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March 19, 2012 GLENN LONGLEY 814 Palomino Lane San Marcos Updated: March 19, 2012 GLENN LONGLEY 814 Palomino Lane San Marcos, Texas 78666 (512) 245-3581, (512) 396-4811 Hm Fax: (512) 396-4808 Email: [email protected] Professor Aquatic Resources (Biology) Director, Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center Born: Del Rio, Texas, June 2, 1942 Son of: Glenn Lawley LONGLEY and Cleo M. TIPTON LONGLEY Married: Frances VAN WINKLE, August 5, 1961, Abilene, Texas Children: Kelly Frances 6/19/67, Kristy Lee 1/31/74 Katherine Camille 1/21/76, Glenn Campbell 11/12/77 EDUCATION B.S. 1964 Southwest Texas State Biology, Chemistry University ( Now Texas State) M.S. 1966 University of Utah, Zoology and Entomology Salt Lake City, Utah Ph.D. 1969 University of Utah, Environmental Science Salt Lake City, Utah EXPERIENCE 1979-Present Texas State Director, Edwards Aquifer Research University and Data Center 1981-Present Texas State Professor University 1977-81 Texas State Associate Professor University 1969-77 Texas State Assistant Professor University 1966 Salt Lake City, City Monitor Taste and Odor Metro Water District Algae and Deer Creek Reservoir 1966-69 University of Utah Lecture Instructor 1965-67 University of Utah Laboratory Instructor 1963-64 Texas State Research Assistant University 1962-64 Texas State Laboratory Instructor University FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS 1964-65 National Science Foundation, Academic Year. Institute, University of Utah. (Full stipend and all educational expenses) 1965-66 National Institutes of Health Fellowship, University of Utah. (Full stipend and $2,500 for research materials) 1966-69 N.D.E.A. Graduate Fellowship, University of Utah. (Full stipend and $2,500 per year research allowance) 1970-71 Organized Research Grant, Southwest Texas State University. Water quality degradation in San Marcos River. $1,850. 1972-73 Organized Research Grant, Southwest Texas State University. The distribution and concentration of various trace metals in aquatic ecosystems. $2,240. 1972-73 Texas Water Development Board Grant. (with Young, Whiteside, and Carter). The Guadalupe-San Antonio-Nueces River Basin Project, Phase I: Review of existing biological data. $48,000. 1973 Southwest Research Foundation. Aquatic insect study Upper Navasota River. $750. 1974 Soil Conservation Service. Water quality study of the Kickapoo Creek Watershed. $1,300. 1974-75 Soil Conservation Service. Environmental Assessment-Upper San Marcos River Watershed. $30,000. 1976 Southwest Texas State University grant for library research material. $400. 1977 Consulting - Booth and Newsom, Attys. - Valdina Sinkhole Project 1976-77 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Investigation of the present status, population, and ecological relationships of the Texas Blind Salamander. $1,000. 1976-78 Southern Regional Education Board. Electron micrographic studies of diatoms and subterranean organisms. $1,000. 1977-78 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Investigation of the present status, population and ecological relationships of the Toothless Blindcat, Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann and the Widemouth Blindcat, Satan eurystomus Hubbs and Bailey. $3,500. 1977-78 Soil Conservation Service. Water quality study of Big Creek (Tri-county) Watershed, Falls County, Texas. $4,980. 1978 Teknekron Energy Resource Analysts (TERA Corp.). Big Sandy Creek Project. Dallas, Texas. $1,500. 1978 Presented Professional Award for Outstanding Service to Resource Conservation by Soil Conservation Service-Hays, Comal, & Guadalupe Counties. 1979 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Univ. of Cincinnati. Water Quality Instructors' Workshop. $800. 1979-80 San Marcos-Hays County Migrant Project. Groundwater Quality Prairie Wells. $500. 1980-81 Edwards Underground Water District. Cooperation Contract for Educational Materials - EARDC. $38,981. 1980-12 Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center. Special Item. $8,976,961 1981 City of San Marcos. Contract for Wastewater Analysis-Innovative treatment EPA funded contract. $2,351 1981 University of Texas at Austin. Interagency Cooperation Contract - Computation Center. $2,000. 1982-83 Texas Water Pollution Control Association. Service Award. 1983 Water Quality Study (Heavy Metals - Cd & Pb) in Blue Wing Lakes-Bexar Co. Johnson Lake Management Service. $1,624.50 1984 Wimberley Water Quality Study. $300 1984-85 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Hydrogeologic Studies by EARDC (with Dr. Ogden, Principal Investigator) of the San Marcos Springs. $26,100 1984 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Studies of Aquifer hydrobiid snails (with Dr. Hershler, Principal Investigator). $12,000 1984 City of San Marcos. Hydrogeologic maps and services. (with Dr. Ogden, Principal Investigator). $13,858 1984 Texas Water Resources Institute. The role of user chargers and taxes in groundwater conservation: The case of the Edwards Aquifer. (with Dr. Craig Reese, Principal Investigator). $14,800 1984-85 Edwards Underground Water District. Education: Understanding the Edwards Aquifer problem. $13,297 1985 Outstanding Service Award from Science Teachers Association of Texas as Chairman of the 85' Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching. 