on February 1, 1971, we have officially changed to Amoco Production Company."

James R. Underwood, Jr. (MA '56, PhD '62), on leave from the Department of UT Geology Exes in Peru Geology, West Texas State University at Attending the first Congreso Latinoamericano de Geologia in November 1970 were Canyon, now teaching in the University of the following, left to right, Teddy Pflucker (MA '43), Frank Conselman (UT faculty Libya, writes, "Highlight of the 1970-1971 memberfor short course, 1967—68), Ruderico Fuentes (MA '64), Jack Walper (PhD academic year will be the trip Dr. Barnes '58),andHughHay-Roe(MA '52 andPhD'58).Missing whenphoto was taken: Grover and Ihope to make to the site of the oc- Gonzalez(MA '65). currence of Libyan Desert Glass in south- western UAR. The expedition will be sponsored by the Faculty of Robert F. Travis (BS '57), Geologist with trying at times this past year, but, from Science of University Libya is planned Bobby M.Burns in Corpus, writes, "After a business viewpoint, never dull. By the The of and 1971." 6 great years with Sinclair-Atlantic Rich- time you get this our present crisis on gov- for June field, Ifound it hard to leave them. How- ernment demands for increased posted Charles B.Upton ((BS '57) wrote to us last ever, sometimes the grass gets so green a prices, etc. will have passed, but I'm sure fall that he was selling insurance for Mu- man just has to hop the fence. Ihave been another one will be cooking. The children tual ofNew Yorkin Albuquerque.TheUp- with the Burns Trusts just one week now, are in the States,the girls at Mills College ton's third son, Dwight, was born in July but Ibelieve my new life of working for and the boy will graduate this year from 1970. Charles says he can't stay awayfrom an Independent will be an exciting one. St. Stephens in Austin. Evelyn and Icon- geology altogether, vertebratepaleontology tinue to 'enjoy' the social life, which is Robert C. Treadwell (BS '49) is an Inde- has become a hobby. about as dull as the work is interesting. pendent located in Corpus Christi. One thing aboutthe— ban on liquor and the DonUrbanec (BS '60, MA '63) writes, "Hur- RoyW. Tronrud (BS '40) continues asSenior general situation it does make our oc- ricane Celia severely eroded our house, Geophysicist with Sun Oil Company in casional escapes to theContinentthat much but the lumber and bricks have been re- Dallas. more pleasant. A bright spot each year is depositedin their proper placeand things arrival Newsletter. all do a the of the You areback to normal. Otherwise, nothing has Arthur J. Tschoepe (BS '50) is Presidentof beautiful job Congratulations!" on it. changed. Iam still calculating and evalu- Rio Mines &Minerals, Inc.,in Corpus. Edd R. Turner, Jr. (BA '43), Offshore Man- ating as Geologist, Reservoir Engineering G. GilbertTubb (BA '46),ExplorationSuper- ager for Getty Oil Company in Houston, Department, Coastal States Gas Company visor for Mobil Oil Corporation in Corpus //f\ sayshe completedthe job of General Chair- in Corpus Christi. Christi, writes, "Daughter, Marilyn, an jV man of the 1971 AAPG-SEPM Convention. honor student (sophomore) at TCU; They had3340 geologistsregister. "Thanks Charles D. and Eloise Faulkner Vertrees daughter, Sharon in King High, Corpus; for coming." (BA '23, BA '22) write from Midland that they are still living in the same old place son,Fred, in Cullen Jr. High, Corpus." John E. Turner (BS '50) is consulting Geol- andenjoying theirretirements. D. Tuohy (BS '39), President of ogist and Partner in Perm Hills & Turner John Midland, AMOCO Libya Oil Company, Tripoli, located in Texas. Charles Vertrees, Jr. (BS '51), Senior Ex- Libya, writes: "Still in Libya looking for Robert D. Turner (BS '60) writes from Ma- ploration Geologist with Sun Oil Com- b/\> the big oil field. We have been success- drid, Spain, "Still in Spain after an event- pany in Dallas, says they moved fromMid- ful in extending our per cent production— *{J ful year.Turkey Day of '70 was aBig Day. land to Dallas last year and are— slowly but not too lucky on wildcats found a Icelebrated both the UT victory and the getting adjusted to the Big City family couple of beautiful reefs, but both water- arrival of a 3 Kilo. 700 gm. son, Tommy. consists of wife, Nancy; children, Mere- filled. Things in Libya have been a bit Anne and Iare delighted with our first, dity (7), and Amy (5) plus two dogs. September, 1971 57

