Department of Geological Sciences Newsletter No. 24, September 1975

Department of GeologicalSciences Newsletter THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN No. 24, September 1975 AUSTIN, TEXAS Geophysics at UT

Wallace E. Pratt Professorship inGeophysics

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr.Milo M. Backus has accepted appointment as the Wallace E. Pratt Professor in Geophysics and began his teaching duties on September Ist.Milo was born in Chicago and received his college training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he first completed aB.S. degree in geology and geophysics and then a Ph.D. degree in geophysics in 1956. He joined Geophysical Services, Inc. as a research geophysicist in 1955 and was employedthere until August 1974. While at G.S.I, he was promoted to Director of Research and later became a Vice President.His research workmainly involved the development of improved methods of seismic exploration Milo M. Backus for oil and gas, with emphasis on the analysis andprocessing of seismic data. He was engaged in work on the detection ment as well asindustry support. TheBoard of Regentsof the of underground nuclear explosions, supported by the Vela University approvedthe Professorship and its nameinhonor Uniform Project,and onproblems of submarine survelliance. of Wallace E. Pratt in June, 1973. Mr. Pratt, although a Milo is recognized as a key member of a small group of geologist,pioneered geophysicsas one aspect of geology while G.S.I, scientists instrumental in bringing about aconversion employed with Humble Oil and Refining Company in the of field data from analog to digital recording and processing 20'sand 30's. Recognition of Mr.Pratt's foresight and abili- was in with attendant mathematical treatment. ties given by his election to Honorary— Membership After leaving G.5.1., he became a consulting geophysicist the Society of Exploration Geophysicists only two men in inDallas. While a consultant heengagedinproblem analysis precededhim receiving this honor. Many of our alumni recall with fondness the contact they and system design (data acquisition, processing, and inter- had with Mr. Pratt when attending our senior field course. pretation) for seismic exploration systems in difficult areas, For a number of years a highlight of Geology 660 was the and for direct hydrocarbon detection-oriented exploration trip up McKittrick Canyon, then ownedby Mr.Pratt. Hehas programs. since donated this property to the National Park Service to Milo is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysi- insure that the classic Permian reef will be available for cists, the European Society of Geophysicists, the Acoustical future generations to study and enjoy. Society of America and Sigma Xi. His publications, in journals including Geophysics,theJournal of GeophysicalRe- New Geophysics Option search, and Geophysical Prospecting, focus on seismic data processing, both theoretical and exploration. Several of his The new catalog of the College of Natural Sciences lists degree option geologists. publications are considered classic research efforts in those another B.S. open to This is the long-awaited course sequence with geophysics emphasis aspects of seismic exploration. within the Department of Geological Sciences. It is unique He is highly regarded in the geophysical industry and is in that the requirements replace very few of our traditional recognized as a in processing world leader data research. geology courses. The total number of credit hours in geology Among accomplishments, his he demonstrated how to handle remains unchanged, but the previously-elective geophysics and, co-authors, "singing" on marine seismograms with courses are now required. Four courses areinvolved and in- pioneered in velocity analysis studies based on correlation clude the new two-semester exploration geophysics lecture methods. He also contributed to the field of wave propaga- and field course sequence,a course in solid earth geophysics, tion, particularly in refraction methods. In the words of an and a final course in data-interpretation methods with case authority in the field, "MiloBackus was directly instrumental history studies. The number of geology majors identifying insteeringappliedseismology from an art toa science." with this geophysical emphasis has increased steadily during The Pratt Professorship was made possible through the the pastyear and we therefore anticipate a substantial num- generous contributions of alumni and friends of the Depart- ber of students will choose this degree program.Enrollment 2 September,1975 in the exploration course exceeded 40 students last tail, a clear indication tnat tne present student populationis ready lor more courses in appliedexplorationlecnniques.The geology emphasis in our geopnysics option compares well with straight geology major curricma at other major universities. The additionalphysics, math, and geophysics courses maKe this a very comprehensive degree program. Thebasic course changes reilect a switchin emphasisfrom thelife sciences tomorephysics and math.Thefreshman and sophomore curricula closely resemble those of engineering and physics majors, enabling students to transfer into our program without embarking ona totally newcoursesequence. Two chemistry and math courses,beginning with calculus in the freshman year, are required and students may elect to take additional math courses. A three-yearphysics sequence begins in the sophomore year, enabling the student to prac- Wulf Massell inspects the Department's newly-acquired tice applying the analytical techniques learned during the long-period vertical seismometer at the seismic first year while simultaneously takingadvanced math courses. station Parallel with this sequence the student enrolls in at least one geology course per semester and gradually builds a geologi- 250 lb. block of steel. This is both amore reliable andmore cal, then geophysical, understanding. powerful source than the firecrackers used in the past. Sev- We view the new geophysical option as another important eral geology graduate and undergraduate students have used step inmaking our overall programinthe geological sciences this portable seismic system along withresistivity and gravity an excellent one for training students for their future pro- meters to do reconnaissance field work, in some instances fessional responsibilities. their work has been followed up using the 48-channel field truck. GeophysicsProgram1974-1975 The Wang programmable calculator is utilized more as a computer than a calculator. We have successfully interfaced by Wulf Massell it to the CDC 6600 and are running two cassette tape drives The seismic station is working well and we have acquired for program and data storage. Most geophysics graduate a long-period vertical seismometer since last year. We now students have become quiteproficient in the use of our exist- have a full complement of short and long-period instruments ing computer facilities. and our file of seismic records in theAustin area covers the We are taking a giant step in our geophysical data-pro- past two years. The experience gained over these years has cessing and research facilities with the acquisition of a allowed us to maintaina continuous operation. Phoenix seismic data-processing system donated by Seismo- The seismic instrument truck is in almost constant use by graph Service Corporation. This system permits us to per- all geophysics students. Recording capacity is now 48 data form all the data-processing functions commonly performed channels for refraction and reflection work. The cables, in geophysical shops. The Phoenix is a minicomputer with phones and supplies donated by the various companies have specialized peripheral equipment that will provide students greatly improved our effectiveness in providing students a means to perform hands-on analysis of large volumes of valuable experience in seismic-data collecting. We hope to seismic data. It will supplement the CDC 6600 since it has acquire enough3-component phones to undertake studies re- special features designed to provide seismic processing at a lated to near-surface seismic investigations. fraction of the cost involved in using the large general-pur- Several reflection shots were attempted during the spring pose computer. Students will use existing supplier-developed geophysics field course. However these proved to be more software for normal instructionand research,and inaddition, educational than successful! Our inability to record more they can develop specialsoftware relevant to their particular than two or three shots per day severely limits the scope of problems. Some University funds to maintainand supply this our reflection investigations. Nevertheless all the students effort have already been secured. who participated in these field operations will have a greater Wehave been successful in obtaining seismic data sets for respectfor the 24-fold CDP records they will be interpreting study by several of our graduate students. One such study after theyleave. involves identifying velocity problems in the Tertiary sec- Among thegrowing inventory geophysical field equipment tion in south Texas. available toour students is a 6-channel (soon to beconverted With the addition of Dr.Milo Backus as the first Wallace to 12) portable, seismic-refraction instrumentusing Polaroid E. Pratt Professor of Geophysics our geophysics staff now film. We have had success in using shot gun shells as a sur- numbers three, and welook forward to the expansionof our face-energy source by firing them through a "home built" program. Geological Sciences Newsletter 3

Special Course in Seismic Interpretation problems. This immediate application sustained their interest in the theoretical aspects at a high level, making learning A number of the students in Geology 365K "Introduc- effective. tion to Exploration Geophysics" petitioned last fall for a The students also rated highly the opportunity to meet a course on seismic interpretation to be taught in the Spring diverse group of practicing geophysicists, including many Semester, 1975. As a result of this initiative, such a course whose names were already familiar to them from the litera- was organized and presented through the cooperation of eleven companies who provided speakers for the thirteen ture. This also gave the students an opportunity to obtain answers scheduled talks. Several other companies expressed strong to many of their nontechnical questions about career interest in participating in the program, but because of the choices. It certainly gave them a different view of the ex- short notice wereunable to do so. ploration industry. Because the course was so warmly received, it will be re- The following talks weregiven: peated in slightly modified form in the spring of 1976. Jan. 20, Pete Embree, GSI Basics of Seismic Interpretation Jan. 27, Miller Quarles, Petty-Ray Expansion ofCooperativeProgram with Examples of High-Quality Seismic Sections GeophysicalLaboratory at Galveston Feb. 3, Turhan Taner, Seiscom-Deka Determination and Use of Velocity Feb. 10, Aftab Alam, Atlantic-Richfield Oil Co. Section Distortions Due to Velocity Variations Feb. 17, Harry Mayne, Petty-Ray Multiple Reflections Feb. 24, Kenneth Lamer, Western Geophysical Co. Strange Events March 3, C. N. Chernoff, Chevron Oil Co. Migration March 10, Sven Treitel, Amoco Production Co. Convolution and Deconvolution March 17,Kevin Barry, TeledyneExploration Co. Bright Spotsand Dim Spots TheIdaGreen,135-footresearch vessel,anchored adjacent March 31, Walter Fillipone.Union Oil Co. of Calif. to GeophysicalLaboratory,Galveston Well Logs in SeismicInterpretation April 7, A. M. Olander, Exxon Company USA The graduate program in geophysics at the Galveston From Concept to Prospect Laboratory includes a wide range of research programs in April 14,Peter Vail, Exxon Prod. Res. Co. submarine geophysics, submarine geology and planetary seis- Seismic Stratigraphy mology. Dr.J.Lamar Worzel, ActingDirector of theGeophys- April 21, W. E. Bird & A. A. Becker, Conoco ical Laboratory, and Drs. James Dorman and Gary Latham Modern CaseHistories have professorships inthe Department.EachSpring Semester I. Seismic Expression of Pre-Tertiary Structure a course is offered on the Austin campus by one of these inEast andSouth Texas faculty members. This teaching arrangement began during 11. Vibroseis Evolution in California Spring 1975 when Dr. Worzel presented a course entitled "Marine Geophysics".Duringthe SpringSemester 1976,Drs. All talks were scheduled to last 90 minutes; however, there Dorman and Latham will teach "Physics of the Earth".It is was vigorous presentation such discussion after each that the planned that these two courses will be taught in alternate designatedtime was always just beginning. Friday the On the years. before each visit,Dr. Rust reviewed the material needed for Graduate students may enroll at UT-Austin as well as at the coming seminar and informally discussed the company and speaker. UT-Dallas to take basic graduate courses at the respective Each session attracted a number of visitors including campuses for one year. These students then relocate at Gal- faculty,Bureau staff, and other interested students. Both the vestonto complete their graduateprogramsworkingunder the speakersand the audience quite obviously found the course supervision of the Galveston faculty. Currently several stu- stimulating. The students rated highest the opportunity to see dents registered in Austin are enrolled in this program and a substantial amount of real data and see how they were we expect that registration to increase as the joint teaching- modified in processing and applied to specific geological research program evolves. DeFord's West Texas

Compiledby E. C. Jonas

Most of you already know (and some from first-hand ex- indirectly by supplying letters with recollections of the high perience) that during the 1950's and 1960's a concerted points in their experiences as student mappers.Out of this effort was made to compile geologic map data for a large session grew three hours of continuous reminiscing and tall- area in Trans-Pecos Texas and northeastern Chihuahua tale telling that was captured on tapes for the future enjoy- (with a one-summer's interlude in northeastern Arizona). ment of any alum who may want to review them. Some of The original information consisted of a series of master's this information was instructive,some sad, some funny, and theses and doctoral dissertations,many of which weresuper- some unprintable. With an abundance of editorial license, vised by Professor Ronald K. DeFord. Some 140 students we have recapped some of the stories in which we suspect participated in this endeavor through a period of 20 years all of you will be interested. Space limitations demanded and a fraternity of sorts (alas, no women students were in- that a great deal had to be condensed, some left out, and volved) grew up in the Department among those working some cleaned up. on this project. Certainly one of the major long-term benefits all students Looking back, it is somewhat surprising that such alarge involved in the geological mapping project enjoyed was the portion of the student body should have been so enthusiastic acquisitionof practical, scientific,and technical information. about mapping Trans-Pecos geology. Was it the accessibility Some of this information was imparted by professors to the and ease of mapping in the field? Was it the availability of students, and some was the result of student wisdom being previous work in that area? passed on to other students. For example, Professor Wilson It is abundantly clear to anyone who has sampled west to student Underwood on how to collect vertebrate fossils, Texas for any length of time that the answers to these ques- "If it looks like a bone, it's a bone." Or Dan Powell in a tions would be an emphatic "NO". On the other hand could Tech-Session question-and-answer period to Dan Bridges on it have been the enthusiasm of Mr. DeFord for the project how to collect ammonites, "You look down at the ground, or the challenge— of opening a new geographic area to geo- reach down and grab it, and put it in your sample sack logic research conquering obstacles that the very nature before it gets away." [Practical graduate training at its of west Texas would certainly present? Was it the comrade- best!] ship or fraternity that grew up as a result of this coopera- There were numerous tests of physical prowess and en- tive effort? Perhaps all of these are true in part, but what- durance. Some resulted in pride for the contestants, somein ever the motivationmight have been, the outgrowth of these dejection, and all in weariness. Professor DeFord with a student projects has been a major contribution to the geo- carryall full of students insisted on driving because the area logical literature. This scientific information has been was wet and muddy. He was, of course, the best qualified brought together in several field conferences based on the driver but in spite of this the truck became stuck in the student mapping. In recent years, two such conferences were mud 15 miles from the nearest ranch house. With a good organized to honor Professor DeFord. The first was held in deal of embarrassment and the need to make restitution for Midland in 1970 and consisted of a series of papers and a having marooned so many people, Professor DeFord vol- well-conducted field tour. The second and much more recent unteered to go to the headquarters for a jeep to pull the conference was held during the spring 1975, again under truck from the mud. He left the site jogging across country the auspices of the West Texas Geological Society. Another at a fair pace.Much to the amazement of the students, he fine field guide was prepared for that excursion by Don returned within 21/£> hours with the jeep to extricate the Reaser and Jim Underwood. Because this was such an important part of the history of the Department of Geological Sciences and because it was still fresh in their minds, Don, Jim and Professor DeFord *With thanks to Don Eeaser (PhD '74), Jim Underwcod (MA '56, PhD '62), and all the students who worked in west agreed to sit down and record some of the highlights of the Texas and northern Mexico during these years, and with mapping activities. Numerous former students participated special thanks to The Professor. Geological Sciences Newsletter 5

DeFord's expertise as a "mudder"

truck. Only now with a desire to have aperfectly clear con- but only one panther story seems to have surfaced. Don science about all things, Professor DeFord admits that soon Reaser and Dan Powell were returning to their camp one after he reached the country road he was picked up by two evening after having measured a section of Espy. They had other students onthe way to their field camp; theytook him stopped to open a gate located near a small tree. It was back to headquarters at Toyah. For all those students who getting dark and neither paid much attention to the sur- stood wide eyedwatchinghim return after such a short time, roundings until a great hissing sound came from the tree. Professor DeFord wants to say that this recent confession Without looking up Dan Powell shouted, "A black wildcat!" in no way disproves that he was indeed in good shape. Both men ran, but it was Reaser who outstripped Powell in That may have appeared to be the fastest walk, but the getting away from the wildcat. At a safe distance they longest walk was recounted by Jim Underwood who was in stopped for an assessment of their peril, and decided they the company of Ike Smith, Bob Perkins, and aprofessional should investigate more carefully. With new light on the driver for a company-owned jeep. Here again the experi- subject it became clear that the, "black wildcat" was in enced driver, not understanding the ranching roads on the reality a large turkey buzzard perched onhis branch of the Indio ranch, hit a chuck hole in just the right way to cause small tree. Dan and Don opened the gate, passed through some unknown electrical malady. No amount of coaxing or unharmed, and continued on their way to camp. prodding could produce even a glimmer of activity from the From all reminiscences Powell and Reaser were a cautious jeep. It was clear after a short time that the party was com- pair. It seems that one spring before the field season a pletely dependent upon its own resources. Twentieth century robbery-murder was committed on the banks of the Rio progress had failed them. The time was 8:00 p.m. and little Grande near where they made their headquarters in a small daylight remained for the 20-mile hike back to the Moody adobe casa. Some ranch hand had splashed blood-red paint Bennett ranch. They elected to follow the road rather than on the inside wall of another nearby abandoned adobe and shortcuts and with the aid of moonlight and 10-minute rests inscribed it: MUERTE. This naturally had a psychological every hour, reached the Bennett ranch footsore and hungry effect on the two occupants of the casa, but they really didn't at daybreak. think much about it until one evening they heard rather Professor DeFord would also like to confess that he knew heavy footsteps on the tin roof. Both men awoke instantly all along but failed to reveal the fact that 10 times more and stared at each other in the dim light with a small touch people were killed in west Texas (and the whole USA) by of terror in their eyes. After groping for a searchlight and lightning than by rattlesnakes. He is uncertain whether he mustering a good deal of courage, they went outside cau- failed to divulge this statistic in order to quiet the appre- tiously, only to find a large owl perched on the roof crest. hensions of those afraid of lightning or to keep those stu- Subsequent visits of the owl stirred only slight embarrass- dents who did not have the proper respect for rattlesnakes ment over the recollection of the original effect produced. a little bit more cautious. Visits between mapping teams were infrequent at best Rattlesnakes were, of course, a relatively common sight, because distances were great and time was valuable. Occa- 6 September,1975 sional conferences would be planned to compareobservations Speaking of different accounts of the same historic occur- that seemed to need correlation, but social visits were few rence, there is one notable story that probably will neverbe and far between. An opportunity for greetingDon Reasei unanimously acceptedby everyone involved. came unexpectedly one day for Jim Underwood as he and We chose to present both versions and allow the reader to Sam Bishop fromMidland flew in a small plane from Mara- make his own decision.It seems that Dan Bridges and Julius thon over the Eagle Mountains. There was momentary and Dasch arrived in their jeep at the Dieceocho Creek crossing inconsequential trouble with the motor that caused the plane during a flash flood. Impetuous Dan said, "We can make to lose some altitude. Jim found himself over what he was it", and drove into the stream only to be washed away. The sure was the adobe headquarters of portly Don Reaser and jeep was overturned and half -buried with sand; Dan and lean Dan Powell. He asked Sam to circle so as to attract Julius escaped to higher ground. No sooner had the jeep the attention of anyone in the house. On the second time disappeared from sight down the flooding arroyo than along around Jim spotted Don outside the casa but Don paid no cameMr.DeFord inhis own jeep.Seeingthe students stand- attentionto the airplane. The third time around Jim dropped ing on the edge of the iloodwater, he jumped out of his jeep a Kodak film can but still attracted no attention. The next and dashed to them. His words were, "Did you save the air timearound wassomewhat lower and Jim realized hehad not photos?" These are the facts, but the interpretation remains been signaling Reaser, but instead was signaling the butane in contest. Dan says, "It was clear what was important to tank. From that time and from the stories Jim Underwood Professor DeFord." Professor DeFord says, "I could see they related about this experience, Don gained the nickname, were all right; all their summer's work was on their photos." "butane tank". Even years later he would be greeted at Iam sure Dan valued the field data as much as Professor GSA meetings by old friends as "Butane tankReaser". DeFord, but it does make a good story. Any recollection of life in west Texas during the field Many of the lighter moments and much of the fun was season would be incomplete without some comments about generally reviewed at final bedlam each year. There are Mrs. DeFord. She was there, enjoying the area and the always grand impersonations but none ever achieved Page challenge of living in it, and she thrived on the association Twiss' characterization of Professor DeChevrolet replete with with the students who occasionally visited the DeFord head- balls of cotton glued to his eyebrows. There was the 1956 quarters.Part of her timewas usedprofitably in making the trophy awarded to Professor DeFord for the "shortest travel acquaintance of all the local inhabitants. She evenhelped timebetween the Rio Grande and Tobin's bar". The trophy with the distribution of mail and took advantage of her consisted of a race car symbolizing the speed of Professor mail experience to send for a mail order cane to replace DeFord's driving, and inverted funnel symbolizing the gas the somewhat cruder walking stick Professor DeFord used. fumes chronically escaping from the jerry cans loaded in When the long-awaited order arrived, it was discovered that the back of the truck, and all of this carefully mounted on the mail-order house had made the mistake of sending a a baby's potty, which symbolized the mental condition of single crutch instead of the walking stick. The unintended the passengers during the trip to Tobin's bar. At another implication so overshadowed the original gesture that even timeDon Reaser performed a convincing wedding ceremony the students were well aware of Professor DeFord's reac- for May Diefendorf and Julius Dasch at a time somewhat tion. Mrs.DeFord took seriously her role as contact with the before they had decided to have the legal ceremony per- local people. She even undertook to look after the local spa formed. The area always earned special mention at Tech at Hot Springs while the owners were away on vacation. Sessions duringthe time alarge number of theses werebeing Her main duty was to collect 25£ from each Mexican ranch prepared on the various aspects of that well-known geological hand or wetback who happened by needing to use the hot locality. spring water for bathing, but the wetbacks lacked dinero. In spite of all the fun and all the experiences, both It's uncertain whether the income from this isolated spa dangerous and educational, there seems to have been an diminishedunder her management or not. On theother hand overriding unanimous opinion that the projects were indeed a good deal of excitementdid occur at the spa when Charlie worth a great dealmorethan simply the data collected. There Mankin's bride came to visit Charlie in the field and stayed was the insistence that Professor DeFord made on proper with the DeFords near the spa. After a few days of west reporting of the mapping projects, and many students later Texas heat and dust, she decided to indulge in one of the agreed that this newly-learnedability to write reportshelped hot baths. Not being eager to use the tubs inside the small them in advancement as professional geologists. Mr. De- building, she chose to bathe in the single tub located in the Ford's balance of allowing students freedom to make mis- open along side ararely used dirtroad. As luck would have takes and correct themselves, as well as giving supporting it, she had no sooner drawn the water and begun her bath advice and encouragement, acted as a fine model for all of than along came a large truck loaded with Mexican wet- those who intended to go into the teaching profession. On back ranch hands. At this point the several versions of the the technical side, he showed students how to be interested under story differ somewhat in detail. Some say she ducked in local plants, animals, and history as well as the geology, water and avoided notice by the Mexicans. Others say the the importance of mapping rock bodies instead of strati- Mexican truck stopped while its occupants enjoyed the graphic units, and how to look into all alternativesbefore scenery. making a final decision on a technical problem. 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Faculty Promotions and Apollo passive seismic experiment as well as on the Viking Appointments (Mars) surface seismic experiments. Gary is also engaged New in the study of earthquakes and volcanologyinCentral Amer- ica and in data analysis from the Lunar laser experiments. It is with pride and respect for their attainments that we Don G. Bebout, currently a Research Scientist in the recognize faculty promotions and new faculty appointments Bureau of Economic Geology is a specialist in carbonate in the Department, effective September 1, 1975. petrology. Don has been appointed to the title of Lecturer. Langston, currently Director the Vertebrate Warm of Since his arrival, Don has been active in team-teaching Paleontology Laboratory and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates courses with Bob Folk and Al Scott and has assisted in the Museum, been named a Profes- for the TexasMemorial has supervision of graduate students. (For further details of sor.For several years Warmhas taught graduate courses and Don's activities,please refer toinformation regarding Bureau supervised students while appointed as a Lecturer. It is cer- faculty.) tainly fitting thathe hold the title of Professor in view of his Joel S. Watkins of the Galveston Geophysical Group has world-wide research renown and his continued contributions also been appointed as a Lecturer. Joel is no stranger to to the programin vertebratepaleontology in our Department Texas having received his Ph.D. from UT-Austin in 1961 Leon E. Long has also been promoted to Professor. Over under Bill Muehlberger's supervision. After astint at M.1.T., the years Leon hasbeen both aproductive researcher and an Joel taught at the University of North Carolina at ChapelHill outstanding teacher. He is duly credited (along with Al and was a Professor there prior to joining the Marine Scott) the development of our popular introductory-level for Science Institute in Galveston in 1973. Joel's research in- combined physical-historical course (Geology 303). Taught cludes overseeing the multi-channel seismic reflection pro- each semester, this course consistently has the highest single gram involving a study of the origin and evolution of the registration of our freshman offerings and has been an effec- Gulf of Mexico, investigation of high-frequency seismic tive means of introducing geology to students of varied back- activities on the Moon, and implications of magnetic ano- grounds.We further recognizeLeon's important contribution malies in the Venezuelan Basin of the Carribean. to the profession through his textbook Geology, now used ex- to these new faculty tensivelybecause of the clarity of writingand detailed infor- We look forward the involvement of in teaching programs Department mationit contains on contemporary geology. the and research of the in Dr.Milo M. Backus, Consulting Geologist and former Ex- and welcome them their new faculty positions. ecutive with Geophysical Services, Inc.,has been appointed as the first Wallace E. Pratt Professor inGeophysics.Inpre- paration for teaching, Milo spent two weeks this summer at Faculty andStaff M.I.T. as a participant in a short course on digital signal processing.He also organizedthe outline and content for the new advanced geophysics course "Seismic Exploration Sys- Professors tems Analysis" whichhe is teaching this fall. Drs. H. James Dorman and Gary V. Latham of the Geo- MiloM. Backus (Wallace E. Pratt Professorship in Geo- physical Laboratory, Marine Science Institute at Galveston physics), Ph.D., M.1.T.: Seismic exploration with em- have been appointed Professors.Both Jim and Gary came to phasis on analysis, processing and signature refinement Texas with Dr. Ewing from Lamont Geophysical Laboratory of seismic data. of Columbia University in June, 1972. With the administra- Daniel S. Barker, (Graduate Adviser) Ph.D.,Princeton: tive changeover last year, the Geophysical Laboratory was Igneousand metamorphic petrology; experimentalphase transferred from the budget of the UT Medical Branch at relations of feldspars and feldspathoids; origin of gra- Galveston to UT-Austin. It is therefore highly appropriate nitic and alkalic rocks; geochemistry. that these distinguishedresearchers be appointed in our De- Virgil E. Barnes (Geologist, Bureau of Economic Geol- partment and be identified more closely with our students ogy), Ph.D., Wisconsin: Stratigraphy, geologic map- and faculty. ping; tektites; directing compilation of Texas Geologic Currently Jim Dorman is analyzing lunar seismic data and Atlas. studying the problems of determining the structure of the Texas coastal plain. He is also involved in use of seismic W. Charles Bell (Retired),Ph.D., Michigan: Cambrian methods for the location of geothermal fields in Texas and and Carboniferous stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Central America. Gary Latham serves with NASA on the central Texas. 8 September, 1975

Robert E. Boyer (Chairman) (joint appointment: Pro- John C. Maxwell (William Stamps Farish Chair of Ge- fessor of Education),Ph.D.,Michigan: Structural geol- ology),Ph.D., Princeton: Regional tectonics. ogy; analysis of space photographs; remote sensing; Earle F. Mcßride, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins: Sedimentary earth science education. processes and sedimentary petrology. L. Frank Brown, Jr. (Associate Director, Research, Bu- William R. Muehlberger, Ph.D., Caltech: Tectonics; reau of Economic Geology), Ph.D., Wisconsin: Upper lunar geology. Paleozoic stratigraphy; depositional systems; environ- William M. Rust (Adjunct), Ph.D., Rice: Geophysics. mental geology. Alan J. Scott, Ph.D., Illinois: Biostratigraphy; paleo- Fred M. Bullard (Emeritus), Ph.D., Michigan: Volcan- ecology; Recent marine environments. ology. John A. Wilson,Ph.D., Michigan: Vertebrate biostratig- Stephen E. Clabaugh, Ph.D., Harvard: Metamorphic raphy of the Tertiary of Gulf Coastal Plan, West Texas petrology and volcanic rocks of Texas and Mexico. and Mexico. Ronald K.DeFord (Emeritus), M.S., Colorado School of John L. Worzel (Acting Director, Geophysics Labora- Mines: Stratigraphy and tectonics, southwestern U.S.A. tory, Marine Science Institute— Galveston), Ph.D., Co- and northern Mexico;history of geology. lumbia: Oceanography; geophysics; gravity at sea; H. James Dorman,— (Geophysical Laboratory, Marine seismic profiling. Science Institute Galveston) Ph.D. Columbia: Seis- Keith Young, Ph.D., Wisconsin: Mesozoic stratigraphy mology; lunar studies. and paleontology Gulf Coast, U.S.A. and Mexico; de- Samuel P. Ellison, Jr. (Alexander Deussen Professor- tailed mapping of the area of the Balcones escarpment; ship in—Energy Resources), Ph.D., Missouri: Resource geology of the environment of man. geology fuels, coal, oil and gas, subsurface— geology; micropaleontology and biostratigraphy foraminifera Associate Professors and conodonts. — Rolland B.Bartholomew (joint appointment: Associate William L. Fisher (Deputy Assistant Secretary -Energy Professor of Education), Ph.D., Maryland: Science ed- and Minerals,U.S. Department of the Interior), Ph.D., ucation curriculum development and teaching methods. Kansas: Gulf Coast Cenozoic stratigraphy and sedimen- E.William—Behrens (Research Scientist,Marine Science tation;environmental geology. Institute Port Aransas), Ph.D., Rice: Coastal and Peter T. Flawn (President, The University of Texas at marinesedimentology. San Antonio),Ph.D., Yale: Economic geology;environ- Ralph 0.Kehle,Ph.D.,Minnesota: Theoretical structur- mental geology; geology and public affairs. al geology; active fault systems; geophysics; computer Robert L. Folk,Ph.D.,PermState: Petrographyand ori- applications; environmental geology. gin of Recent sediments, Tertiary sandstones of Gulf Lynton S. Land, Ph.D., Lehigh: Isotope geochemistry; Coast, Cretaceous and Paleozoic limestones of central diagenesis; low-temperature aqueous geochemistry. Texas; sedimentary properties in relation to geomor- L. Jan Turk, Ph.D., Stanford: Hydrogeology; ground- phology. water quality; environmental and engineering geology. Claude W. Horton, Sr. (joint appointment: Professor of Physics), Ph.D., Texas: Underwater acoustics; mag- Assistant Professors netotelluric fluctuations; geophysical time series. Backer, Ph.D., F. Earl Ingerson, Ph.D., Yale: Geological thermometry; Victor R. Colorado: Geomorphic processes; paleohydrology; Quaternary ore deposits: hydrothermal studies; geochemistry; gems and environmental geomorphology. and gem minerals; petrofabrics; tektites; geochemistry Lufkin,Ph.D., geology; of sedimentary rocks; studies of the Martian surface. John L. Stanford: Economic ore Edward C. Jonas (joint appointment: Professor of Edu- microscopy. Wulf Massell,Ph.D.,Indiana: Applied geophysics; seis- cation), Ph.D., Illinois: Electron and x-ray diffraction of clay minerals ;pyroclastic sediments and uranium demic exploration and dataprocessing. Douglas Smith,Ph.D., Caltech: Field, chemical and ex- posits. perimental Warm Langston,Jr. (Research Scientist,TexasMemorial study of problems of igneous and metamor- Museum), Ph.D., California, Berkeley:Paleontology of phic petrology; geochemistry. Sprinkle, Ph.D., lower vertebrates. James T. Harvard: Primitive echino- derms; blastoids; and paleon- Gary V. Latham (Geophysical Laboratory, Marine Paleozoic stratigraphy Science Institute— Galveston), Ph.D., Columbia: Seis- tology of the Rocky Mountains. mology; Lunar and Martian studies. Lecturers Leon E. Long, Ph.D., Columbia: Geochemistry; isotopic age and stable isotope studies. Don G. Bebout (Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr., Ph.D., Chicago: Vertebrate Geology), Ph.D., Kansas: Carbonate petrology; geo- paleontology; Pleistocene faunas. thermal energyin Texas Gulf Coast. Geological Sciences Newsletter 9

Charles G.Groat (Acting Director, Bureau of Economic Geology), Ph.D., Texas: Economic geology; geomorph- Faculty Activity ology; continentalsediments;environmental geology. Fred W. McDowell, Ph.D., Columbia: Geochemistry; geochronology. Vie Baker participated in the Extension Division course JosephH.McGowen (Research Scientist, Bureau of Eco- program at the Permian Basin Graduate Center inMidland, while teaching a full load here semester. nomic Geology), Ph.D., Texas: Coastal geology; coastal during the fall His course at Midland was Geomorphology and fluvial processes; shoreline stability as related to entitled Advanced and emphasized applications geomorphology sediment budget; facies and geometry of Holocene bay the of to the sediment. search for petroleum. On campushe taught the introductory Ed. W. Owen, M.A., Missouri: D.Sc. (Hon.) Denison. geomorphology course in geology for engineers.During the spring semester Vie in Subsurface geology; history of geology. participated team-teaching the course in the geology of in Joel S. Watkins (Geophysical Laboratory, Marine soils as well as giving courses environ- — mental geology geomorphology. Despite Science Institute Galveston), Ph.D., Texas: Marine and advanced the busy teaching load, geophysics; explosion seismology. Vie was highly productive in seeing several research activities to completion. He wrote the final Librarian report for aNASA-sponsoredproject "Stream Network Anal- ysis from Orbital and Suborbital Remote Sensing Imag- Smith,M.L.S., Geol- Martin A. Maryland: In charge of ery." Two of his articles will appearin the forthcoming En- Library ogy and maproom. cyclopedia of Soil Science and AppliedGeology. He also co- authored three papers with his post-doctoral fellow, Mar- TechnicalStaff garida M. Penteado, who returned to Brazil in December G.Karl Hoops,M. A., Texas: Rock and mineral analysis following a year on campus working with Vie. The papers by standard methods; instrumental chemical analysis Vie prepared with Dr. Penteado are on the subject of Qua- for trace elements. ternary fluvial patterns as they relate to the Colorado River Horace T.Masterson,8.5.,St.Mary's University:Main- and central Texas. tains, designs, and builds electronic equipment. Vie attended the GSA meetings in Miami and presented a Rudolph Melchior,Instrument Maker: Constructs spe- paper there. He also organized aninvited symposium for the cial laboratory and field equipment. South-Central Section meeting of the GSA in March. This Richard Morales,8.A., Texas:Thin sectionpreparation; session was entitled "Fluvial and General Morphology." Vie petrographic and electron microprobe; ore microscopy also presented a paper at that symposium and one at the sample preparation; polished mounts and thin sections. NASA symposium onEarth Resources Survey held in Hous- Salvatore Valastro, Jr., (Associate Director, Radio- ton in early June. This past summer Vie worked with D. J. carbon Laboratory), B. A., U. of St. Thomas: Radio- Nelton of the USGS Astrogeology Branch on the comparison carbon assay of recent sediments,groundwater,paleobo- of the state of Washington's channeled scaWands to certain tanical materials. features observed from photographs of Mars. Included in Ernest E. "Woehl, Mechanic: Maintains field equipment this study was field workin eastern Washington during July. and fleet of field vehicles. Vie also saw several of his graduate students completing their programs and is busily engaged in working with several Administrativeand Secretarial Staff others whose programsare approaching completion. He looks Nancy Bessent, Secretary, third floor faculty. forward to participation in two symposia at the GSA in Salt Joyce Best, Administrative Secretary, Geology Founda- Lake City this October where he will be an invited partici- tion office. pant. Both symposia areparts of the Quaternary Geologyand Jane Dunham, Secretary, departmental office. Geomorphology Division of the GSA. Olga Gaona, Secretary, departmental office. With all these activities, Vie assuresus hehas stillhad time Cary Cooke, Secretary, third floor faculty. to be a familiar figure for wife Pauline and their young son. Mary Gaddis, Administrative Secretary, Graduate Ad- viser's office. DanBarker spent last summer and part of the fall study- Jane Graham,Senior Secretary, thirdfloor faculty. ingigneous rocks in southwest Greenland, Scandinavia,Ger- BettyKurtz,Senior Secretary,second floor faculty. many and France, while supported by the Fulbright-Hays Donna Precht,Administrative Secretary, Undergraduate program,a grant from the U.T. Geology Foundation,and by Adviser's office. aresearch assignment for thefall semester. The objective was Linda Roberson, Senior Secretary, Environmental Geol- to compare the igneous rocks of the Trans-Pecos province ogy editorial office. with well-studied examples of the same compositions, ex- Lavergne Sanders, Procurement Officer. posed at other levels of erosion. This field experienceshould Birdena Schroeder, ExecutiveAssistant. result inmuch better understanding of the west Texasrocks. 10 September,1975