1986 City of San Marcos. Effects of Wastewater Discharge from the Proposed North San Marcos Waste Water Treatment Plant to the San Marcos River. $2,920 1986 Texas Education Agency. Science Teacher In-service Training Grant $107,189. 1986 Texas Education Agency. Extension of Science Teacher In-service Training Grant $37,179. 1987 Texas Education Agency. Extension of Science Teacher In-service Training Grant $29,927. 1987-88 Hays County Water Development Board - HDR Infrastructure $19,706 1988 Greywater Study for University $21,000 - Co-funded by LCRA, GBRA, SARA, EUWD & HCWDB 1988 Funding for Water Play "A Cave Song" - $5,650 - Co-funded by GBRA, EUWD, BS- EACD 1988 City of San Marcos. San Marcos Economic Fact Book. $2,000. 1988 Water Quality Study - Red Oak Creek (For Trinity River Authority/ Booth & Newsom Attorneys) 1988 Texas Education Agency. Elementary Science In-service Training (EESA-Title II) $39,987. 1989 H.E.B. Foundation Camp - Water Quality Study. $882 1989-90 SWTSU-City of San Marcos. City of San Marcos, Transportation and Economic Development Program. $15,000 1989-90 Texas Education Agency. A Study of the Aquaculture Industry in Texas to Assist in Establishing Aquaculture as a course offering in Agricultural Science & Technology (with Dr. J. Dillingham, Agriculture Dept.) $34,991 1990 -92 Consulting - Endangered Species. Vinson & Elkins, Attys. 1990 Consulting - Red Oak Creek Water Quality. Booth & Newsom, Attys. 1990 Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. San Marcos River Management Study. $28,857 1990 Biomonitoring. San Marcos, New Braunfels, Seguin, Uvalde. $28,000 1990 Texas Education Agency. Introductory Physical Science & Introductory Biology (EESA- Title II) $150,000. 1990 Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. San Marcos River Study. $60,778. 1991-92 U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Seco Watershed Bioassessment Study. $82,952 1992. Appointed to Natural Resources Committee, San Marcos Chamber of Commerce 1993 Eminent Texas Hydrologist Award, presented by American Institute of Hydrology and American Water Resources Association (Texas Section) 1993-95 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, SCS. Watershed Bioassessment Study. $102,838. 1995 National Science Foundation. Summer Science Camp. $51,598 1995 Texas Water Development Board. Guadalupe River Environmental Study of Proposed Diversion Sites G-10 & G-14. $40,000 1995 Edwards Underground Water District. Aquifer Water Quality Studies. $7,942 1996 Edwards Aquifer Authority. Aquifer Water Quality Studies. $7,942 1996 Brazos River Authority. City of Georgetown Water Quality Study. $11,628. 1996-97 National Science Foundation. Summer Science Camp. $61,716 1996-98 Texas Water Development Board. Guadalupe, Cibolo & San Antonio studies. Contract # 96-483-181. $48,454. 1996-98 National Biological Service. Collection of Texas Blind Salamanders, San Marcos Salamanders and Comal Springs Salamanders. $15,160. 1996-97 Sandra McDonald, EPA Reg. 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Ste. 1200, Dallas, TX 75202-2733 Phone: 214-665-7187. 10/31/96 – 7/30/99 Comparison of the sensitivity of the fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola) and the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) to the City of San Marcos WWTP effluent and four toxicants. Contract # X-996718-01-0 $50,400. 1996-98 Texas Water Development Board. Bad Water Line study of Edwards Aquifer. Contract # 96-483-184. $106,831. 1996-97 City of San Marcos. Giardia/Cryptosporidium Studies. Contract # 96-034-03. $47,360. 1996 Jones & Neuse, Inc. Rapid Bioassessment of Macroinvertebrates and Index of Biotic Integrity for fish populations in Linnville Bayou and Caney Creek near Sweeny, Texas. $8,000 1997 Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Workshop on Basic Groundwater Hydrology. $ 7,600 1997 Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Workshop on Vadose Zone Hydrology. $5,000. 1997 Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority. IFIM Phase one study on the Guadalupe River. $18,777. 1997 Texas Organization for Endangered Species. Conservation Award at Annual meeting in Temple. 1997 City of San Marcos Contact: N.D. Kaku, 630 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, TX 78666 Phone: 512-392-8344. Contract # 97-041 WET testing. Annual renewal since 1997 to present. $12,000/yr. 1998 JD Consulting. Bioassessment and Fish study of Linnville Bayou and Caney Cr., Sweeny, Texas. $10,065 1998 JD Consulting. Biological sampling of Red Draw Reservoir, Fina Big Spring Refinery, Howard County, Texas. $11,814 1998 LCRA Contact: Alfred Schmitz, Sam Gideon, Fayette,
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