Harry A. Vest (MA '59), Chief Geologist for airplane dealer (Beechcraft) and a some- refugee children. The whole family will Dubai Petroleum Company in Dubai, time wildcat driller (dry hole) ! Enjoy go to Yucatan this summer to collect some writes, "Having a lot of luck here in seeing old friends (they have to be OLD) beachrocks. Dubai, luck never hurt at geology but then a little conventions." RalphH. Warner (MA '61) Lead Geologist anybody. Expect another addition to the — Don E. Wade (MA '54) continues as Explo- for Chevron Oil Company in Lafayette, family in mid-July that will be three and ration Manager for CabindaGulf Oil Com- Louisiana, writes, "Continue to explore for 'pall.The first two were boys,one is tall and pany in Luanda, Angola, Portuguese West oil but with a new twist. Looking for Lou- will probably be a basketballplayer, while Africa. 'isiana oil in Texas-type reservoir rocks. the other is short and looks like a tackle Very A. H. Wadsworth, Jr. (BS '41, MA '41), interesting work. Family unit re- to me. All we need now is a girl for a mains stable with Marilyn and three chil- cheerleader and we'll be set for the 1980s. Owner of Wadsworth Oil Company in dren contributing to an active, exciting In meantime, everything is with Houston, says that Wadsworth Oil has the O.K. home front. We appreciate the continuing us. Hope to be in next October branched out into mining by forming the States good work on the Newsletter." or November so we may get to stop by. Memex, Inc. with barite and copper op- (BA Best regards to Fred on his retirement erations in Spain. They have new offices Kenneth A. Warren '34), International dinner." in the C and IBuilding in Houston. Geophysical Consultant inDallas,is at pre- on special T. J. Waggoner 111 (BA '56), Independent sent assignment with Hunt Oil James R. Vetters (BS '51), Regional Geo- Company as in Dallas, says, "Survived the GREAT DE- a Consultant to interpret some physicist with Tenneco Oil Company in marine seismic data the Indies PRESSION of 1970— Very inactive in the from East Houston, says, "Completing 11th year with — area. Tenneco, sth in InternationalDepartment. oil business primarily venture capital, Presently responsible for southeast Asia however economics of oil industry looks L. Coy Warren (BS '48) is Vice President of — much better." geophysics. Children now almost grown- Laco Oil Company in Abilene, Texas. He two in high school, one in college. JoeDudgeon Walker, Jr. (BS '51, MA '54) says he— is still playing Moutray Sand writes from Houston, "The situation is just Trend Callahan County and hopes 1971 R. B. (Bob) Vickers (BS '47) reports from can be as rewarding 1969 about the same as last year. Icontinue to as and 1970. Abilene where he is Geologist."Ihavebeen operate my own real estate company with with Mayfair Minerals since December Joel S. Watkins (PhD '61), Associate Pro- the overall economic environment some- fessor, University 1969. We are putting together oil and gas of North Carolina in what better than last year. Still like to Chapel deals and workingat getting wells drilled. Hill, says "Big news this year was hear from all the 'geology' folks and enjoy There seems to be more optimism around participation in Apollo 14 as Active Seis- reading the fine Newsletter each year." Experiment now than before. Ienjoy and appreciate mic Investigator. Otherwise, the annual Newsletter." Richard W. A. Walker (BA '51), Teacher very peaceful in North Carolina!" in Crocket Independent School District, (BS M. C. "Morty" (BS '51), District John Allen Watson '56) is Hydrologist Vinson comments, "Amoco's