One of the highlights of Dan's tour was a three-week visit this six-week program was outstanding. Seventeen teachers to the Ilimaussaq layered intrusion in Greenland, where, as worked night and day collecting and photographing on a a guest of the Geological Survey of Greenland, he was the series of field trips in central Texas and on the Texas Gulf first American geologist to visit the Precambrian Gardar Coast. The field program covered more than 2,000 miles in igneous province. The Department's teaching collections are the department's vehicles. Truly, this was a wonderful ex- greatly expanded by the samples he collected in Greenland periencefor all. and in the classic igneous areas of the Fen complex (Nor- Bill Behrens moved to (with way), Kaiserstuhl and Siebengebirge (Germany), and Puy Austin a new baby girl, Amy, as 21st) de Dome (France). Walking through these beautiful and of August to teach introductory oceanography an seminar spring hospitable places with the detailed European guidebooks and and undergraduate for th? fall and semesters. Even with four assistants remaining in Port Aransas, it outcrop maps in hand, is a delightful and intensive way to learn geology. took much commuting to carry on the work and reports required contracts had operation. Dragged kicking and screaminginto the spring semester, for the four research Bill in These were for fish-pass hydraulics and sedimentation, Na- Dan taught a graduate course entitled Thermodynamics of monitoring, Geologic Processes and the sophomore course in igneous tional Seashore beach and shelf surveys for LibertyShip reef rocks. This summer he taught introductory physical geology artificial sites. BiU (annual) and succeeds Ed Jonas as the Department's Graduate Adviser ran the third Marine Research Training at May; finally gave up teaching this fall. To round out the summer, he finished a term as Cruise the end of but for a change to wrap up renew a Mineralogical Society of America representativeto the Joint and lot of research projects during During TechnicalProgram Committee for the GSA annualmeetings, the summer. the year Bill attended the AAPG- SEPM inDallas and the South Central GSA in Austin where tried to revise an accumulated stack of manuscripts, and reported on some fish-pass work. in worked off-and-on at writinga textbook on igneouspetrology. he of the Bill says that comparing Austin and Port Aransas,he likes them both,but Virgil Barnes, Don Bebout, Frank Brown, Chip he "doesn't care too much for working in both places at the Groat, Bill Fisher and Joe McGowen continue their same time." roles in the Department while employed in the Bureau of Charlie Bell was aninfrequent visitor to the Department Economic Geology. Please refer to the Bureau news for this year, primarily due to the extensive construction being details of their activities. carried on behind (east of) the Geology Building. Once a parking lot,this area is now rapidly being transformed into Rolland "Bart" Bartholomew divided his work time a new wing for the Drama BuiMing. Consequently, Charlie, between the Department of Geological Sciences and Science who is confined to a wh~el crn.ir,has great difficuHy in gain- Education. He spent many hours on the revision of the ing entrance to the ground floor of the Geology Building so Audio-Visual-Tutorial (AVT) lessons that form a basic part he can utilize the elevator. We anticipate th~ construction of the Environmental Earth Science course taught spring will be completed this fall and access will againbe more con- term each year. The AVT lessons are taken in individual venient. study carrels located in a new room in the basement of the Charlie continues to exercise daily and manipulates well. Geology Building. You must see this teaching facility! This He enjoys television and the visits of his many former grad- new room also houses three computer terminals for the CAI uate students who come to townperiodically. (Computer Assisted Instruction) program that he and Ed Jonas are developing. Bob Boyer enjoyed abusy year that ino'uded servingas — Bart participated in severalprofessionalmeetings this year General Chairman of the South-Central Section meeting of AAAS in New York City, the National Science Teachers GSA in Austin. According to Bob, that job was a cinch be- Association in Los Angeles, and the regional GSA meeting cause "Chip Groat served—as Program Chairman and did all in Austin.His paperswererelated to the development of AVT the work".By allmeasures the recordnumber—of papersand lessons, and field experiences for earth science students. He attendance as well as the enthusiasm generated themeeting is finding that many geology departments are showing an in- was ahuge success. During the year Bob ako served as Pres- creasinginterestinexpanding their useof educational media. ident of the National Association of Geology Teachers. In this The second Earth Science Teachers Day washeld inMay. job he faced the usual problems of any professional rssocia- Approximately 40 teachers participated in this program and tion, namely rising costs of publications, meetings, and es- each teacher returned to his or her school with new teaching sentially all aspects of serviceto the membership while trying ideas to use in their classes. Bart expects to expand this pro- to keep dues to a minimum. gram in the fall of this year. Each semester Bob teaches his upper-division elective The first NSF-supported Summer Field Geology Program course on the Geology of Texas which receives wide appeal for earth science teachers washeld during summer 1974. It in view of the energy crunch and the many environmental proved to be a highlight of the year so Bart was awarded problems related to geology that are constantly in the Texas another grant for this past summer. With Bob Boyer's help newspapers.This summer Bob againparticipated in teaching Geological Sciences Newsletter 11 elementaryfield geology (to some 145 juniors!) and worked of the popular Chihuahua geodes in addition to mapping the with Bart Bartholomew teaching a NSF-sponsored institute volcanic rocks in which they occur. for earth science teachers. Steve and Fred organized a symposium on the Geology of Bob readily admits "Working on the development of our the Sierra Madre Occidental for the Austin meeting of the program in exploration geophysics took a great deal of my South-Central Section of GSA last March. With Robert King time" however,this job was lightened considerably by Wulf as opening speaker and participants from many parts of the Massell, Will Rust and the geophysical search committee. U.S. and Mexico, it drew the largest crowds of the well- General departmental administration (the paperwork seems attended meeting. Steve failed to go to the national GSA to double each year) and overseeing Geology Foundation meeting last fall because he was in the wilds of British Co- activities also occupied his time. He served as host for the lumbia marrying off Daughter No. 2 to a real Canadian alumni luncheon at GCACS (inLafayette, La.), the cocktail north woodsman. (One more daughter to go.) party at GSA (in Miami Beach, FL), and the breakfast at Steve enjoyed presenting the Knebel award for outstand- AAPG (in Dallas). All were highly successful, bringing to- ing teaching to this year's winner, Bob Folk, at the AAPG gether groups of dedicated alums to renew acquaintance alumni breakfast last April in Dallas. And Bob retaliated a and swap stories. Bob also worked rather closely with the few days later by giving Steve one of his very original and company interviewers, recognizing the importance of the very abstract oil paintings! personal relationship of our faculty with the company personnel. Bob summed it up as "a most successful recruiting Ronald DeFord remarks "the great event of the year was season for our students". The students got good jobs and that Don Reaser received his doctorate." The second out- the interviewers appeared highly pleased with the training standing occasion:Don wasmarried in Waxahachie to Bette their new employees received. Anderson on the second day of August. Health has been a problem in the DeFord household this Fred Bullard reports, "This has been a busy year, even — year.Amma entered thehospital onthe 29th of January, and though Idid not have a class schedule something that has — was there 59 days with major surgery and nurses around rarely happenedinmymany years in the Department." Fred the clock at home afterward. Now, six months later, she is spent most of the time working on the revision of hisbook on well onthe way to recoverybut would like to receivepounds volcanoes. We can at last report that it is now in the "edi- of flesh from someone willing to part with them. torial and production treadmill at The University of Texas For manyyearsRKD has served as chairman of the Super- Press." He admits that a prediction as to when it will appear visory Committee University Union, is hazardous, but it is hoped that we are not talking about of the FederalCredit but for lack of time he resigned the chairmanship in January. geologic time! Much work remains to be done, especially on Early in April Ronald attended theAAPG meetinginDallas illustrations, etc. Fred says that he sees only a dim light at to receive a Honorary the end of the tunnel. medal. He had been made an Mem- ber in New Orleans in 1965. This year the Association de- Fred attended both the South-Central Section GSA meet- cided to give medals to all Honorary Members, old and new. ings in Austin and the Conference on Geothermal Energy As an award toan old member, it was an anticlimax ;he was also held here in early June. He did not have the time to allowed to find the medal on a table and take it with him. attend other national meetings, but he hopes to do so this mid-April coming year. He says that the highlight of these meetings is In Jim Underwood and Don Reaser led a fine Eagle of seeing many former students and friends (this does not fieldconference in the Mountains Trans-Pecos Texas. was a joint excursion Geological infer that they are necessarily exclusive!). It of the West Texas So- ciety and the Permian Basin Section of the SEPM, RKD was Steve Clabaugh joinedLeon Long in team-teaching the honored in the road log with a full-page photograph and an Geology 303 classes last fall and thoroughly enjoyed the fast- exhaustive list of the theses and dissertations he had super- paced coverage of elementary geology. He also taught the vised. Althoughit was many years since he had been in the metamorphic petrology course to a dozen graduate students field,Ronald was pleased to find out that he could more or and was pleased to notice that several of them have selected less still keep up with the others. thesis projects involving metamorphic rocks of the Llano region. His spring course onminerals and rocks, givenmain- Sam Ellison participated in an interdisciplinary course ly for petroleum engineeringmajors, included more students on Energy and Society in the College of Social and Behavi- from Iran and nearby countries than from North America. oral Sciences in addition to teaching the regular courses of One of Steve's graduate students spent most of the spring beginning geology, historical geology, geology of energy mapping in high Sierra Madre west of Chihuahua City, and resources, and petroleum geology. Hepublished an article on Steve and Fred McDowell again organized a small field trip "Energy Resources for the Future" in the Proceedings of to western Mexico during the spring vacation. Two more the Southwestern Legal Foundation in October. Also in Oc- students will map there under their supervisionnext fall. One tober his article entitled "Where is the Action for Energy of these,Peter Keller (who takes care of the Barron Collec- in the Future?" waspublished in the Gulf Coast Association tion of Gems andMinerals for Steve), will study the origin of Geological Societies Proceedings. 12 September,1975

A one-half day symposium on "Energy for the Future" Bob Folk kept busy during the year reflecting on his was organizedand completed for the Southwest Section GSA vacation (?) in Italy during the summer of '74 and making meeting held in Austin on March 13-14, 1975. The large plans for a return visit this summer. He and Earle Mcßride charts taken from various government publications made traveled throughout Italy collecting radiolarian cherts, ophi- this meeting extremely thought provoking. olites, and vino (not necessarily in that order) and argu- Sam's authoritative comments were heard on six radio ing with Mcßride over the deep versus shallow origin of shows of "Insights" and the "InquiringMind" produced by the chert. He also taught a course in sedimentary textures the local University communications group.He also appeared (with Earle Mcßride), his course in carbonate petrography onbehalf of conservation of energybefore the TexasLeague and introductory physical geology. of Women Voters meetingin Dallas onMay 21, 1975. Bob reports "my manuscript on rollers and ripples has Honors came unexpectedly this year when the Society of not yet cleared acceptance after 21/£ years of waiting for my Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists made Sam an capolavoro to come out." Apparently this has not deterred "Honorary Member." Carried off with dispatch, he also was from Bob's wide range of interests, as can be quickly as- theMaster of Ceremonies for the joint awards banquet of the certained from the four lectures he gave as a visitor to LSU American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the So- in February. The titles of those lectures were "A heredical Mineralogists in Dal- ciety of Economic Paleontologists and tale of two vortices","Ophiolites of Italy:A case of indecent las on April 7. (For the third straight year,no less! We now exposure", "Fantastic carbonate crystals of the Alps", "Dat- refer to Sam as "Mr. Toastmaster" the editors.) — .... ing of Mortar exciting?". In addition to visiting LSUBob He hosted Professor Willi Ziegler of Marburg, Germany presented a short course on chert to members of the U. S. two weeks in late May while both were working on a for Geological Survey in Denver in October. He attended the statistical study of the conodonts in the Chappel Limestone GSA meetings inMiami Beach and then went to St. Martin of central Texas. The "Conodont Bibliography" computor- (Netherlands Antilles) to ized and ready for search programs has been updated to review the research of one of his graduate students. In March he shared the June 1, 1975. short course on in Completion of two micropaleontological theses during the carbonate rocks held conjunction with the South-Central Section Meetings year and near completion of two three-dimensional subsur- of GSA here in Austin. The culmination a year was receipt face theses of south Texas and west Texashave keptstudent of fine of the Mr.&Mrs. G.Moses Knebel usage of Room 222 (the subsurface laboratory) at a high Teaching Award which Bob received at the alumni break- point. Two Ph.D. dissertations are in progress. fast in conjunction with AAPG in Dallas. Bob accepted this He served his last year as a member of the Academic award from last year's recipient Steve Clabaugh. We are Freedom and Responsibility Committee for the University. all extremely pleased with this honor bestowed onBob for he He also served on the ill-fated Faculty Center board of di- has long been recognized as a truly fine teacher, displaying rectors. The Center was not supported well enough to stay his talents at levels from freshman geology to our most ad- in business and was closed on May 2, 1975. Sam declares vanced graduate courses. that he now looks forward to a year without committee responsibilities,but we doubt that this will happen. Claude Horton maintainshis interest in the Department His health is good and he seems to have regained his and especially its activities in geophysics while performing energy in full. Interests in conodonts, foraminifera, and his full-time duties in the Physics Department. Claude served structure and stratigraphy of Texashave increased. Sam has on the search committee for the Wallace Pratt Professorship also mixed this with a little golfing, but he hasn't said too and in addition was a faithful attendee at Department much about breaking par. Faculty meetings. Althoughhe does not teach courses in the Geology Department, several of our graduate students Peter Flawn devoted most of his energies in 1974—75 to utilize in building The University of Texas in San Antonio. Pete is in his talents their thesis and dissertation work each year enjoy taking taught Physics Depart- his third year as President of UTSA and recently completed and his courses in the ment. the move to the new campus. During the past year Pete was elected a Director of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Earl writ- Commerce and aDirector of the Rotary Club of San Antonio. Ingerson had a busy and productive year of He continuestofind time for geological activitiesandhasbeen ing, editing, attending meetings and teaching. In the fall he appointed to the Mineral ResourcesBoard of the Commission taught the popular course, Gems and Gem Minerals,and in onNatural Resources,National Research Council.Inaddition the spring the senior course in geochemistry. Both semesters he wasnamed to the Committee onEnvironment of theAmer- he also taught the metamorphic part of the course in meta- icanAssociation of State CollegesandUniversities. morphic and sedimentary rocks with Lynton Land. He pre- Alltoo seldomdoestimepermit Pete tovisittheDepartment pared several companyreportsand served as Editor-in-Chief in Austin but we always enjoy his visits and the chance to of the International Series of Monographs in Earth Science hear about the good progresshe is makingin San Antonio. published by Pergamon Press, Oxford. To date 34 volumes Geological Sciences Newsletter 13

Ed Jonas decided last year that the students deserve a new ogre after serving for eight years as the Department's Graduate Adviser. In September he will he teaching the crystallography and optical mineralogy course again with Steve Clabaugh after having to give that course up for several years. The USGS (that means the University Student Geological Society) has continued to keep Ed busy as faculty sponsor with all their activities and field trips. This spring the student group did a fine job of leading 135 members of the Southwest Association of Student Geological Societies through Big Bend and the Mariscal Canyon. Preparation for that venture required several trips to Big Bend earlier in the year. One of these was ended abruptly as a norther blew in dropping the temperature to 16°F with gale velocity winds. During the summer of 1974 Ed made an enjoyable trip to Mexico City to coordinate the activities of the Clay Mineral Society and the International Clay Conference whose joint meeting was held this past July. Ed taught his graduate course "Petrology of Shales" (in the fall semester) and in the spring, courses in physical geology, geochemistry lab, and applied soil science. The first summer session of 1975 he taught the course in gems and minerals. In the second part of the summer Ed attended the International Clay Con- ference where he chaired the initial session and gave a Use of heating stage to determine temperatures of forma- plenary lecture on diagenesis in clay-rich sediments. After liquid tion of minerals by studying their inclusions. that meeting and a field trip in central Mexico,he returned to his restoration project of the old house he moved to in this series have appeared under Earl's editorship. He a farm south of Austin. If all goes well he should enjoying also serves on the Editorial Board of Mineralium Deposita. be indoor plumbing by the time this report is published. All During the past year, Earl served on the Technical and Professional Services Committee of UT's Institute of Latin talented house painters areinvited to visit anytime. American Studies. He edited the proceedings volume of In- RalphKehle spent apleasantly cool summer in the Big teramerican Forum on Technical Development which was Horn Basin in northeastern Wyoming working on various held here in February. The volume was a whopping 450 aspects of the area's famous structural style. This activity pages, a big job for Earl. However he did find time to at- was occasionally interrupted by consulting assignments in tend the 6th Lunar Conference inHouston inMarch as well other parts of the country. In the fall, Ralph taught for the as taking part in the Council meetings of the International first time a graduate course on the structure of the Gulf Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry of which of Mexico Basin following the same outline used in the Earl still serves as past president. In this capacity, he super- professional seminars he conducts for various petroleum vises activities of working groups onhydrogeochemistry and companies. The fall semester also found Ralph teaching the geochemical exploration and on the geochemistry of health beginning physical geology course, while in the spring he and disease. Earl also serves on the Commission of the As- taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in en- sociation on Organic Geochemistry. It is his responsibility gineeringgeology.Duringthe year, Ralph continued toserve to raise funds to support invited participants to the various as Chairman of the AAPG Geothermal Survey symposia of that Commission. He has been quite successful of North America and as a member of the AAPG in this fund-raising effort and has obtained grants from Research Com- mittee.Publication of district maps over all of North Amer- UNESCO and the USGS to allow participants from many ica and a paper on Texas' geothermalpotential were derived countries to attend the meetings. from this work. Earl continues research on a NASA grant entitled "Mor- phologic and Tectonic Studies of the Martian Surface from Ralph was honored to be an invited lecturer at the Ca- Mariner 9 Photographs." He has been working with Vie nadian Resource Council Seminar on Structural Geology Baker and graduate student, Peter Patton, on analogies be- and Oil Occurrence at Banff, Alberta last May. He also at- tween the scablands of eastern Washington and the so-called tended the GCAGS and AAPG meetings and submitted "chaotic terrain" onMars. several papers for publication. 14 September,1975

Lynton Land spent another year of what is "typical" for him, teaching, giving guest lectures, and spending a good dealof time doing research onhis favorite reefs off Jamaica. During the fall he participated in a research cruise on the R/V Eastwood in the straits of Florida. He then spent three weeks in Eniwetok diving and sampling the reef organisms for isotope geochemistry studies and for the examination of the ecology of the Calcarius Sclerosponges. He and his wife Judy (Dr. Judith Lang, now alecturer in the Depart- ment of Zoology) amassedan excellent collection of the previously-thought rare sponges. Lynton boasts that they now have one of the best collections of the only living sphincto- zoans. He plans to compare the geochemistry of the Pacific reef organisms (by stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes) with those of the Atlantic, and to apply these findings to ancient reefs. During his trip Lynton also explored the geomorphology of the atoll from 150 feet on the windward side to 150 feet on the leeward side. Prior to his return to Austin for the fall Lynton spent two weeks in Florida studying the areafrom the dry Tortugas to Penecamp State Park. He then spent five weeks in Jamaica studying coral prediction and submarinesedimentation with a graduatestudent. Lynton coauthored a paperpresented at the GSA meeting Wann Langston and Doug Lawsonpose with and along with Bob Folk published a paper in the AAPG Texas pterodactyl fossil published in the inter- Bulletin. He also had articles second symposium on "Current Topics in Vertebrate Paleontology national coral reef symposium and in the bulletin of the in the South-Central United States" as part of the program. time SEPM. In addition to these activities Lynton had to Besides about 50 vertebrate paleontologists from Texas, give guest lectures at the University of Chicago and SMU Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Alabama, re- while teaching courses that included our junior-level sedi- porters and cameramen from NBC, CBS, ABC, and many mentary and metamorphic petrology (Lynton teaches the newspapers were in attendance to hear Lawson's discussion sedimentary portion) and our upper-division course in of thebigpeterodactyl. This symposium was one of the most oceanography for non-majors. successful such programs everheld at a regional GSA meeting. Warm Langston continues his split appointment between Warm continues his active supervision of the reconstruc- the Texas Memorial Museum (Research Scientist, Curator) tion of the 80-foot-long dinosaur skeleton at the Houston and the Department of Geological Sciences, as well as serv- Museum of Natural Science and after five years is finally Paleontology Laboratory. ing as Director of the Vertebrate making (tentative) predictions that it will be completed this We are all extremely pleased that Warm has been promoted fall. He had two articles published, one on the history of a to the rank of Professor in the Department effective this crocodilian skull and one on a survey of Comanchean non- September (he formerly held the title of Lecturer). mamalian tetrapods of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Ab- spent some time in the Big National Park Warm Bend stracts of two papers presented jointly with former student, collecting pterodactyl remains from the late Cretaceous de- Marc Gallup, and Fred Stone of Dallas were published for posits. This was part a continuing program Jack of that the GSA symposium. Topics included more on Comanchean and (later) in since Wilson Warm have conducted the Park vertebrates in Texas and a report of a brontosaur from the the early 19505. The big news is, of course, the announce- — Big Bend that is associatedwith pollen of Paleocene aspect. ment about —the gigantic pterodactyl the largest known flying creature with a wingspan of perhaps 50 feet that was Leon Long continued a busy schedule of teaching, ad- discovered in the Big Bend by Warm's former student, vising, and research. He team-taught the usual large intro- Douglas Lawson, in 1971. Lawson published a preliminary ductory course with Steve Clabaugh in the fall, and with report on this creature in Science in March and this article Doug Smith in the spring semester. This year, the course touched off a worldwide paleontological furor unparalleled was a new kind of experience for Leon because it was since the American Museum's discovery of dinosaur eggs taught using his recently published textbook. He also taught in the early 19205. However, the timing was great as the his customary graduate course in isotope geology, and par- press converged on Warm and DougLawson (who happened ticipated in teaching both the introductory field course in to be in Austin to participate in the South-Central Section, the Llano regionand the senior-level course with BillMuehl- GSA meetings being held here). Warm had organized a berger in New Mexico. Geological Sciences Newsletter 15

Columbia University on the Black Range tin deposits, New Mexico. This past spring, he offered courses in optical mineralogy and orepetrology, and will teach a new course in economic geology for undergraduates next spring. In March, John attended the South-Central Section of GSA held in Austin. John led several field trips this past year, including a USGS (Undergraduate Student Geological Society, that is) 4-day excursion to southwestern New Mexico via Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands, to visit the porphyry copper deposits at Santa Rita and Tyrone. This trip was a tremendous success, thoroughly enjoyed by our many geology majors who attended. Other trips were made with graduate students to the lead-zinc mine at Mina Plomosas, Chihuahua, and the iron deposits near Valley Spring, Texas. His current research activities include compositional studies of oxide minerals associated with tin mineralization in the Black Range, New Mexico, and the mineralogy and chemistry of wood-tin,while learninghow touse the electron microprobe.

Ernie Lundelius served his now familiar role as Assis- tant Chairman during the fall semester where he ably handled the books to make sure all the teaching assistants and student assistants filled the right slot and performed their duties in a most adequate way.Inaddition to the usual teaching duties including introductory historical geology and his graduate course inpaleobiology,Ernie participated in the — teaching course to a group Leon also servedas advisor to theundergraduatemajors of the elementary field geology some 250 of them in the fall, and more than 300 in the of more than 140 students in late May. Ernie rotated among spring! (Fortunately hehad lots of help from Donna Precht the groups and thus was the only faculty member who en- (?) in the office, and from just about everyone during registra- joyed all three geographic areas to which the students tion.) were assigned on a rotatingbasis. Research included "cleaning up" a variety of projects, Ernie completed his term as president of the Texas mostly in Rb-Sr isotope geochemistry, that had been set Academy of Science when they held their meeting in Hunts- aside while he was writing the book. Two papers resulting ville in March. He also presented several lectures including from this work are due to be published, and a third paper one at the Center for ContinuingEducation in Houston, and will soon be submitted for publication. Leon presented at the symposium onbiological investigations in the Guada- papers in Tech Session, gave a paper at the GSA meeting lupe Mountains held in Lubbock. He also participated in in Austin, spent a week with Fred McDowell and Steve Cla- the Reunion Sobre Aspectos de Archelogia y Historia del baugh looking over geology in Chihuahua, etc., etc. Noreste which washeld inMonterrey,Mexico in April. Dur- Although Leon is too modest to mention it, his book is ing the summer Ernie spent about amonth inChicago work- doing very well and is an excellent text. Simply titled ing at the Field Museum of NaturalHistory. He is doing this GEOLOGY, the book covers a great deal of contemporary work in cooperation with Field Museum faculty on studies geological information. It is an ideal text for our introduc- they have jointly made in previous years in Australia. The tory one-semester course coveringboth physical and histori- remainder of the summer was spent in Austin where Ernie cal geology. The national acclaim of Leon's effort is also re- worked on several research projects related to his special in- flected by the large number of other schools where the book terests in Pleistocene vertebrate paleontology. has been adopted as a text. Wulf Massell taught four geophysics courses. The un- John Lufkin taught courses in geology of engineering dergraduate geophysical prospecting sequence of classroom and ore deposits again last fall, and attended the GSA na- instruction in the fall and geophysical field work in the tional meetingsin Miami last November,including the short spring is now a well-established curriculum inits ownright. course in Sulfide Mineralogy sponsored by the Mineralogical His graduate course offerings were in gravity and magnetic Society of America. In February, he gave an invited talk at field theory and exploration as well as geophysical data 16 September,1975 processing. The latter course represents his specialty and Advisory Committeeon Reactor Safety of the AEC,now the was offered for the first time this spring. He says he likes Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This past May John visited to save the best 'till last. This doesn't mean we've had 2^ colleagues and former students in Cambridge, Oxford, Paris years of second best! A fifth course in geophysical interpre- and Florence to "catch up on developments in Mediterran- tation, and probably the most unique geophysics offering ean and Alpine geology and to compare California Coast for undergraduates, was offered under Will Rust's guidance Range geology to that of the Mediterranean Tethyan belt." with Wulf's participation. (Also to sample the Italian wines again and see if their When he is not deep in thought overprogramming prob- flavor has changed .... the Editors.) lems on our minicomputer or the Computing Center ma- chines, Wulf spends a considerable amount of time developing new equipment for his geophysics field course. We have also acquired additional long-period seismometers for the remote seismic station. These were installed and the entire station was calibrated during the summer. In addition to his involvement in the Pratt Professor search he attended the meeting of the GCAGS in Lafayette, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the AAPG meetingsin Dallas and chaired asession of the one-week SEG Academic Industry Liaison seminar held in Houston this summer. The topic of his presentation was "What the Uni- versities need from Industry". This is a topic we feel he is well qualified to discuss. During the summer he also at- Earle Mcßride spent two months in Italy with Bob Folk tended a short course at MIT, and worked on his research during the summer of '74 in a study of Jurassic radiolarites. in digital processing methods. Among the many discoveries of the summer were that many radiolarites are truly deepwater deposits, the girls of Cagli JohnMaxwell had abusy fifth year at UT. His service (small town east of Florence) have beautiful eyes, and that as an officer and counselor of GSA terminated with the an- Folk snores. Mcßride and Folk returned this summer and nual meeting in Miami, but he continued to serve as chair- finished their field work on this project with NSF support. man of an AdHoc Committee, considering ways to cut op- Some results of the Italian chert study were reported to the erating expenses in the conduct of the Society's business. Austin Geological Society and the USGS in Denver, the Duringthis year also, the first stage of his research program latter as part of a short course on chert given withFolk. in the Coast Ranges of California was largely completed During March, Mcßride served as the first Merrill W. with the granting of three Ph.D.'s and the completion of a Haas Distinguished Professor of Geology at the University fourth. Two Ph.D. theses remain unfinished, and one man of Kansas. He conducted a concentrated lab and lecture joined John in further field work this past summer. John course on sandstone petrology and sedimentary processes hopes to publish the results as a series of coordinated map for a group of eager grad students. sheets through the GSA map publications program. This year saw the appearance of three publications on In addition to this research and regular teaching assign- deltaic deposits of the Cretaceous Difunta Group innorthern ment, John lectured and gave seminars at the Marathon Oil Mexico, which marks the culmination of a joint study with Company laboratories in Littleton, Colorado, the Depart- several graduate students and Jim Wolleben and Al Weidie ment of Geology at Texas Tech, and at Cambridge and from the University of Louisiana at New Orleans. Oxford Universities. He also addressed the annual meeting A new project underway with several students is a study of the Sigma Xi Chapter at Texas Tech and participated in of diagenetic factors influencing loss of porosity and per- a short course for geophysicists given by the University of meability in sandstone. If any exes know of exceptionally Houston, lecturing on structural geology and plate tectonics. long or closely-spaced cores from a field that would be suit- During the academic year, John Kleist and Paul Gucwa able for such studies, please let Earle know; he says he is published papers in Geology based on their thesis work in desperate for good cores. the California Coast Ranges;twoof John'spapers were pub- In April, Earle was a co-leader of a field trip to the Oua- lished, one dealing with plate tectonics in Memoir 23 of chitas offered as a pre-convention trip for the AAPG meet- AAPG and another on the Early Western Margin of the ings inDallas. He also participated in several short courses United States as a chapter in the Geology of Continental on sandstone diagenesis as part of AAPG's continuing edu- Margins, edited by C. A. Burk and C. L. Drake. cation program. During August of 1974 John participated in a Princeton All the courses Earle taught this past academic year University Conference givenat Red Lodge, Montana,honor- were team taught: oceanography with Bill Behrens, deposi- ing Professor Dorf on his retirement, the subject being tional processes with Al Scott, and sedimentary rocks with Rocky Mountain Geology.He also acted as consultant to the Bob Folk. We think this is a premeditated effort on Earle's Geological Sciences Newsletter 17

part to find time to finish the introductory text on sedi- stratigraphy, structure, igneous intrusions and mineraliza- mentary rocks which he has been writing for thepast year! tion. Bill spent the last part of the summer at NASA, Houston, Fred McDowell participated in his first formal teaching as amember of the Science Team inMission Control. They duties at the University during the spring semester when he plottedlandmarks that the astronauts will observe during the presented approximately half of the lectures in our senior joint Apollo-Soyuz Docking Mission. Bill completed his geochemistry course, teaching with Earl Ingerson. He con- summer working on a mapshowing the active faults in the tinues several major projects including the study of western Gulf Coast, Ouachitas, and New Mexico. This is part of a Mexico Steve Clabaugh and anumber of graduate stu- with small-scale regional study being conducted by the U. S. dents. Fred, Steve and the students are doing fundamental Geological Survey. mapping, rock dating and geochemistry of Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic province in the areas west and north of Will Rust says, "Looking back on the academic side of Chihuahua City. During the year, Fred was a frequent this past year,Iseem to have spent most of my effort in ac- traveler both to western Mexico and to other parts of the tivities that involved begging and selling, always with the U. S. and Central America. very adequate help of other members of the Department. He accepted an invitation to the Penrose Conference on Unquestionably the most gratifying activity (now that it is the subject of the origin of the Gulf of California (it was over, signed, sealed and delivered) was the work with the held at Lake Arrowhead, California so we suspect that Fred Search Committee for the Pratt Professorship inGeophysics. had ulterior motives in attending that meeting). In March It covered the entire gamut of emotions and if it had not Fred, along with Steve Clabaugh, organized the symposium been for Bob Boyer's broad shoulders to cry on during the on "Geology of Sierra Madre Occidental VolcanicProvince" most difficult times, Iwould neverhave made it. But if, as for the South-Central GSA meetings held here. This sym- William Shakespeare said, all is well that ends well, then posium which extended for three half-day sessions turned this is very well." In this effort as in so many others, Will out to be one of the most popular symposia and comman- and other faculty in the Department received strong and deered a large attendance of geologists from throughout the effective support from members of the Geology Foundation United States.In that symposia, Fred presented a paper out- Advisory Council. (Another article discusses Dr. Milo M. lining the Mid-Teriary magnetism and its relationship to Backus, the first Wallace E. Pratt Professor in Geophysics tectonichistory of the northern Sierra Madre. and a most worthy man to honor and be honored by the He attended a second Penrose Conference in June on Plio- name of Wallace Pratt.) Pleistocene geochronology. This one was held at Mammoth A close second in effort required, and pleasure in accom- Lake, California. (Fred sure does know how to pick them.) plishment, was the course in seismic interpretation. Will, along with Wulf Massell. wrotealmost countless letters and Bill Muehlberger has completed (finally!) all the main spent hours on the telephone putting it together on im- Apollo reports that were due. He is now working with the possibly short notice. The obvious intensity of the students' group writing ahistory of the geologic training of the astro- interest coupled with the gratifying eagerness of manypeople nauts. Bill has also finished his Skylab commitments. These in the exploration industry provided the needed impetus. have resulted in aninterpretation of the Caribbean-American (More details of the course are given elsewhere.) plate boundaries in Guatemala and southern Mexico. This The third effort in which Will played a substantial role article, published with one of Bill's recently graduatedPh.D. was the formulation and official approval of the Geophysics students, Zan Ritchie,waspublished in the May,1975 issue Option for the Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences of Geology. Bill also completed a list of the "best" photo- degree.Manypeople provided input for this including Wulf graphs taken by Skylab hand-held cameras for use by earth Massell, John Maxwell, Bob Boyer, Al Scott. Milo Backus science teachers. This list was published in the January, and several of the Galveston geophysical grouu along with 1975 issue of the Journal Geological Education. of others too numerous to list. Will says, "This achievement Bill really got into the swing of full-time teaching after makes the plaqueIwas so generously givenin 1974honest!" his rather long (much to the dismay of our students) leave On the personal side, things went along very pleasantly from these duties. He taughtphysical geology in thefall and evenif uneventfully. Margaret and Will especially enjoyed a structural geology both semesters, and put into active duty very pleasant Christmas in Guatemala. our Spring offering called "Geology of a Continent." This course affords Bill ample opportunity for arm waving on a Al Scott— has finally achieved at least one personal ob- mega scale and he doesn't hesitate to slide plates and identi- jective phasing out of some of his administrative duties. fy new linear features. This summer Bill was in charge of This spring he resigned as Chairman of the Department's our senior field camp, Geology 660. The group spent three Graduate Studies Committee expressing appreciation to the weeks in the Marathon region, three days in the Guadalupe rest of the faculty for their help over the past three years Mountains studying various species of the reefs from the and absolute amazement that Bill Muehlberger would agree basin to the salt flats (with Al Scott as leader), and then to take over the assignment. Al also finished up his term on they went to Taos, New Mexico,and mapped Precambrian the University's Graduate Assembly and the various com- 18 September,1975 mittee assignments that seem to go with it. He is not com- Doug taught sophomore courses in mineralogy and ig- pletely out of the "paper shuffling business" though. He will neous petrology and he and Leon Long team-taught intro- be director of the Department's program in continuing edu- ductory geology.He also taught a graduate course inigneous cation. petrology and, together with Dan Barker and Lynton Land, Al considered his teachingload this yast year to be "vari- worked to maintain and improve the electron microprobe ations on a theme". He taught the sophomore course in de- for student research. His "spare" time was spent with an- positional processes with Earle Mcßride and the graduate other son, who arrived in April and is already making his depositional systems course with Frank Brown and Bill presence felt. Fisher in the fall. The spring semester included a graduate carbonate facies course with Don Bebout and the sopho- Jim Sprinkle continued afast pace of travel and writing more processes course. The latter swelled in enrollment during the year. He published one major paper on Ordo- through a large influx of petroleum engineering and petrol- vician Cystoids and now has two papers and three chapters eum land management students as well as a jump in the for the "Crinoid Volume" of the Treatise inpress (still!).In number of undergraduate geology majors. addition Jim says that he has five other projects "in various Al found a way to spend almost the entire summer in the states of completion and disarray." Jim taught paleobiology field. He taught a section of 320K, the sophomore field during the fall and historical geology during spring and course, in May.This was the first year this course included fall semesters. In addition he taught his graduate seminar a section on modern processes and environments. With all onpaleobiogeography. Jim took the summer off from teach- the spring rains the group "caught several rivers doing ing the senior field course (after a 3-year stint) to accom- their thing". After 320K, Al led some company coastal field plish the writing tasks outlined above. trips and visited some of his graduate students' field areas. He attended the GSA meetinginMiami Beach in Novem- The month of August was especially busy with work in the ber and was coleader of a field trip with Virgil Barnes em- Florida Keys and Florida Bay with eight grad students. phasizing the Paleozoic rocks of the Llano region in con- The coastal work must have agreed with Al, considering he junction with the South-Central GSA meetings here in lost enough weight to become "a mere shadow of his former March. Jim served as Vice-President of the Earth Science self". For those of you who have known Al over the years Section of the Texas Academy of Science and chaired their this sylph-like condition is probably only temporary and Section meetings of the Academy which wereheld inHunts- he will soonresemble "Moby Dick, the Great White Whale"! ville, Texas in late March. Last year Al took time from his teaching and administra- During part of the spring vacation and during several tive duties to attend several professional meetings. He met weeks of this past summer, Jim, accompanied by two of his and enjoyed visiting with many Texas exes. graduate students, visited several areas in the Arbuckle Mountains of southern Oklahoma to examine Ordovician Doug Smith has been pursuing his studies of kimber- rocks. He has submitted a proposal to NSF for research on lites and volcanic rocks on the Navajo Reservation on the echinoderm faunas from the Bromide Formation in the Ar- Colorado Plateau. The scenery there is almost as spectacular buckles which Jim says is his next big project. Jim did as the geology, where the green kimberlites, intruded into find time with wife Gloria, to enjoy their son Davd who is red sandstone, crop out by pine-covered mesas. Though he now 11/2 years old and getting into everythinghe can reach presented a paper on the kimberlites at the GSA annual at home. He reports that David doesn't appear to like field meeting in Miami, the project will continue next year. He geology vet, but Jim attributes this to the fact that "the received an NSF grant to support field work and investiga- rocks and particularly the fossils don't taste very good." tion of thesis projects in Arizona and for a visit to someNew Mexico localities with Bill Muehlberger this past summer. Jan Turk enjoyed an extremely busy year that saw his He also worked in Austin on the chemistry and mineralogy front office turn into the editorial office of the new interna- of rocks from the upper mantle and lower crust. Last spring, tional journal,Environmental Geology. The first issue of this Doug was able to examine volcanic rocks in Mexico on a fine new magazine of which he is editor-in-chief, is now trip to the wilds of Sierra Madre Occidental with Clabaugh, out. Sample copies were distributed at the AAPG meetings McDowell, Long, and graduate students. Closer to home, he in Dallas and from the response, Volume 1, No. 1 is a is investigatingserpentines and granitesin the Llano uplift; success. he hopes to establish possible relationships of these rocks Jan was one of ten Americans— invited to give a paper at to Precambrian plate boundaries. the Bilateral Yugoslavian U.S. Seminar on "Karst Hydrol- Two research projects were finished last year, with publi- ogy and Water Resources" inDubrovnik on June 2-7, 1975. cation of one paper in the GSA Bulletin on Precambrian Jan's paper was "Predicting the Impact of Urban Develop- diabase sills and associated granitic rocks incentral Arizona, ment in Karst Areas." Jan's wife,Diane, accompanied him and another in theJournal of Petrology onmineral reactions on the trip which included vacation stops in Madrid and sensitive to pressure and temperature in rocks from Labra- Lisbon. He claims this is the first real vacation they have dor. had in their 71/2 years in Austin. Geological SciencesNewsletter 19

Jan also published a paper in the Journal of Hydrology In the fall, Jack, along with Ernie Lundelius and Warm (Amsterdam), entitled "Diurnal Fluctuations of Water Langston, attended the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Tables Induced by Atmospheric Pressure Changes." An- (SVP) meetingat Flagstaff. The new SVP headquarters are other paper, co-authored with former graduate student Doug now located at UT-Austin's Vertebrate Paleontology Lab, Hall, was accepted for publication in Ground Water. and Jack is editor of their News Bulletin. Jan continued to ramrod the Awards Committee of the Pan American University hosted the annual field trip of Department, and as its chairman did a tremendous amount the Southwestern Association of Student Geological Societies of work. The results of the Committee's labors are clearly (SASGS) at Peregrina Canyon near Ciudad Victoria,Mex- evident by the high quality of the graduate students being ico, and Jack attended as faculty advisor. He also helped attracted to this Department. Jan was particularly pleased conduct our undergraduates' SASGS spring field trip to Big that a large percentage of the very best applicants to whom Bend National Park. we offered financial assistance opted to attend U.T. This is Jack finished three terms as AAPG representative to the largely in response to Jan's personal efforts, as he talked to American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature. This each of the prospects on the phone andinstituted a program last year was a flurry of committee work that took him to whereby faculty members with similar research interests Denver in the fall and to Miami at the time of GSA. wrote personal letters to the students, outlining the research InMarch,Jack chaired the afternoon session for vertebrate activities being conducted here. Jan also served on the De- paleontology at the south-central GSA meetings in Austin, partment's Executive Committee and on the AIPG Environ- where the giant pterodactyl wasmaking international news. mental Geology Committee. He left Austin immediately afterwards to lead a National Geographic Society expedition into west Texas. The field party molded some 200 square feet of endangered Oligocene footprints, including tracks of turtles, birds, artiodactyls, carnivores, a titanothere, and even an insect trailway. The molds are now being cast at the Vertebrate Paleontology Lab ;one set of casts is scheduled for display in the Geology Building. Jack's treatise on Early Tertiary vertebrate faunas has been published by the Texas Memorial Museum. This is the fourth in a series of monographs on the Vieja and Buck Hill vertebrate faunas of Trans-Pecos Texas.

Joe Worzel new serves as Acting Director of the Gal- veston Geophysics Laboratory of the Marine Science Insti- tute (formerly the Earth and Planetary Sciences Division of the Marine Biomedical Institute). In the past year he was the Chief Scientist on IDA GREEN 13 where deep 5-km penetration was achieved with single-channel seismicrecord- ing from a four air-gun array, and 24-channel common depth-point seismic reflection profiles were observed at the western ends of the Sigsbee and Campeche Scarps. Projects in progress or soon to be completed include a hydrocarbon assessment along the Florida-Georgia-South Carolina continental shelf, and 24-channel common depth-point investiga- Jan Turk proudly stands behind the first issue of "Environ- tion of a proposedIPOD drilling site for the Deep Sea Drill- mental Geology" ing Project, the Puerto Rico Trench and the Caribbean (to help delineate the deeper structure of the Caribbean), the Grenadines and Barbados area (to establish whether any Jack Wilson presented a paper on the latest Tertiary sediments are present that might be investigated for hydro- vertebrates from west Texas at the Hibbard Memorial Sym- carbon accumulations), fiord-like valleys at the margin of posium in Ann Arbor last May. Between visits of his sons the Campeche Scarp, and investigation of a gas seep area (withtheir wives and daughters from Okinawa, Zurich,and in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Joe has been instru- North Carolina), Jack managed to get into the field with Jim mental in outfitting the Laboratory's 135-foot vessel IDA and Margaret Stevens of Lamar Tech for some more success- GREEN which is capable of carrying out any geophysical- ful vertebrate collecting near Aqua Fria in the Big Bend geological investigation that any other vessel in the univer- country. He taught historical geology during the second sity community can (except gravity and coring which will summer session. be added shortly) as well as multi-channel seismic studies. 20 September, 1975

Joe— presented papers at several meetings during the past work in Mexico in late July. He is amember of a subcom- year "Perdido Escarpment and Rio Perdido Canyon, mittee of the International Geological Correlations Commit- Northwestern Gulf of Mexico" at the SEG meeting inDallas, tee studying mid-Cretaceous events and has finished a paper "Morphology of the Campeche" at the GSA meeting in tobe published for the symposiumhe will attend at Uppsala, Miami, "CDP Investigations in the Gulf of Mexico" at a Sweden this September. workshop sponsored by the Ocean Science Committee of the National Academy of Sciences in New York, "Gravity Inves- tigations of the Subduction Zone" at the International Wool- New Geology Librarian lard Symposium in Honolulu, and "Multi-Channel Seismic Reflection Investigation of the Western Gulf of Mexico" at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. He has submitted papers for publication in several journals and has had paperspublished in Topics inEnergy and Resources and Continental Margins. Besides his scientific and administrative duties, Joe has been involved in the completion of the third floor of the Geophysics Laboratory and the construction of a new pier alongside the building. He is also serving as Chairman of the Oceanographic Committee of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for 1974-75, and taught a course entitled Ma- rine Geology and Geophysics at the Austin campus this spring.

Keith Young was awarded aMr. & Mrs. G. Moses Kne- bel Course Revision Award during the fall semester to re- Martin A. Smith duce his teachingload so he could prepare a course on geology as the basis of land-use planning. This course was In December, 1973 our former geology librarian moved taught for the first time in the spring of 1975. He also to Washington, D. C. creating a vacancy which took ten taught his introductory course inenvironmental geology dur- months to fill. Experienced librarians specializing in geology ing the spring semester, and led the Fredericksburg section are in great demand, and often are difficult to attract. We of the 320K elementary field course in May. were fortunate to persuadeMartin A.Smith to assume duties Keith served as a member of the executive committeeof as the new librarian in October, 1974. Martin came here the Texas section of the AIPG and attended the sessions of from the U.S. Geological Survey inReston, Virginia where the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies in Lafay- he had been a reference librarian since 1972. For the year ette, Louisiana in October. He gave a paper on Cretaceous prior to that, Martin worked as areaders' services librarian paleogeography, implications of endemic ammonite faunas, in charge of all reference services and materials circulation at the South-Central Section of GSA in Austin inMarch, and at Bluefield State College, Bluefield, West Virginia. He re- also led a field trip on the stratigraphy of the Austin chalk ceived his Bachelor of Science degree in 1969 from New in the vicinity of Pilot Knob, Travis County, Texas. Mexico State University, and his Master of Library Science Keith continues as an associate editor for earth sciences degree in 1971 from the University of Maryland. for the Texas Journal of Science, and is a consulting editor "The library fared well without a librarian,"Martin com- for Environmental Geology. He is also on the editorial board mented, "and we are in the process of bringing things back of TSNL Review,published by the Texas System of Natural to good working order. It's a sound geology collection, Laboratories. However, the big event of the year was the thorough and well-developed.The Geology Libraryhas many January publication by Houghton Mifflin Company in Bos- loyal friends among the faculty and alumni, and the interest ton of his environmental geology textbook, Geology— The they show makes my job more meaningful and fulfilling. I Paradox of Earth and Man. If you haven't seen it, let us am looking forward to implementing many new plans and assure you that this is a truly fine book and one in which ideas for our library." Keith and the Department can be justifiably— proud! We Martin and his wife Sylvia, who is working toward her look forward to its widespread use especially with the Master of Library Science degree here at UT, enjoy living Company slogan, that advertises it as "Geology on therocks" in Austin. Martin's hobbies include cooking (specialties are using an old-fashioned glass with Keith's book in it. Harvey Wallbanger cakes, yogurt and Chinese food) and Keith spent the first 6-week summer term teaching the growing house plants. Although still a young man, Martin's introductory course in environmental geology. He also plans for retirement are to raise speckled trout on a fish studied zonation and correlations of the middle Cretaceous farm. According to Martin, "You just sit on the porch and of Texas and northern Mexico, and spent a week of field watch them grow." Geological Sciences Newsletter 21

Dr. Tor M. Nilsen,U.S.G.S.,Menlo Park, California, "En- Departmental Speakers vironmental Geology of the San Francisco Bay Area" and Deep Sea Fan Deposits: Modern and Tertiary." Each year the department has a large number of guest Dr. Leigh C. Price, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, "Sol- lecturers. Some come from other departments on the cam- ubility of Petroleum in Water and Its Significance to Pe- pus, most from other universities,some from overseas, and troleum Migration." faculty. occasionally one from our own The lectures are ordi- Dr. John Rodgers,Department of Geology and Geophysics, narily given at Technical Sessions before the entire faculty Yale University, "Mountain Ranges of the Soviet Union." and student body, as well as any interested visitors. Geolo- Dr. Albert J. Rudman, Department of Geology, Indiana gists in Austin are always cordially welcomed at these lec- University, Bloomington, Indiana,"Well Log Correlation" matter tures, and we try to publicize the subject and times and "On a Modeling Problem of a Magnetic Basement for each lecture as far in advance as possible. Anomaly." Dr. Daniel Bernouli,AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, "New Dr. Oscar Salazar, Guatemala Geographic Institute, Gua- Alpine Tethys Views on Evolution Based on Joides Re- temala, "Status of Geologic Studies in Guatemala, recent sults." results, important remaining problems." Dr. John K. Costain, Department of Geological Sciences, Dr. Robert E. Sheriff,Geophysical Division,Chevron Oil V.P.I. & S.U., "Seismic Reflection Investigation Under- Company, Houston, "Geological Interpretation of the taken at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Uni- Perth Basin of Australia using Seismic and Gravity versity." Data." Damon, Geosciences, Dr. Paul E. Department of University Dr. Lee J. Suttner, Department of Geology, University of Tucson, of Arizona, "Geology and geochronology of the Indiana,Bloomington, Indiana, "Provenance and Mineral granitic batholithic complex, Sinaloa, Mexico." Composition of Fluvial Sediments, Montana." Dr. Gregory A. Davis, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Tsvi Meidav,— AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, "Geother- "Plate Tectonic Models for Thrust Faulting in South- mal Energy Viable Energy Resource." western United States." Dr. James H. Whitcomb, Seismological Laboratory, Cali- Dehlinger, Dr. Peter Marine Science Institute, Univ. of fornia Institute of Technology, "Earthquake Prediction." Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, "Geophysical Interpre- Dr. Ray Wilcox, U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo- tationStudies in the Beauford Sea Area." rado, "Volcanic Ash StratigraphicMarker Beds in Dennison, Lecturer,"In- Quater- Dr. JohnM. AAPG Distinguished nary Deposits of the Pacific Northwest." fluence of Eustatic Sea-Level Changes on Oil and Gas Mr. Hunter Yarborough,Exxon Company, USA, "En- Appalachian — Accumulations in Basin." ergy and Mineral Problems Future Supply and De- Dr. Liberto de Pablo, Geological Institute of University of mand." Mexico, "Zeolites of the Suchilquitongo Formation of Mr.Isidore Zietz, Professorial Lecturer in Geology, George Oaxaca, Mexico." Washington University, Washington, D. C, "Crustal Dr. R. J. Dunham, Shell Development Company, Houston, Studies from Aeromagnetic Data." "Carbonate Facies." Dr. R. Gordon Gastil,Department of Geological Sciences, Teaching Assistants San Diego State University, San Diego, California, "A Samuel G. Bartlett Susan S. Levy Mesozoic Reconstruction of Mobile California." Elsie Begle Ronald D. Lewis Dr. Tore Gjelsvik, Director, Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo Neil T. Bockoven Mark W. Longman Norway, "Spitsbergen." Silverio Bosch Frederic C. Lucas Dr. William J.Hinze, Department of Geosciences, Purdue Larry S. Bowlds RichardP. McCulloh University, West Lafayette, Indiana, "Summary of Geo- Jchn E. Bumgardner Michael L. McKinley Arthur B. Busbey David A. McMahon physical Research Activities at PurdueUniversity." A. Timothy Cejka Patricia Mench Teh-Lung A. Dr. Ku, Department of Geological Sciences, Uni- Joseph Cepeda Thomas D. Murphy versity of Southern California, "Groundwater Investiga- Constance S. Childs KennethE. Nemeth tion Using Uranium Isotopes in the Mojave Desert Re- Thomas C. Connally, Jr. Donnie F.Parker gion." Harry E. Connors, 111 Walter C. ParrislParrish Dr. David Kuenzi,Department Geology, Mich- Marvin J. Droddy, Jr. John D.Pigott of Western Stephen D. Etter Dennis R. Prezbindowski igan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, "Petrology of Richard N. Fiore DebraL. Richmann Modern River and Beach Sediments Seaward from Active Robert S. Fox Carolyn Rutland Volcanic Highlands, Southwestern Guatemala." Russell W. Graham Russell G. Shepherd Dr. Thomas R. LaFehr, Department of Geophysics, Colo- Thomas W. Grimshaw William B. Spindler rado School of Mines, "Stable Platform Gravity Obser- Eric P. Gustafson Eric R. Swanson Glenn D. Hatcher R. Joe Tondu vations at Sea." Susan D. Hovorka Prestcn M. Walters Dr. D. P. McGookey, Texaco, Inc., Houston, Texas, "Cre- W. Clay Hunter Charles R. Williamson taceous of the Rocky Mountain Area." L. Chris Johnson Special News

AlumniGather at AAPG Geologists at conventions are known for their rousing parties lasting late into the night, but a notable exception began at 7:30 a.m. on April 8 at the Dallas AAPG-SEPM Convention. The UT Alumni Breakfast, held in the Hotel Adolphus, was attended by approximately 150 alumni and friends and was one of the most enjoyable occasions of our year. Theearly hour notwithstanding, theBreakfast provided former classmates and friends of the Department an opportunity to visit and meet many of our teaching staff. (Inci- dentally, it was the largest alumni function held during the 1975 Convention and almost equaled the attendance at all other alumni meetings, including OU, LSU and Nebraska.) Gene &MargaretWoodyard, Caroline &Tim During theshort program,several important awards,made Denison, Ron Gieger, Clyde Seewald, Jim & Terry Adams possible by gifts to the Geology Foundation, were presented by Bob Boyer,Department Chairman. tions on students who may take the exam, petrology students have an obvious advantage. In addition to the stipend and certificate he received, Eric's name has been added to the plaque which is permanently displayed in the Petrography Lab in the Geology Building. Ericplanned tobeginhis graduateprogramherein Spring 1969, immediately after he received a B.S. Degree from Western Michigan University,Kalamazoo. That is, until the Army delayed those plans for two years, so instead of coming directly to Texas, he first served as an MP in West Germany.He completedhis thesis research onthe "Petrology and volcanic stratigraphy of the Durango Area, Durango, Mexico" and was granted the Master's Degree in January, 1974.Eric has embarked on aPh.D. research project on the "Geology of the Ocampo Area, western Chihuahua,Mexico" under the supervision of Steve Clabaugh who alsosupervised theMaster's Degree.Asfurther recognition of his scholarship Bob Boyer presents Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award to Ann Boggs ability, Eric has been awarded the prestigiousAmoco Foun-

Ann Boggs, a senior geology major, received a certificate and a check for $100 as the Outstanding Undergraduate Stu- dent for 1974—75. During her academic career,Annreceived A's in all her geology courses and attained a 3.972 overall grade point average (one B in a math course prevented her from having a perfect g.p.a.). She completed her undergraduate program inMay 1975 and received a B.A.in Geol- ogy, graduating with highest honors. Ann will spend the next academic year studying at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Eric Swanson was recognized as the winner of the $1,000 Petrography Award. This award, established by a contribu- Charles Vertrees, Jr., George alumnus, tion from an is determined by an exam adminis- Pichel, Mr.&Mrs. Hal H. Bybee,Sam & Dottie tered by a faculty committeeand, while there are no restric- Ellison, Charles &Eloise Vertrees Geological Sciences Newsletter 23

behalf of John Loftis, Chairman, and other Council members. We are grateful for the guidance and assistance we receive from the Council and sincerely appreciated his remarks on the importance of continued support of the De- partment through the Foundation. We are always eager to share information about activities in Austin but there was time to report only a few bits of news at the Breakfast. Bill Fisher was in the process of moving to Washington, D. C. to begin a new assignment with the Department of the Interior,but he arrangedhis schedule so he wouldn't miss the chance to discuss current research projects of the Bureau of Economic Geology. (Further details concerning Bill's leave of absence from the University are outlined in a separate article in this Newsletter.) Eric Swanson accepts Petrography Award fromBob Boyer dation Doctoral Fellowship to support his final year in the Department. He looks forward to employment in industry following completion of the Ph.D. Bob Folk was identified as the recipient of the Carolyn G. and G. Moses Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award. Steve Clabaugh, who received theAward— last year, outlined Bob's contributions to the Department both in the classroom and as a highly unique individual. Bob's impromptu response was typical of his keen wit and was thoroughly appreciated by all. Mrs. Folk (Marge) accompanied Bob to Dallas for the presentation which included a $1,000 check Edd R. Turner, Jr., Fred Ealand, a recognition outstanding teaching per- and citation "in of Earl Bescher, Joel Carlisle, Ross & Lois Shipman, Mary formance as judged by undergraduate and graduate geology Turner majors". Bob's name has been added to the plaque in the Faculty Conference Room as the third Knebel Award honoree. A majority of our Geology Foundation Advisory Council members attend our alumni programs and we were pleased that several Council wives joined us at the Breakfast. W. Kenley Clark, incoming Chairman of the Council, spoke on

Mildred & Virgil Barnes, Pris- cilla & Pete Flawn, Charles Yager, Edgar J. Stulken, Veta & Morgan Davis

Professors Earle Mcßride and Al Scott rounded out the discussion with synopses of enrollment and academic pro- gramsin the undergraduate and graduate areas,respectively. The highlight of the Breakfast was the introduction of Dr. Milo M.Backus who has accepted the Wallace E. Pratt Pro- fessorship in Geophysics. (An article concerningDr. Backus is included elsewhere in this Newsletter.) His appointment is the culmination of a two-year search for an outstanding Bob Folk receives 1975 Knebel Best Teacher Award person to provide leadership in the development of a viable from Steve Clabaugh geophysical program within our Department. Milo received 24 September, 1975

SEPM Permian Basin Section Honors Ronald DeFord by DonaldF.Reaser and James R. Underwood, Jr. A recent field trip to western Trans-Pecos Texashonored Professor Emeritus Ronald K.DeFord. The trip, sponsored by the Permian Basin— Section of SEPM, was held April 17-19 in the Eagle southern Quitman mountains region. More than 100 geologists, including 25 students,participated in the field trip led by James R.Underwood, Jr., West Texas State University, and Donald F. Reaser, The University of Page Twiss, Josh Oden, Chip Texas at Arlington. The field trip was preceded, on Wed- Groat, Reaser, Massell, Redge &Linda Green- Don Wulf nesday evening, by the annual business meeting, at which berg, RonaldDeFord Professor DeFord was introduced as the honored guest of the Permian Basin Section. After election of officers, SEPM enthusiastic response to his remarks concerninghis plans for outgoing President Gerald M. Friedman relayed the best establishing geophysics at UT-Austin in a manner benefiting wishes of the national office and explained the upcoming both students and industry. sale of SEPM stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary Joyce Best and Birdena Schroeder were responsible for of the society. A smoker followed the field trip orientation the logistics involved in the Breakfast ticket sales and room by Underwood and Reaser. On Thursdayevening, Dr. Fried- arrangements.With some last-minute nudging of the cater- manpresentedhis views on diagenetic changes ofporosity in ing staff, they arranged for the program to begin promptly carbonate rocks; on Friday evening Underwood reviewed and we adjourned in time for those who had obligations at the geologic mapping program and the geology of Mars. the Convention Center to catch a shuttle bus and make the The guidebook, Geology of the Eagle Mountains and Vi- first session of the day. cinity, Trans-Pecos Texas, is dedicated to Professor DeFord The hospitality extended by the geologists in Dallas made and features his portrait and a complete list of the 145 our visit a memorable one. We especially appreciate the theses and dissertations supervised by him from 1948 to many courtesies shown by our Exes who served on the local 1974, of which 120 deal with the geology of Trans-Pecos committees at the Convention, such as Fred Oliver who ar- Texas and Chihuahua. A technical paper entitled "Large- ranged a spacious area for UT at the All-Alumni Cocktail Scale Desiccation Fissures in Alluvium, Eagle Mountains Party Monday evening and all others who offered assistance. Area", was co-authored by Underwood and DeFord. A There were many complimentary remarks from those who memorial page in the guidebook honors the work in the attended theBreakfast and we will plansimilar affairs in the areaof the late Elliot Gillerman,Professor of Geology at the future. University of Kansas, and of the late William D. Miller, Professor of Geosciences and Head of the Department at Texas Tech University. Gillerman mapped the central Eagle AlumniLuncheonat G.C.A.G.S. Mountains in the 1940's for the U. S. Geological Survey; Miller's at Several faculty renewed old acquaintances with alumni dissertation the University of Missouri at Colum- bia is Geology Formation, and enjoyed a Cajunmeal at a Department-sponsoredlunch- entitled "The of the Cox Trans- Pecos Texas". Donald H. Campbell, Portland eon in Lafayette, Louisiana last fall. This luncheon, held on Cement As- sociation, kindly condensed Miller's October 17, 1974, was part of the festivities associated with dissertation for inclu- sion in the guidebook and led the discussion the annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Association of Geo- and outcrop study at the several stops where the Yucca Formation was We wereparticularly pleased the good logical Societies. with well displayed. turn-out, probably motivated by the cocktails that preceded Other topics covered by technical papers in the guide- we acknowledge special Roy the food and with thanks Nau- book include physiography, tectonic style, Cretaceous bio- mann's assistance. Roy, who is with Lyons Petroleum Com- stratigraphy, geothermal prospects, and mineral resources charge making pany,served as the local Texas alumnusin of and prospectsincluding fluorspar, copper, ground water, and the arrangements for the affair. A brief program followed oil and gas. Historical papers deal with the life of W. H. the meal and included discussions of the current status of the yon Streeruwitz, early Trans-Pecos geologist, and with the Department and its programs and Bureau activities. San Antonio— San Diegomail line, one station of which was We look forward to seeing many of our friends at our at Eagle Springs on the north flank of the Eagle Mountains. alumni function in conjunction with the GCAGS meetingin A final paper describing the climate, flora, and fauna of the Jackson, Mississippi this fall. region is highlighted by pen-and-ink sketches of typical Geological SciencesNewsletter 25 wildlife. Basic geologic data for the Eagle and Indio moun- cause of the outstanding Bar-B-Que, beans, and salad laid tains and for Devil Ridge were provided by binding into out by a caterer and because of the striking surroundings: the guidebook the 32-page text of Underwood's Bureau of the first lunch site was the old fluorspar mine in the Eagles Economic Geology report, Geology of the Eagle Mountains and the second, the show barn at Sierra Blanca, where the and Vicinity, Hudspeth County, Texas: the geologic map, group thankfully was protected from a typical Trans-Pecos scale 1:48,000, was placed in the guidebook pocket. 50—60 mph spring breeze that blew most of that day.Lunch The 1975 field trip was a westward and basinward ex- on the third day alongside the Rio Grande, which was flow- tensionof the 1958 SEPM Permian Basin Section field trip. ing bank full,provided the unusual but delightful sound of Cretaceous Platform and Geosyncline, led by DeFord and water rushing overrapids. John P. Brand, the guidebook and road logs for which were Although Mrs. DeFord was still recuperating from surg- prepared by DeFord.In 1975, from the headquarters at the ery, the Professor was able to participate in all three days Holiday Inn, Horn, in Eagle Van the groupmade stops the of the trip. The Tiger of the Trans-Pecos was in top form, and Indio mountains, and in Devil Ridge, looking at rocks both in energetic geological discourse on the outcrop and rangingin age from Precambrian to Holocene,and studying in vigorous attack of slopes and trails. According to one of the complex structure of the Chihuahua tectonic belt. Stops the leaders, whose age and length of stride arehalf those of also were made in the Allamore talc district at the Pioneer DeFord's, the Professor set a breathless pace on the seven- mine and at the asbestos prospect.The final day was a walk This only served to confirm downriver from the vicinity of Indian Hot Springs through mile walk along the Rio Grande. long-held suspicion cooling shade of the the first three of four narrow gorges where intensely folded Reaser's that the to run through them like rocks are spectacularly exposed in steep-sided canyons cut salt cedars always inspired DeFord across strike ridges. a deer. The lunch stops on the first two days were memorable be- All in all,it was just like the old days.

petrol- A Gala Dinner for Ed W. Owen basic reference for future teaching of the history of eum exploration; overhead transparencies are being pre- by S. P. Ellison, Jr. pared from some of his illustrations for use in classes here this fall. Those of us in the Department feel very proud to The American Association of Petroleum Geologists has have been a part of Ed's accomplishments. published Memoir 6 Trek of the Oil Finders: A History of From the bottom of our hearts, Ed, we salute you and Petroleum Exploration by Ed W. Owen. Completion of this Ollie. This includes a great deal of professional respect and voluminous work was celebrated May 27, 1975 at a dinner a lot of personal love. hosted by the South Texas Geological Society in the St. An- thony hotel, San Antonio. Many of Ed's friends gathered to honor him with words of praise and a lovely painting. The painting incorporates symbols of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Sidney Powers Medal Award. The University of Texas at Austin and, most of all,his be- loved library and Memoir 6. Ed's wife Ollie, his sister-in-law Merva, and his niece Susan and her husband were present to applaud him. Wil- ford Stapp, George His, L. A. Douglas, S. P. Ellison and P. T. Flawn commented on Ed's contributions to theprofession. Ed responded in his usual salty manner and expressed in- debtedness for his success to his countless friends. Although articles in previous Newsletters outline many of Ed's accomplishments, faculty and students will always be indebted to him and Ollie for the 20 years of service without pay to the Department of Geological Sciences. We are particularly appreciative of his efforts in guiding students and his role in organizing the Geology Foundation. Trek of the Oil Finders is a direct result of his course entitled "History of Geology" which he taught at the Uni- versity for more than a decade. This memoir will serve as the Ollie and Ed Oweninspect first copy of Ed's new book 26 September,1975

The VPLab of fossil vertebrates, and Dr. Sellards was able to obtain one such project at Austin in a cramped and dilapidated build- By Wann Langston, Jr. ing on the Little Campus. From there some nine field units employing as many as 25 men each were kept busy explor- An increasingly significant geoscience facility of UT- ing for and collecting fossils in 22 Texas counties. W. N. Austin is the VertebratePaleontology Laboratory (VPLab), McAnulty (Ph.D. '53) supervised the preparation of the located at Balcones Research Center eight miles north of the fossils in Austin. But with World War 11, fossils became maincampus. TheLab's discovery of an enormous pterodac- — — less important to the national effort. The project shifted from tyl the largest known flying creature recently made news the pursuit of fossils to a search for strategic minerals, and around the world (Johnny Carson: "... a thing like that was finally terminated in September, 1941. could really wipe out your windshield on the Santa Ana The Texas Museum, 1939, ■ opened Freeway.") j i, ;rj* jfH Memorial in had space in its basement for fossil exhibits, but most of the WPA The fossil record of Permian, Triassic and parts of Ter- specimens languished halls, tiary times is better represented in Texas than anywhere in "X" and "J" and in the old swimming pool on the Little Campus. Other specimens were else in North America; yet vertebrate paleontology at the University had inauspicious beginnings. Although fossil kept in classrooms and in the attic and basement of the Geology Building. As as 1946, no one was bones werefound in Texas as early as 1863, little significant late charged with caring for this part research was conducted by the State before the 19305. By of the collection. As for the Dumble Survey specimens 1890's, Cope's type the time theUniversity began to take aninterest in the study of the the collection of of prehistoric life,large and scientifically-important collec- specimens wasbeing carefully preserved by Dr. F.L. Whit- ney Geology Department. guarded tions of Texas fossils had already been assembled by many in the He these fossils key granted only by of the prestigious museums and universities in the United under lock and and access to them States and Europe. special permission. The first collecting by the State was a by-product of in- The deplorable housing situation for fossils began to be vestigations by the short-lived Geological Survey of Texas alleviated when Dr. John A. Wilson arrived on campus in (1890—94). One gathers from letters by the Survey Direc- 1948. With the help of Dr. John T.Lonsdale, director of the tor E. T. Dumble that the time spent picking up fossils was Bureau of Economic Geology, Dr. Wilson began to consoli- widely dispersed goal grudgingly given. The specimens were sent to the leading date the fossil collection. This was not because, American vertebrate paleontologist of the time, Edward soon attained although everyone agreed that the Drinker Cope of Philadelphia (the man who, incidentally, fossils needed professional attention, the responsibility for gave the Balcones Fault its name). Cope described this col- the care of the collection was divided between two distinct One, lection in annual reports of the Survey and returned the administrative divisions of the University. the Bureau specimens specimens to Austin. of Economic Geology, had most of the but no dis- other, More than forty years passed. In 1935, it was decided plays and inadequate storage facilities. The the Texas Museum, possessed specimens provided that Texas should have a museum to house the varied as- Memorial a few but by sortment of "Memorabilia Texana" assemb7ed for the forth- storage and exhibit space. Both units wereheaded senior relatively junior coming Texas Centennial Exposition. Among items to be administrators whereas Dr. Wilson was a Department displayed were fossils, but as the geology supervisor for the teachingmember of the Geology which had no specimens. Centennial Exposition wrote to Beauford H. Jester, "...the facilities for vertebrate fossils and few Wilson University of Oklahoma has moreand better vertebrate ma- conducted his courses and research using the Bureau's col- terial fromTexas than theUniversityof Texasitself." Never- lection and was also responsible for curatins the material speci- theless, under the able direction of Dr. H. B. Stenzel, the but for a long time a written request for use of each skeleton of the Onion Creek mosasaur was discovered and men needed in Wilson's work was required! When permis- collected with the help of Texas Exes Clyde Ikins (PhD sion was granted- also in writing, it was sometimes stipu- '41), John P. Smith (BS '37), and William Strain (Ph.D. lated that specimens were not to be touched by student '64). (The mosasanr is now the centerniece of the Texas bands! Memorial Museum.) A partial solution came in 1949 when the Vertebrate In the late 1930's and early 19405. the Bureau of Eco- PaleontologyLab was devised as a cooperative arrangement — Bureau, Museum, Department nomic—Geology successor to the old Geological Survey of between the the and the of Texas was under the direction of Dr. E. H. Sellards (of Geology. Dr. Sellards became the director of the L^b, and Bulletin 3232 fame). Among his many interests was the Dr. Wilson was paleontologist-in-charge. The collections be- science of vertebrate naleontology.and he. assisted by Glen longing to the Bureau and the Geology Department were L. Evans, was instrumental in assembling the first systematic moved to the newly established Balcones Research Center collection of vertebrate fossils at UT. During the Great De- (specimens belonging to the Museum were kept on campus). pression, thefederal Works Progress Administration (WPA) Even at BRC, however, the collection was dispersed in two sponsored projects aimed at the discovery and conservation different buildings, and offices were in a third. The Lab was Geological Sciences Newsletter 27 furnished with a few pieces of dilapidated machinery, tools, arriving at the University with some regularity. As another desks, and an ancient typewriter, all inherited from WPA mark of progress, a downstairs storeroom was converted to a days. Übiquitous goose-necked lamps shed whatever light toilet. The appointment in 1957 of Dr. E. L. Lundelius (BS there was upon the collection. '50) to the Geology faculty doubled the Lab's scientific staff, By 1950, therefore, the lab had assumed a certain re- and in the same year the Geology Department made avail- spectability: it had some space, some equipment,and it also able a full-time technician. The Lab acquired use of a field had a director and apaleontologist-in-charge. But at a time vehicle, courtesy of the Geology Foundation. This burnt- when other universities boasted fulltime staffs (professional orange, blunt-nosed jeep became a familiar sight in the paleontologists, preparators, illustrators, and curators) the fossil fields of Trans-Pecos Texas. Lab at UT-Austin had only occasional and usually inexpert Finally, in 1958—59, the Museum's fossils were trans- student help. The fossil collection continued to grow as Dr. ferred to the Lab, so at longlast all of UT's fossil collection Wilson and his students added new specimens from their could be cared for properly and utilized by students and re- field explorations,but the Lab had no budget of its own and searchers to the greatestadvantage. In1962 Dr.Warm Lang- depended entirely for support upon three (hopefully) co- ston, Jr., formerly Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the operating departments. Transportation was provided, when National Museum of Canada in Ottawa, joined the Lab as available, by the Geology Department, but funds for field aresearch scientist for the Texas Memorial Museum. work camemainly "out of pocket". In the early and middle 19605, the staff decided to take The demand by students for trainingin VP increased, and advantage of governmental munificence and readied an am- Dr. Wilson's original undergraduate course was augmented bitious request for financial assistance from the National by instruction at the graduate level with classes comprised Science Foundation to renovate the Lab. Although NSF mainly of students from the departments of Geology and looked sympathetically on the application it informed the Zoology. James H. Quinn (Ph.D. '54), while a graduate University that, owing to economy moves, no funds were student, was employed by the Geology Department to curate available. This was a discouraging blow as it was clear that, the fossil collection and to prepare specimens for study and in spite of the best efforts of the staff, the collection was exhibition. deteriorating in the hostile climatic conditions within the By 1954 the collection had grownso large that itsassigned storage area. space was fully occupied. Something had to be done, and Happily, BRC found the funds to reconstruct the roof and BRC came to the rescue by partially renovatingan old shell plug the leaks. The Bureau and the Museum contributed a of a dilapidated building which had been built as part of a newpreparation roomand plans werelaidfor a gradualren- World War IImagnesium factory. The walls were cracked, ovationalong the lines originally proposed to NSF. the windows were broken, and the roof leaked!There was no Finally, in 1967, the University extended official recogni- heating, almost no electricity, and. of course, air-condition- tion:theVertebrate PaleontologyLaboratory,Professor John ing was unheard of. Several cinderblock rooms were con- A. Wilson, Director, became a reality onpaper as well as in structed within the existing walls at the south end of the fact! More importantly, the Lab, under the Bureau of Eco- building, and these still serve as offices and as the classroom nomic Geology, was provided with an annual budget. Addi- for all courses in vertebrate paleontology offered at the Uni- tional preparational help, and for the first time, curatorial versity. The University's fossil collection was gathered to- and secretarial assistance, could be obtained. There were gether for the first time under one roof in the north part of evenmodest funds for purchases of equipment- the first item the building. On rainy days, a1! hands manned the bucket being a replacement for the old burnt-orange Jeep. brigade,racing against the elements to dispersepails, basins, Having provided the impetus in 1969 the Bureau re- and other available drip-catching containers in strategic quested that administrative responsibilitybe transferred to places.On cold days the loft, euphemistically called the Study the Texas Memorial Museum. Dr. Wilson, whose persever- Collection Room, wasuninhabitaWe except for brief periods. ance had created the VP Lab,stepped down as director, and Bats resided beneath the roof, rats roamed the floor, and Dr. Langston of the Museum and Geo^oeiv Department was birds flew at will throughout the space in between. Spiders, appointed his successor. Drs. Wilson and Lundelius were in scorpions, and that bane of all museums, silverfish,occupied turn appointed as research scientists with the Museum, in whatever nooks and crannies offered them protection. To which capacity they continue to use the facilities of the J^b. some this decaying old loft, nearly three s^oi-ies in height, To date these professors have supervised seven PhD and peemed the appropriate place to house tons of crumbly old eleven master's degrees with emphasis in vertebrate paleon- bones. Yet. in contrast to conditions existing prior to 1954, to^gy, and theses based on the Lab's collection. the new quarters had potential for improvement, room for So much for past history. Today the Vertebrate Paleon- expansion, and hope. tology Laboratoryhouses more than 40,000 catalogued speci- In 1957, BRC provided two additional rooms, beginning mens, including outstanding coP.ections from the Permian, a second story at the south end of the buildingand provid- Triassic, Cretaceous and' Tertiary of Texas, Australian Pleis- ing working space for graduate students, who by now were tocene cave faunas, and the most significant late-Pleistocene 28 September,1975 assemblage ever recovered from Texas.It has the finest re- spent in the planning of this convention. A guidebook was search and teaching collection anywhere in the south or written and published, and can be purchased in a number southwest. A recent national survey ranks the VP Lab of places, including the Department of Geological Sciences at among the top eight research facilities of its kind in the UT, Big Bend National Park, Whole Earth Provision Com- country. At long last, after years of perseverance in admin- pany, and Wilderness Whitewater in Austin. (The price of istrative matters, excellence in research, and hard work in the guidebookis $7.50.) the field, the vertebrate fossil collections at The University The USGS is an organization designed to further the of Texas rank with those at Harvard, Yale, Michigan, and knowledge of the students. The best way to accomplish this Berkeley. Scientists from around the world visit the Lab to is by actual field work as was done in the Big Bend Region. study its collections. The discovery of the giant pterodactyl These trips are limited by the budget of the USGS. Any contributed significantly to the international reputation of donations made to the Geology Foundation earmarked spe- The University of Texas— in early summer a Japanese tele- cifically for the USGS would be greatly appreciated and vision crew filmed a documentary at the Lab on the ptero- would prove to be most beneficial to geology students. saur's discovery. And what of the future? Recognizing that University South-Central Section— GSA funding will never be entirely adequate, a modest endowment has been established within the Geology Foundation. The Department and Bureau, along with the Austin Geo- Termed the VP Fund, its aim is to assist faculty research logical Society (AGS), co-hosted the 9th AnnualMeeting of in vertebrate paleontology at the University and to ensure the South-Central Section of GSA onMarch 12-15, 1975 in as much as possible the continuance of its tradition of ex- Austin. This Section includes Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma cellence. and Texas but representation at the meeting spanned the U.S.G.S. U.S. and Mexico. Bob Boyer served as General Chairman and Chip Groat was the Program Chairman. Key roles in By Guy Tidmore preparing symposia, guiding field trips, and handling the numerous logistical aspects of the meeting were capably The University Student Geological Society (USGS) con- overseen by many Department faculty, Bureau staff, AGS ducted a field convention on April 12 and 13 in Big Bend personnel, and geology students. A short course on carbonate National Park. This was sponsored for the Southwest Asso- rocks (presented by Don Bebout, Bob Folk, and Al Scott) ciationof Student Geological Societies (SASGS), an organ- that preceded the meeting and an icebreaker cocktail party ization of the geology student groups from the colleges and universities of Texas and Louisiana. Approximately 175 students and faculty representing seventeen universities in the southwest area were in attendance. The primary purpose of this convention was to further the knowledge of the students about the Big Bend Region. The focal point of the convention was Mariscal Canyon. Float trips were taken through the canyon on the Rio Grande to show the crosscut structure of that particular anticline. Commentary on these trips was provided by UT students Randy Foutch, Julie Broyles, Mike McCleary,Eilene Theilig, Paul Cariker, Peter Megaw, Donna Balm, and Doug McGookey. Another trip led by UT students Chuck Collins, John Ferguson, and Steve Spain, went up the rim trail of Mariscal Mountain to examine lithology of the anticline. A third trip which went around the park was offered for those who wished to view the overall structure and stratigraphy of the area. This was led by Dr. Jack Wilson and UT students Mark Harris, Guy Tidmore, and Ross Ensley. Special thanks are given to Professors Ed Jonas, Jack Wilson, John Lufkin, Kurt Sorenson (of the Geography De- partment) and Bill Muehlberger.These University of Texas faculty members helped this convention become a great success with their contribution of time and insight. Other UT students deservingmention include Amanda Moor,Larry Knox, Robert Schneider, Rick Davis, Glenn Hatcher, Mike Fossil bone of large Texas pterodactylwith Stewart, and Preston Walters. Much time and effort was wing section from a smaller pterodactyl Geological SciencesNewsletter 29 were new innovationssetting the stage for a most successful convention. Enrollmentand Degrees A number of invited symposia were arranged in conjunction with the meetings. Warm Langston organized one on For the third consecutive year, the Department experi- invertebrate paleontology which was a marked success. Doug enced a dramatic upswing ir enrollment at both graduate Lawson presentedhis findings about the giant pterodactyl at and undergraduatelevels. At the end of the Spring Semester, this symposium and garnered a great deal of attention in- 122 graduates and 308 undergraduate majors were enrolled. cluding a host of reporters and cameramen for radio and A majority of the graduate students (76) are seeking television coverage. A symposium entitled "Energy for the Master's degrees, and 47 are doctoral candidates. Approxi- Future" (SamEllison,organizer) also attracted considerable mately 60 new graduate students are expected in fall, 1975. interest. The general theme of the meetings centered around We are proud that of our 308 undergraduate majors, a symposium arranged by Steve Clabaugh and Fred Mc- 25% have an overall grade point average of 3.0 (B) or Dowell entitled "Geology of the Sierra Madra Occidental better. Our Department continues to attract good students and Adjoining Regions." This day-and-a-half session in- in increasing numbers. It is also interesting to note that 51 cluded a variety of distinguished speakers such as Paul E. undergraduates are female. Damon, R. Gordon Gastel, Robert E. King, and Guillermo Those listed received degrees between August, 1974 and A. Salas, Jr. The AGS organized a symposium on "Geologic May, 1975. Activities in State Agencies" as their share of the program. In all, 22 states were represented at the meetings with a Undergraduate Degrees Granted total registration of 534 persons, a number well in excess of any previous meeting of this section. Attendees repre- Bachelor of Arts Degrees, Summer 1974 sented 54 colleges and universities, 23 industries, and 18 state and federal agencies and organizations. Other high- Robert Bryce Bezant Howard Gray Smith, Jr. lights included a well-attended banquet that featured GSA James Dwaine Black Executive Director, John Frye, as the speaker and four field Bachelor of Science Degrees, trips following the technical sessions.Next March the meet- Summer 1974 ings will be held in Houston and the following year in El Ann Elizabeth Ayers Lambert Millholland Macy Paso. We all look forward to participating in those meetings Samuel Gene Bartlett Joseph Ambrose Medina Craig Randolph Ray and seeing the South-Central Section of GSA continue to Steven Bond Robert Richard Michael Bordwell Steven John Seni prosper. John Garvin Drake Douglas Neal ToeToepperwein Rebecca ElizabethHendrix Bonnie Renee Weise