computer decided ge- Manager American Royalties, with the USGS in Austin, Texas. for North ologists have no business working as geo- Douglas, having a (BS Inc. in Texas,says he's physicists, so after 19 years in the oil game Joseph D. Watzlavick '41), Geologist- Field. great time looking for another Yates Ihave setled down in east Texas; am Geophysicist Consultant in Houston, writes "Always look forward to Newsletter. Curry H. Vogelsong (BS '60), Partner in teaching school, andhave finally put down the Hope it keeps coming." the law firm of Gillespie and Gillespie, roots for my family and myself." says that after a year in Sherman they are Gus Walla (BS '49) is a Geologist with West- JamesD. Webb (BS '52) is Vice President of finding their way around and starting a ley West inHouston. . Adobe Oil Company in Midland. He says new house. all continues family and Bill Walls (MA '50) well with both continues with Carter job. William Vrana (BA '39), Petroleum Geol- Oil Company in Houston as Chief Geol- ogist in Corpus Christi, writes, "Continu- ogist. SamN. Webb (BA '38, MA '42), Oil and Gas Consultant Houston, ing consulting work and the search for oil Jack L. Walper (PhD '58), Professor of Ge- in writes, "Since early older son,Larry will grad- 1970 have been commuting between and/or gas. Our ology at University Fort Jack- Texas Christian in son, Mississippi uate from the University of Texas this year Worth, writes, "Continuing geological and Houston trying to and is making plans to go to Law School fight the Mississippi-Alabama-FloridaJur- studies in Central America. Gave paper — there. Randy, our younger, will complete assic play the Gulf Coast south Texas. on this work at Ist Latin American Geo- ' year schedule sure plays .' with my his first at UT." logical Congress in Lima, Peru. Director This hunting and fishing. Good thing Ihave an (BS of Sul Ross State University Field Geology Martin James Wachel, Jr. '56), with 11-year old to take care of the yard.' Skelly Oil Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma Institute during the summers." Gerald Eric Weber (MA '68), Graduate stu- as Senior Internal Auditor, writes, "The Bernie Ward (BA '55), Independent Geolo- dent and part-time consultant geologist past yearhas been spent with various audit gist in San Antonio, says he's doing sur- writes from the University of California personnel performing internal audits of face work in the Jackson trend for urani- Skelly at Santa Cruz, "Working toward PhD— the various departments of Oil urn. "It's great to be outdoors!" They like — geology maybe I'll get it in a few years. Company and audits of joint-interest prop- San Antonio very well and Cecil and three Still looking at terraces. Finally to erties. My wife continues her work with children all doing fine. — learned Halliburton Services, but was able to ac- shoot free throws 82% this— year. UCLA company me to New York for an opera- Bill and Kathy Agnew Ward (BS '55, MA made it 5 in arow last night stillNo. 1." '57) report from New Orleans that Bill tional audit school in the past year.Keep Suzanne Dallas Weedman (BA '70) has sending enjoyed his first years as Assistant Profes- the "News." moved to Nashville, Tennessee. sor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Kent Waddell (MA '41), Kent Waddell & LSUNO, and up-and-coming department Albert W. Weeks (PhD '41) continues as Company in Abilene, writes, "Currently in a rapidly expanding University. Kathy Consultant in Merion Station, Pennsyl- am a motorcycle dealer (Honda) and an is teaching English to newly arrived Cuban vania. 58 September, 1971