In-Service Education Projects for Teachers Bachelor of Arts Degrees,Fall 1974 The summer of 1975 was a busy time for Institute Direc- John Paul Ferguson Melody Ruth Holm tor Bart Bartholomew. Seventeen earth science teachers par- William Laird Fowler Bruce Evan White ticipated in the second NSF-supported Summer Field Geol- ogy Program. The earth science teachers, primarily from Bachelor of Science Degrees,Fall 1974 Texas one as away as Virginia, spent but from far West four Douglas Wingert Bryant Carol Ann MacDonald weeks in the field collecting, photographing and studying the Arthur Bresnahan David Lee Simerka geology of central Texas. Two additional weeks were used Busbey 111 Marcus Jack Smith to prepare the materials for classroom use in the fall. Bart Keith Ideus Haun Van Neal Veenstra was supported in this Institute by Bob Boyer who accompanied the group on the field trips and by JimMcGill (BA Bachelor of Arts Degrees, Spring 1975 '61,M.Ed in Earth Science '73) who directed the laboratory Patricia Karen Bettis Mark Harris phases of this program. Jim teaches earth science in the Ann Sharon Boggs Jimmy Lee PiPenix Eanes School system that services the West Lake Hills area Clyde Francis Cole RichardJeffreyRoberts of Austin. June Gay Dowdy Michael Stephen MartinAndrewHalseth Verseckes This was thefourth summer in a series of In-Service Edu- in 1972 with cation projects for teachers that began a pro- Bachelor of ScienceDegrees,Spring 1975 gram for junior college science teachers. Bart reports this kind of work stimulating though strenuous, and the return Susan Elizabeth Dunlap George Michael Morgan Wayne a better education for hundreds of students is highly Abelardo Garza-Hernandez Eric Nelson of Johnny Calvin Raymond Charles PilchiPilcher Fifty-five 10,000 worthwhile. teachers and more than stu- Griffiths, Jr. Robert Winslow Ruggiero dents, most of them from Texas, have benefited from the KevinDuane Grove Marvin Gary Thompson four summer programs. Gaston Paul Jennett Curtis Lee Whited 30 September, 1975

Graduate DegreesGranted Depositional Characteristics of the Frio Formation, Sub- surface Texas Master of Arts, August 1974 South Supervisor: William L. Fisher Davis, Louis L., Jr., 1946 Anderson, William 8., 1945 geology 1967, Emory University B.S. B.A. geology 1967, UT Austin Petrology of the Claiborne Group and part of the Wilcox Cooling History and UraniumMineralizationof the Buck- Group, southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama. shot Ignimbrite, Presidio and Jeff Davis Counties, Texas Supervisor: Robert L. Folk Supervisor: Charles G. Groat Edwards, John E.,1949 Dresser, Anita E., 1946 B.S. geology 1972, UT Austin B.S. geology 1968, Duke University Geomorphology and hydrogeology of the Taylor Alluvial Conodonts from the Marble Falls Formation (Pennsyl- Fan, Williamson County, Texas. vaniaji) of Central Texas Supervisor: Charles G. Groat Supervisor: Samuel P. Ellison, Jr. Erxleben, W., 1946 Albert Fortier, J. Daniel, 1950 geology 1968, B.S. Texas Tech geology 1972, Oregon Depositional systems in Pennsylvanian Canyon Group B.S. State University the Depositional of Texas. Eocene Environments, Lake O' The Pines north-central Damsite, Supervisor: L. Frank Brown Marion County, Texas Supervisor: Alan Hall, W. Douglas, 1947 J. Scott B.S. geology 1969, Washington and Lee University Fritz, Deborah M., 1950 geology Hydrogeologic significance of depositional systems and B.A. 1972, Rice University Ophiolite of Paskenta, facies in Lower Cretaceous sandstones, north-central Belt West Northern California Texas. Coast Ranges Supervisor: L. Jan Turk Supervisor: Fred McDowell Keller,Peter C, 1947 Funk, Alan C, 1949 B.A. geology 1972, George Washington University B.S. geology 1971, UT Austin Mineralogy of the Tayoltita gold and silver mine, Durango, The Relationships of Engineering Properties to Geochem- Mexico. istry in the Taylor Group, Travis County, Texas Supervisor: Stephen E. Clabaugh Supervisor: Victor R. Baker Shaw, Stephen L., 1949 Levy, Susan S., 1950 B.S. geology 1971, UT Austin B.A. geology 1971, University of California, Santa Cruz Geology and landuse capability of the Castle Hills Quad- Serpentinization Textures in the Mashaba Igneous Com- rangle, Bexar County, Texas. plex, Rhodesia Supervisor :Keith Young Supervisor: Stephen E. Clabaugh Netto, Antonio S., 1943 Doctor of Philosophy, August 1974 B.S. geology 1965, Universidade Federal Da Bahia, Brazil Gucwa, PaulR., 1947 Petroleum and Reservoir Potentialitiesof the Aqua,Grande B.A. geology 1969, Franklin and Marshall College; M.A. Member (Cretaceous), Reconcavo Basin, Brazil geology 1971, UT Austin Supervisor:RobertL. Folk Geology of the Covelo/Laytonville area, northern Cali- Plamondon, Michael P., 1950 fornia B.S. geology 1972, University of Notre Dame Supervisor: John C. Maxwell Land Use Capabilities in the Georgetown Area, William- Kreitler, Charles W., 1947 son County, Texas B.S. geology 1969, St. Lawrence University; M.A. geology Supervisor: Charles G. Groat 1972 UT Austin Sorenson, Raymond P., 1951 Determining the source of nitratein groundwater by nitro- B.S. geology 1972, Michigan State University gen isotope studies. Clay Mineralogy of Suspended-Load Transport, Guadalupe Supervisor: L.Jan Turk River, Texas Lehman, David H., 1946 Supervisor: Charles G. Groat A.B. geology 1968, Franklin and Marshall College Strange, Nettie S., 1950 and petrology of the Hull Mountain area,north- Structure B.S. geology 1972, Virginia State College ern California Coast Ranges. A Census Study of the Lower Taylor Group, Upper Supervisor: John C. Maxwell Cretaceous, Travis and Williamson Counties, Texas Moran, Robert E.,1943 Supervisor: Samuel P. Ellison, Jr. B.A. geology 1966, San Francisco State College Woodman, James T., Trace element content of a stream affected by metal-mine 1950 drainage, Bonanza, B.S. geology 1972, University of Notre Dame Colorado. Availability Supervisor: Keith Young of Ground Water, CoastalBend Region, Texas Supervisor: Reaser, Donald F., 1931 L. Jan Turk B.S. geology 1953, Southern Methodist University; M.S. Doctor of Philosophy, January 1975 geology 1958, Southern Methodist University Geology of Cieneguilla area,Chihuahua and Texas. Laudon, Robert C, 1943 Supervisor: Ronald K. DeFord B.S. geology 1965, University of Wisconsin; M.S. geology 1968, University of Wisconsin Master or Arts, January 1975 Stratigraphy and Petrology of the Difunta Group, La Agagu, Olusegun X., 1948 Popa and Eastern Parras Basins, Northeastern Mexico B.S. geology 1971, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Supervisor: Earle F. Mcßride Geological Sciences Newsletter 31

Boyce,Robert L., 1945 Doctor of Philosophy, May 1975 B.A. geology 1967, Wittenberg University; M.A. geology Henry, Christopher D., 1946 1969, Indiana University B.S. geology 1969, California Institute of Technology; Depositional Systems in the LaHood Formation, Belt Supergroup, Preca,mbrian, Southwestern Montana M.A. geology 1971, UT Austin Geology and Geochronology of the Granitic Batholithic Supervisor: Alan J. Scott Complex, Sinaloa, Mexico Master of Arts, May 1975 Supervisor: Leon E. Long Kolvoord, Roger W., 1939 Broadhead, W., 1950 Thomas B.S. geology 1962, University of Michigan; M.S. geology B.S. geology 1972, Emory University 1964, University of Utah Biostratigraphy and Paleoecology Floyd Shale, Up- of the Spectrophotometric Study of Solutions at Elevated Tem- per Mississippian, Northwest Georgia perature and Pressure. Supervisor: James Sprinkle Supervisor: Earl Ingerson Lyons, James 1., Jr., 1948 Smith, Michael A., 1944 B.S. geology 1971, UT Austin B.S. geology 1966, University of Michigan; M.S. geology Volcanogenic Iron Ore of Cerro de Mercado and ItsSetting 1969, University of Kansas Within the Chupaderos Caldera, Durango, Mexico Geology and Trace Element Geochemistry of the Fort Supervisor :Stephen E. Clabaugh Davis Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas Summer, Rebecca M., 1951 Supervisor: Earl Ingerson B.A. geology 1973, University of Minnesota Watson, Richard L., 1943 Mined Land Reclamation Capability, Colorado County, A.B. geology 1965, Lehigh University; M.A. geology 1968, Texas UT Austin Supervisor: Charles G. Groat The Relationship Between Littoral Drift Rate and the Longshore Component of Wave Energy Flux Supervisor: E. William Behrens

InMemoriam

he graduated in 1922. Wallace Pratt hired him for the Hum- ble Oil and Refining Company in 1924. He transferred to the Creole Petroleum Company in Venezuela in 1930 as chief geologist, which led to his advancement to Vice Presi- dent of Standard Oil of Venezuela. In 1939 he moved to New York to become Manager of the Exploration Division of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, a job involving extensive travels to Canada, Libya, France and elsewhere. He founded both a library and a newsletter for the Explora- tion Division. Mose enjoyed a remarkable career as a petroleum geologist and gave generously of his time and wealth of geologic experience.During the 1973—74 school year he presented a fine talk in the Department's Technical Sessions on oil and gas seeps as exploration tools. In 1972 Mose and his wife Carolyn established an endowment for the Knebel Teaching Awards in the Geology Foundation. This fund provides an annual Best Teacher Award in the sum of $1,000.In addition,onemember of the faculty each year is grantedhalf-time leave for one semester to organizea new course or improve an existing one. He was President of the American Association of Petrol- eum Geologists in 1955—56, received the Sidney Powers George Moses Knebel Medal in 1974, and was an honorary life member of the Geology Foundation. The death in November, 1974 of "Mose" Knebel leaves a Mose is survived by his wife Carolyn, a son George M. giant gap in the oil and gas exploration world. Jr., a daughter Mrs. Loren (Beth) Kahle,Jr. and five grand- He was born near Waco in 1899 and ran a pressing shop children. to earn his way through the University of Texas from which S. P. Ellison, Jr. 32 September,1975

coming the fourth man to be so honored. Mr. Gregory was also highly activein the San Angelo area.He was appointed to the Water Supply Corporation Board of the City and served as its Secretary-Treasurer. One of his greatest loves was the Fort Concho Museum. He was appointed to the Board of the Museum in 1956 and served both as Director and President. It is noteworthy to mention that Mr.Gregory wrote aninteresting booklet entitled "Fort Concho: Its Why and Wherefore", published by the Fort Concho Museum at San Angeloin 1957.It contains accounts of the military cam- paigns against the Indians and a map of the forts and military roads in Texas during the troubled period of 1848- -1889. This booklet should be of particular interest to geologists who have worked in west Texas,for Mr. Gregory knew the country well as he spent most of his professional life in San Angelo and investigatedeverythingin the region. Mr. Gregory is survived by his wife, two sisters and a brother. We will all miss him and his continued interest in the Foundation and the Department. Frank J. Gardner (BA '36, MA '38, PhD '42) died of a coronary on August 12 in London, England. At the time of his death he was international editor of The Oil and Gas Nalle Gregory Journal, a position he had held for ten years. Frank had J. worked with the Journal first as exploration editor in 1954, We were all deeply saddened to learn of the death on Oc- and became international editor in 1965 and was based in tober 27, 1974 of J. Nalle Gregory, aformer student of this New York until 1973, when he moved to London. Department who served long and faithfully as a member of Frank is survived by a sister and two brothers. A fund in the Geology Foundation Advisory Council. Mr. Gregory his memory, established by The Oil and Gas Journal, has was born in Austin onDecember 14,1898. After high school been set up in the UT Geology Foundation. Purposes of the he continued his formal education at Shenandoah Valley fund will be for special equipment and for the Geology Li- Military Academy and,after aninterval with a map-making brary. team in went to the U. S. Army, Virginia Military Insti- Joseph E. Keyser (MA '48) died April 21, 1975 in tute a year. to in as for He returned the armed forces 1918 Midland,Texas after alongillness. Mr. Keyser had been an a member of the Marine Corps where he served a full year independent consulting petroleum geologist in Midland for before entering TheUniversityof Texas to study engineering. many years. He is survived by his wife and five children. After 214 years at UT,he transferred to the Colorado School of Mines and graduated with an Engineer of Mines Degree A. Knox Tyson (BA '23, MA '24) of Houston, Texas in 1923. died June 17, 1975 at age 73. At the time of his death he Following his graduation, Mr. Gregory entered the oil was an account executive at Rowles, Winston & Company. industry as an engineer for Gulf Oil Corporation. After a Mr. Tyson had helped found the Retina Research Founda- short stint with Gulf, he took a job with the Cooper Queen tion of Houston,and the Southwest Research Institute of San Mine as a mucker and then became a dock workerinvolved Antonio. He had also served as president of American Re- in cotton trading in Houston. During this timehe did some publics Corporation, Slick Oil Corporation, Producing Prop- oil lease trading that kept him in touch with the petroleum erties and Gulf-Southwest Capital Corporation. Previously, industry. He returned to San Angelo as a geologist and oil he had also been vice president of Barber Oil Corporation scout for University Lands before becoming an independent and was connected with Continental Oil Company for many geologist in 1936. years. He is survived by his wife (Katherine Archer Tyson, At the start of World War 11, he joined the Air Corps as BA '35, MA '36), three children, and nine grandchildren. a member of the special services where he worked out of Following this duty, he returned to his private San Angelo. Each year our record of deaths of department alumni in San Angelo where he maintained his geology practice is incomplete because we are uninformed about the time death. office until the of his events. We urge each of you who receives confirmed Gregory was appointed to the Geology Foundation Mr. information of this unpleasant news to please relay the Advisory in 1960. In May of 1969, he was elected Council details to us. [The Editors] an honorary life member of the Geology Foundation, be- Bureau News

Bureau of Economic Geology Chip Groat is program manager;Don Bebout isprincipal Administrative Changes scientist and is responsible for the geologic studies. Don is being assisted by Olu Agagu and five research assistants. Bill Fisher's leave of absence from the University has Bob Loucks will join theproject in the fall. The Department prompted some shuffling in the Bureau's administrative has come to the rescue and made space available on a staff. Chip Groat is serving as Acting Director; he was pre- temporary basis for the project staff to spread their electric viously Associate Director for Administration and handled logs and expansive cross sections. Bureau operations as well as energy and mineral resources In June the Bureau and the Center for Energy Studies programs. Chip's old job has been taken overby Jerry Wer- co-sponsored a very successful conference on geopressured- mund who is serving in an acting capacity. Frank Brown geothermal resources. Representatives from industry, govern- continues as Associate Director for Research with added re- ment and academia all contributed to this lively and,in- sponsibilities for energy and mineral resources programs formative meeting. Don Bebout presented a paper onIthe and for coordination of the Bureau's continuing education Bureau's research and Chip Groat chaired the session on efforts carried out in cooperation with the Department. resource assessment. Tom Gustavson has taken over as Acting Coordinator of the Land Resources Laboratory. Tom joined the Bureau in 1973 after completing a Ph.D. program at the University of Energy Program Highlights Massachusetts. Tom has two years' experience with Exxon and three years of teaching at Long Island University. He As theBureau has grown, so has thenumber and diversity has played a leading role in the Land Resources Laboratory's of its research programs.Growth in the land resources pro- programs, most notably on the South Texas project. gram was highlighted last year by the establishment of the Land Resources Laboratory. The key word in this year's program development is "energy"; several new programs Gulf Coast Geothermal Energy Assessment were initiated,primarily with funds from the U.S. Geolog- ical Survey and the newly-created U. S. Energy Research The U. S. Energy Research and Development Adminis- and Development Administration.— The geothermal program tration has funded a comprehensive program of research is discussed elsewhere the following are some notes on into the geology, utilization, and environmental and legal other efforts. aspects of the hot geopressured resources present at depths — Uranium With the help of U.S.G.S. funds,Joe McGowen of 8-15,000 feet in the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. These and others have begun a detailed study of the Triassic waters have been touted as a energy potential resource of Dockum Formation in the southern High Plains. Outcrop considerable significance; the University's research pro- and subsurface work will result in a facies model upon which gram is aimed at evaluating the resource and at planning can be hung uranium occurrence and related geochemical for its utilization should development prove feasible. This parameters. Early this summer ERDA provided funds for programis being coordinated by the University's Center for a detailed study of the Catahoula Formation at the outcrop Energy Studies but the Bureau has received the bulk of the and in the subsurface. Frank Brown is leading this effort funding provided thus far. At the present time the Bureau which will utilize the same approaches being used in the is operating under nearly $500,000 provided by ERDA for Dockum work. The occurrence of uranium in volcanic tuffs an assessment of the geothermal resource. Funds for earlier and related sediments in Trans-Pecos Texas is the subject of assessment work were provided by the Bureau, the Atomic a program initiated this summer with Bureau funds. Tony Energy Commission, and the Center for Energy Studies. Walton worked on the project this summer and will continue Assessment of the resource is based on a comprehensive his participation while teaching at the University of Kansas. facies analysis of geopressured sediments in the Gulf Basin. Chip Groat plans to get involved in this study, but so far To date this has involved primarily the Frio Formation, but has not gotten to the field. other units, including the Vicksburg and Wilcox, will figure — prominently in the assessment. Evaluation and processing of Lignite and Coal Bill Kaiser continues to reign as the temperature and salinity data and digitization of sedimen- Bureau's lignite expertand has had abusy year sharing his tary parameters are being handled by the Petroleum En- knowledge with the droves of visiting geologists seeking in- gineering Department. formation to help them in exploration programs.Leasing of 34 September,1975 — strippable deposits has continued at a frantic pace and con- Earth— Science Education Energy Resources Pilot Proj- siderable attention is also being directed at deep basin re- ect This project represents the first conscious attempt to sources with in situ gasification in mind. Bill is working on prepare materials specifically for use in public school earth a National Science Foundation sponsored project which is science programs.Encouraged by Austin area earth science examining the feasibility of in situ production of lignite. teachers, the Bureau is attempting to use the Energy Re- Tom Evans, author of the Bureau's handbook on Texas sources Atlas as the nucleus for some specially prepared bituminous coal, has been inventorying other bituminous materials aimed at making Texas junior high and high materials in the state including asphaltic rocks, oil shale,and school students more aware of the role energy resources other more exotic substances. A circular describing these is play in the state's economy and at educating them about in press. the variety of energy resources we have in Texas. Topics include the geology of oil and gas, lignite, coal, uranium and geothermal energy;exploration processes and problems; economic and environmental constraints; and the energy future for Texas. This has been a stimulating venture and, if successful, could lead the way toward a more active role for the Bureau in providing materials relating to Texas geology for the schools. Jay Earl Anderson has organized and written the materials for the Texas Energy Resources project; Anita Trippet, and other Bureau geologists working on the Energy Resources Map, have also participated.

Women Geologists Play Prominent Role

Anyone skeptical about the quality or value of female geologists has an open invitation to visit the Bureau and evaluate their contribution. Not only are some of our best friends women, so are some of our best geologists. At the present time, eight full-time professional women geologists are contributing to Bureau programs. Ann St. Clair holds projects ; Jerry Wermund and Charles Woodruff examine bi- the record for the number of she is active in these tuminous strata in AnacachoLimestoneat Black Wax Falls, include the Coastal Atlas, Statewide Land Resources Map. Nueces River, south Texas Statewide Land Use Map, Energy and Mineral Resources Atlases, Houston- Galveston Area Council Resource Capa- bility Map, and in Conservation and Environ- Environmental Aspects Energy Development— The U.S. participation of mental Education Workshops. Mary Pieper is working on G.S. has provided funds for a comprehensive study of the coastal researchprograms,most notably, the Shoreline Moni- impact large-scale lignite strip mining onEastTexas land of toring Project. Bonnie Weise has been participating in the and water resources. With mining expanding greatly, there Surface Mine Inventory, Coastal Atlas Project, Landslide has been concern over the environmental effects. This study Map, and played amajor role in putting together and run- is attempting to evaluate these and to present significant ning the South-Central GSA meeting held in Austin this parameters in map form. Chris Henry, Joyce Basciano, year. Anita Trippet is another geologist who has not been Ernst Kastning and others are conducting this study. For- bored by lack of variety.Her projects include the Geologic tunately for Texas, we seem to have some of the best con- Atlas Project, Coastal Atlas, and Earth Science Energy Re- ditions in the United States for successful reclamation. sources Program. Joyce Basciano handles much of our hy- Present EPA standards require that stack-gas scrubbers be drology and has applied her expertise to the South Texas installed on the new lignite-fired power plants being built Project and Lignite Mining Impact study, among others. in East Texas. Scrubbers require limestone in one form or Dawn McKalips has theunusual distinction of workingmain- another and Tom Evans is studying the suitability Texas of ly on one project, the study of subsidence and fault activa- limestone for scrubbing applications. — tion in the Texas coastal zone.Leslie Jones is a geologist who Energy Resources Atlas A full-color map depicting the divides her time between editing and work on the Statewide distribution of energy resources in Texas is the goal of a Land Resources Map and Coastal Atlas. project initiated this summer. Compilation should be com- Saving the best until last, Roselle Girard may be the plete by fall and the map should be available by spring. best-known name on the Bureau roster. Roselle has more Tom Evans, Ann St. Clair and Ed Garner are spearheading information on Texas geology in her head and inher bulg- this effort. ing filing cabinets than does any other geologist on the staff. Geological Sciences Newsletter 35

For more than a few years, she has been dispensing this in- San Angelo. He also attended the GSA Miami Meeting (and formation via letters and telephone calls in response to associated Yucatan field trip) and the Conference on the thousands of inquiries directed at the Bureau. The Bureau Hydrology of Deep Sedimentary Basins in Tulsa. constantly receives compliments about the quality, thorough- Don teaches a graduate course on carbonate facies and ness and speed of her research into an incredible variety of environments (with Al Scott). This course is highly lab-and geologic topics. In addition to being the mainstay of the field-oriented with considerable emphasis put on the local geological and statistical information programs, Roselle Lower Cretaceous carbonates on several one-day trips. The handles the complex publication exchange programand the highlight of the course last spring was the five-day trip to Bureau's reading room. She is a tribute not only to the the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and New Mexico to contribution of women to geology, but to the profession study the Capitan Reef and associated facies. A subsurface itself. logging problem has been added to the course to give graduate students experience describing and interpreting cores in a real petroleum-geology setting. Don, Al, and Bob Folk Bureau Faculty also presented a modified version of this graduate course as a 3-day short course to those outside of the University just before the regional GSA Meeting here in Austin; they plan Virgil Barnes continues on modified service one-third to offer the same short course again this fall. time to direct the compilation of the Texas Geologic Atlas. Frank Brown, Associate Director at During his spare time he directs tektite research supported for Research the Bureau, has been involved in the supervision of a number by National Science Foundation grants. A paper on this of major projectsinvolving coastal studies, geologicmapping, research was given in September, 1974 at the International Mineralogical Association meetings held in West Berlin and basinal analysis and power plant siting. He has also been Regensburg. involved in a variety of other activities.Frank continued to As vice-chairman of the American Commission of Strati- team-teach geology 383 withBill Fisher and Al Scott during graphic Nomenclature, he attended the Geological Society of the fall semester. He is currently supervising two Ph.D. and one master's student. Arthur Cleaves completed his Ph.D. America Meeting in Miami Beach last November. At the during the summer entitled "Upper American Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting in with a dissertation System (Penn- Dallas in April, Virgil served in the House of Delegates Desmoinesian-Lower Missourian Depositional sylvanian), Texas." representing the Austin Geological Society. North-Central Frank and Bill Fisher again directed two Brazilian geol- Don Bebout's activities have been channeled primarily ogists and two geophysicists in the Petrobras training pro- into the Bureau's geothermal project largely the result of gram inbasinal analysis held in Austin for a 5-monthperiod receiving a sizable grant from ERDA. The objective of the beginning in September. They visited Rio de Janeiro in project is to evaluate the potential of producing geothermal March to report on the results of the program. Frank main- energy from the overpressured zones from the deep sub- tained his cooperation with the AAPG Continuing Educa- surface of the Texas Gulf Coast.Don has a crew of 5—6 half tion Program by teaching short courses at Billings in Jan- to full time assistants to aid in constructing cross sections uary for the Montana Geological Society (with Bill Fisher and maps of the Gulf Coast formations ;hehas completed two and Al Scott), in Bogota and Caracas in March for the reportssummarizing various stages of the work. The results Colombian and Venezuelan Societies, in Lexington in April of his Frio work will be presented at the GCAGS meeting for the U. S. Geological Survey and for Kerr-McGee in in Jackson this fall. June in Oklahoma City. In late May, Frank presented an- As a result of the geothermal project, Don's work on the other week-long course to Pemex exploration geologists at Lower Cretaceous carbonates of the Gulf Coast has slowed the Instituto Mexicano de Petroleo inMexico City. somewhat. However,he has completedlogging the core from Frank presented a paper at the annual meeting of the the Sligo Formation and will present some preliminary data Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies at Lafayette at the AAPG meetingin New Orleans. A detailed report on in October on coastal environmental geology and discussed the Lower Cretaceous carbonates of the Stuart City Trend, the history of the eastern Midland Basin at the February South Texas, was published by the Bureau in 1974, and he meeting of the Permian Basin SEPM in Midland. A paper plans to continue working on carbonates in Texas,his par- on the role of geologists in resource and environmental ticular area of specialty. planning appeared in the September issue of the AAPG In addition to his research activities, Don has presented Bulletin. During the fall, Frank (and Bob Morton, Joe Me- papers at The University of Texas Geothermal Conference, Gowen, Charlie Kreitler and Bill Fisher) completed an the AAPG National Meeting in Dallas, the Gulf Coast As- atlas entitled "Natural Hazards of the Texas Coastal Zone" sociation of Geological Societies inLafayette, the West Texas inresponse to a legislative request. Frank spent the summer Section of the SEPM in Midland, the South-Central section writing the manuscripts that will complete the 7-volume of the GSA in Austin, and the Desk and Derrick Club in series on the "Environmental Geology of the Texas Coastal 36 September,1975

Zone." In the fall of 1975, he plans to return to his basinal want to learn how government works in making decisions." analysis studies on the Pennsylvanian and Permian of North- Since Bill has been highly effective in working with our central Texas, in addition to continued direction of other State legislators, we suspect he will not only attain the per- Bureau projects on resources, basinal analyses, geologic sonal goals, but will commandeer the attention and support mapping and other basic research programs. of the policymakers in Washington. We all wish Bill a most successful year and look forward to his return. Fortunately, during his absence the Bureau is in good hands with Chip Groat serving as Acting Director. Chip Groat became Acting Director of the Bureau on May 1. With 110 people on the payroll this summer and the initiation of several new programs, it is reasonable to say that this new job accounts for most of his time.He continues to serve on the administrative staff of the Center for Energy Studies and has been named to their Executive Committee. In addition, each fall he teaches his popular course,Mineral Resources and Environmental Geology to both undergraduate and graduate geology students. Chip has assumed several of the advisory committee posts and state government duties vacated by BillFisher and is active in the Association of American State Geologists, where he serves on the Con- tinental Margins Committee which concerns itself with federal-state policies relating to offshore oil development. Surface mining in Texas continuesto be of major interest to Chip and he was active in providing information to the Legislature during their deliberations overlegislation on this subject. He also has been working with the Interstate Min- ing Compact. The Bureau's geothermal research efforts are of direct interest to Chip and he serves as program man- In May Bill Fisher accepted the appointment as Deputy project. Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals in the U. S. ager for the ERDA-funded resource assessment Chip was programchairman for the South-Central GSA Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. In order meeting held in President to accept the new position, he took a year leave-of-absence Austin in March. He is Vice of the Austin Geological Society and serves as a director for from his post asDirector of the Bureau of Economic Geology and Professor in the Department. The Energy and Minerals the South Texas Minerals Section of the Society of Mining Engineers Secretariat in Interior is line to the Geological Society, of AIME. Bureau of Mines,MESA, and the severalpower administra- Joe McGowen divided his time during the past year tions. As the energy deputy, Bill is directly concerned with between writing and data collecting. Three papers are in the energy programs of these agencies. press and another in preparation. Bill joined the Bureau staff in 1960 and assumed the Since December he has been working on the Dockum Directorship in 1970. He was named a Professor in the Group (Triassic) with the objective of the study being to Department in 1969 and has been instrumental in develop- establish the relationships between uranium occurrence and ing one of our most popular graduate-level courses "De- depositional facies. This studyis a "depositionalsystems" ap- positional Systems: Terrigenous Clastics" which is team- proach, a method employed by the Bureau since 1965. Other taught each fall by Bill,Frank Brown and Al Scott. He has projects Joe is involved in include: (1) flow conditions and also served as supervisor of a substantial number of graduate bed form relationships in selected reaches of the Colorado students, working primarily in the development of genetic River, with Ed Garner of the Bureau; (2) a study of sedi- concepts in the interpretation of ancient rocks. The pro- mentary processesand resulting stratification types of hurri- grams,budget and staff of the Bureau have prospered under cane run-ways on South Padre Island, with Bob Morton of Bill's guidance during the past four years.In fact, spacehas the Bureau; and (3) a sedimentologic and paleontologic become a prime item on the sth floor of the Geology Build- study of basal Tertiary sandstones in Uvalde County, with ing and the Bureau staff is about to "overflow" into any Ed Roy of Trinity University. available space on the campus. During the first two weeks in June Joe participated in an The new position is at the policy level and Bill's back- informal field conference on lacustrine sedimentation in ground will allow him to perform exceptionally well. He Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Colorado. The trip was stated "From a strictly personal point of view, Iam inter- organized by Drs. Jerry Smith and Bruce Wilkinson of ested in contributing to important policy decisions and I the University of Michigan. Geology Foundation News

We are extremely pleased to welcome four new members on the Advisory Council of the Geology Foundation as of September 1, 1975. Mr. James H. Frasher, President of Teledyne Exploration Company, Inc., Houston, attended Colorado State University (1936—41) where his major was mechanical engineering. In 1946 he joined National Geo- physical Company, Inc. prior to itsmerger with Teledynein 1966. He is amember of the Board of Directors of several professional societies including the National Association of Geophysical Contractors and the National Ocean Industries Association. Mr. Frasher and his wife have a son who is a lawyer and two daughters in college, one at The University of Texas at Austin.

John A. Jackson

he was employedby General Geophysical Company in south Louisiana,Sinclair Oil Company in Jackson,Mississippi and later served as regional geophysicist for Seaboard Oil Com- pany in Dallas.He joinedTennecoinLafayette, Louisiana as division geophysicist before relocating in Houston as chief geophysicist in 1964. Mr. Wallner was a member of the founding committee of the Jackson Geophysical Society.He has served two terms as president of the Southwest Louisiana Geophysical Society and held several offices in the Geophysi- cal Society of Houston including the presidency. He has also served on the executive committee of the Society of Explora- tion Geophysicists and has chaired numerous committees of James H. Frasher the SEG such as the Professional Affairs Membership and

Mr.John A. Jackson, President of Katie Petroleum Com- pany, Dallas, attended Temple Junior College (1936—38) and then transferred to The University of Texas where he received a BA degree in 1941. Mr. Jackson beganhis professional career with Arkansas Fuel and Oil in Shreveport, first as a junior engineer and later as apetroleum geologist. In 1948 he became an independent consultant and in 1960 he formed the Katie Petroleum Company. He is a certified petroleum geologist with the AAPG and a certified professional geologist withAIPG. Activein socialand civic affairs, Mr. andMrs. Jackson established the Arno Nowotny Scholar- ship Fund through the U.T. Ex-Students' Association in 1974. Mrs. Jackson is amember of the board of regents of Texas Lutheran College in Sequin, Texas. Mr. Jack D. Wallner,Director of Oil Systems for Tenneco Oil Company, Houston, received his BS degree in geology in 1949 from The University of Texas. Following graduation, Jack D. Wallner 38 September, 1975

Governmental Affairs. Mr. Wallner and his wife have two Geology Foundation Advisory Council daughters and a son.

Chairman Mr. W. Kenley Clark, Executive Vice President, The Superior Oil Company, Post Office Box 1521, 2600 First City National Bank Building, Houston, Texas 77001. Mr. Joseph Wm. Barbisch, Consultant, 411 Tecumseh Lane, Houston, Texas 77027. Mr. Leslie Bowling, Consultant, 1417 National Bank of Commerce Building, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112. Mr. John F. Brigker, Chairman of the Board and Presi- dent, 800-Ker Oil and Gas Corporation, 1800 Hibernia Bank Building, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112. Mr. Ray A. Burke, Senior Vice President, Energy Re- sources, Union Oil Company of California, Post Office Box 7600, Union Oil Center, 461 South Boylston Street, Los Angeles, California 90017. Mr. J. Ben Carsey,Consultant,1633 Chamber of Commerce Building, Houston, Texas 77002. J.C. Walter, Jr. Mr. Morgan J. Davis, Senior Partner, Morgan J. Davis Associates, 1300 Main Street, Suite 620, Houston, Texas Mr. Joseph C. Walter, Jr., President of Houston Oil and 77002. Minerals Corporation, Houston, attended The University of Mr. Rodger E. Denison, Consultant,Suite 616, One Energy Texas where he received aBS degree in petroleum engineer- Square, 4925 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75206. ing (1949) and a MA degree ingeology in1951. Associated Mr. Robert W. Eaton, Manager, Exploration, Mark Pro- withHumble Oil and Refining Company as a geologist from duction Company, 330 Citizens Bank Building, Tyler, 1951—57, he worked as a consulting geologist and petroleum Texas 75701. engineer,engaged in exploration and development activities, Mr. James H. Frasher, President, Teledyne Exploration from 1957—65. He was elected aDirector of Houston Oil and Company, Box 36269, Houston, Texas 77036. Minerals Corporation in 1960 and became President of the Mr. Clem E. George,Geological Consultant, 309APetrol- company in 1964. Mr. Walter enjoys membership on the eum Building, Midland,Texas 79701. Visiting Committee of the Civil Engineering Department at Mr. George R. Gibson, Geological Consultant, Post Office the University and serves on the Board of Directors of the Box 2296, Midland, Texas 79701. Houston Citizens Bank and Trust as well as the finance com- Mr. William E. Gipson, Vice President, Exploration, mittee for St. Lukes UnitedMethodist Church. He andMrs. Pennzoil Company, 900 Southwest Tower Building, Hous- children, Walter have two a son and a daughter. ton, Texas 77002. We are also happy to report that "old" (in service to the Mr. R.W. Heggland,Vice President and General Manager Foundation, not in years) Council members J. Ben Carsey, Exploration, Continental Oil Company, Post Office Box Morgan J.Davis, William E. Gipson, Jack K. Larsen, James 2197, Houston, Texas 77001. R. Moffett, and Scott Petty, Jr. have been reappointed for Mr. John A.Jackson,President,KatiePetroleumCompany, additional 3-year terms. This brings our total Council repre- 6019 Berkshire Lane, Dallas, Texas 75225. sentation to 27, the highest number we have had. Mr.Jack C. Kern, Division Exploration Manager, Northern Our thanks go toJohn D.Moody and FrankMichaux who Division,Chevron Oil Company, The California Company completed their terms on the Council this summer. Both Division, 1111 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana conscientiously although served and we will miss their pres- 70112. — ence and sage advice, we recognize that other personal com- Mr. Jack K. Larsen, Vice President Exploration, Mesa mitments necessitated their decisions to rotate off the Coun- Petroleum Company, Post Office Box 2009, Amarillo, cil. Texas, 79105. We acknowlege the faithful service and strong support Mr. John L. Loftis, Jr., Senior Vice President, Exxon provided by Roger Plummer of Champlin Petroleum Com- Company, U. S. A., Post Office Box 2180,Houston, Texas pany. Because of his anticipated retirementat theend of this 77001. calendar year, Mr. Plummer resigned from the Advisory Mr. Holland C. McCarver, Consultant, 346 Fawnlake Council effective July 1, 1975. Drive, Houston, Texas 77024. Geological Sciences Newsletter 39

Mr. James R. Moffett, President,McMoßan Exploration Cuyler Memorial Scholarship Fund Company, 3400 The Plaza Tower, New Orleans, Louisiana Charles P. Humphrey SprinSpring, 1975 70113. Getty Oil Company Scholarship Mr. Petty, Jr., Scott Suite 235, 711 Navarro Street, San Lawrence I.Holcomb 1<1974-1975 Antonio, Texas 78205. Guy E. Green Scholarship Fund Mr. M. Allen Reagan, Jr., Robert Mosbacher Interests, Pamela K. Bettis SiSpring, 1975 20th Floor, Capital National Bank Building, Houston, Paul C. Buchanan Spring, 1975 Texas 77002. Robert B. Dunbar Spring, 1975 Mr. Wilton E. Scott, President, Tenneco Inc.,Post Office F Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77001. Sun Oil eV.owship Mr. Edd R. Turner, Jr., Offshore Manager, Getty Oil Com- Ann S. Boggs 1974-1975 pany, Post Office Box 1404, Houston, Texas 77001. Outstanding, Undergraduate Student Award Mr. EdwinVan den Bark, Vice President, Exploration and Ann S.Boggs Spring, 1975 Production, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville. Oklahoma 74004. Graduate Mr. Jack D. Wallner, Oil Systems Director, Tenneco Oil Scholarships Company, 1433 West Loop Center, Houston, Texas 77027 AmericanFederation of Mineralogical Societies Scholarship Mr. Joseph C. Walter, Jr., President, Houston Oil and Jacques Olivier Fall, 1974 Corporation, 242 Building,Houston, Minerals Main Texas American Metal Climax Foundation Scholarship 77027. Thomas C. Connally, Jr. Summer, 1975 Dallas Power and Light Fund Scholarship Honorary Life Members Robert C. Lentz Fall, 1974 Getty Oil Company Scholarship Mr. L.T. Barrow,3314 Chevy Chase Drive,Houston,Texas Frank G. Cornish Fall, 1974 77019. Hogg-Cullinan Scholarships Mr. Edgar W. Owen, 505 Club Drive, San Antonio, Texas Richard Fiore Fall, 1974 78201. Glenn D. Hatcher Spring, 1975 Mr. O. Scott Petty, Suite 235, 711 Navarro Street, San Christopher D. Henry Fall, 1974 Antonio, Texas 78205. Richard McCulloh Fall, 1974 Mr. Charles E. Yager, 3801 Potomac Street, Fort Worth. Kenneth E. Nemeth Fall, 1974 Texas 76107. Gregory Tipple Fall, 1974 Donnie F. Parker Fall, 1974 Hogg-Sharp Scholarships Student Awards Thomas Grimshaw Spring, 1975 Steven A. McLean Fall, 1974 Mackin MemorialScholarship Fund Undergraduate Scholarships John Bumgardner SumxrSummer, 1975 American Metal Climax Foundation Scholarships Kenneth Hargrove Summer, 1975 Paul F. Hoffman Summer, 1975 Michael McKinley Summer, 1975 Michael Munson Summer, 1975 Thomas A. Jones Summer, 1975 E. Eilene Theilig Summer, 1975 L. F.McCollum Scholarships Celia Watson Summer, 1975 Michael Amdurer Summer, 1975 John Boone Summer, 1975 Amoco Production Foundation Scholarship Peter Patton Summer, 1975 Susan M. Eilbacher 1974-1975 Mobil Oil Corporation Scholarships Champlin Petroleum Company Scholarships Robert G. Loucks Spring,Sprii 1975 1974-1975 Karen A. Cortes 1974-1975 Harry Mueller Spring, 1975 Keith I. Haun Fall, 1974 Walter Parrish Spring, 1975 Paul F. Hoffman 1974-1975 Monsanto Scholarship Michael S.Morris Spring, 1975 Joseph C. Cepeda Summer, 1975 Eilene Theilig 1974-1975 Cities Service Company Scholarships Owen-CoatesFund Ross A. Ensley Summer, 1975 Olusegun Agagu Fall, 1974 Silverio Bosch Summer, 1975 Summer, Charles P. Humphrey 1975 James P. Byrne Spring, 1975 Lon A. McCarley Summer, 1975 Rebecca Summer Fall, 1974 40 September,1975

Petrography Award Thanks to the Geology Foundation Eric Swanson Spring, 1975 During past year a Phillips PetroleumFellowship the large number of letters were re- expressing for Robert G. Loucks 1974-75 ceived from students their appreciation financial support from the Geology Foundation. A sampling Shell Oil Company Fellowship of these letters illustrates their sincerity and gratitude. John Bumgardner Spring, 1975 "...Iam writing to express my appreciation for the Sun Fellowship Semester, Simonds Memorial Scholarships Oil for the Fall 1974. The funds will me to concentrate on my graduate Richard Fiore SSummer, 1975 allow studies." Rod Harwood Summer, 1975 Silverio Bosch Michael Looney Summer, 1975 Graduate Student John P. Morton Summer, 1975 John D. Pigott Summer, 1975 "... On behalf of my parents and myself, Iwant to Paul Smith Summer, 1975 express our appreciation to the Geology Foundation for the Rebecca Summer Fall, 1974 $250 scholarship from the Guy E. Green Scholarship Fund Sun Oil Company Fellowship for the 1975 Spring Semester. Thank you for the honor as as money is to continue my college Silverio C. Bosch Fall, 1974 well the which needed work. Iam most grateful for the quality of education the Texaco Felloivship Department provides and am glad to be a part of it." Garry O. Dent 1974-75 Paul C. Buchanan Undergraduate Technical Sessions Best Student Speaker Awards 197A-1975 Student First Place Susan S. Levy I to express my gratitude to Geology Second Place Frank Cornish "... wish the Foundation; I 660 Third Place Michael Pattarozzi the scholarship received for Geology Fourth Place Walter Parrish came at a critical time. We all need encouragement in oui efforts, especially this time of year. Iappreciate your efforts Various Donors Scholarships to obtain these funds for us through the Foundation." Susan Hovorka Summer, 1975 Thomas C.Connally, Jr. Richard McCulloh Spring, 1975 Graduate Student F. L. Whitney MemorialScholarships Russell Graham 1974-191974-1975 "...Iwant to expressmy appreciation for being selected Mark Longman Summer, 1975 as the recipient of the Texaco Fellowship. One of the re- Michael McKinley Summer, 1975 sults of this award is the opportunity to enroll in more Walter Parrish Summer, 1975 courses and devote more time to those courses than Icould Preston Walters Summer, 1975 have if Ihad continued working. Iam grateful for this privilege." Garry 0. Dent Professorships in Progress Graduate Student

Thanks to the continued support of many of Fred Bui- ". ..The undergraduate students in the USGS would like lard's friends and former students, the gifts designated for to thank the Department for providing vehicles for our trip the Fred M. Bullard Professorship now total $77,892. We to New Mexico. According to comments from the students, would like to see Fred further honored by the completion this trip was one of the best the USGS has taken. The visits of this endowment (to $100,000). As soon as this goal is to the copper mines were especially informative, since none reached, an appropriateperson can be identified as the Bul- of the 20 students attending had ever seen open-pit copper lard Professor. mining. The students were also impressed with Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands National Monument." The Professorship in Sedimentary Geology, initiated by Amanda Moor the Advisory Council a year ago, has grown to slightly over Co-President, USGS $17,000. It is our aim to establish this Professorship in recognition quality in of the of our program sedimentation "...Iam pleased to accept the $200 scholarship from the and related areas of sedimentary geology and to assure the Geology Foundation to meet expenses for Geo. 660. Iwould continued prominence in this field through support of out- like to thank the Foundation and Cities Service Company standing faculty. for making this award possible." We, therefore, earnestly solicit your support in achieving Lon A. McCarley these goals. Special Student Geological Sciences Newsletter 41

Gifts to the Geology Foundation To all the donors listed below we want to express our deepest appreciation for their generous support.

Contributors to the Geology Foundation July 1, 1974-June 30, 1975

Patrick L. Abbott Mr. & Mrs. John Chapman Mrs. Margaret L.Gibbon Mrs. Warm Langston Samuel C. Adair, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. S. E. Clabaugh Fred M.Gibson Warm Langston, Jr. Floyd J. Adcock Charles E. Clark Gecrge R. Gibson Jack K. Larsen James W. Addingtcn Thomas P. Clark William E. Gipson Robert Lattimore C. C. Albers W. Kenley Clark Mrs. C. T. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Ray E. Lee C. W. Alcorn, Jr. Wilbur R. Cleaves R. L. Greenberg Alan B. Leeper WilliamB. Anderson George Clements Robbie Gries Max Levin Gus B. Baker Russell E. demons Thomas W. Grimshaw Dean Leyerly Mr. & Mrs. Hines H. Baker J. B. Coffman Roy H. Guess Larry D. Littlefield Victor R. Baker H. Grady Collier, Jr. Lloyd Gunther Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Locklin J. W. Barbisch Mr. & Mrs. Carroll E. Cook Mr. & Mrs. M. W. Haas John L. Loftis, Jr. Julian D. Barksdale Mary Beth Cooper Mrs. J. A. Haertlein Susan A. Longacre Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Barnes Duncan Corbett Berte Haigh T. E. Longgood, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. L. T. Barrow Mrs. R. A. Cox Richard B. Hale Mrs. Avis Lowry Mr. & Mrs. T. D. Barrow W. R. Cree W. Dow Hamm E. L. Lundelius, Jr. Gerald H. Baum Theo H. Crook Weldon W. Hammond, Jr. Lambert M. Macy R. E. Bennett W. Richard Cunningham Ed Hamner Ken G. Martin Bobby A. Bishop John H. Dante Richard F. Hare David F. Martineau Richard R. Bloomer Larry J. Darnall Mr. & Mrs. A. 0. Harmon P. W. Mattocks Louis F. Bonner Franklin W. Daugherty J. Richard Harris Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Maxwell John F. Bookout Morgan J.Davis Robert S. Harvill, Jr. Lamar B. Maxwell C. C. Booth Mr. & Mrs. R. K. DeFord R. W. Heggland J. L. Meadows Dcuglas L. Bostwick Charles J. DeLancey Harold T. Henslee Mario L. Messina Leslie Bowling Rodger E. Denison Mrs. J. E. Hickman Dean Metts Mrs. W. F. Bowman W. H. Devine Paul B. Hinyard J. D. Meyer Don R. Boyd James E. Dobkins, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. S. B. Hixon Frank W. Michaux Merritt E. Boyer William E. Dodd Bill D. Holland Harry A. Miller, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Boyer George A. Donnelly, Jr. Elena K.Holloway James R. Moffett Patrick W. Brady Mary Lynn Dutro David H. Hopkins C. Gardley Moon William A. Bramlette Mrs. Byron F. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Herd Mr. & Mrs. M. J. Moore Donald Brand Mrs. D. Hoye Eargle Richard T. Houser Sidney S. Moran John W. Brice Robert W. Eaton Douglas J. Howard Lee Morton L. W. Bridges Jean Echols James W. Hunter George A. Musselman Thomas E. Brown William J. Edmonds Mr. & Mrs. Earl Ingerson Earle F. Mcßride Ray A. Burke Gus K. Eifler, Jr. J.R. Jackson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs.W. G. McCampbell William M. Burnett Mr. & Mrs. S. P. Ellison, Jr. Mrs.Frank W. Jessen Jr. Ronald Butterworth Franklyn R. Engler Mr. & Mrs. Blake Johnson, Jr, Jeremiah F. McCarthy Mrs.Hal P. Bybee Mr. & Mrs. A. Gordon Everett Edward Johnson Holland C. McCarver Mr. & Mrs. H. H. Bybee Mr. & Mrs. Rizer Everett Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Johnson L. F. McCollum Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Bybee Robert H. Fakundiny Carl H. Johnston Duncan McConnell Leon G. Byerley, Jr. Mrs. Jeanne A. Ferxin Richard D. Jons C. Carew McFall Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Cage, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. B. W. Fields Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Keahey Richard V. McGehee Rodney J. Camp Mrs. & Mrs. W. L. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. P. W. Keeton Robert G. McKinney W. H. Cardwell Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Flawn Ralph 0. Kehle Mr. & Mrs. J. F. McKnight A. T. Carleton Henry Fok Mrs. Gene F. Keyser H. J. McLellan Darryl E. Carlson H. B. Fox Mr. & Mrs. G. Moses Knebel Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Nalle Mrs. Myla V. Carnahan Dan R. Frantzen Hedwig T. Kniker W. B. Newberry Mr. & Mrs. J. Ben Carsey Tom J. Freeman, Jr. Jan H. Knox John Newccmb J. Ben Carsey, Jr. Mrs. Henry S. Frierson Mr. & Mrs. G. S. Kcch Ron Nordquist Robert D. Carter Donald H. Frost Leo W. Konz A. M. Olander Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Cartwright Frank Fulk A. E. Kurie Fred L. Oliver Dwight E. Cassell W. L. Furche Harry S. Lain R. William Orr Henry S. Chafetz lacopo Gambini Mr. & Mrs. L. S. Land William J. O'Sullivan Guy A. Chamot Clem E. George James D. Langston Howard W. Page 42 September,1975

Gaston H. Parrish Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Stone Mr. & Mrs. Bill R. Payne W. C. Swadley Industrial and Society Contributors to the Foundation George W. Petering James Tartt and to Scholarships and Fellowships Mr. & Mrs. 0. Scott Petty John Teagle July 1, 1974-June 30, 1975 Scott Petty, Jr. Billy D. Thomas Van A. Petty, Jr. SheridanA. Thompson AmericanFederationof Mobil Foundation, Inc. Mrs.M. B. Philpott Bert C. Timm Mineralogical Societies Monsanto Co. Roger S. Plummer, Jr. Donald H. Torgerson American MetalClimax Murphy Oil Corp. W. A. Poe RichardF. K. Tothill, Jr. Foundation N. L. IndustriesFoundation, Harry H. Power Everette J. Travis Amoco Foundation, Inc. Inc. Wallace E. Pratt Richard S. Travis Atlantic Richfield Co. Petty-Ray Geophysical A. Leo Pugh Robert F. Travis Champlin Petroleum Co. Phillips Petroleum Co. J. J. Quinton Roy W. Tronrud Chevron Oil Co. Shell Oil Co. M. A. Reagan, Jr. Steven Trudeau Cities Service Co. Society of Exploration Donald F. Reaser John D. Tuohy Continental Oil Co. Geophysicists Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Reistle, Jr L. Jan Turk Creole Petroleum Corp. Sun Oil Co. W. F. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Turnbull Dallas Power & Light Co. Teledyne Exploration Jess P. Roach Edd R. Turner, Jr. ExxonCo., U.S.A. Tenneco, Inc. Virgil H. Roan L. J. Tydlaska Ford Motor Co. Texaco,Inc. James E. Rogers Robert D. Valerius Getty Oil Co. Union Oil of California J. W. Rogers Edwin Van den Bark Gulf Oil Foundation Foundation Ray M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. C. D. Vertrees Houston Gem & Mineral Western Geophysical W. Wayne Roye Harry A. Vest Society Mrs. M. E. Ruby, Jr. R. B. Vickers Mr. & Mrs. W. M.Rust, Jr. M. C. Vinson Mrs. Isabel F. Rutherford RichardB. Waitt, Jr. Geology Foundation Endowed Accounts Ivan S. Salnikov Hershel Walker (September 1, 1974-June 30, 1975) Jack S. Sanders JosephC. Walter, Jr. Jack R. Schmid Anthony W. Walton Schulenberg A. Warren Current 1974-75 J. T. Kenneth Fund Goal Endowment Expenditures Mr. & Mrs. Alan J.Scott 0. D. Weaver, Jr. Wilton E. Scott SamN. Webb Wayne FranklinBowman Holmes A. Semken, Jr. David J. White Unrestricted geology $ 50,000 $ 32,111 $ -0- Charles R. Sewell Peter N. Wiggins 111 scholarships:any level George B. Sewell Roscoe C. Wilber, Jr. T. H. Shelby, Jr. Philip A. Williams FredM. BullardProfessorship supplements salary $100,000 $ 77,892f $ -0- Louis O. Shudde Duncan Wilson Income of recipient Samuel J. Sims John A. Wilson Harry H. Sisson Wynant S. Wilson HalP. Bybee M. Windham John W. Skrabanek James Faculty use-research, $500,000 $273,182 $10,031 Smith Jan Winter A. Richard A. travel, study, etc. John L. Snider Mrs. Helen P. Withers G. Russell Sparenburg Ray D. Woods L. W. Callender Howard Speer Thcmas C. Woodward Departmental use, Unspec. $ 50,000 $ 1,178 Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Sprinkle J. R. Wynne unrestricted B. E. St. John Charles E. Yager John F. Stanford, Jr. Milan K. Yager Dorothy Ogden Carsey Harry Stenson Keith Young Geology scholarships,any Unspec. $ 20,007 $ 1,025 William T. Stokes Leonard M. Young level; special considera- tion:micropaleontology students

Robert H. Cuyler Donors of Air Photos, Electric Logs, or Undergraduate (upper $ 25,000 $ 20,836 $ 500 Special Items to the Department division) and graduate of Geological Sciences scholarships July 1, 1974-June 30, 1975 RonaldK.DeFord Field Scholarships Diamond Shamrock Oil & Company Field studies for graduate $ 50,000 $ 41,320* $ -o- Gas Company Texaco,Inc. students SmithInternational,Inc. Western Geophysical Com- Lloyd Gunther pany of America MidlandMap Company Seismograph Services f Includes $45,260 Unitrust agreement and cash value of ContinentalOil Company Corporation * stock. Teledyne Exploration Includes cash value of stock. Geological Sciences Newsletter 43

Current 1974-75 Current 1974-75 Fund Goal Endowment Expenditures Fund Goal Endowment Expenditures Alexander Deussen Professor- Professorship in Sedimen- ship in Energy Resources tary Geology recognition of $100,000 $ 17,133 $ -0- Development of program $100,000 $104,255 $10,712 In Department'sleadership of excellencein Energy Eesources; income sup- in sedimentary geology; plements salary of re- income to supplement cipient of Professorship salary of recipient of professorship William Stamps Farish Chair F. W. Simonds To supplement budget Unspec. s 99,599 $12,269 Undergraduate (upper $ 25,000 $ 20,600 $ 2,455 item on salary of re- division) and gradu- cipient of Farish Chair ate students Various Donors (General) Miss Effie Graves Unrestricted funds for Unspec. $ 16,257 $23,452 Scholarships, any level; Unspec. $ 13,345 $ -o- furtherance of basic maintain or attract dis- geological education,re- tinguished teachers search, graduate study, field work, travel, Guy E. Green Foundations operation, Geology scholarships, $ 20,000 $ 19,408 $ 780 salaries, etc. Various Donors any level Subaccounts Held Within David S. Thayer Memo- $ 25,000 $ 10,000 $ -o- rial Scholarship Fund GeorgeS. Heyer Any purpose of the Unspec. $ 84,570 $ 3,785 Vertebrate Paleontology Fund Foundation Faculty research in $ 20,000 $ 16,715 $ -o- vertebratepaleontology Carolyn G. & G. Moses E.A. Wendlandt ** Knebel Purchase of books and Unspec. $ 4,815 Annual Distinguished Unspec. $ 37,375 $ 5,000 journals in Germanor Teacher Award, Innova- English translations for tive Improvement and Library New Course Development F.L. Whitney Scholarship Geology Scholarships, any $ 25,000 $ 24,073 $ 2,730 J. Hoover Mackin level. Paleo-stratigraphy Graduate Geology $ 20,000 $ 10,379 $ 1,345 preferred scholarships F.L. Whitney Book Purchase of paleontologi- Unspec. $ 6,264 $ 247 Mr.& Mrs.L.F.McCollum cal books for Library Geology scholarships, Unspec. $ 12,574 $ 1,200 Will Hogg Scholarship any level C. Memorial Fund General Information: The total Hogg endowment (in the sum of $235,918) for Frank W. Michaux all of thescholarships (a totalof 6) is carriedinone Com- Geology scholarships, Unspec. $ 5,266 $ 251 mon Trust Fund Account; the income is credited to one any level expendable account and distributed from there at the end of the Fiscal Year to each of the 6 scholarship accounts. Ed Owen-George Coates Geology holds two of the six accounts: Hogg-Cullinan Publicationof geologic re- Unspec. $102,912 $ 9,292 and Hogg-Sharp Scholarships. search related to Texas Hogg-Cullinan by faculty and graduate Scholarships in petroleum Unspec. As above $ 1,140 students or field geology in honor of Joseph S. Cullinan Wallace E. PrattProfes- sorship in Geophysics Hogg-Sharp Scholarship in petroleum Unspec. As above $ 3,000 Development program $100,000 $ 99,575 $ -o- of or field geology inhonor of excellence in of Walter Benona Sharp geophysics; income ** to supplement salary Both Expenditures and Expendable Balance are recorded of recipient of in the Geology Library Fund, no separate record main- professorship tained. Alumni News

First femaleparticipants in the geology field course,1934

EdwinV. Acker, Jr.(BS '56) writesfrom Floyd J. Adcock (BS '55), senior geclo- enjoying the good life here in Vie Tilden,Texas that "we are into our gist with Marathon Oil Company in toria." second year of agribusiness and Houston, is "still fighting the battle country living enjoying it of Pleistocene,Pliocene and and the Mio- Robert Aiexander (MA '56) writes from thoroughly." cene in offshore Texas." Columbus, Ohio: "I joined Pominex, Inc. on March Ist, after 11 years of Samuel C. Adair, Jr. (BS '56) is a geo- William A. Akersten (BS '63, MA '67) the consulting-independent bit.Pomi- physicist for Esso Exploration and is a project scientist at Rancho La nex is primarily involved in devel- Production Ltd. in Waltcn-on- Brea. Billsays he is "now in charge oping gas reserves for industrial Thames, England. "Still in England of a long-term excavation at the clients in Ohio." Bob's position is and enjoying the country as well as La Brea 'Tar Pits' right in the district geologist. the work in the North Sea. Our middle of Los Angeles. Also work- daughter, Donna, graduated from ing on the plans for a new museum David Alt (PhD '61), professor of geol- high school and will be attending to be completely devotedto La Brea. ogy at University of Montana in UT-Arlington. Our son, Sammy, is Stop by and I'll be happy to show Missoula, says "Icontinue to fumble studying computer science at the you around!" aroundIn the geology of Montana University of Houston and will be a with my usual lack of finesse or senior this fall." Charles Clarence Albers (BS '48) is divi- style." sion paleontologist with Amoco Pro- G. Baxter Adams, Jr. (BS '51, MA '53) duction Company in Houston. Henry J. Alvarez (BS '59) is a geologist is vice president and director of Me- with the Texas Water Development Cormick Oil & Gas in Houston. He Charles W. Alcorn, Jr. (BS '52) owner Board in El Paso. "Since the last is in charge of Texas exploration of Spears-Alcorn Well Service in Newsletter our office completed activities and reports his company Victoria, Texas is "still looking for grcund water investigations of the is drilling 75-100 wells per year in and occasionally finding oil and gas Rio Grande alluvium within the El Texas and* Louisiana Gulf Coast. along the Gulf Coast. Wife Dcrothy Paso Valley and Edwards-Trinity Two daughters are students at UT Jean, daughters Anne (17), Lexey aquifer west of the Pecos. Wife Syl- and a third is a high school senior. (16) and son Charlie (13) all still via, and children Sharon (14), Ricky Geological Sciences Newsletter 45

(12), and Howard(10) all doing well Carl E. Andrews (BS '59) writes from GSA annual meeting in Miami and enjoying the Sun City." Dallas that he has a new son, Chris- Beach." topher Todd. He also purchased a Arthur E. Anderson (MA '58) is now new farm in Mexia, Texas. Carl is Gus B. Baker (BA '48, MA '51) reports vice president and general manager employed in the trust-realestate de- he is "alive and well, with one off- of Louisiana Land and Exploration partment of First National Bank in spring (Mary) at The University (U.K.) Inc.'s office inLondon, Eng- Dallas. and the other (Lyn) at LSU." Gus land. is district geologist with Chevron Luis E. Ardila (MA '68) says, "Back in Oil Company in New Orleans. John J. Anderson (PhD '65), professor Texas,this time working for Phillips of geology at Kent State University, after almost 13 years with Texaco W. F. (Bill) Baker (BS '51), district sends the following good news: in Bogota, Colombia. Moved to the geologist for Diamond Shamrock in "After four years cf writing, re- Texas Panhandle (Borger) in No- Amarillo, Texas, writes "I am new writing, arguing, haggling and gen- vember, 1974. The whole family, working west Texas in addition to eral frustration, a major portion of Silvia and four boys, is with me some of the Rocky Mountain basins. the work Pete Eowley and Istarted expecting to get adjusted to this It has been a pleasure to renew old under Hoover Mackin will appear kind of 'crazy' weatherpretty scon. acquaintances in west Texas re- as a G.S.A. Special Paper later this Hope to visit you at UT in the near cently." year. All UT geology alumni will, future." Luis is associate explora- of course, want to rush out and get tion geologist. W. E. Bakke, Jr. (BA '57) recentlymoved their copies when this publication to Denver after being in Canada for hits the newsstands,no? No ? ? ?" Jennifer Ann Armstrong (BS '72) lives several years, and says it's "Great in Houston where she is an explora- to be back in the U.S.". He is vice Nancy Jenswold Anderson (BA '50) is tion geophysicist for Gulf Oil Ccm- president and partner in Trio Petro director of a small consulting firm, pany. Inc. Urban Environment Associates in Dallas."I have beeninvolvedinwork Robert N. Arrington (BS '51, MA '54) is Chas. C. Bankhead, Jr. (BS '33) is a on several environmental impact manager of nuclear operations for consultant in Dallas. "I am pleased statements, in citizen participation Texas Eastern Corporation inHous- to inform you that Ihave just been efforts in public policy making, and ton. elected national president of Soci- in leadership training. Married last ety of Independent Earth Scientists summer to an El Paso consulting J. Vernon Bailey (BS '62) is chief of the (SIPES). In addition to finding hy- engineer, we divideour timebetween environmental health branch cf drocarbonsIam working withORNC our homes in Dallas and El Paso. NASA at the Johnson Space Center (FEC) on disposal of industrial The past year has meant much na- in Houston. "Have been with NASA atomic waste material." tionwide travel,avisit to theKilauea almost11 years,promoted to branch volcano on Hawaiithe highpoint." chief in December 1974. We are re- J. W. Barbisch (att. '43-46) writes "Took sponsible for radiation safety for early retirement from Quintana Pe- Payton V. Anderson (BS '45) is a part- JSC and the astronauts and also for troleum Corp., after serving 26 years ner in W. D. Anderson & Sons in the toxicological safety of materials as explorationmanager, to open Oil Midland, and is currently active in and hardware used in the space & Gas Exploration office at 1819 St. oil and gas explorationin mest of craft." James Place, Houston, Texas." the continental U.S. He and his wife, Evelyn (UT '43-45), have three Herbert A. Babione (BS '40) is division Julian D. Barksdale (att. '24-26) is pro- daughters and three grandsons. In reserves geologist with Exxonin Los fessor emeritus of geological sciences addition to their home in Midland Angeles, California. at the University of Washington in they have a ranch in South Dakota. Seattle. A. C. Baker (BS '51), independent in R. H. (Pat) Anderson (BS '56) is em- Wichita Falls, Texas is "developing Ben Barrow (BS '51) has "Same job, ployed in the International Aviation Tertiary completions of twice-pro- wife, etc.; about the only change is Sales Department of Texaco, Inc. in duced sand in Wichita County, Iam one year elder andgrayer." He Houston. Texas." is sales manager for Reilley Tar & Chemical Corporation in Houston. Thomas H. Anderson (MA '67, PhD '69) Charles M. Baker (BS '51) writes from is now assistant professor of earth Houston, "After 12 leng years away— Leonidas T. and Laura E. Thomson Bar- and planetary sciences at the Uni- from Texas we're home to stay I row (BA '21, MA '23; BA '23) re- versity of Pittsburgh. "Everybody is hope." Charles is staff geologist for port "Nothing new this year," but fat and happy here in southwestern Continental's CAGC Marine Region. they continue to be active in sup- Pennsylvania. Ienjoyed a visit to porting our Department and the Austin for the South-Central G.S.A. Ernest T. Baker, Jr. (BS '55) is super- Geclogy Foundation. Slim has the I'm looking forward to continued re- visory hydrologist with the Water distinction of being the first person search in Mexico and Guatemala." Resources Division, USGS in Austin, to read all of Ed Owen's book (in Texas. "Had a delightful autumn ten days' time) and has been award- William B. Anderson (MA '75) lives in vacation last November touring the ed the dozen lollipops promised by Houston where he is a geologist for East Coast and Appalachian Moun- Ken Landes (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Phillips Petroleum Company. tains after presenting a paper at the to the first person to do so. 46 September,1975

program) at University of Wiscon- sin at La Crosse."

Ed L. Berg- (BS '67, MA '70) is in Den- ver working as a geophysicist for Exxon's South Alaska Project. "The longer we stay in Denver, the more we love it! Took up tour skiing this winter, and hope to introduce our girls to it next winter, when they will be 3 and 5 years old. Ihope to get to the field this summer in southern Alaska,to augment siesmic work in the lower Cook Inlet."

Members of the Zeta Chapter, Sigma Gamma Epsilon,1921 R. Bryce Bezant (BA '74) is a hydrologic technician with the U. S. Geological Survey in Austin, Texas. Don G. Bilbrey (BS '53, MA '57) writes "Became secondary recovery engi- Jerald Bartley (BS '37) is an independ- Sid Bell (BA '46) writes from Tully, New neer fcr Gulf's New Orleans district ent oil operator and petroleum geol- York, where he is self-emplcyed as office January 1, 1975 and I'm look- ogist in Midland, although —he is a jewelry manufacturer: "Got into ing forwardto the challenge. Daugh- "now about half-way retired don't the field of sportsmen's jewelry, gun ter Karen is 2% years oldnow and keep regular office hours. Everybody engraving and knife designing as a breaks into impromptu dances when in good health. Looking forward to hobby that got out of hand. Now I she hears the Dixieland beat on our the next class reunion." have two corporations and am form- Sunday afternoon strolls through the ing another for pewter castings. French Quarter." Robert E. Beatty, Jr. (BS '53) lives in Thought if Iworked for myself I'd San Antonio, Texas where he is dis- have more time to hunt and fish, Russell C. Bingley (BS '62) is an en- trict director of the Railroad Com- but it hasn't worked out that way; gineering geologist for the City of mission of Texas. Imake a lousy boss for me because Los Angeles, and lives in Whittier, Itake so little time off. Am work- California. Lynn S. Beeler (BS '62), a Major in the ing with gun companies now on— side U.S. Army, is assigned to Fort Sam lock and grip cap decorating fas- Neal J. Bingman (BA '26) is retiredand Houston (San Antonio) in the Di- cinating problems." Sid did take lives with his wife, Opal, in Wichita, rectorate of Facilities Engineering. time to pay the Department a visit Kansas. "We had expected to go "The main job at presentis working last summer while he was in Austin. back to Texas but are stillhere. Our with environmentalprojects such as son and family live near Oklahoma water and air pollution and toxic cr W. E. Belt, Jr. (BS '43) is land depart- City where he is an engineer. We hazardous materials." ment manager for McKnight Petro- get to see the two grandsons fairly leum Trust in Houston. "Three of often and their parents as well.En- Robert L. Begeman (BS '42) says "All four childrennow married. Virginia joy the Newsletter.'" well here. Our daughter Mary Pat and Ihave seriously taken to bass is Handy Andy Stores home econo- fishing." W. T. Biskamp (BS '54), manager of mist. Son Michael beginning college Alaskan operations fcr Placid Oil in the fall." Bob is vice president of Company inDallas, says "No. 1son James B. and Kathryn Giddens Bennett Tesoro Petroleum Corporation in (Bill) enteredUT this year; son (BS '61; '61) areliving in Hous- #2 San Antonio. BA ready to enter next year; ton, where Jimis areageologist for (Mark) UT 3 and 4 right behind.That's why Belco Petroleum Corporation. "We #'s Alberto S. Belforte (MA '71) sends the Mona is busy selling real estate! I'm thoroughly enjoy the Newsletter following from Jakarta, Indonesia: working on Alaska and Rockies." each year.It is a job well done. We "Just returned from a company- have been busy as boosters for swim sponsored field seminar on recent Thomas K. Bjorklund (MA '62) is senior team and baseball team for daugh- carbonate sedimentation in Belize geological engineer in the mining ter Kathryne (14) and are looking (formerly Honduras). Heard ventures department of in British forward to being the oldest parents Shell Oil Reynaldo Macedo Raa [MA about the PTA for Wiley (3)." Houston. '69] coming to Sumatra with Mobil, in but haven't been able to contact him Paula Jo Black (BS '61) completed work yet.My very best to yawl!" Alberto Walter G. Bennick (MA '68) lives in for an MS in Geology in December, is exploration geologist with Con- Winona, Minnesota wherehe is "still 1974 at UT Arlington. She is cur- tinental Oil. teaching junior high earth science rently doing primarily reservoir but currently working on a project geology for Core Labs, Inc. inDallas. George A. Bell (BS '50) is chief geo- in individualizedinstructionin earth physicist with Statoil in Stavanger, science. Also part time student in Fredrik S. Blackmar111 (BS '55), Naval Norway. Audio-Visual Utilization (degree Commander and air operations offi- Geological Sciences Newsletter 47

cer for the Chief ofNaval Air Train- Leslie Bowling (BA '28) is an independ- New Orleans. Kids and Iare fine." ing in Corpus Christi, says it is ent oil and gas consultant in New "Goodto be back in a flying job and Orleans. Philip Braithwaite (MA '58) is still re- in a cockpit occasionally. Number gional geologist for offshore Europe one son, Phil, has passed me up at Jean Ingram Bowman (BA '54) writes for Sun Oil Company in Philadel- 66" and hits the golf ball farther "I quit teaching schocl in November, phia. than Ican. Still cutting and collect- got my insurance license in Decem- ing building agates. Also custom ber. I'm working with my husband William A. Bramlette (MA '34) says, "I golf clubs." who is Houston division manager of find it true that one stays busy in Mutual of Omaha. It's great! Ilove retirement and Ihave enjcyed my Thomas S. Blackwell (MA '52) moved sales work." first year." He is retiredfromExxon back to Texas after 23 years in Company. Louisiana and Mississippi.He is now Don R. Boyd (BS '58), independent geol- inHouston as a senior geologist for ogist in Corpus Christi, is "working John W. Brice (BA '27) maintains his Gulf Oil.His wifevisited Chile after ever accomplishing harder than and business as a petroleum 18 years' absence to see family and pipe rig consultant less and less! Between and in Tulsa, Oklahoma. friends. shortages and worrying about how Congress intends to scuttle the oil Nugent Brasher (BS '69) Wesley F. Blankenship (BS '57) is vice business, little time is left to enjoy recently finished an Distinguished president of Coastal States Gas Pro- life. Hopefully, times will improve. AAPG Lec- ducing Company in Houston. ture Tour which he enjoyed very He independent Walter A. Boyd, (BS '53) is senior much. is an petro- Jr. leum geologist Harvey Blatt (MA '58), associateprofes- reserve geologist with Columbia Gas inNew Orleans."Be- sides prospecting for oil sor of geology at the University of Development Corporation in Hous- and gas, — Iam involved Oklahoma inNorman, is on sabbati- ton. "Year of change new home, with the API on environmental matters." cal this year in Germany. "Amazing new office, new FPC requirements how many peoplehere are fluent in (thinking about applying for a civil German.Not only do three and four service number). Oldest son (Drew) Tom Breedlove (BS '54) works as ageol- year oldkids understandit,but even now in high school and youngest son ogist for Marathon Oil Company in my landlady's dog knows some! If (David) in junior high. Dot and I Houston. that doesn't make you feel inferior, are just creeping along. Sure en- nothing will." joyed visiting with old friends at the Joe Bridwell (BS '62), senior staff scien- Dallas AAPG convention." tist at Los Alamos Scientific Lab, Dan I.Blunk (BA '70) and his wifehave New Mexico, is "Involved in estab- a baby bey (Daniel Lloyd) born Walt V. Boyle (BS '54, MA '55), senior lishment of large aperture (A>2so April 25. Dan finished his internship geologist with Shell Oil in Houston, km) short period seismic net to in June and has begun a three-year has been busy the past year prepar- study microseismicity ofEio Grande residency in psychiatry at the Mayo ing for California OCS lease sale. Rift. Investigating static numerical Clinic in Minnesota. models of gravitational potential DavidO.Bozeman (BS '51) reports "One andits effect on mechanisms of rift- Charles M. Boenig (BS '61) is a geolo- son is a sophomore at OU taking ing. Investigatingwavepropagation gist with Pennzoil Producing Com- mechanicalengineering,and the sec- models which produce theoretical pany in Corpus Christi, Texas. ond headed to OU too. Son #3 will surface seismograms for wavepaths be in the sixth grade.— Old Dad is a associated with Jemez Caldera for Freda Bullard Boeringa (MA '51) is fearless Scoutmaster Ithink geol- comparison with long period sur- "taking care of rental business in ogists and oil men in general are face seismology to delineate mag- Austin and Taos, New Mexico while moreinterested in youth and Scout- ma chamber dimensions." Alexander is finishing his PhD in ing than other walks of life. The psychology at UT-Austin; doing a energy crunch is taking a lot of my Thomas W. Broadhead (MA '75) is pur- little consulting when possible on energy!" David is manager of ex- suing his PhD at Universityof lowa Mexico's oil and gas." ploration geology for Sohio Petro- in lowa City. We appreciated his leum Company in Oklahoma City. accolade for this publication: "The Clint C. Booth (MA '56) reports "All the Newsletter has to be among the family is well and happy. We had M. T. Bradford, Jr. (BA '50) is an inde- highest in quality cf any department a great time at dinner with Bob pendentlandman— Bradford Oil and anywhere. A really professional job Alexander(MA '56) who was inDal- Gas in Oklahoma City. "Business with lots of good and interesting las for the AAPG." Clint is a geolo- continues to go well. Same lovely news. People responsible for it de- gist in Dallas who is also involved wife, Jo Ann, for almost 18 years; serve a good hand for an excellent in ranching and investments. Beth Ann a junior in upper school; job." andMTB 111, the equivalentin mid- Southern W. Bower (BS '50) is employed dle school." David Brock (BS '65), geologist with in the technical service engineering Florida Gas Exploration Company lab for Dresser Magcobar in Hous- Robert W. Bradley, Jr. (BS '56) is senior in Houston, reports "My new job is ton. "Nothing big or exciting hap- supervising geologist with Exxon in demanding and rewarding, and Iam pened last year. Enjoy reading the Houston. "Great to be back in Texas happy with it. My wifeBeverly and Newsletter." after a three-year 'foreign tour' in Ienjoy a nearly full-time hobby 48 September,1975