Frank Welder (BS '49) Hydrologist with the Hugh G. White 111 (BA '54, BS '52), Geol- days in Saltillo, Coahuila. Expect to finish USGS, Water Resources Division in Den- ogist in Midland, reports: "Son, Kurt up PhD by end of next fall. Anybody know ver, writes that he is involved in ground- Anthony born Monday 8 February 1971." of any teaching jobs?????" water problems related to ecology and prospective mining of oil shale in north- James G. White (BS '36), General Manager Michael A. Wiley (BS '57, MA '63, PhD 70), Geologist- - west Colorado. of Sarco, Ltd., Tripoli, Libyan Arab Re- Research Geological Science public, writes, "Still enjoying Libya. Kay Group with AtlanticRichfield Company in H. P. (Pat) Wells, Jr. (BA '40), Indepen- and Ihavebeen able to get insome travel- Dallas, says, "The Dallas area is a good dent in Abilene, writes, "Oldest daughter, ing in Europe—business for me, pleasure cross-section of recent UT geology grads. Lindsay, graduating from high school, for her.Hope to get home on leave in the "^/ It is never surprising— to see one or more. TCU her choice; next year Lauren point- fall." Current activities tectonics of Alaska, ing towards theUniversity; Pete (12) into computer programming, development of White (BA junior high this year. Wife, Margie ('46) Jane Dunkle '46) says there's computer-basedstatistical correlation tech- nothing from Marfa, busy with Antique Shop; Iam still after new Texas. niques, teaching of exploration gravity- oil, gas, and other minerals." John W. White (MA '59) writes he is be- magnetics. Will spend most of summer '71 in field in Alaska. Come on, summer!" James L. (Jim) Wells (BS '59), Manager, ginning his eleventh satisfying year with Ramp andOperations, Dallas Terminalfor the Texas Water Development Board in Richard A. Wiley (BS '42) is Geologist with (he Braniff Airways, reports, "Finally got Austin is Reports Review Branch Amerada Hess Corporation in Lafayette, married. .." Chief). Wife, Barbara, and daughters, Louisiana. . Ardeth and Romaine, are doing great and Norman N. West (BA '50),Independent Ge- keepingmeout of trouble. Robert Cliff Wilkie (BA '69) operates drill- ologist-Geophysicist, continues consulting ing rig and backhoe, shovel dirt, etc., for work in Houston and working on his mas- Rex H. White, Jr. (BS '56, MA '60), As- Mutual Drilling andSeptic Tank Company ters at night at the University of Houston. sistant in the Office of the Attorney Gen- in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He writes, eral in Austin, says, "We are enjoying our "I've abandoned all interest in geology as John S. Westmoreland (BS '59) is Division new house,but yard workis still unattrac- a career. Got married and am trying to Sales Manager for Beltone Electronics tive. Our soncontinues to grow andis well make it as a photographer and possibly a Corporation and makes his home in Buf- along the way to being yearsold. Work farmer. Havebeen workingat construction Grove, writes, 2% falo Illinois.He "Recently is beginning to shift emphasis toward pol- type jobs, operating heavy equipment. movedto Chicago and to the Home Office. lution problems—all complex." Have found trades to be more profitable Hopeto beherepermanently." and much more interesting than a pro- Charles D. Whiteman, (BS '58) is Hy- geology. college A. Wheeler (BA '47), Geologist Jr. fession in Feel involved James and drologist with the USGS in Baton Rouge, of Cantrell, Wheeler, Lewis too much. Vice-President Louisiana. and Chuber, Inc. in Houston, reports: "I Joel M. Wilkinson (BS '58),Vice President- have joined with Cy Cantrell, J. 0. Lewis Fred L. Whitney II (BS '43), President of General Manager for Great Northern Oil, and Stewart Chuber in forming a new Epicenter, Inc., in Brighton, Colorado, Ltd- in Calgary, writes, "Margot, Mark, firm. The endeavor be explora- basic will says there is no great news, just plenty of and Ann are all learning to ski and are tion for oil and gas. Our offices will be work, adjusting to the winter country. The area located in Suite 508 of the C&I Building is a geologist's dream!" in Houston. happy , Be to see any of my James C. Whitten (BS 56),Independent Oil ,„„,,,, . ". ~ . -.,, , . , , . Dan W. Williams (BS 56) writes from -Waco, friends at thisnew address." Operator in Midland, says he s still work- „,,.. . , ■ . , ■ lexas, resigned geol- mg xvr m at i»r r that he has_ , as cniei , the West lexas-New Mexico area from . .„, .. , T . „»?„ , ,IC, , ,r ogist Phillips s Joseph Bowen Wheeler (BS '33, MA '34) Midland, . „ of .