working for our community's civic friends. Iam living here at Bayou to Big Bend to camp with the boys." association. Eoman Forest (like Manor in Houston where Iam near Dick is an independent geologist. many other subdivisions) has many sons Halbert and Bob and daughter problems.Hopefully weresidents are Martha Ellen and their families. W. Henry Cardwell (BA '38) reports, doing something about them!" Wilbur and his family are inIndiana "Doing some consulting, but mostly where he is with family stone busi- working for self. Enjoyed seeing John W. (Bill) Broughton (BS '52) lives ness." classmates and faculty at UT break- in Houston where he is employed as fast in Dallas in April. Now getting a geologist for Keplinger & Asso- Leon G. Byerley, Jr. (BS '52) says ncth business in shape for vacation in ciates, Inc. "Consulting business is ing significant has occurred since Europe." Henry lives in Houston. very good at present. I'm enjcying last year; he is still an independent the work and the folks Iwork with geologist in Midland, Texas. A. T. (Toby) Carleton (BS '51, MA '52) and for." is a general partner in Structur- William M. Byrd (BA '54, BS '56, MA maps, Ltd. in Midland.He comments, Thomas E. Brown (BS '56, MA '58, PhD '58),productiongeologist withExxon "Family is spreading out but I '63) is still involved ininternational in Houston, is "back in Texas after can't get any to Austin. Will have oil exploration and makes periodic five years in California, working in one daughter at A&M (UGH!) and trips abroad for Moncrief Oil. Tcm Exxon's Computer Applications to one at Southwestern (at least that's lives in Fort Worth. Geology group." close) this fall. Young son insists he is going to college where he can Thomas M. Burke (BS '47) is vice presi- W. J. and Susan Kiefner Cage (BS '50; snow ski." dent of Transco Exploration Com- BA '50) are both senior geologists pany in Houston. "Son, Steven with Gulf Oil Company in Bakers- Joel C. Carlisle (MA '55), senior geol- graduated from Southwest Texas in field, California. They write, "As ogist with Chevron Oil Co. writes, business management, May, 1975; usual we enjoy the Newsletter. No "Our family still enjoys Louisiana son John is a freshman at UT in news since last year." and our new home in Slidell. How- business administration; daughter ever this year our son graduated Susanis in Bth grade." Tom sends a Dean L. Callender (BS '56, MA '58) is a from high school and will enter col- special hello to all his friends. stockbroker with Reynolds Securi- lege this fall. Time does fly— I'm ties,Inc. in Houston. "Enjoy receiv- still actively engaged in offshore William M. Burnett (BS '50), manager ing the Newsletter but even more Louisiana explorationand enjoy the of Angola Sun Oil in Luanda, An- am enjoying the resurgence in de- continuous challenge." gola writes: "Hope our offshore pro- mandfor geologists in the petroleum gram is in the drilling phase by end industry. The dire geological predic- Darryl E. Carlson (BS '64) is a senior of 1975. Beverly and Iare adapting tions of shortages of energy15 years geologist for National Soil Services to the local scene. Daughter Julie ago are coming true and the politi- in Houston. graduated from Selwyn School in cians have only themselves to June and will enter Bethany College blame." Ralph V. Carson, Jr. (BS '55) works for (W. Va.) in fall. Son Jeff is in 11th Continental Oil Company in Stam- grade at St. Stephen's School, Aus- Rodney J. Camp (BS '43) writes, "Keep ford, Connecticut as senior analyst. tin." the old Newsletter rolling in! And many thanks for all the efforts to- Robert D. Carter (BS '48, MA '48) is a Richard T. (Dick) Buffler (BS '59) has ward that end. Midland is still geologist for the U.S.G.S. in Menlo "returned to Texas to get warmed 'bustling'; hard to realize Iam Park, California. "Enjoyed a short up after three great years in An- new a twenty-year resident." Rod- visit to Texas for the AAPG Con- chorage, Alaska. My wife Pat took ney is a geologist with Camp Oil vention and seeing old friends.— a new job with UT MedicalBranch, Company in Midland. Missed the Texas breakfast too Galveston last fall and Ispent six darn early!" months as a house-husband before Donald H. Campbell (MA '62) is a re- taking a job with the Marine Sci- search petrographer for Portland Jack C. Cartwright (BS '51, MA '53), ence Institute here in Galveston."- Cement in Skokie, Illinois. "Living partner in Roberts, Koch & Cart- Dick's position is research scientist in the 'Arctic fringe' of Chicago, but wright says, "Barbara and Istill in the geophysical laboratory. the work is interesting. The blend enjoy living in Midland. Our family of Folklore and concrete analysis is is really growing up; daughter mar- Hal H. Bybee (BA '41) is coordinatorof subtle. Enjoyed participating in ried (one grandson), daughter in environmental affairs for Continen- SEPM field trip to Eagle Mountains college at San Marcos, daughter in tal Oil Company inHouston. "Work- and southern Quitmans in April. high school, and son in junior high. ing hard trying to promote offshore Long live field geology!" Best wishes to all our classmates leasing for the Atlantic, Gulf of and friends at UT." Alaska and southern California Richard A. Campbell (MA '59) writes 0.C.5." from Lafayette, Louisiana: "We David G. Casey, Jr. (BS '60) is an in- have had a very busy, productive dependent operator in Lafayette, Ruth W. Bybee (widow cf Dr. Hal P. year. Kevin is 19 now, in Tulane. Louisiana and his wife, Cynthia, is Bybee) is retired andliving in Hous- Eric is 16, John is 10. We've taken a consulting petroleum engineer. ton. "I always enjoy news of the seme time off and enjoyed somenew "Business fantastic, Congress in- Department and about geology activities.Plans are made for a trip competent— too bad we can't burn Geological Sciences Newsletter 49

hot air. South Louisiana is boom- George H. Clements (BA '22) writes is a junior in Accounting, University ing; our main problem is finding from Denton, Texas: "At age 74, of Oklahoma (that still smarts!); drilling rigs and supplies. Drilling wife, Leda, and Iare enjoying our Jay and Laura enjoy Westchester wells this year from 800' to 17,500' retirement surrounded by lots of High Schcol." deep. How's that for a range? Cyn- good friends, our childrenandgrand- thia and I also moved to a new children, what more could we ask? Michael D. Conger (BA '72) is an en- home. Our best to the Geology De- Never a dull moment. 'The last of vironmental geologist for the Chesa- partment and staff, and we wish you, life for which the first was made'; peake Bay Ecological ProgramOffice and all graduates, as happy and it's a great world.Enjoyed the 1974 in Wallops Island, Virginia. "Study- fantastic life as we are having." Newsletter, the cover is beautiful. ing barrierisland dynamics, remote Thanks." sensing S/R programs, working off Dwight E. Cassell (BS '54, MA '57) the Atlantic on the R. V. Annandale writes from Houston, "Really great Russ Clemons (PhD '66) is a professor investigating acid and sludge dump- to exploration be back in after a of geology at New Mexico State ing with respect to OCS flocr con- four-year detour through Exxon's University in Las Cruces. "I can't figuration models.Also working with development real estate affiliate. understand how Istay so busy and the NPS on management models for patch is The east Texas oil alive not have anynews.Did getpromoted all national seashore parks." and well. Linda and the girls are to just plain professor in '74, and Conger (BS '70) doing fine and are also glad to have am president of N. M. Geological Susan Deutsch is em- the old man making like a geologist Society for '75. Also co-editor of ployed as a geologist for Gulf Re- again." search Development Company New Mexico Geological Society 26th & in Houston. Donald E. Caussey (BS '51) says, "Pro- Fall Conf. Guidebook: 'Las Cruces seeing many of moted to division geologist last year. Country. Enjoyed Beaumont B. Cooley (MA '55) comments, Enjoying the job tremendously. We the UT people at the south-central "No changes, still enjoying Colorado meeting." are on the track of some 'big ones' GSA summers. The winters are not my in the Delaware Basin and Ana- He geologist Cocke, (BS '48) is in- favorite." is senior darko Basin." Don works for Penn- W. Howell Jr. an (formation evaluation), for dependent in Houston. Chevron 2oil Company in Midland. Oil Company Western Division in Hank Chafetz (PhD '70) is associate H. Grady Collier, Jr. (BS '49), consult- Denver. professor geology at ing petroleum geologist in New Or- of the Univer- John D. Cooper (MA '64, PhD '70) is sity of Houston. "Life treating both leans, writes, "With 1974 and the associate professor of earth science Janet and me well in Houston. I first part of 1975 as active as ever at California State University in hope complete a few sedimentary explorationactivity in south- to in oil Fullerton. "Had a marvelous three- petrology studies southeastern this summer while ern Louisiana and the week trip to Hawaii with 47 stu- book. states, I've had many opportunities Janet finishes her second We dents in January. Have been work- pro- to UT associations. at the U of H have a new PhD renew 'old' ing all year on audio-visual pack- — graduate ad- Let's hope the 1975-76 years are gram I'm the new ages for lower division classes. En- visor." equally generous to us all." joyed seeing old friends and attending UT breakfast at April AAPG/ Walter Chatham, Jr. (BA '48, MA '50), Bryan D. Collins (BS '50) reports from SEPM inDallas." geologist for the Federal Power San Antonio: "Went to Big Bend Commission in Washington, D.C. over Easter holidays with family Mary Beth Cooper (BA '67, MA '69) says there's nothing new but sends My last trip in our motor home. says, "After living in Houston for a a hello to all. trip there was the summer field in year Imoved to Denver in January, Uel S. Clanton (BS '55, MA '60, PhD 1950. The geology is more beautiful 1975, and started working with traveling '68) is "still at NASA— Johnson than ever. Must say that Chevron Oil Company as a geophysi- and living were much bet- Space Center (Houston). Research conditions cist. Ienjoy Denver and the Rocky with the scanning electron micro- ter on recent trip than that experi- Mountains, plus the opportunity to enced 1950." Bryan is chief of the scope shows some new crystal forms in visit with quite a few Texas friends in the moon rocks. This time it's resource management division of the also working in Denver." NiFe crystals." USAF Security Service. Duncan Corbett (BS '36), landman for Thomas P. Clark (MA '72) lives in James W. (Jim) Collins (BS '56) is an Hawn Brothers in Corpus Christi, Springfield, Illinois, where he is a independent geologist in Corpus comments: "Have been at the same hydrogeologist for the Illinois En- Christi, consulting and exploring on old standfor 24 years.Always enjcy vironmentalProtection Agency. the Gulf Coast. the Newsletter." W. Kenley Clark (BS '36) is executive Jerry H. Collins (BA '53, BS '54) lives Glen Lee Corrigan (BA '55) is a library vice president of Superior Oil Com- inHouston, wherehe is western dis- representative for Macmillan Li- pany in Houston. Beginning in Sep- trict geophysicist for Burmah Oil & brary Services in Houston. "My area tember, he will serve as the Chair- Gas Company. "We are still enjoy- of business responsibility has been man of the Geology Foundation Ad- ing petroleum exploration, since increased to cover essentially the visory Council at UT. wife Jerrie is also employed in the whole state of Texas. Mary con- exploration department of an oil tinues as business department chair- William G. Clarkson, Jr. (BA '37) is a company. John is a senior in Archi- man at Cy-Fair High School. Don- consultant in Midland, Texas. tecture, UT-Austin; daughter Carol ald completes freshman year as a 50 September,1975

journalism major at UT-Austin Thomas A. Cullinan (BS '53), working lations in a gneiss-dome complex (Spring, '75). The family hobby of for Davis Oil Company in New Or- and penecontemporaneousfolds in a Lionel electric train collecting con- leans, is "still searching for the Triassic gravity glide sheet. Merrily, tinues. Anybody have an extra elusive hydrocarbons in south Loui- Mike, Matt, and Drew all doing train?" siana. We're drilling a lot of wells, fine. Best regards." having some successes, andenjoying Relmon E. Cotton (BS '54) is president it very much." Horace C. (Dave) Davis (BA '39) is now of Clovelly Oil Company in New Or- an independentoil and gas producer leans. W. Richard Cunningham (BS '70) writes, in Great Bend, Kansas. "After 20 "Family and Iare doing fine. Wish years as a drilling contractor, sold H. Mack (BA '38) independent Cox is an to return to the Department some- rigs inMarch, 1974 and am just get- Jackson, Mississippi and is in still day. My to faculty, stu- ting used to sleeping all night with- "trying to supportmy family, grand- best the dents, and alumni." Richard is a out the telephone ringing. No more children and the 'bureaucracy' in the geophysicist with Pennzoil Company twistcffs, breakdowns, etc. Peace is style to which they have become ac- in Houston. wonderful. Taking care of a little customed!" production, active in state Republi- Party (co-chairman)." R. Wilson Cozby, Jr. (BS '60), a pedo- Thomas B. Cm-lee (BS '50), exploration can geologist inOklahoma City, says he dontist in Tyler, Texas reports Jonathan O. Davis (BA '69), geologist "Everything is fine." "enjoyed the alumni breakfast in Dallas at the AAPG convention." with the Nevada Archeological Sur- vey in Reno, reports he has "spent Weyman W. Crawford (BS '50) is gen- the last six years trying to convince eral manager (North America) for David K. Curtice (BA '53) lives in San geologist the archeologists that what they are Texasgulf, Inc. in Houston. Antcnio where he is a for Southwest Research Institute. dcing is really geology, not anthropology. Was on the Anthropology William R. Cree (BS '52) lives in Abi- H. (att. '44-45) from faculty of Washington StateUniver- lene, Texas wherehe is a partner in John Dante writes Naples, Florida, August 3, sity from '69 to '74, received MS Cree Oil Inc. "Retired 1973 from Federal Power Commis- in geology from University of Idaho years Enjoying in '74, and completed my coursework Theo H. (att. 1915-17) is retired sion after 19 there. Crook its for the PhD in geology living Walnut Creek Cali- beautiful Naples, sunshine and from Uni- and in balmy climate; swim, fish, hunt versity of Idaho in May, '75. My dis- fornia, but misses Texa's: "No news; I fossils enjoy life." sertation topic involves the volcanic but being a Texan by birth and and ash chronology of Lake Lahontan." having relatives there and being the Larry J. Darnall (BS '58), is senior ex- place interest in at UT where my ploitation geologist fcr General Robert B. and Mary Quick Davis (BS geology was born— l shall never American Oil Company in Dallas. '49; BS '48) live in Tyler, Texas cease to love it." "Duties include supervision of all where Bob is district geologist for unitization, development and field American PetroFina Company of (Bob) (BS '50) James Robert Crow is wildcat activity engaged in by GAO Texas. He says, "I have been kept Operations, President of Petroleum continental S. Married15 years very busy with new Jurassic ex- daughter in U. Inc. in New Orleans. "Last this April; two children, Julie (13) plorationprojects in the Upper Gulf a junior at Cculd only afford LSU. and Steve (8). All doing fine." Coast Region. The most appropriate to send girl to she the #2 Texas but term that can describe a Smackover to all; come loved it. Best wishes Frank W. Daugherty (MA '59, PhD '62) field is 'hard to find cr just easy to swamp country if you see us in the writes from Canyon, Texas: "Still miss. Mary is working as a medical can." mining fluorspar in Big Bend. Son lab technician. We look forwardeach Stephen graduatedmagna cum laude year to the Newsletter. John C. Crowell (BS '39) is professor of frcm Vanderbilt University in May. geology at the University of Cali- He enteredUT-San Antonio Medical James Harrison Davis (MA '60) com- fornia at Santa Barbara. "Along School in June. Iwas one of the ments, "The only outcrops in Con- teaching UCSB, continuing with at leaders of the West Texas Geologi- gress occur between the ears. .. ." research on problems related to cal Society 1974 Field Trip across He is senior analyst— government understanding the San Andreas Mexican states of Chihuahua and relations for Exxon Company in fault, andthe history of veryancient Sinaloa. Wife Dorothy enjoying re- Houston. ice ages. Also a lecturer for the tirement frcm teaching." Frank is AAPG Continuing Education Pro- coordinator of earth science research Morgan J.Davis, Jr. (MA '53) is senior gram." at West Texas State University. division explorationist for Pennzoil Internationalin Houston. Milton W. Crusius (BS '49) is a systems George H. Davis (MA '66) is associate specialist for Exxon in Houston. He professor of geosciences at the Uni- Leslie A. Dedeke, Jr. (BS '55) is a geo- reports, "#1son now at USC work- versity of Arizona in Tucson. He is physicist for Union Oil Company cf ing on PhD in English Literature. "still working on folds! A structure California in New Orleans—"sports- #2 son studying economics at Univ. map cf major folds in the Colorado man's paradise." of Houston. Ialways enjoy the geol- Plateau of Arizona will be out soon ogy Newsletter. Still working with along with ideas regarding the Col- Charles J. DeLancey (BA '40) is still geological computer programs. And orado Plateau tectonic framework. working for ExxonCompany, U.S.A. stilllove UT." Also researching polyphase fold re- in Houston. Geological Sciences Newsletter 51

John Lane Denson (BA '49, MA '50) is director of development, schcol of engineering at VanderbiltUniversity in Nashville, Tennessee. He explains, "Well, the Dean of Engineering at Vanderbilt is a mining engineer and a fellow member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, and one thing led to another. .. ." George P. Derry, Jr. (BS '49),consulting petroleum geologist in Corpus Christi, writes, "With the energy crunch en, consulting work has been very steady this past year. There- fore, it has been mostly work as usual." William H. (Bill) Devine (BS '48) is a geologist with Sun Oil Company in Houston. Teodoro Diaz-Gonzalez (BS '40) sends the following from Mexico City: consulting work since re- "Active in Plummer, Bullard, Ralph King Damon tirement the Exploration De- Fred B. Fred and Gordon in from "grubbing" anthills, partment of Petroleos Mexicanos in north Texas for fusulinids in 1930 which Iwas employed as geologist for more than 31 years (August of 1941-December of 1972). The Grayrock Corporation in Den- geological and hydrological chores ver, Colorado. for the state's environmental and E. J. and Pat Wood Dickerson (BS '57, energy center at the University of Dobkms, (MA '68) geo- MA '66; BA '70) both work for Bell James E. Jr. Huntsville Big pusl for physicist ExxonCompany, . f & Murphy and Associates, Inc. in for U.S.A. the year y runni an international in Denver, says 'My family and I Houston. "Joined BMA in January hydrogeclogy congress on karst to are really enjoying Denver and look '74; moved into new townhome, late be here fa tember and October to the Newsletter. " s '74. Ed is working in all phases of forward receiving iq?^ petroleum exploration— geophysical It keepsus so well informed about Ralph interpretation, interpretive applica- the Geology Department and old C. Duchin (MA '55) continues as Keep good wcrk, an independent geologist tions of calculator systems. Pat is friends. up the an in associa- please." Petroleum Company involvedin geological and geophysi- tion with Zinn in Houston. cal report editing and writing, tech- William Edward Dodd (BA '34) is re- nical literature searching and or- tired from Exxon and lives in Bay- William E. Dunaway (MA '62), geol- ganization for industry and govern- town, Texas. "A 22-ft. strata of coal ogist with General Crude Oil Corn- ment agencies. She is president-elect has been found under my landnear pany in Houston, attended the car- of the Association of— Earth Science Shiro, Texas. Owners of mineral . benate short course put on by Scott, Editors.Come see vs the new abode rights are quite upset by the ruling Folk, and Bebout in March and says is equipped with spare bunks, indoor by the Supreme Court that coal, as he really enjoyed it.

plumbing, and potables of all sorts." _. such,' is not a mineral." -p. ,„ ,_.. . „ DavidE.Dunn (PhD '64) .is professor of Kenneth L. Diebel (BS '50) lives in William W. Doyel (BS '48) is assistant geology and geophysics at the Uni- Walton-on-Thames, England where prcgram manager (RALI) for the versity of North Carolina in Chapel he is explorationmanager (Europe- U. S. Geological Survey in Reston, Hill. "Convincing the Nuclear Regu- Africa region) for Esso Exploration; Virginia, "More and more involved latory Commission to require a he recently completed a two-year in such things as utility corridor seismic risk analysis beforelicensing assignment with Exxon U.S.A. in impacts, power plant siting, critical nuclear power plants has occupied Houston as assistant drilling man- area designation, land inventory, far too much of my time. The an- ager for the headquarters explcra- minedarea reclamationand onshore nual Teaching Award from our tion-productiondrilling group. impact cf OCS development— a long graduate students helped salve my way from mapping geology." conscience about my neglect of stu- Jane Ormond Dinkins (BS '38) is ranch dents. Maybe the less they see of manager and ranch hand: "Still Bill M. Doyle (BS '52) is an independent me,the better!" raising registered red angus cattle geologist in San Antonio, Texas. at our place at Chappell Hill,Tex- WilliamR.Dupre (BS '68, MA '70) is an as." They also have a home in Hous- Larry Doyle (BS '50) writes fromHunts- assistant professor in the depart- ton. ville, Alabama: "Still managing a ment of earth and environmentalsci- regional office for the Geolcgical ences at Wesleyan University in Bill Dixon (MA '58) is vice president of Survey of Alabama and handling Middletown,Connecticut. 52 September,1975

Dale L. Dutton (BS '59) says, "Finally in May was promoted to exploration Norman Ewbank (BS '43) is a geologist left McGraw-Hill after 11 years to data processing coordinator for the with Cities Service Oil Company in try publishing business on my own. Alaska area of Mobil and trans- Midland. "I have made an appoint- So far, things are going very well, ferred to Denver." ment with a local optometrist; my with several projects out in the eyesight is obviously deteriorating, G. K. Eifler, Jr. (BA '29, MA '30) is a marketplace— all 'school level' (K- because so many of my friends are consulting geologist in -12) so far, but we have plans. First Austin after beginning to look old and gray. retiring Bureau Eco- child(!) due in the fall— that will from the of Some of them are even wrinkledand Geology 1974. enjoy- be a change in lifestyle fcr us!" Dale nomic in "I am cut of focus, even misshapen." ing retirement, but enjoy lives in Los Angeles. would it more if geologists drop some would Robert H. Fakundiny (MA '67, PhD '70) Mayes Dyer (BA '58) wrote from by often." Connie the office more is an environmental geologist at Houston: "Our family has under- Joseph (Joe) Elo, Jr. (BS '56) New York State Geological Survey gone significant changes this year. is senior development geologist in Albany. "In the last year the cul- Our youngest child, Stephanie, died with Champ- — lin Petroleum Company in Fort tural wealth of the New York of leukemia in October and we are, Worth. Massachusetts area has been en- of course, still adjusting to ourloss. hanced by the lectures at SUNY- February, We moved five blocks in Franklyn R. Engler (BS '58) comments, Albany by Tom Anderson,Fred Mc- and in spite of all the hassle of get- "Enjoyed — the Newsletter- keep up Dowell, and Keith Bell, and at Wil- ting settled, we'reall loving ournew the good work." Frank is a consul- liams College by Will Eeid, and by house." tant in Bethel Park, Maryland. the addition of Bill Dupre to the Lynn C. Eads (BS '57) lives in Corpus Lawrence Ethridge, Jr. (BS '47), an in- Wesleyan University staff and Flcyd Christi where he is exploration dependentin Corpus Christi, is"Get- Hodges to the SUNY-Stony Brook manager for Frio Drilling and Ex- ting back in oil explorationafter a staff." ploration Company. ten-yearlapse.Travel lots, play golf (BS '50) lots, handicap 14. My Colorado son- Dorman N. Farmer owns and (BA '45, '48), ex- Fargo Exploration Fred A. Ealand BS in-law got Texanized; got his law operates Com- ploration in coordinator for Exxon degree at UT in October, 1973, now pany in Abilene, Texas. "I must be Houston, says, "Youngest child, practicing law in Galveston. Spend maturing; will have a son and Carol, will enter UT-Austin in fall, daughter at 'The' Univer- some time at my home at Lakeway. enrolled— 1975. AAPG convention in Dallas President of Alcoholism Council of sity this fall both freshmen.— Every- was wellattendedby many UT exes. Texas, board member on National thing still looking good in spite of Alumni breakfastalso well attended Congressmen." Council of Alcoholism; takes lots of our uninformed most enjoyable— Department and the my time!" is to be congratulated for all its O. W. (Buzz) Fauntleroy (BA '48), vice good work!" James P. Evans,111 (MA '65), a general president and partner in Petroleum partnerin Orleans ExplorationCom- Management Corporation in Los Billy Easley (BS '48) partner M. is a pany, Ltd. in New Orleans, says, Angeles, writes, "The problems Easley Corpus in and Curry in "Orleans Exploration has survived presentedby attorneys, accountants, too change— Christi. "Not much its first year. We are operating in investors and certainly an alien job hunting hydrocarbons; same Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Congress seem to vanish with the higher prices inter- all makes it more southern Louisiana. Having lots of discovery oil and/or gas grand- of a new esting. Now have three fine action, fun and all other good field and that's what we'relook- two exes, Charles and ... kids from UT things." ing for in at least cne of the three Jan Talbert of Houston. Now have new locations we are starting in all three Talbertsin oil business." A. G. Everett (PhD '68) is technical ad- Texas and Oklahoma. Good luck to viser to the general counsel of the explorationists the Robert W. Eaton (BS '40) is an explora- all . . . Lord American Petroleum Institute in knows they need it." tion geologist for Mark Production Washington, D. C. "The (Weldon) Company in Tyler, Texas."Pounding Hammonds, (Pete) Rowleys, J. J. Murray Felsher (PhD '71) is a senior roads, rubbing logs, and wellsitting Andersons, went — and ourselves to staff geologist for the Environmen- but would readily admit the ro- a ranch in dude Colorado this tal Protection Agency in Washing- mance of muddy locations has long summer— a reunionof the Coors bri- ton, D. C. "Currently working in since died. Lose our last chick to gade! After five years in the public EPA office of International Activi- UT next fall; have urged the little (Interior and E.P.A.), Ijoined a mother to enrole in aDale Carnegie — ties. Involved with deep ocean min- private bureaucracy last summer ing, outer continental shelf oil and course as crossword puzzles were amazingly similar!" not doing much for her conversa- gas leasing, and remote sensing. tional ability (got several ladylike Rizer Everett (BS '37, BA '38), a con- Elyann Lee, Harry David, and curses for that one)." Bob remains suiting geologist and geographer in Joshua Jeremy all thriving and join active on the Geology Foundation Austin, stays "moderately busy Natalie and me in wishing the De- Advisory Council. assisting clients exploring for min- partment continued success." erals. Enjoying visits with children, Gerald K. Ebanks (MA '66) writes, grandchildren, and friends." Jeanne Allen Ferrin (BA '48) writes "Have continued working in pros- from Austin,"Find the need to take pect evaluation in cffshore Louisiana Max Eversberg, Jr. (BA '29) is retired geology again in order to answer and TexaswhileinNewOrleans; but and enjoying life in Albany, Texas. the kids' and teachers' questions." Geological Sciences Newsletter 53

Bruce W. Fields (BS '51), independent Hewitt B. Fox (BA '47, BS '48, MA '48) Donald W. Frye (BS '55) is vice presi- geologist in Corpus Christi, reports, in his efforts as an independent oil dent of Delta Exploration Co., Inc. "Oil business gcod and family fine. and gas producer in Corpus Christi in Singapore. Older son Byron graduated from UT is "scurrying about to find and sell in January, 1975 in Petroleum Land some new oil or gas before our H. L. (Leroy) Fulghum (MA '50) is a Management.Younger son Craig will 'friends' in Washington roll back the consulting geologist inJackson, Mis- be a senior at UT majoring in geol- prices as a prelude to taking over sissippi, working Mississippi, Ala- ogy." entirely and Ihave to fall back on bama and Florida. my workover and lease service Richard C. Finch (PhD '72) is assistant operation." Frank Floyd Fulk (BA '27), independent professor of geology at Tennessee geologist in Fort Stockton, Texas, Tech Cockeville, Ten- University in Bruce K. Frazee (BS '52) lives in Hous- says, "I am fully occupied with "Began teaching Tennes- nessee. at ton wherehe is ageologist for Mara- ranch apprai- see University in spring surface and mineral Tech the thon Oil Company. sals, ranch duties, soil and water quarter,March1975. Teaching struc- conservation district direction. Iat- tural geology introductory phys- and Donald L. Frazee (BS '55) reports, tend the monthly meetings of geology. Lots work— too much ical of "After having umpired LittleLeague S.I.P.E.S. in Midland, and am direc- for to pace one accustomed a Latin baseballfor six years Ifind that my tor of the Rio Grande Electric Co- cf life, but I enjoying it. Learn- am geological supervisorsare more for- operative in Brackettville." ing more than my students." giving than LittleLeaguers' mothers Walter M. Fitzgerald, Jr. (BS '53), geol- for my close calls.Being right 100% P. John Fulkerson (BA '55) teaches geologist for Temple-Eastex Incorpo- of the time is tough in development ogy and mineralogy at Purcell High rated in Diboll, Texas, is "still geology as wellas baseball,butthere School in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Believe knocking sparks out of the Yegua is more abuse for being wrong in it or not Iam actually teaching a rocks; visiting firemen welcome." baseball." Don works for Southern full-fledged mineralogy course for Natural Gas in Houston. 10th, 11th and 12th graders using Jack C. Fitzpatrick (BS '48, MA '50) is Krantz blocks, minerals, etc. The an exploration geologist in Lafay- Goran Fredrikson (PhD '71) finished his geology course includes all that the ette, Louisiana. "After 21 years of contract with the United Nations in freshman course does." offshore exploration, Iam working Egypt and returned to Sweden, onshore south Louisiana. On week- where he is now exploration geol- Walter Louis Furche (BS '51) is still a my ends wife and Iwork on restor- ogist for a Swedishmining company geologist with Hanover Petroleum ing plantation an old house (it pre- in Stockholm. In addition to work- Corporation in Midland, Texas. dates 1880) but it will take a year ing in central Sweden, he also has or so to finish our work." some foreign assignments in Algeria, Robert B. Games (BS '49, MA '51) is a geologist withNorthern NaturalGas Terence B. Flanagan (BS '51) is a self- Guinea and Liberia. in Midland. "I'm still trying to find employed geophysical consultant.He gas pipelineand it is tougher and his wife, Peggy, have one mar- Jack Q. Frizzell (BS '50) writes from for our Betty is teaching at ried daughter, Lynn. He is now liv- Abilene, Texas: "Formed a partner- all the time. Midland College. ing in Slidell, Louisiana, across the ship (Frizzell Exploration Com- Junior Next fall we'll have two in engineering at lake from New Orleans. pany) inJanuary, 1974 withmy son, Allan, who received his geology de- Texas A&M." Robert C. Floyd (BS '58) is a partnerin gree from Texas Tech in 1972. We the law firm of Butler,Binion,Rice, proceeded to drill a bunch of my Jay L. Gallia (BA '73) attends South Cook and Knapp in Houston. good old prospects in the west cen- Texas College of Law in Houston, tral Texas area— found production and in additionworkspart-time with Henry (MA W. H. Fok '72) reports from in the first one, and then maintained International Field Data Corpora- Honolulu, "Drilling related Hawaii: the national average for the rest of tion. to geothermal is activities en the the year. The future looks great, upswing on the Big Island. We— have though." G. H. Galny (BS '48) is living in Hous- a new additionto the family -David ton, "still in the business of selling L. Fok, 3/4/75, lb. oz." born 7 12 Donald H. Frost, Sr. (BS '62), senior heavy cranes and also representing Henry is district geologist forEarth geophysicist for MobilOil LibyaLtd. a west coast shipyard in the Hous- Resources Consultant, Ltd. in Tripoli, informs us: "Have been ton area." Richard R. Foster (BS '50), vice presi- working in Libya since January, dent of Dawson Geophysical Com- 1970. We have four children,Donald, lacopo Gambini (BS '58) writes from pany in Oklahoma City, says noth- Jr. (14), Robert W. (10), Ray A. (7), Bogota: "Going on sixteen years in ing newsworthy has occurred since and Kay A. (7). Enjoyed the won- Colombia.Got fourth additionto the the last Newsletter. derful time with Dr. Muehlberger on family making two boys and two the 'Geological Field Trip' in Oc- girls." John M. Fouts, Jr. (BS '38, MA '39) is tober, 1973 and Dr. Mcßride inclass- chairman of the operating commit- room, both connected with the geo- William J. Ganus (BS '58) enjoys teach- tee forMcCulloch Oil Corporation in logical explorationcourse inOctober, ing and research at San Diego State Lcs Angeles, and has "second family 1973. Enjoyed reading the 1974 University wherehe is assistant pro- with twin boys, 11, a third boy, 10, Newsletter even if it didn't arrive fessor.— "Found niche that needed and a beautiful daughter, 6." until April, 1975." filling 'research on groundwater oc- 54 September,1975

currence in crystalline rock high- Fred M. Gibson (BA '51) still lives in SmithsonianInstitution in Washing- lands of San Diego County." Austin, Texas where he works for ton, D. C. "Volume 2 of 'Permian American Founders Life Insurance Brachiopods of West Texas' ap- (MA '72) Roberto Garcia-Solorzano Company as assistant secretary and peared in 1974; vcls. 3 and 4 are in joined exploration department the manager of the policy owners serv- galley proof. Spent last summer col- Phillips Company of Petroleum in ice department. lecting fossils in Greece, hope to Denver, Colorado. Previously he visit Iran and U.S.S.R. next sum- worked for Texas Petroleum Com- William E. Gipson (BA '48, MA '49) is mer. The three boys are finally all pany in Bogota, Colcmbia. vice president of exploration for in school, from kindergarten to Pennzoil Company in Houston,where junior high. The job of departmental D. E. Garrott (BS '51) says,"My daugh- he is "spending more and more ter, Susan, is a sophomore at UT. chairman is not as onercus as an- time trying to convince various ticipated." The family colors remain orange Federal authorities of the necessity and white." He is deputy explora- to unfetter private industry in pe- C. DeVearle (Digger) Gray tionmanager for Exxon Corporation (BS '57) troleum exploration." He has also writes, "Have returned to Dallas in New York City. spent great a deal of time and ef- after long absence and to new job in as a cf Geology (BS '60, '62) fort member the another phase of exploration."He is Cameron H. Gates MA is Advisory vice president-exploration for Mc- Foundation Council. superintendent of field operations Oil. Moßan Exploration Company in Tom Goforth (MA '62) is assistant dir- for Mobil Corpus Christi. "Still actively en- ectcr of Southern Methodist Uni- gaged in explorationfor oil and gas versity Geophysical Laboratory in Donald M. Gray (BS '51,MA '53) is staff geologist and have found it quite enjoyable— Dallas. in the international ven- and rewarding. As for the future tures department of Shell Oil Com- just as it's always been, there will Eugene M. Goltz (BS '49), petroleum panyin Houston. be ample opportunity for all geol- geologist in Abilene, Texas says ogists who wish to put forth the "West central Texas still 'hot." R. W. Grayson (BS '48) is district ex- necessary effort." ploration manager for Marathon Oil W. Leonard (Boots) Goode (BS '53), dis- Company in Calgary, Canada. Henry B. Gayle (BS '58, MA '61), proj- trict exploration manager of Ama- ect engineer in Las Vegas, Nevada, rillo Oil Company, extends an in- Redge L. Greenberg (MA '73) lives in says he is "still enjoying the desert, vitation to all traveling in west Midland, Texas wherehe is a geolo- the local trilobites and watching the Texas to visit him in Midland. gist for Getty Oil Company. kids grow. Margee became afield director for Camp Fire Girls and loves J. E. Gordon (MA '51) is a consultant C. R. (Dick) Grice (BS '46) is a geol- the work.Main problem new is what in Corpus Christi, Texas. ogist for Pennzoil Company marine ERDA will be doing in the future." divisionin Houston. Edwin R. Goter (MA '74) is a graduate (BS '45) comments that ThurmanGeddie student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Roberta R. (Robbie) Gries (MA '70), the years seem to be getting short- Institute in Troy. New York, "Now geologist for Texaco Inc. in Denver, er; independent geologist he is an working under G. M. Friedman in Colorado writes:"Ihave used every- in Houston. a doctoral program; my research thing Bell—and Scott ever tried to teach me really appreciate my Clem E. George (BA '47, MA '48), con- interests continue to be focused on UT background en the job. Lynn sultant in Midland, Texas reports the depositional and diagenetic his- reef-to-lagoon (almost 5) and into winter that his daughter, Meredith, gradu- tory of subsurface Iare sports now. Bought and remodeled ated from UT Austin in May, 1975 facies carbonate rock and sediment — of Pleistocene and age an old, old farm house this year and his son, Kenn, marriedPatricia Holccene on the Atoll, whew!" Mast in April, 1975. northeast side of Eniwetok M. I." James M. Geron (BS '60) is vice presi- Ariel D. Griffin (BS '57) is a geophysi- dent and manager cf the Dallas of- Charles T. Govin, Jr. (MA '73) is a proj- cal consultant for R. Brewer and fice of UnderwoodNeuhaus & Com- ect geologist for Dames & Moore Company, Inc. in Houston. pany investment bankers. "After a in Park Ridge, Illinois. His third rather traumatic market and eco- son, William Joseph, was born No- Paul R. Gucwa (MA '71, PhD '74) is a nomic year in 1974 things are look- vember 3, 1974. He is enjoying his research geologist for Marathon Oil ing a little brighter. In 1974 Ifin- return home to the Midwest and his Company in Littleton, Colorado. ished a three-year course study at work with the Chicago office. the Whorton School of Finance and Roy H. Guess (BA '39, MA '40), con- got licensed as a real estate broker Ronald L. Graner (BS '58) is staying sulting geologist in Casper, Wyo- which wasneeded tocomplement our busy investigating foundations for ming comments, "Due to $12.00 oil, real estate division. (Seems like flood control dams in Tennessee. He explorationand developmentinWyo- school is never over.) This spring I is state operationsgeologist for the ming has been increasing steadily. talked to my daughter's Bth grade Soil Conservation Service in Nash- Good commercial discoveries, both science class about the importance ville. shallow and deep, have contributed of geology study and really had to to the increase. 1975 should be a do some refresher work with my old Richard E. Grant (PhD '58) chairs the good year ... if Congress will textbooks." department of paleobiology at the leave us alone." Geological Sciences Newsletter 55

Walter T. Haenggi (MA '56, PhD '66) tour new geology department facili- is "drilling a few wellsevery year— has left Earth Satellite Ccmpany ties." seme producers and some dry holes." and fascinating studies of the mega- picture to go back to Dow Chemical C. Clyde Hamblin (BS '50) is stilllcok- Wiley B,Harle (BS '50) lives inHouston Company in Houston where he is ing for the "biggie" as an independ- where he is division geologist for involved in non-petroleum energy ent petroleum landman in Midland, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of resources (lignite, geothermal, etc.). Texas. America. Kenneth W. (BS '55) Marvin E. Hairgrove (BS '42) lives in Henry R. Hamman (BA '60, MA '63), Harlow is president of Houston and is working with corn- managing director of Ayrshire Cor- and owner Electrical Wire- line Service Company puters to aid in geologic mapping poration (Australia), says, "I am in GreatBend, Kansas. and geologic problem solving. He joining the increasing numbers of says it is fascinating and chal- expatriatesleaving Australia as the a David C. and Oleta Richey Harrell (BA lenging aspect geologic Labor policies have of work. Government's '27; BA '28, MA '28) are retired oil, and curtailed gas mineral ex- geologists living in Jackson, Mis- ploration Locking to Karl F. Hagemeier, Jr. (BS '49), presi- here. forward sissippi. "After several years of Crude, moving back to Houston after my dent of Columbia Inc.inNew being 'grounded' we are lookingfor- Orleans, is searching gas last foreign assignment. Will resume "still for ward to another trip to Europe this Rising activities as an independent." — and cil in south Louisiana. summer visiting Belgium, Switzer- costs of drilling and casing corn- land, Germany and the Netherlands. gas prices V. (Jim) Hardwick (BS '40) says he bined with old oil and J. The major problem is boarding the independents. "managed to stay busy, which keep the squeeze on us has other member of the family— our But my family is ingood health and is necessary with one girl in college cat, Henry!" my oldest son is a senior at 'The this year and two next." Jim is a consulting geologist in Midland, and University." David H. Harrington (BS '51, MA '53) is in April went on a short job in the manager of business development Curry W. Hall (BS '54) is senior devel- Persian Gulf. for the Alaska-Arctic division of opment geologist with Columbia Gas Brcwn & Root, Inc. in Houston. Development Corporation in Hous- Richard F. Hare (BS '41) has two sons ton, where "most of work involves at UT-Austin, one a freshman and J. Richard (Dick) Harris (BS '53, MA offshore Louisiana developmentdrill- one a senior. He is an independent '57) reports from Calgary, Canada: ing. Attended Lafayette's— GCAGS oil operator in Fort Worth. "Our company, Bow Valley Indus- conventionlast fall enjoyed renew- tries Ltd., continues its exploration ing several UT-ex acquaintances. Louis H. Haring, Jr. (BS '38), an inde- programs in Canada and ten other Still planning to visit Austin and pendent oilproducer in San Antonio, countries. Stillinvolvedin lots of interesting travel and different geclogy. All very satisfying." Dick is senior vice president for exploration.

Thomas E. Harris (BS '57) is regional geologist, southern region, for Coastal States Gas Producing Com- pany in Houston.

William H. Harris (MA '61) is assistant professor at Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y. in Brooklyn. "Still monitoring the sludge on its approach to the beaches. My friends tell me I'm the first person they know to make the front page of the New York Times withouthaving been in- dicted."

H, Lee Harvard (BA '55) is president of Harvard Exploration Company in Roswell, New Mexico. "Still enjoying Roswell and the condominium in Ruidosa on weekends. Skiing has been great this year. 1974 was a busy and successful year and '75 is looking good tco. The independents 1955 Geology 660 class members have Roswell all to ourselves new. wit hNoParking sign The last of the majors— Union— "borrowed" from Marfahotel during filming of "Giant" movedout earlier this year.We miss them." 56 September,1975

Robert S. Harvill, Jr. (BS '50) com- he will be retiring from the Air Harold T. Henslee (BS '50) is a partner ments that he has a son, Patrick, in Force in 1976. His wife, Caroline in ANA-TOK Exploration Company his second year at UT, and daughter and six children are fine. in Amarillo, Texas.He reports he is Sharlane will enroll this fall. "For- "trying to do my share in solving tunately it will be awhilebefore the James H. Helland (BS '43), an independ- some cf our energy problems in cabocse (Lynn) arrives." Bob is ex- ent oil operator in San Antonio, is spite of interference from Washing- plorationsupervisor for ExxonCom- "still actively looking for oil and ton." Haroldattended the UT alumni pany U.S.A. in Houston. gas prospects to drill. Will continue breakfast at AAPG in Dallas. to do so until the industry is na- George M.Harwell, Jr. (BS '57, MA '59) tionalized. After this school year E. R. Hewitt (MA '51) is vice president is back in Texas after a brief but Patty and Iwillno longer have any of corporate planning for Oglebay enjoyable stay in California. He is children at home and we are eagerly Norton Company in Cleveland, Ohio. explorationmanager (Far East) for looking forwardto this freedom." "Working on oil and mining deals. Natcmas Exploration,Inc. in Hous- Oldest daughter marriedin October. ton. John D. Henderson (BS '37) is retired Generally enjoying life, getting a Edward F. Haye (BS '51) is president and lives inDallas where hehas real little grayer." of Photogravity Company, Inc. in estate interests, and also has ranch- Richard H. Hewitt (BS '52) areaman- Houston, and enjoys spending time ing interests in west Texas. is ager for Patrick Petroleumin Hous- on Lake Livingston in a lake house ton. shared withthe Joe McShane family. Thomas B. Henderson, Jr. (att. '52-53) He has two daughters, Ellen (16) is an independent geologist in Cor- Charles Hightower, Jr. (BS '56) lives and Paula (13), and one son, Bryan pus Christi, consulting H. in uranium in Lafayette, (9). and lignite. Louisiana where he is an independent geologist. James F. Hayes (BS '49, '51) MA writes (PhD '42) in Houston, Leo Hendricks lives Rio Paul B. Hinyard (BA '28) is enjoying frcm "I am still doing ex- Rancho, New Mexico and is ploration retired. his retirement in Tyler, Texas and work in theGulf Coast and He president theAlbuquerque primarily was of reports he recently returned from a in south Louisiana.Ihave Geological Society for 1974, and was been putting together large wildcat trip to Tahiti. general chairman for 1975 conven- blocks and attempting to drill them tion of the Rocky Mountain Sections myself get party to Lyllian B. Hix (BA '46) is a research or a third drill of AAPG-SEPM in Albuquerque a test realistic oil associate at the University Hous- well. Thanks to June 1-4, 1975. of and gas prices good prcspects are ton and an instructor at Houston well received by the industry." Community College. "Have just gone E. R. Henningsen (BS '57) is associate back to work after being ill for six Hugh Hay-Roe (MA '51, PhD '58) is vice professor of geology at Tarleton months. Would you believe Iman- president (exploration) for Belco State University in Stephenville, aged to break my ankle between Petroleum Corporation of Peru, and Texas. "Earth science and life-earth operations and the cast caused back lives inLima."Heading toward com- scienceprograms going strong.Have complications, putting me on the pletion cf first year back in the started an audio-tutorial course in shelf for almost six months. Feels physical Peruvian oilpatch, preparing to get geology; seems to be ac- good to be back on the job." complishing goals. Family all our feet wet in deeper water (300 its ft.) off northwest Peru. Saludos to well, Biff is in grad school, Curt Dave Hixon (MA '59) is working for going to fall, the whole crew in Austin and to old NTSU this Samuel in Johnson Space Center in Houston, buddies scattered around the globe." Bth grade." doing remote sensing with ERTS data involving agricultural projects Mack L. Hays, Jr. (BA '42) is an inde- Larry R. Hensarling (BS '56), president and soils. pendent geologist in Tyler, Texas. of Petroleum Futures, Inc. in Lafay- ette,Louisiana says he is "stilldoing Carroll Ann Hodges (BA '58) is a geol- John E. Hearn (BS '52) says he is at the exploration for oil and gas in south ogist in the branch of astrogeologic same place doing the same thing and Louisiana. At the present time all studies of the U.S.G.S. in Menlo expresses the hope that the politi- independents are very active in our Park, California. "Finally, joint ef- cians willlet him continue. He is an area." fort withBill Muehlberger onApollo independent geologist in Corpus 16 report has ground to completion; Christi. Charles W. Henslee (BS '51) is region now Ineed a new excuse for 'offi- geologist (Gulf Coast) for Diamond cial business' in Austin! Planetary Grant Heiken (MA '66) has moved from Shamrock Corporation in Amarillo, perspective cf astrogeology is shift- Houston to Los Alamos,New Mexi- Texas. "Spending 99% of my time ing toward Earth. Spent a month co where he is a geologist for Los working the offshore Louisiana and this spring in Columbia Plateau— Alamos Scientific Lab. "We are en- Texas area, where Diamond Sham- basalts near Odessa, Washington joying new jobs and the mountains rock has been quite successful. My Odessa, Texas is literally scenic by of New Mexico." oldest son will soon have a degree comparison! Became a property in chemistry fromWest Texas State. owner in'74 (no house, just an acre) Archie H. Heimer (BS '55) lives and My two daughters are grown and and community activities are com- works at Randolph Air Force Base my other son is still in high school peting for that most evaporative near San Antonio, Texas. He reports and very active in sports." commodity— TIME!" GeologicalSciences Newsletter 57

Bill D. Holland (BS '54) has been very semester, and son Gage is an honor Eric H. Jager (MA '41) is president of busy this year while involved in student in music at North Texas Petroleum, Inc. in Wichita, Kansas. evaluating Federal offshore lease State University. He is "continuing to search for oil sales for Exxon in Houston. Bill is and gas in the U.S.A. although har- assistant division manager of the Jon W. House (BS '57) is semi-retired rassed by government at every offshore division. "No change in and lives in Mission, Texas. turn." family situation; all are well. My (Bill) W. T. Hudson (BS '39) is an in- Otis L. James, Jr. (MA '52) is self- son is in his second semester at dependent geologist spends his University." who employedin Gainesville, Texas. Southwest Texas State summers in Denver and Montana David S. (Scotty) Holland (BS '57) and winters in Scottsdale, Arizona. M. H. (Pete) Janszen (MA '53) continues his association as a geologist writes from Houston, "I was recent- Jack E. Hughes (BA '48) is "delighted in the General Land Office Austin. ly promoted to vice president of to be in Houston once more after a in — "Wife Vivian I still enjoy Pennzoil's two cffshore affiliates brief sojourn in Dallas. Not mak- and Traveling.Caribbean Pennzoil Offshore Gas Operators ing it big, but making it and that's and the Orient last year and plans for (POGO) and Pennzoil Louisiana and great. Would like to see all my old Alaska and Explora- Canada this year." Texas Offshore (PLATO). friends whenever possible." Jack is tion is still a great love. Both sons senior geologist with National Ex- Alice Domingues (BA '23) in college (LSU and ACC)." ploration Company. Jobes sent regrets that she could not see all Hal H. Holland (BS '47) is regional ex- Jack T. Hughes (BA '41, MA '42) is a her old friends at the Dallas AAPG ploration manager for the Wiser Oil professor of anthropology at West meetings, but was on a trip to the Company, and opened the office in Texas State University, Canyon, Orient at that time. Houston in October, 1974. He hopes Texas."Stillin business at the same to get the company active in the old stand. Doing some consulting R. C. Joekel (BA '54) is Caribbean re- upper Gulf Coast of Texas and in archeology, and keeping UT-exes gion manager for Dcwell Schlum- south Louisiana. Frank Daugherty and Jim Under- berger inMaracaibo, Venezuela. woodhonest in geology-anthropclogy (Bill) Hollingshead, (BS '57) H. W. Jr. department at WTSU." Charles B. John (BS '51) is now in Den- is western division explorationman- ver, Colorado, having been trans- ager for Pennzoil Company in Mid- Ed W. Hughston (MA '50) is continuing ferred there by the U.S.G.S. after land, Texas. in the oil and gas business in Dallas seven years in New Orleans. He re- as president of Hughston & Lamb, ceived the M.S. (geology) from Clifford K. Holloway (BS '50),consulting Inc. Tulane University in December, geologist in Amarillo, Texas has 1974. "Same wife and three kids but college, Emmett A. (BA '49, '51) three children still in "one Humble MA is one addition — a granddaughter. places. at UT and others at strange executive vice president of Esso Ex- Mike Smith a recent UT PhD ('75) Every year to good year." ploration, Inc. Houston, and says has be a in came on boardin New Orleans as a he is still enjoying the worldwide staff geologist." Elena Kowalsky Holloway (BA '72) mar- explorationgame. ried Bill Holloway on February 8, "Enjoyed exciting honey- Elvin M. Hurlbut, Jr. (BS '43) is still Malcolm R. Johnson (BS '58) is an in- 1975. an dependent Yuca- working at Johnson Space Center in in Lake Charles, Louisi- mooninCozumel and Merida, ana. tan. Nothing like going from the Houston. "The Center is getting south Texas desert to the tropics." ready for the Apollo-Soyuz (U.S.- Carl (MA '51) doing Elena teaches math at a junior high Russian) Test Project in July and H. Johnston is production geology south school in Laredo, Texas. earth resources work is continuing." in Louisi- ana for Gulf Oil Corporation. His Charles J. Hooper (BS '50) is president Assad Iranpanah (MA '64) is an asso- home is in Houma. of Dresser Minerals in Houston. ciate professor and general director of academic affairs in the depart- Charles R. Jonas (BS '50) is looking over Eleanor Macha Hoover (BS '56) is cur- ment of geology, Tehran University geology for the central area of rently working onshore geclogy, gulf in Iran. He teaches structural geol- Cities Service Oil Company as head- coast division, for Exxon Company ogy and sedimentary petrography quarters staff geologist. "Wife teach- U.S.A. in Houston. "Presented a with research interests in remote ing in elementary school and two paper at the '74 GCAGS convention sensing and trace element analysis, daughters graduating in 1976, one in Lafayette, Louisiana. Have just historical geclogy and vertebrate with BS from Texas Tech and the recently returned fromExxon's Car- paleontology. "Babak, Keivan, and other with Doctor's in Veterinary bonate Facies Schcol featuring the Susan are all well." Medicine at Texas A&M." Bahamas, Texas and New Mexico. Also, our #1 daughter graduated J. R. Jackson, Jr. (MA '40), manager of Glen D. Jones (BS '57) is a research from high school this spring." exploration and environmental af- engineer for the Civil Engineering fairs for Exxon in Houston, says, Research Lab at the University of David H. Hopkins (BA '49) lives in Big "We are gradually winning the war New Mexico in Albuquerque. Spring, Texas and is self-employed. of educating and communicating to He reports his family is fine; his the public the importance of oil and Harold E. Jones (BS '41), consulting son Dave, Jr. will graduate as an gas and the need for and value of geology, is "going en 27th year in honor student at the end of next geologists." Midland and enjoying it moreall the 58 September,1975

Time— especially with the increase of a grandmother twice in 1975. Two Erwin K. Krause (BS '49, MA '54) lives oil and gas prices. Concentrating my are still in college, and Julie is inHouston where he is a paleontolo- efforts primarily in SE New Mexico. housemother at the Texas School gist for AtlanticRichfield Company. Oldest son, Hal, UT graduate, to for the Deaf. marry in August. Hopefully, Iwill J.DavidKrause (BS '53) is general sales have a grandchild to spoil in the Howard W. Kiatta (BS '58) writes frcm manager for Menger Oldsmobile Inc. next year or so." Houston, "Have been with Mitchell in Corpus Christi. "Still working Energy for eight years and was re- hard to sell transportation. We now J. Phil Jones (BS '64) says, "Our family cently named vice president and ex- own a boat and motorcycle store. I is doing well and enjoying the oil ploration manager for our southern guess we need an airplane next so business in Oklahoma City. Ihad division which includes the west we can be 'land, sea, or air. Come the privilege of enjoying the hospi- Texas, Gulf Coast, and offshore see me if you are in the 'sparkling tality of Jim andKatherine Bennett areas." city by the sea." (BS '61, BA '61) and family in Houston during March of this year. E. R. Killian (BA '67) is a geological Edward J. Krish (BS '71) comments, Best wishes for a good year at UT. supervisor fcr Texaco Production "Totally enjoyed my first year in The Newsletter is appreciated."Phil Services Ltd. in London. "Francey uranium exploration with Kerr- is landmanager fcr Hoover and and Iare going into our third year McGee in Albuquerque. Geneva and Bracken OilProperties, Inc. in Okla- in London. Most rewarding and ex- Robert (5) are fine and say hello." homa City. citing experiences are (1) son James, almost two years old and a Ted B. Lacaff, Jr. (BS '50) is manager Mike Jones (BA '50) is still farming in Britishnational, and (2) the excite- of ATAPCO in Midland, Texas where Moody, Texas and reports he has ment of participating in the North he is "spending as much time look- two daughters in college. Sea bcom." ing for pipe and rigs as Ido looking for 0 & G. Still enjoying Midland Richard D. Jons (BS '56) lives in Mid- Don L. Kirksey (BS '60) writes, "Nancy, (25 years now) and all its great land where he is regional explora- Kevin (13), Mark (12), Gary (10) people and climate; still big 'TU' tion manager for Monsanto Com- and myself moved to Houston last country. Keep the Newsletter company. August after 3% years in Holland. ing!" Europe was enjoyable but it's great William R. Juren, Jr. (BS '52) is senior to be back in the U.S.A. I'm work- F. B. (Bill) Lacy (BS '50), an inde- geologist for Atlantic Richfield in ing Alaska again in Tenneco's Fron- pendent consultant in Houston, says Midland, Texas. tier Projects Group." he is working hard but enjoying it. "Have independent for 15 years writes, — been Edwin N. Kasper, Jr. (BS '51) Louise Weiler Kiteley (BS '59) is a geol- now boy, hew time flies." "Everyone in the family enjoying ogist in the branch of oil and gas good health and is working hard." resources, U.S.G.S. in Denver. Her Charles F. Lamb (BS '49) is division He is a reservoir engineering geol- current project is study of Upper development geologist for Chevron ogist for Coastal States Gas Cor- Cretaceous (Pierre Shale) rocks in Oil Company, Western Division in poration inHouston. the Denver basin for hydrocarbon Denver, Colorado. potential. "Also am back in school John G. Kegley (BS '51) is a consultant again (C.U. and School of Mines) James L. Lamb, Jr. (BS '56) is an in- inHouston, and his home is in near- working en an advanced degree. dependent and gas producer in by Pearland, Texas. oil Otherwise keep busy with two Midland. Rick Keizer (MA '73) is a geologist for daughters, Jenny (8) and Kari (6) Phillips Petroleum Company and is and a new pup, Polly." working in Jakarta, Indonesia. John R. Kleist (PhD '74) got married Edward R. Kennedy, Jr. (BS '48, MA on July 6, 1974 and says he is en- '49) lives in Midland, Texas where joying marriedlife and also enjoy- he is a consulting geologist special- ing San Francisco, where he is a izing in Delaware Basin and south- geologist with Chevron Overseas eastern New Mexico. Petroleum, Inc. "Spent the month of March in Scuth America which in- Donald M. Kerr, Jr. (BS '60) is vice cluded three weeks of duty on a president and chief contracting offi- boat." cer for Spaw-Glass Inc., general contractors in Houston. R. G. Knabe (MA '54) is chief geologist for Lavan Petroleum Company in J. D. Langston Gene Funkhouser Keyser (BA '48) lost Tehran, Iran. her husband, Joe (MA '48) on April James Donald Langston (BS '49) has 21, 1975 after a long illness. Gene Jan Houston Knox (BA '69) is a geol- been promoted to vice president of is now working as a secretary at ogist at the Texas Water Develop- exploration for Exxon Company, Ard Drilling Company in Midland. ment Board in Austin. She is work- U. S. A. in Houston, having served Her five children are grown; two are ing en water availability and quality as general manager of the explora- graduates of UT Austin. Two chil- in the limestone aquifers in the cen- tion department since March, 1974. dren are married and Gene will be tral Texas area. Previous assignments with Exxcn Geological Sciences Newsletter 59

include work in Utah, Colorado, fishing and camping in pine forests. Wyoming and Oklahoma. In1964 he It will be a pleasure to work with was named exploration advisor for hard rocks again instead of uranif- Exxon Corporation in New Ycrk, erous sands." then in 1966 served as exploration Samuel Levin (BS '50, MA '52) is a manager for Esso Exploration Aus- geologist for Exxon Company, tralia, Inc. and in 1967 became a U. S. A. in Houston. director of Esso Standard (Aus- tralia) Ltd. He assumed duties in Dean L. Leyerly (BS '50) is stillmana- 1970 as manager of Exxon Company ger of Hughes Tool Company in U.S.A.'s southeastern division in Midland, and indicates he continues New Orleans, and in 1972 trans- to enjoy living in beautiful west ferred to Houston as operations Texas. "Daughters are out of school manager. and working. Marg is ready to take up golfing. Saw Jchn Turner (BS Jim D. Latham (BS '60) is a Naval '50) on the course last week— said Flight (LCDR) at the Naval Officer his work is picking up and so is his Air Station in Memphis, Tennessee. golf score." "Family still enjoying living in Memphis. Navy career has been very Russell Lilly (BS '53) is still living in rewarding; looking to the future. Oklahoma City with wife, Chloe T. Enjoy reading the Newsletter and (UT '52) and four sons, the oldest learning cf progress at the Univer- of whom is now in OU. "We spend sity of luck cf on the of Texas. Best to the Steve ("Edmund") Clabaugh poses lots time beautiful Okla- Longhorns for the championship in homa lakes skiing and fishing." Rus- proudly with an ammonite, 1939 1975." sell owns and manages severalcoin- op laundries in Oklahoma City. Robert K. Lattimore (BS '56, MA '62) is project geophysicist for E. pecially if it's a well you watched William L. Lindemann (BS '60, MA '63) D'Appolonia Consulting Engineers, 25 years ago." returned from Australia after spend- in Gables, ing three years "down under." "En- and lives Ccral Florida. H. Louis Lee, Jr. (BS '54, MA '58) "Together with UT geology joyed the change in life style, good another writes, "I am really enjoying my ex, (MA '63), try- people and travel experiences. Robert S. Newton first tour of duty in Houston. Staff D'Appolonia into Pleased to see the Gospel of Folk ing to put the work is very interesting but Ilook seismic-profile being taught in Australia. Stilllcok- high-resolution and forward to returning to an oper- Meanwhile, ing for uranium for Exxon Com- side-scan sonar business. ating division 'where all the action having a gocd doing evalu- pany, U.S.A. inDenver." time site is.' Had a good visit to the Geology for power plants in ations nuclear Departmentlast fall whilerecruiting A. L. Linehan (BS '51), division geo- the U.S. (offshore,naturally), Spain, for Tenneco Oil Company. Hope to physicist for Champlin Petroleum Italy, and places." some other make another trip this fall but with Company, reports "Nothing new— J. Earle Lawless (BS '51) is self-em- more success in hiring a geologist as of May 1974 Bobbie and Ihad ployed in Corpus Christi, and com- or two." been married 30 years. Too late to ments, "My wifeis a grandmother." start changing new I guess. Our David H. Lehman (PhD '74) lives in Houston office is responsible for all Thomas H. Lawrence (BA '32) is retired Houston and is employed by Exxcn offshore U.S., Gulf Coast onshore and remains at his home in Miami Production Research Company as a and eastern half U.S. Old friends Beach, Florida during the winter.He research geologist. and acquaintances call when in travels during summer and fall, and Houston." Ernest F. Lenert (BS '36) writes from spends some time at his Tennessee California, "My wife and Icontinue Eugene home place. Lipstate (BS '49) was made vice to enjoy retirement in beautiful president of exploration for North- Johnny G. Lay (BA '53) is a lawyer and Santa Monica. Last September we west Oil Company in Lafayette, owner of Geo-Lay in El Paso, Texas. became grandparents for the first Louisiana this past year. His wife, "Older son, Shawn, in the Sea of time." JoAnn, started her own advertising Okhotsk; younger son, Thorne, agency last year and the business is Robert A.Levich (MA '73) is geologist studying earth sciences at Univer- a thriving. Son James is inhis senior sity of Rochester in New York. for the U. S. Energy Research and year of pre-med at University of Development Administration, poten- Ginnie and Iare consulting for vari- Southwestern Louisiana and daugh- tial branch, ous adventures in Mexico, along resources and wastrans- ter Betsy is a junior in high schocl. withpracticing law in El Paso." ferred from Austin to Spokane, Washington in late June, 1975. Nancy Green Lister (BA '55) is a busy R. L. (Bob) Layden (att. 542-'4B) is a "After twelve years in West Africa, housewife in Houston who says, senior geologist for Sun Oil Com- Mexico,and Texas we are not look- "Our three boys are growing up so pany in Houston. "I'm still working ing forward to cold weather; how- fast. We love to ski, fish and hunt, Texas Gulf Coast geology looking ever the boys are delighted at the and Ray is very involved in the around oldfields for new production. prospects for snow and we won't baseball and football programs for It's fun poking in old well files, es- mind the opportunities for hunting, theboys. Hello to all!" 60 September,1975

Larry D. Littlefield (BS '57) is senior enjoying his new office in the BNO Noel. Babe is the Circus Ringmaster explorationgeologist for Ecuadorian Building. and Ienjoy it all. Ccme see us." Gulf Oil Company in Quito,Ecuador. Howard R. Lowe (BS '48), president cf Jerry J. McCauley (BA '49) is in inde- Locklin (BS !54), Allen C. partner in Caribou Mineral Resources Ltd. in pendent oil operator in Houston Ridley Locklin in Tyler, Texas, — & Calgary, Canada says "I give vp "operating at the same old stand and writes, "Hope to make a bundle the Canadian politicians in their in- hope to be here many more sea- within the year before liberal gov- finite wisdom have all but wrecked sons." ernment abolishes oil biz. Then I'll the Independent. So, Iplan to spend just something Dunncan McConnell (faculty :37-'4l), retire to more fun. my Canadian oil and gas income and I doing fine, professor at Ohio State University Nancy are son searching for oil and gas in the Tyler College, daugh- in Columbus, writes, "Last summer Chris at Junior Rockies. is home to Billings, Mcn- sophomore in high It we went to France (courtesy of the ter Lee Ann tana in May ('75)." school. Ridley and I are drilling French government), England and Munich, where Ilectured at the In- deep Jurassic in east Texas and E. Ludwick (BS '50) chief res- Lester is stitute of Inorganic Chemistry. How- shallow K-Miss. in southern Al- geologist for El Paso ervoir Natural ever, all lectures were in English— berta." Company in El Paso, Gas Texas. or a reasonable Americanfacsimile." John L. Loftis, Jr. (BS '40) is senior vice president of Exxon Company, Vance M. Lynch (BS '51) writes from Williard A. McCracken (BS '58) is asso- U.S.A. in Houston. He has been very Los Angeles, California: Iam still ciate professor cf geology at West- busy during the pastyear as Chair- traveling around the worldsupervis- ern Illinois University in Macomb. man of the Geology Foundation Ad- ing Union Oil's geophysics. Iam "In addition to my sedimentology visory Council. getting a lot more experience but course I have developed a new don't seem to getmuch wiser." course, 'Geology of Water Re- Vincent D. Loftis (BS '68) is a staff sources', which is a mix of Prcf. geologist fcr Union Texas Petro- Joe B. McAdams (BS '58), northern dis- DeFord's geology of fluids and lots leum in Houston. trict manager for Core Laboratories of geochemistry, pollution, and en- Laddie F. Long (BS '52) is supervising Inc. in Denver, thinks he is "still vironmental 'commotion. Students manager than geologist geologist at the University of Texas more of a a are monitcring pollutants with but enjoying life in the Rcckies. My Lands in Midland. "With three HACH kits which just arrived; it's frolicking offspring in various col- wife Liz and our three children and a fun course!" He planned to pre- skiing. leges and universities, Ihave been Iare still trying to master sent a paper at the Sedimentology really looking forward to forced to assume a position of re- We are Congress in Nice, France this sum- sponsibility— straight back, squared camping and rock-hounding this mer wherehe hoped to see UT profs shoulders, stiff upper lip, nose to the summer.Best to all." Folk and Mcßride. His wife, Betty, grindstone, clear eyes, and a steady is working as the Macomb school William E. Mcßroom (BS '40) continues hand on the family check book." psychologist. as he has for the past 25 years as Susan Ann Burton Longacre (BS '64, the manager of the oil division for C. Carew McFall (BS '50, MA '52) says PhD '68), research scientist for the W. T. Waggoner Estate in Ver- he married in April, '74 with a Getty Oil Research in Houston, says non, Texas. honeymoon in Japan and Hawaii.He the geology and geologic problems is a consulting geologist working in at the Getty Lab have really been Bill and Mary Cunningham McCampbell U.S. and Canadian western coal, and a fascinating challenge this year: (BS '38, MA '40; BA '41) have two lives in Los Altos Hills, California. "Permian carbonates on the Central grandchildren and enjoy traveling, Richard V. McGehee (BS '55, PhD '63) Basin Platform, Jurassic elastics hunting, and ranch life at their home went to San Antonio last year after and carbonates in the Gulf Coast, Goliad, says he's in Texas.Bill since two years inMexico, and is an asso- tar sands from everywhere, and oil "young only once," he continues to shale in Colorado. Mix these with ciate professor of geology at the try new ventures, but is still stuck University of Texas at An- field trips (central Texas, Ohio and course, San with all the old ones. "Of— tonio. He invites all UT friends to Indiana, west Texas and New Mex- your Newsletter is great best re- stop by for a visit. ico) and we've had a busy year. gards." Keep those discoveries comin'in!" 81l J. McGrew (BS '54, MA '55) was McCandless, (MA '57) moved by Exxonto the Houston of- T. E. Longgood, Jr. (BS '58, MA '60) Garrett C. Jr. has left to work in fice in September, 1974 and says sends "Cheers to all from jolly olde western Australia everything is fine.Billis East Texas England." Ted is chief geologist for Belem, Brazil. geologist. Esso Exploration,UK in Walton-on- Division reserve Jeremiah F. McCarthy (MA '53), con- Thames, Surrey. Wayne Eugene Mclntosh (BS '56) is sulting geologist in Midland, re- staff geologist, office of the chief of Longmire (BS '50) is vice presi- ports: "Tony (14) is 6' and 190 lbs., E. W. engineers in Washington, D.C. dent of G. R. Haley Company in playing football, baseball and track. Dallas. Noel (7) the 'Cat' has graduated to W. N. McKinney, Jr. (BS '60, MA '63) grade 2 at St. Anne's. Ed (3) the writes "Since my last report Iwas Robert G. Lovick (BS '51), a consulting 'Turkey' is climbing all the trees, party chief fcr two weeks in South geologist in New Orleans, reports swinging from the treehouse, and Cook Inlet where Iran into Dick that all is well and he is especially being a perfect wart for Tony and Buffler (BS '59) wandering around Geological SciencesNewsletter 61

on a deserted beach on the unin- ton, sends best regards along with there. His daughter, Margaret Law- habitedisland of Augustine Volcano. his wife, Ada Mac, and also ex- rence, is married and teaching Recently Iheard Miles Hayes (PhD presses appreciation for the News- school, son Swain is a second year '65) give a goodpaper at the Alaska letter. architecture major at UT-Arlington, Geological Society Symposium in and son Matt is a freshman in high Anchorage." He is senior geologist Sabin W. Marshall (BS '52), supervisor school. for Sun Oil Company in Houston. of geology at Texas Gas Transmis- sion in Houston, spent an enjoyable LamarB. Maxwell (BS '60) stilllives in L. A. McLaurin (BS '58) is international summer vacation in Williamsburg, Devers, Texas and is a partner in regional manager for Lynes, Inc. in Washington, and New York. Maxwell Brothers. He farms rice Houston, and says he is still travel- and soybeans and raises cattle. ing around the wcrld selling oil Ken G. Martin (MA '61) writes to sub- tools. mit the following message: "What a Lee I. Meador (BS '57) is manager of great year 1974 was for the oilbusi- U.S. exploration and production for H. Kenneth McLean (att. '71-74) writes ness and what a confusing and criti- American Independent Oil Company from Knoxville,Tennessee wherehe cal year 1975 may be. If ever our in Houston. is a geologist with the Tennessee country needed us cil finders and J. L. Meadows (BA '30, MA '30, PhD Valley Authority. He is presently as- should more clearly appreciate us '37) has retired from Texaco and signed to two dams now under con- for a job well done under exception- has been teaching some science and struction en the Duck River inmid- ally difficult circumstances, it isnow. math in the public schools in Port dle Tennessee. know this is so but the public We Arthur, Texas. His youngestdaugh- still does not. We must 'toot our ter, Becky, will enter University Gordon R. McNutt (BS '33, MA '38) is and get this message out be- the horn' of Texas this fall. enjoying retirementin Austin, Tex- fore Congress mistakenly legislates as. us and our country into an 'Arab Joe N. Meadows (BA '62) is an attorney straight-jacket. Get those cards and fcr the Permian Corporation in JereldE.McQueen (BS '61, MA '63) has letters moving. Stand up and be moved from New Orleans to Hous- Houston. He sends best regards to counted!" Ken is presidentof Martin everyone. ton as a geologist with Exxon Com- Exploration Company in Metairie, pany, U.S.A. "Although we're glad Louisiana. William J. Meek, Jr. (BS '55) is district to get back to Texas, we enjeyed sales supervisor for Texaco, Inc. in the 'City that Care Forgot' and off- David F. Martineau (BS '60) lives in Fort Worth, and is "still trying to operations Appalachian shore and Dallas and is vice president of Pitts sell as much Texaco fuel as Federal region geology." Oil Company. "Itlcoks like Congress Energy Administration will let us. is intent on putting an end to free Never a dull moment and more A. D. Mcßae (BS '42) is area explora- enterprise, the oil industry and the paper work than the Government tion coordinator for Mobil Oil Cor- future of geologists. Ihope all geol- Printing Bureau. Still manage to poration New in Orleans. ogists and UT-exes will voice their work for the U.S. Naval Reserve opposition in writing to their con- and travel to San Francisco and (BS '54) in CliffordR. McTee stilllives gressmen concerning punitive legis- Washington, D.C. this year. Corpus You Christi where he is an in- lation against the oil industry." guys keep prospecting and drilling dependent geologist and rancher. for oil and use that 22% depletion (BS '62) park James L. Massey is a tax allowance." Lambert M. (Bert) Macy (BS '74) is a planner for the National Park Serv- processing geophysicist in the LA ice who is "having fun living in Robert D. Merrill (PhD '74) lives in division of Texaco Inc. in Houston. Denver and traveling across the Fresno, California where he is an Bert and his wife are the proud U. S. planning parks from Grand assistant professor cf geology at parents of adaughter, ElizabethLea Canyon to Rhode Island to Beau- California State University. "Per- born on January 4, 1975. Bert antici- mont, Texas. It's not straight geol- formingnormal teaching duties,geo- pates being transferred to Los An- ogy but Ienjoy it. Call if you come morphology, map interpretation,and geles in September. through Denver." depositional systems. Also upgrad- ing Fresno County's geologic input Rufus O. (Jack) Major (BS '49, MA '50), Roy W. Massey (BS '50), geophysicist into land-use planning from seismic president and chief executive officer with Marathon Oil Company in hazards to groundwater. Also taking of MGF Oil Corporation inMidland, Houston, reports his younger son up downhill skiing in the Sierras." comments that "The years go by— graduated in May with a BBA de- our memoriesbecome more valuable gree, and will enter UT Law School Mario L. Messina (BS '59, MA '62) is as we reflect our school years and in August. president and managing director of enjoy our friends whomwe firstmet Messina International S.A. in Lon- at UT. Many still stay in Midland E. J. Matulich (BA '47), a production don, England. "Business is expand- but the U of T is covering the world geologist for Sun Oil Company in ing rapidly— we now have Messina with her offspring who cry for a Dallas, reports that he has three Supply Co. Ltd. (UK), Messina Inc. decentchance tohelp easetheenergy grandsons and no granddaughters. (USA), and Messina International problem." S.A. (Panama), and representatives Robert Truett Mayo (BA '48, MA '50) all over the world. Let us know if George W. Marshall, Jr. (BA '48), with lives in Wills Point, Texas and is you want some of our mud (drilling Continental Oil Company in Hcus- president of the FirstNationalBank mud, that is!)." 62 September,1975