„Petroleum International sure enjoy reading the News- 1 „ Department; will work as consultant in writes from Argyle, Texas, "Consultant, .Letter. . . , . _... after retiring from Pan American Petrole- international petroleum exploration. Wile, um Corporation after having served con- Frank Whittington (BS '49), President of MaiT Alice'and daughter, Miriam, doing tinuously for more than 35 years. Iwas Whittington Operating CompanyandPrud- fine and looking forward to considerable Senior Geologist in our Fort Worth Divi- hoe Production,Inc., writes, "Stillresiding traveling this year. sion office at the time of my retirement. in the beautifulRio Grande Valley. Form- James Richard Williams (BS '50),Geologist They're saying Iam a consultant. Iam ed both companies in 1970 and have en- with chevron Oil Company in Houston, and will do what Ican in my capacity at joyed fair success in finding that elusive reports "StatusQuo." this stage. It's nice though, having this op- grease. Sure hope it continues. Now have (BS portunity to do so. Good luck to all of amarried son attending the University and Jim R- Williams '49) is Vice-President you!!" thoroughly enjoying his classes." of STM CorporationinMidland, Texas. Mark Williams (BS '50) is a Consulting Pe- Al. W. White (BS '41), Instructor at Laredo Morris S. Wiginton, Jr. (BS '58), Structural troleum Geologist in Amarillo, Texas. Junior College at Texas A &IUniversity at Design Engineer with Barnes, Landis, Laredo,— says he's still teaching accounting Goodman and Youngblood in Austin, Eddie A. Williamson (BS '69) is with the andnow other business subjects at Texas writes, "Wife and Imoved from Houston 65thMedical Group of theU. S. Army.He A & I University. "This is bi-lingual, back to Austin (old home town). Live in writes, "Will get out of this OD Circus in manaiia country!" country on 100 acre pine forest south of April andbegin work on MS at University Bastrop.Love new job with a swellarchi- of Missouri at ColumbiainSeptember 1971. David (BS '41), Geologist with the J. White tectural and engineering firm." Presently living in beautiful downtown Texas Water Development Board in Aus- Seoul,Korea. tin, writes, "My son graduated from UT at William P. Wilbert (MA '63), PhD candi- mid-term 1970 and may go to law school date at Tulane University (geology) in Homer C. Wilson (BS '42), Plant Manager later. Itis a great pleasure to receive the New Orleans, writes, "Will finally stay in for Celanese Chemical Company in Hous- Newsletter. Thanks." New Orleans this summer after many good ton, says family, job, location all same as September, 1971 59 — last year's report considering, of course, take in the Space Program and the UT ogyin October from the NavalPostgradu- one more year and associated gray hair. Geology Department's participation in it." ate School. Am tentatively slated to go to Had a good visit with GordanMcNutt in Fleet Weather Central PearlHarbor, Ha- Herbert (BS '60) writes is be- Austin lastspring. A. Wolff he waii. Family and wife (same) and three ginning his fifth year reviewing and edit- sons are fine." James Lee Wilson (BA '42, MA '44), Pro- ing water-related reports for the Texas fessor of Geology, Rice University inHous- Water Development Board in Austin. JesseW. Wright, Jr. (BS '50) is an Indepen- ton, writes, "Still lecturing and conduct- f.£ dent Geologist-Geophysicist in Midland. ing research with graduate students at James A. Wolleben (PhD '66) is at Louisi- Rice. Working in New Mexico, Mexico, ana State University in New Orleans as John B. Wright (MA '56) is Geologist with and inEurope." AssociateProfessor of Geology. He writes, Shell Oil Company in New Orleans, Lou- "Margarita and Iare kept busy trying to isiana. (MA '54) Geological Wilbur D. Wilson is get our six children 'grown up.' We've got Supervisor (Alaska District) for Sun Oil Phil Wyche (BS '51), with Gulf Oil Corpo- to stay alert to be sure they don't slip off in Company ration writes, "April 1 am being trans- inDallas. the French Quarter. Iam trying to finish ferred to main office in Pittsburgh as Ex- William (BS '60, up my Mexico work with Earle Mcßride, Feathergail Wilson MA ploration Advisor on Worldwide and Iam beginning to chase after echi- Coordi- '62), Account Executive with Merrill nator's Staff." LynchPierce Fenner & Smith, writes, "Re- noids." cently a by dropping out J. R. (Bob) Wynne (BS '57), Independent became statistic Jim F. Womack (BS '54) writes he is cur- geology profession joining in Corpus, says he's still trying to find his of the and the rently exploring the Anadarko Basin of — stock brokerage ranching share of oil family all the same. business. Still Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle. He is b-Ls about north of San Antonio. All five of us spent Division Staff Geologist with Pennzoil threemonths inNew Yorkon Wall Street." R. Gene Yarbrough (BS '50) is Manager of Unitedin Midland. Exploration for Beacon Resources Corpo- Wynant (1948-1953), Independent S. Wilson A. Wayne Wood (BA '41), ration in Wichita, Kansas. He writes, Geologist in Abilene, Texas, says that his Vice-President of Blanco Oil Company in San Antonio, says "Same job, more miles, and hopefully threeboys and wife are all doing well. For — nothing new, "Same wife, same three sons continued success always thoroughly en- the last year he has been mainly watching andsame job." joy theNewsletter." or "sitting on" wells in the Abilene area, but is now starting to put together some Patricia W. Wood (BA 70) is in her third John C. Yeager (MA '60) reports fromNew drilling prospects. year as geologic editor-informationspecial- Orleans where he is District Exploration W. W. (Bill) Wilson, Jr. (BS '40), Inde- ist for Esso Production Research Com- Geologist withUnion Oilof California that in Houston and continues to find her he is enjoying the interesting geology of pendent Oil Operator in Abilene, says he — work both fascinating and challenging. the Gulf Coast and good of is not doing much cannot find any oil. \P the food the She informs us: "About to join in small New Orleans area. Sandra is busy with James M. Windham (BS '40), President of (two member) permanent chapter of UT Rus (7), Katy (2), and Ann (1 month). Windham & Sons, Construction Company, Geology Exes with Ed Dickerson (MA Livingston, Texas, writes, "Both children '64). .. Have never been happier." Our James L. Yelvington (BS '51), Geologist, have now graduated fromUT; sonin '65, congratulations to Pat and Ed. writes that he has opened an exploration daughter in '70. Wife andIfeel lost going office for O. F. Warren & Company of L.Wood, (BA '56) to ball games with no children to visit. Robert Jr. is Vice-Presi- Tulsa. His office is in Oklahoma City and -"■dent of Producing Stop by Livingston some time." Coastal States Gas he is generating and looking for drilling s Company inHouston. deals. Richard L. Winborn (BA '55) is Southern R. D. Woods (BA '31, MA '34) Division Manager for Ada Oil Company in is Assistant Younathan (MA '61, Geologist-Senior Yousif Youash PhD Houston. Chief Petroleum Scien- '65) is tist with & Refining Company Assistant Professor of Geology in Qfy Humble Oil the College of €. Robert Winkler, Jr. (BS '50), Vice-Pres- inHouston. Science at the University of Libya, in Tripoli. He ident of Aikman Brothers Corporation in writes, "Married (MA on 22, 1969, Midland,writes that AikmanBrothersCor- Kenneth E. Woodyard '56), Geologist June to Fiona Warda from Baghdad, Iraq. September poration andassociatedcompaniescontinue with Continental Oil Company in Lafa- 20, 1970, had a yette,Louisiana, writes, "Margaret finished daughter, called her Elda. Participated to be very active in the Permian Basin, her University with two papers in the Second Inter- Anadarko Basin and in western Canada. masters at of Southwestern Louisiana last summer and is back teach- national Congress on Rock Mechanics, Irwin T. Winter (BS '53) is IndustrialEngi- ing. Our oldest daughter is now a teen- Belgrade, Yugoslavia (September, 1970). neer for Cabot Corporation in Pampa, ager and must be headed for Law School Happy to hear news from Texas: retiring Texas. the way she argues.After threeyear in ex- of Professor Bullard, Professor Boyer be- ploitation, I'm back in exploration and ing the chairman, and the useful note of George G. Wise (BS '50), Geologist—Of- enjoying every of Professor Folk on stereoscopic vision. Louisiana for Sun Oil Company in minute it." shore Joined the University of Libya in Septem- Houston, suffering through writes, "Still CharlesF. Word (BS '37), Partner inCharles ber1970. Regards." Enjoy Bert Timm's jokes. theNewsletter." F. Word & Associates, says, "No change. Young 111 (BS Helen Patterson Withers (BA '40) is Tech- Last daughter graduates from Texas in WilliamC. '62), Consulting Engineer Y.P.F., nical Editor (geology) with the USGS in June 1971. Have gone through last wed- for writes from Buenos Aires, the family Washington, D. C. ding now and hope to find time to see "All has adjusted well some of the rest of the country." since arrival in May last year. Work isin- VanE. Wittner, Jr. (BS '60), Attorney with teresting and so is dodging the "Collec- Engel, Groom, Miglicco & Sullinsin Hous- Charles E. Workman (MA '61), Lieutenant tives'. The climate is great and so is the ton, writes, "No changes since last year Commander in the U.S. Navy reports, rate of inflation, but the 'bifes' are still other than the immense pride Laure and I "Hope to receiveM.S. degree in Meteorol- cheap."

ri;, Robert E.Boyer No.20, September 1971 Austin, Texas manors. StephenE- clabauch

Contents

Bullard Dinner 1

Department News 5

Faculty Members 5 — Lecturers Guests of the Department 13

Enrollment and Degrees 14

Bureau News 19

Geology Foundation News 23

Special News 26

Down the Colorado 26

In Memoriam 30

Alumni News . . ■ . . 32

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Cover picture: Graduate student Dave Wahl at the rimof a canyoninhis thesis areanear ElSalto,Durango,Mexico