Dean Metts (BA '32) comments, "There's Wayne D. Miller (MA '57), staff geol- J. B. Moorhead (BS '39, MA '39) is an always a bright side of things. Ifeel ogist with Texas Oil & Gas Corpora- independent in Wichita Falls, Texas. lucky to have quit 'well sitting' prior tion, is "beginning my 19th year in to the North Sea development pro- Midland. Still enjoying Permian Francis W. Morgan (BA '39) lives in gram." He is a consultant in Three Basin geology and stilllearning new Wichita, Kansas and is a consulting Rivers, Texas. ideas and techniques.Enjoyed seeing geologist. a lot cf UT exes in Dallas at the D. Metzger (BS '48) lives in Phoenix, G. 1975 AAPG Convention. Am still Michael B. Morris (BS '47) is executive employed as a geol- Arizona and is spending my spare time coaching vice president (EHPD) of Continen- ogist by Sergent, Hauskins and teenageboys' baseballteam and this tal Oil Company in Stamford, Con- Beckwith. year also coaching a girls' softball necticut. team; these two teams are quite a Joachim D. Meyer (BS '58, MA '61) is contrast. Looking forward again to Jimmy K. Morrison (BA '57) has been an associate professor of geology at the Newsletter." Tulane University, New Orleans. He working on sediment and water quality problems New is making final corrections on his Erminie Hunter Minard (BA '50) is a in Mexico and a hydrologist geologic map of the Syrtis Major junior high science teacher in Free- Oklahoma as for the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation in quadrangle on Mars which includes pert, Texas. She and her husband, Amarillo, Texas. the largest— dark marking on the David, moved back to Texas to live planet used by Huygens in 1659 to on the beach at surfside. Daughter Douglas Lee Morton (BA determine the rotational period cf (18) is a freshman at Texas A&M '74) is a geologist Skelly Company Mars. and son (20) is still in Louisiana. for Oil in Houston. He is working south Texas, John C. Meyer (BA '41) is employed at Charles Gardley Moon (BS '40, MA '42, primarily Wilcox trend and Miocene. Kan-Neb Natural Gas Company in PhD '50), retired from Exxon and Lakewood, Colorado. living in Houston, is "enjoying re- A. Sherrill Motsch (MA '51) works for tirement to the utmest. Have recent- Marathon Oil Company in Casper, John S. Michels (BA '64) is president ly spoken on geology to four career Wyoming, and is "working Creta- and owner of Hops Distributing orientation classes in junior high ceous in 'hot' Powder River Basin." Company in Riverside, California. school. Apparently I'm overselling, "1974 was a banner year for us and because many of the students have Charles Motz (BS '60) is employed by off even bet- 1975 seems to be to an written me they wish to become the Small Business Administration up ter start. Schlitz sales are and geologists." in Marshall, Texas and says he has introducing we have been busy Old a grandson born April 7. Milwaukee to southern California." R. McKay Moore (BS '52) is an independent geologist Shreveport, in Ed Mugford (BA '51, BS '55, MA '58) is Daniel N. Miller, Jr. (PhD '55) is state Louisiana. curriculum director, Georgetown geologist of Wyoming at the Wyo- Schools in Georgetown, Texas. ming Geological Survey in Laramie. Robert E. Moran (PhD '74) continues "Family is fine, and a new "Just as busy as ever trying to keep as a hydrologist at the U.S. Geol- have place to good which up with mineral and oil and gas de- ogical Survey in Denver. "Present- find ammonites velopment in the State. Will begin ly involved in study of selenium keeps us outdoors. Would like to hear from Joe Dillard (BS '59). The construction on a new 22,400 square in groundwater of Arvada-Golden Newsletter is doing a good job of foot Wyoming Geological Survey areas, Colorado. Also starting study keeping up. Thanks." building in May, 1975. This is where of geochemistry cf hot springs in the action is, if anyone is inter- Colorado, with the intent of evalu- ested." ating them as potential sources of Pat Murta (BA '41) says, "Left Tulsa geothermal energy." inNovember, 1974 and went to work Harry A. Miller, Jr. (BS '41), independ- for the W. K. Warren interests in ent petroleum geologist in Midland, Sidney Moran (BS '54, MA '55) is staff Midland as geologist and production is "working to keep government out geologist-international region of supervisor." of our hair. Little success, but con- Shell Oil Company in Houston. "Our tinuing to work." daughter, Debbie, is completing her James Muslow (BS '41) is president of freshman year at UT as a music Muslow Oil and Gas Company lo- Harry W. Miller (BS '50), writes from major. She is also a violinist in the cated in Shreveport, Louisiana. San Antonio: "After nearly 13 years Austin Symphony and a member of as an independent geologist, on the newly-formed Texas String George A. Musselman (BA '38, MA '40) January 1, 1975 Iaccepted the posi- Quartet. She enjoys Austin very lives in San Antonio, Texas. "All tion of chief geologist for Sigmor much, as Iwas sure she wouldbased phases cf oil, gas, ranching, real Corporation. My older son will be a on my experience there." estate— and banking activities expand- senior at UT this fall majoring in ing son Jamie (BBA in petroleum Accounting. My younger son will Duane E. Moredock (BS '58) is in Den- land management, '74) in business enterUT this fall as a freshman and ver working as a geologist for with me as land manager. Seventh plans to major in Geology. Wife, Amoco Production Company. 'Still and last child (Janellen) graduated former Charmaine Littlefield (UT work in the sand box (Denver from college in summer, '75. Four '49) keeps busy bowling and playing Basin). Good practice until we move grandchildren and just getting into bridge." on to the 'Big One." production. Greetings to all!" GeologicalSciences Newsletter 63

Emilio Mutis-Duplat (PhD '72) became A. M. (Red) Olander (BS '48) writes, and Acaponeta Rivers in Mexico. associate professor of Earth Science "Had an interesting assignment in He sends best wishes and warm re- on August 1, 1974 at UT-Permian Canada last summer working the gards to all the faculty and ex- Basin in Odessa, Texas. Beauford Sea area. Also did some students. lecturing at UT and Stanford. En- Fred C. Myers, Jr. (BS '49) is an inde- joyed having Gus Eifler visit in cur Kenneth I. Owens (BS '54) continues to pendent operator and geologist in office this past year." Red is geo- live in Austin. Little Rock, Arkansas. physical manager of Exxon's Gulf Robert (Bob) Coast Division in Houston. M. Owens (BS '51) is a G. Allan Nelson (BS '47), consultant in consulting petroleum geologist and Denver, reports: "After 22 years' Fred L. Oliver (BS '51) writes from independentin Houston. absence Ifinally got back to the Dallas, "Was made managing part- great state. Ishould come more ner of Greenbrier Limited this past Arlis B. Parkhurst (BS '60) is vice often. It looks like my client has a year. Greenbrieris a small explora- president of Blackland Properties, deep new gas discovery in Mata- tion company— trying to stay in Inc. in Dallas. His company deals gorda Ccunty." business in spite of adverse legisla- mainly with farms and ranches. tion and control by the government. (BS '68) received Gaston H. Parrish (BA '20) is enjoying Richard Alan Nicholas Fred, Jr. is a mud engineer trainee degree higher education his retirement in Corpus Christi, his MS in with Magcobar. Duane is on the Texas. He received 50 year pin in 1974 from Southern Illinois Uni- gymnastics team at Houston Bap- his to the as a member of the American Asso- versity, and now is assistant tist University. Jane is a sophomore College ciation cf Petroleum Geologists, president of Tusculum in at UT-Austin and doing great. Gary "I having joined that organization in Greeneville, Tennessee. am serv- will enroll at A&M this summer as March, 1925. ing on the administrative staff of a freshman. Still have two at home." Tusculum College under a grant B. Patterson (MA '41) a from HEW. The appointment in- B. (BS '68, '70) A. is partner William Oliver MA lives in Logue and Patterson, cludes faculty work, but Iwill as- in Lafayette, Louisiana where he is Inc. in Dal- las. sume no teaching duties until next a geologist for Union Texas Petrc- year." leum. J.F. Patterson, Jr. (BS '52) is affiliated with Plumb Oil Company, Inc. Ron Nordquist (MA '72) has been trans- Freeman L. Orman (BS '41) manager in is Houston. ferred by Chevron Oil Company of Namro Company in Rome, Italy Midland, Texas. from Colorado to and reports that the pace of explo- J. L. (Jake) Patton (BA '32, MA '32) drilling of deep gas He will watch ration activity in Italy, onshore and says, "I'm still around, which for and Val Verde wells in Delaware offshore, is improving. me is good news, but with inflation Basins. and discussion of doing away with John S. Orr (BS '59) is manager of ex- the depletion allowance and high in- Isaac W. Norman (BS '48) is senior vice ploration for Patrick Petroleum in president and general manager of Jackson, Michigan. terest rates, life isn't a bowl of and gas division of Highland cherries. However, Iam eternally the oil optimistic Resources, Inc. in Houston. R. WilliamOrr (MA '64) is at Ball State and think things will University inMuncie, Indiana."Com- work out fine eventually." Jake is an George E. Nowotny, Jr. (BS '55) writes pleted my second year as Coordina- independent geologist in Tyler, from Tulsa, Oklahoma that he is tor of the Geology Section in the Texas. "still in business for myself with a Department of Geography-Geology; (MA '62, PhD '66) renewed interest in the petroleum promoted to full professorin spring, Thomas H. Patton field. My oldest son Edward (Ned) '75. Undergraduate geology enroll- spent the spring quarter as visiting professor geology will start at UT as a freshman this ment at Ball State reached an all- of at the Univer- sity enjoyed fall in Plan 11. Time sure flies. Hope time high during the 1974-75 aca- of Montana, where he to see more of you now that Ihave demic year." the snow and visits with Dave Alt a renewed reason to get to Austin." (PhD '61) and Don Winston (MA John C. Osmond (BA '47) is supervisor '57, PhD '63). Tom came through A. P. Noyes (BS '55, MA '57) is an in- of coal resource development for Austin in June on his way back to dependent inNew Orleans. Pacific Gas and Electric in San the University cf Floridain Gaines- Francisco, California. ville. Bob R. O'Brien (BS '52, MA '56), professor of geography at San Diego Clair R. Ossian (PhD '74) is a research James U. Patts (BA '59), staff geologist StateUniversity,comments, "Things paleontologist for Atlantic Richfield with Mobil Oil, is "still living in have come full circle! Ileft geology Company in Dallas, and is working Dallas but traveling more with re- for geography because of my inter- on palynology and deltaic sedimen- cent trips to Europe, Tunisia and est in the overall field cf environ- tation projects in northeast Alberta Nigeria." mental science. Now one of the best and the North Slope areaof Alaska. environmental conservation books Tom S. Patty (MA '68), research geol- out is by one of my former geology NapoleonOtero (att. '63-66) is a geologist for the Texas Highway De- profs: Keith Young!" ogist for the Water Resources partment in Austin, says research Agency in Durango, Mexico. He re- on concrete and paving aggregates John F. O'Donohoe (BS '50) continues cently completed a lengthy hydro- with special emphasis on skid resist- to work for Exxonin New Orleans. geological report on the Baluarte ance is continuing. "Papers were 64 September,1975 presented at the Annual Highway miss the Geolcgy Department. Very W. T. Probandt (BS '56) is an independ-— Short Course at A&M University, pleased with job and gaining tre- ent in Midland. "Business is brisk Scuth-Central Section of GSA and mendous experience." starting to lock for energy sources one is beingpreparedfor the Annual in some outback areas now, as well Highway Geology Symposium for Roger S. Plummer (BA '48, MA '49) has as the established places. Much in- 1975 in Idaho." resigned from the Geology Founda- terest in industrial and strategic tion Advisory Council because he minerals too— am now an apprentice Charles S. Percy (BS '43), a retired is taking early retirement from geophysicist! Regards to all profs." subsurface geologist living in Aus- Champlin Petroleum Company. He tin, says he has nothing new to re- and his wife plan to travel and Leo Pugh (BS '52), assistant division port but really enjoys the News- spend time at their place in Italy. manager for Gulf Coast Geo Data letter. Corporation inHouston, is "stillsell- John P. Podolinsky (M.Ed. '70) teaches ing lots of good stacked seismic data Don Perryman (BS '57) E. writes from high schoolscience inSt.LouisPark, to oil companies to find more oil and that is bocm- Midland "Business still Minnesota, and says, "High school gas— just hope the boom can con- ing and in the Permian Basin there geology-oceanographyis going great tinue for everyone." is an acute shortage of qualified in this northern glacial wonderland!" personnel." president Don is of Ex- Aubrey H. Rabensburg (BS '37) is a ploration Services, Inc. William A. Poe (BS '48) is enjoying his partner and executive vice president jcb grandchildren. Cambridge Royalty Company, George W. Petering (MA '74) is a de- and his He is a cf project supervisor for Exxon and lives with his family in velopment geologist for Texaco,Inc. Corn- U.S.A. pany, Houston. areCam- in Houston. U.S.A. in Houston.Business affiliates bridge Pet. Royalties Ltd. in Lon- O. S. Petty (Honorary Life Member, Gene R. Pollock (BS '52) has been in don, Petroleum Royalties of Ireland Geology Foundation Advisory Coun- Lafayette, Louisiana for a year as Ltd.in Dublin. These companiespur- cil) is a geophysical consultant to offshore division exploration mana- chase petroleum royalties on a Petty-Ray in San Antonio, and re- ger fcr Tenneco Oil Company. He worldwide basis from operators en ports that Petty-Ray Geophysical is enjoys Lafayette very much, but wildcat exploration efforts. now a division of Geosource, Inc. "offshore activity doesn't leave much based in Houston. time for fishing and hunting but Jack H. Ragsdale (BS '51) is president expect a little more time if OCS of Ragsdale Engineering Corpora- Van A. Petty, Jr. (BS '40, MA '41), an sales in Gulf slow down." tion in Alice, Texas. independent geologist in San An- tonio, says "Maxine and Itook a Morris E. (Gene) Pollock (BA '62) James A. Ragsdale (MA '60) is regional wonderful tour this spring through writes, "I am enjoying my associa- geologist for the southwestregionat Spain, Morocco and Portugal. Still tion with Amarillo Oil Company as Ashland Exploration Company in look forward to each issue of the exploration geologist working the Houston. Newsletter." Anadarko and Arkoma Basins. The Company has experienced tremen- Walter K. Rainbolt, Jr. (BA '57) lives Ben J. Petrusek (BA '42) is continuing dous growth this last year and the in Lafayette, Louisiana and is a with Amoco in New Orleans in off- future growth trend looks equally partner in Melton and Rainbolt, shore exploration. "Always appre- good. After a year's lay-out, Iam Petroleum Associates. ciate receiving the informative and again pursuing a Masters degree at interesting Newsletter." West Texas State University and Clyde M. Rascoe (BS '49) is working on enjoying my relationship with the energy shortage as president of Loyce Phillips (BS '49) in am Jack lives Dr. Daugherty Dr. Company in San Angelo, Gladewater, and Underwood." Merit Oil Texas where he is an Texas. independent oil operator. Charles E. Porter (BS '49, MA '51) is a George B. Pichel (BS '51) is chief geol- senior systems analyst in Jackson, Alan Rauch (BS '56) is president of Oil Company in ogist with Union Oil Company in Mississippi, "still working with Field Rental Service 'steel idiots'— computers. Fas- Houston. Los Angeles. He attended the UT those alumni breakfast at AAPGinDallas. cinating and— always something new. New—hobby recording books for the DonaldF. Reaser (PhD '74) is associate GeraldS. Pitts (BS '54) comments, "Last blind withmy Texas twang, am the professor of geology at UT-Arling- year was a good year for turning Zane Gray specialist. Also wish all ton. "After years of procrastination drilling deals. Cannot predict what of you would investigate— the organ Ifinally got busy and completed my 1975 will bring. Iseem to be wait- donation program particularly cor- dissertation in August, 1974. Jim ing en Congress to give us our new neas. Warmest regards to all of Underwcodand Iwere co-leaders of set of ground rules." He is an in- you." a field trip to the Eagle-Quitman dependent petroleum geologist in Mountains in April 1975. The trip Midland. J. Dan Powell (PhD '61), geologist with was sponsoredby the PermianBasin the U. S. Geological Survey in Den- Section." On August 2, 1975 the Mike Plamondon (MA '75) is a ground ver, indicates that all is well; and ancient pillar of bachelorhood water geologist with Woodward- "we don'tmiss the teaching as much crumbled with Don's marriage to Clyde Consultants in Denver. "Very as expected.It's really nice to be a Bette F. Anderson in Waxahachie, happy to be in Denver but often full-time geologist again." Texas. Geological Sciences Newsletter 65

Robert C. Redfield (BS '37, MA '40) re- Frank W. Rife, Jr. (BS '50) is a consult- be shown the sights and sounds of tired as regional geologist fcr the ing geologist in Fort Worth, Texas. Peru!" U. S. Bureau of Reclamation after "Now earning a degree in 'grand- 30 years' service in the southwest. fathering'— red-headed girl." Ron S. Robinson (BS '58) is inboth real "Also served as adviser to govern- estate and retailbook and gift busi- ments of the Philippines and Thai- Jess P. Roach (BA '41) is vice president ness in El Dorado, Arkansas. "It's land on hydropower, irrigation and of Ladd Petroleum Corporation in been a real delight to have our two flood control projects. In 1974, re- Denver,Colorado. daughters become interested in ceived Meritorious Service Award of horses, although hay and feed isn't the Department of Interior. Mary Virgil H. Roan (BS '49) is "still living cheap. Manage to fish a lot with our Jane (BA '37) and Iagain live in in Ardmore and working the South- 12-year-old son." Austin after ten years in Amarillo. ern Oklahoma area. Madeline acci- InJanuary wereturned fromManila dentally fell on March Ist and frac- John D. (Jack) Roche (BS '56) is owner with visits in Singapore, Bangkok, tured her right femur at the hip of Jack Roche Realtors in Austin. Karachi, Cairo, London and Dublin. and her right wrist. She has recov- "Josephine and Ienjoyed the geol- Enjoyed visit with Bob and Ncrma ered nicely and is now getting cgy of Jackson Hole, Wyoming in Sheldon (BS '37; BA '40) while in around again. Darlynn, our daugh- '73. Saw the youngish Teton Moun- Singapore. We recommendPakistan ter, will graduate from the Univer- tains, the tremendous glacial de- for bird watching, also their beauti- sity of Arkansas this summer with posits along the Snake River Valley. ful women; with Ireland runnerup, degrees in special education and Summer of '74 we visited Glacier plus OldRed Sandstone outcrops." elementary education. She plans to NationalPark,LakeLouiseand Jas- teach in Corpus Christi this fall." per in the older Canadian Rockies. Charles B. Renaud (BS '49, MA '50), an David goes to Sewanee in Septem- independent geologist in Midland, Roland S. Robertson (BS '55, MA '56) is ber; James plays all sports. Come writes, "My son,David, who gradu- a consulting geologist in Corpus see us." ated fromHarvardin1974, has been Christi, Texas. accepted at UT fcr PhD program in J. W. (Bill) Rogers (BS '49) wins the computer science withminor in geol- Edwin C. Robinson (BS '50), vice presi- prize this year for the most exciting ogy!He began classes in June, 1975. dent and resident manager of Union story. We have printed it in its en- generation geolo- " He will be third Oil Company of Peru, says "Except tirety: '74 was a very eventful gist in my family." for an assignment in La Paz, year for theRogers. Ispent thelast Bolivia from June 1973-February six months of a very interesting Reynolds (MA '53) geologist W. R. is 1974, we (wife, son andthree daugh- assignment in Ethiopiaas a prisoner for J. C. & W. F. Reynolds Oil Pro- ters) have resided in Lima since of the Eritrean Liberation Front. Falls, ducers in Wichita Texas. January 1968. Unfortunately the'sea Our field party consisting of three of oil' which was thought to underlie other geologists and was cap- James V. (Jim) Richards (BS '56) is me the Eastern Peru Jungle dried up tured in March by a small band of having another good year as a con- years ago. Many disappointed com- heavily-armed guerillas near the sulting geologist in Houston. "Spend- panics and persons are scheduled to Red Sea pert of Massawa while on ing a lot of time working in south depart Peru within the coming a helicopter reconnaissance of cop- Louisiana for Pengo Petroleum and — year and perhapswe willbe among per prospects. P. W. (Bill) Cayce the Texas Gulf Coast for myself. them. So hurry downif you want to [attendedUT in '56, now with Term- Spending our summers at our hide- out at the foot of Diamond Head in Honolulu, Hawaii."

James W. Richards (BS '58) says, "We have moved back to Midland after eight years inCanada.El Cinco, cur old company,has been sold to Mag- netex andwe hope to take Magnetex into the oilbusiness." Jim's position with Magnetex is vice president. Frank M. Richardson (BS '57) is president of the newly-formedERA Con- sulting Company in Houston, and is still looking for oil. He reports his wifeand family are fine. Wade C. Ridley (BS '53, MA'55), a partner in Ridley & Locklin in Tyler, is "hoping the government will allow us to continue in this business 'cause it's still exciting and we'vegot some gcod prospects to help ease the gas shortage." 66 September,1975

eco Oil Company in Houston] was Denver, where he is "engaged in fornia. "In the prune-picker land also a member of the party. We paper shuffling as assistant branch chasing the hubbly-bubbly. New job, spent the ensuing weeks and months chief. Inmy spare time I'm involved sharp people. It's good to be back moving through the mountains and in bedrock mapping of the Vernal in geology after three years of a desert cf Eritrea by mule, camel and 2-degree sheet, Utah-Colorado." marina-partnership." on foot, living off the land and the villagers we encountered. The ELF's W. Wayne Roye (BS ''51) continues to D. F. (Sandy) Sandifer (BS '35, MA objectives in holding us were to em- live in Midland, Texas where he is '35), a consulting geologist in San barrass Haile Selassie's regime and manager of exploration for Clayton Antonio, says he had a good year to gain as much publicity as possi- W. Williams, Jr. in 1974 and expects 1975 to be the made final "Hope those in ble. We a march of about John S.Runge (BS '50) is senior partner same. 'idiots' Wash- 100 miles and were released unin Runge & George in Casper, Wyo- ington don't wreck our industry and harmedin The Sudan in September. ming. kill us all off!" [Photo shows Bill Rogers (far right on camel), helicopter pilot (far left Floyd F. Sabins (BS '52), senior re- James W. Sansom, Jr. (BS '63) is a on camel) and two guerillas (on search associate for Chevron Oil geologist for the Texas Water De- foot).] After a short stay in Tex- Field Research Company in La velopment Board in Austin, "still aco's New York office Iaccepted a Habra, California, has had a very chasing water prospects and during challenging assignment as manager eventful year. He was appointed to most spare time working and farm- of a new Texaco subsidiary in Ire- the AAPG Research Committee,was ing my micro-ranch on the North land where we hope to find some co-chairman for 1975 Remote Sens- San Gabriel River." new oil. Madeline and our three ing Symposium at the University of ycungest are adjusting well to Dub- Kansas, and was appointed by Paul W. Sansom (BS '55) writes, "I still lin while— our older sons are at UT- NASA to be chairman of geology teach package design at the Art Austin Bill,Jr. a graduate student panel for Earth Resources Survey Center College of Design in Los An- in chemistry, and Paul an under- Symposium in Houston in June. He geles and have recently opened my graduate in geology." continues as adjunct professor of cwn industrialdesign studio inMan- geology at USC, and was invited hattan Beach, California." Roper (BS '48) Willie John is resident to serve as Regent's Professor at manager,mineral park property for UCLA. Wayne E. Schake (MA '61), a pilot for Duval Corporation in Kingman, Pan Am, says,"The proposed trans- Arizona. ''Currently president of Chester C. Sadler, Jr. (BS '53) is refer to New York has been cancelled. Mohave Museum of Histcry and gional geologist for Westinghouse, Celia and Iare delighted to be stay- Arts, member of Mohave County Nuclear Fuel Division, in Austin, ing in the San Francisco area. General HospitalBoard, recently re- Texas. Should any old UT grads make it ceived Silver Beaver award from out here, we'd welcome a visit." Boy Scouts of America." Bill E. St. John (BS '58, MA '60, PhD '65) is vice president of exploration, Judith A. Schiebout (PhD '73) is a lec- Ray Meredith Ross (BS '56) is sales LVO International, Inc. in Tulsa, turer at San Diego State University representative for Baroid Division, Oklahoma. "Same office but new and says she is "locking forward Industries, currently N L and is in company and new stockholders. Now to another busy year of teaching Dammam, Saudi part Arabia as of owned by 15 farmers' cooperatives. and research.Ihope to turnup some the service organization for Aram- Emphasis to be on international oil interesting Eocene vertebrates in co. He and wife, (Bassett), his Jean and gas exploration and develop- western New Mexico this summer." expect to live in Saudi Arabia for ment— am finding out what it's like years (1975-76). two to be vice president of a three-man T.F. Schloeman (BS '49) is retiredfrom company with the other two work- Air Force (Lt./Col.) and lives in Richard Rowden (BA '50), an attorney ing boys half-time! Skeet and Gatesville, Texas wherehe was pro- in Corpus Christi, says his oldest healthy, happy and one year older." son, Keith (18), is an accounting moted April Ist from Unit Superin- tendent to Assistant General Super- major (pre-law) at UT and is also Charles Hurst Sample (BA '30) is a intendent of the Gatesville State in the Longhorn Band. "Thought consulting geologist in Houston. father, grandfather and Wo uncles School for Boys. were enough 'rock-hounds' for the Philip K. Sampler (BS '51) is a geo- family, Iguess. Thanks for your in- physicist for Hunt Oil Company in Jack R. Schmid (BS '51) has moved terest and continued efforts for the Dallas and reports "Everything on back to the States after 17 years in Old School." the home front is status quo as with Canada, and now is the U.S. repre- last year— another year older and sentative for Canadian Industrial James A. Rowell, Jr. (BS '54) is presi- deeper in debt. One bit of news: our Gas and Oil Ltd. in Dallas. dent of PAR Oil Corporation in daughter, Philece, graduated from Shreveport, Louisiana. "Active in North Texas State this spring, George W. Schneider, Jr. (BS '58) is an the Ark-La-Tex area. Still enjoy magna cum laude— now working on independent geologist and operator hunting and fishing on Toledo Bend her Masters." in Lafayette,Louisiana. "Have been Lake." recently elected to Beard of Direc- Jack S. Sanders (BS '57) is now in geo- tors of Louisiana Association of Peter D. Rowley (PhD '68) is a geologist thermalevaluationfor the U. S. Geo- IndependentProducers and Royalty at the U. S. Geological Survey in logical Survey in Menlo Park, Cali- Owners (LAIPRO), and also to the Geological SciencesNewsletter 67

board of Pitt Grill Inc. (restaurant Rubin A. Schultz, Jr. (BS '61) writes that is hard to sell because it doesn't chain). On March 1 a partner in from Corpus Christi: "Family is have a seismic 'high." Houston and Ihired a geologist to well, it's been a busy year. Ihave originate drilling prospects in south been transferred to the maintenance John S. Shambaugh (BS '49, MA '51), Louisiana. Currently have three real section of the Highway Department reserves geologist for Exxcn Com- estate developmentprograms in the and am doing several special jobs pany in Corpus Christi, reports, "We mill." and research. Iam also teaching a are enjoying Corpus as much as night course in geclogy at Del Mar ever. Our oldest daughter married Louis I. Schneider, Jr. (BS '60) is still Junior College." May 31st so we will have only one in Houston as vice president of Tele- at UT this fall instead of two. Our dyne Exploration. T. J. (Jerry) Schwarzbach (BS '58, MA third daughter will graduate from '61) says he "enjoyed seeing many high school this year; don't know Tom Schneider (BS '50, MA '51) is an old(er) friends at the AAPG in about UT for her yet. Always nice independent geologistin Eagle Pass, Dallas." Jerry is a geologist in to receive the Newsletter." Texas. Shreveport,Louisiana. Stephen L. Shaw (BS '71, MA '74) is a Milt Scholl (BS '47, MA '48) is a teacher John E. Scale (BS '41) is district geol- hydrologist for William F. Guyton at Hilltop Junior High School in ogist fcr Crown Central Petroleum and Associates in Austin. "We had Chula Vista, California. "Oldest son Corporation in Houston. a daughter in late 1973 and have graduating from high school toenter another child on the way for late metallurgical program. Three more Dick Sears (BS '57) is a pharmaceutical 1975." representative in to graduate from high schocl dur- for Abbott Labs Tulsa, son, ing the next four years. As match- Oklahoma. His oldest Don B. Sheffield (BS '58) is senior vice science division chairman next year Mark, is a pre-med student at Mc- president of Petty-Ray Geophysical Murry College in Abilene, Iwill find additionalresponsibilities Texas and in Houston. (but one less class to teach)." is "doing great." Louie Sebring, Jr. dis- Jerry M. and Gay Salinas Shelby (BS William Schomburg (BS '59) is asso- (BS '41, MA '47), trict geologist Coastal States in '57; BA '57) have beenblessed this ciate geophysicist for Mobil Oil fcr in Corpus Christi, comments on his past year with a new home Corporation in New Orleans. Amarillo, Texas, their 13-year- family: "One son studying geology and at Texas, at Tech, old daughter Theresa won the Bald- Barth (BS '49) moved from one Texas one Schorre daughter planning to return win piano contest for the State of to July 1974 as married Denver Houston in school Austin, grand- Texas. Inaddition, severalprospects geophysical interpreter following the to in and one daughter." in the Anadarko Basin are economic formation of the offshore explora- successes fcr AmarilloOil Company, tion division by Exxon Company, geologist. Robert T. Sellars, Jr. (BS '57) lives in where Jerry is district U.S.A. They for a good year Denver and is a geologist for Louisi- send "wishes of you!" ana Land and Exploration, "still for each Glynn Schuchardt (BS '52) is "still M. looking for a variety of mineral de- consulting Houston. around Now posits in the western United States T. H. Shelby, Jr. (BS '33, MA '34) is a with Lovoi, geophysical V. S. con- and Canada. Enjoy living in Colo- consulting geologist in Tyler, Texas. Plenty of offshore studies sultant. — rado." going on does keep one busy. Office Robert A. Sheldon (BS '37) is an inde- downtown, so have opportunity to Holmes A. Semken (BS '58, MA '60) pendent in Austin. "Wife, Norma many from see friends and cohorts lives in lowa City, lowa wherehe is Archer (UT '40) and Ispent two the '40." professor cf geology at University very enjoyable months inand around of lowa. He "continues work on Singapore on a consulting assign- Ted Schulenberg (MA '58) is manager vertebratesfrom archaeological sites ment under the auspices of the of Chevron Oil Company of Egypt. and Pleistocene environments. The lESC. Saw many old friends includ- "Came to Cairo in October, 1974 Geology Department has moved into ing UT grads in this "silent oil with 3/5 of family to open office for new quarters and Inew have more boom" area. We are enthusiastic Chevron. Other 2/5 in college in and brightly-colored space for mis- about lESC and would be happy to States. Most companies here just placement of specimens, books and hear from anyone with similar in- getting started so there is some- academic trivia. Elaine is teaching terests." thing new and different every day. kindergarten whileDavid and Steven Tourists and visitors welcome." are in school." George H. Sherrill (BS '50), an independent consultant, says business is Frank C. Schulte (BS '55) is "stillhang- George B. Sewell (BS '54) is chief geol- good and he is enjoying life in San ing on" as a stockbrokerin Houston. ogist for Flying Diamond Oil Cor- Angelo. His son Hayden graduated "Carol and the children are OK." porationin Denver. "Despite partici- from Texas Tech with a degree in pationin two discoveries (from four management and will begin work F. E. Schultz (BS '47) is division geo- wildcats) this year, Flying Diamond en his Masters at UT.Kirn is finish- physical manager, offshore division, is still looking for the big one— so ing her third year at UT, Kay is for Exxon Company, U.S.A. in keep us in mind for the well-con- finishing her third year at Abilene Houston. ceived stratigraphic-trap prospect Christian College in Abilene. He 68 September,1975

visited Canada, New England and Marriott Wieckhoff Smart (BS '57) is Ed Sneed (MA '55) lives in Midland, South America in 1974. living in McMurray, Pennsylvania Texas and is a geologist fcr Mara- and is "still working toward my thon Oil Company. Elgean C. Shield, Jr. (BS '53) reports, Masters in Library Science and plan managing exploration and "Am to graduate April, 1976 from the John L.Snider (MA '53) is a hydrologist drilling operations in Texas, Louisi- University of Pittsburgh. John is for the U.S. Geological Survey in ana, Mississippiand Florida for the still with Consolidation Coal Com- Alexandria,Louisiana. Anschutz Corporation of Denver. pany as manager cf landrecords in Will drill 25 wells in 1975 looking the explorationdepartment. Much of John L. Snyder (faculty, '57-62) is act- for oil and gas in the subsurface. our spare timeis spent takingDenise ing head, materials and instruction Four children, all doing well; son (12) and Holly (10) to swim meets development section for National working on pipeline, two of the girls on weekends." Science Foundation in Washington, have captured husbands and one D.C. "Have spent the last year as an grandson has appeared. Need visits Tommy T. Smiley (BS '51), senior car- administrator, but tour ends in June here in Houston from old school tographer for Defense Mapping and can then get back to more nor- chums with drillable deals." Agency in St. Louis, Missouri where mal pursuits." heproduces charts for theAirForce. R. Sam Singer (BS '61), petroleum en- "HGpe you guys find a few extra gineer for Tenneco Oil Company in Ray P. Sorenson (MA '74) is a geologist barrels of crude!" Texaco, Tulsa, Lafayette, Louisiana says "We are for Inc. in Oklahoma. continuing to find new oil and gas A. Richard (Dick) Smith (BS '64) lives for New England consumption but in Houston and "moved back into Howard J. Speer (BS '56) is vice presi- hope to be able to drill off the East geology for Jefferson Lake Sulphur dent of Rotan Mosle Inc. in Dallas. Coast soon so they can have their Company as manager of exploration "Daughter Elizabeth is a freshman own gas and oil. Business is good in August, 1974, a very welcome at the University of Florida. Iam offshore." change." still working in oil and gas and oil wellservice issues. Had the pleasant Coyle E. Singletary (BS '48, MA '52) Bruce Dixie Smith (BS '58) is a trial surprise of a visit from Ted Stanzel has moved to Midland since the Ros- attorney with the firm of Fulbright (BS '56) in January." well, New Mexico office of Union, and Jawcrski in Houston. where he is a geologist, moved to Fred Spindle (BS '49), division explora- Charles E. Smith (BS '54) is the owner Midland in January, 1975. tion manager fcrMarathon Oil Com- of Smith Associates Realtorsin Dal- pany in Anchorage, Alaska, says las. in shopping Richard T. Short (att. '23-25) is retired "Primary activity "We are still hanging tough— de- center leasing throughout frcm Continental Oil Company and sales and spite politicians, moose herders and the now years lives in Marble Falls, Texas. South. Charles Jr. ten sale delays. Iact as 'impartial' judge age." of between our two Aggies (Norman Samuel J. Sims (MA '57) is still a geol- and B. Jones) and our two Texas (BS '58) "just rock- C. ogist for Bethlehem Steel Corpora- Daniel L. Smith is exes, (BS '51, MA '52) ing along job R.J.Holasek tion in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with same and same (BS '53, '54). and Houston, he and Dick Atchison MA where "workcontinues as usualwith wife kids" in where Very geology lets of argu- president little but nothing new to report." is vice of Texcil Company. ments." Harry H. Sisson (BS '40) writes the Gary E. Smith (MA '74) is employed Johnny F. Stanford, Jr. (BS '49) is a following cheerful note: "Nancy and by the Anaconda Company in Tuc- physical science technician in San Ihave been blessed with the gocd son, Arizona. "I am currently in- Antonio,Texas. He continues studies life. My work continues to be crea- volved in stratiform base metal ex- on the Edwards limestone research tive and challenging. Our twogrand- ploration covering the U.S. Our project. daughters and family are nearby. family has now expandedto include We are enjoying our home life, a baby girl." church, friends and frequent vaca- Herbert M. Stanley, Jr. (BS '49) is a tions." Harry is senior exploration John W. Smith (BS '57) is Rocky Moun- geologist for Texas American Oil geophysicist for Exxon Company, tain Division geologist for Champlin Corporation in Midland, "working U.S.A. in Houston. Petroleum Company in Arvada, hard trying to find more oil and gas Colorado. and looking for the Big One." J. W. Skrabanek (BA '46) says he is "still living in Yankee Land (Long- J. T. Smith (MA '55), senior geologist Theodore E. (Ted) Stanzel (BS '56) meadow, Massachusetts). Spent for Sun Oil Company in Houston, is comments, "Ithas been a busy year some time last year in our Ireland currently prospecting for hydro- along withpersonal satisfactiontoe, plant. Pat joined me later for a carbon prospects in offshore Florida, continuing the work in international vacation in England. Now have two Alabama and Mississippi. "Sun Oil exploration for Skelly in Tulsa and in college, one in geology and the just drilled a dry hole offshore serving Tulsa Geological Society as ether studying to be a forest Florida that was a heart-breaker." president in 1974-75. We have much ranger." John is a geologist with to be thankful for in these times Johnson Division,Universal Oil Pro- FredC. Smyth (BS '47) is a professional when demand for cur professional ducts headquartered in St. Paul, geologist for Sun Oil Company in services is so high. Let's work to Minnesota. Dallas. keep it that way." GeologicalSciences Newsletter 69

Frederick L. Stead (MA '50) writes "Ac- will attend LSU in the fall only be- ages "more petroleum exploration ceptedposition as president of Hel- cause we reside in Louisiana. Good and more secondary recovery proj- met PetroleumCorporation effective luck to the Longhorns!" ects." April Ist and have moved to Denver. Enjoyed seeing all the alumni at the William S. Strain (PhD '64) is now pro- George L. Thomas (MA '60) writes from breakfast meeting at AAPG in fessor emeritus, having retired on Caracas, Venezuela, "Eloise and Dallas." May 31, 1974 after thirty-seven kids(?) Kelly, John, and Kristen, years at UT-E1 Paso. and Ihave been in Caracas since W. W. Stein (BS '52, MA '52) is an in- July/August, 1974. a busy, C. Swadley It's dependent still looking fcr oil and W. (MA '58) is a geologist crowded expensive city— in Erlanger, Kentucky, with "no and but in- gas in north Texas, and living in teresting! I'm doing my part in de- change from last year. Still Dallas. on the signing a subway (metro) system USGS-Kentucky Mapping Program. for the city of Caracas.Fcndest re- Gerald E. Stengl (BS '52, MA '54) moved Looks as if we will have the state gards George's position completely to all." is fromMidland, where he had worked mapped by the end of principal mechanical engineer. for Shell Oil, to Houston, wherehe 1976." geologist with Pennzoil is senior Roy Thompson (BA '38) says, working Tom and Cindy Swinbank (BS '71; BS W. "As Company."Find Gulf Coast of July 15, 1974 Ichanged employ- geology a rewarding challenge." '71) live in Katy, Texas and Tom is senior geologist for Lone Star ment from Teledyne Exploration Harry R. Stenson (BS '49) continues as Producing Company in Houston. Company to the consulting firm of Associates,Mid- geophysicist for Shell of Venezuela, "Now we are four! Samuel Travis J. W. Humbardand land, Texas, geophysicist." andlives inCaracas."Thank you for born April 13, 1975; 8 lb., 15 oz. as the Newsletter" Chris,our eldest, is three years old." Wesley A. Tiller, Jr. (BS '50) isregional James H. Stitt (MA '64, PhD '68) is as- Jim Tartt (BS '48) is in division sales manager of geology for Sun Oil sociate professor of geology at the for IMCO Services in Houston. Company in Houston. University of Missouri-Columbia. — "Believeit ornot, this ismy seventh Dennis R. Taylor (MA '52) is manager Bert C. Timm (MA '41), manager risk year at Missouri. How time flies! I of geology for James A. Lewis En- and reserves for Sun Oil in Dallas gineering took a sabbatical in the fall and in Dallas: "Returned— to notes: "Though Ispent a year in worked on the description and ecol- North America geology continental Washington, Idon't think breaking ogy of some whole trilobites from drift theories have sent me back to Texas into five states to get ten Oklahoma and Missouri. Also at- the drawing board. Son Dennis Jr. senators will work. Who wouldtake tended the Ordovician Symposium received degree this spring from A&M?" in Birmingham, England and went Texas A&M, daughter Kirn is now on the accompanying field trips to 'big' sophomore. Wife Dorothy is Donald H. Torgerson (BS '52) lives in the type areas for the Ordovician in teaching and doing grad work." Denver and is employed by Dowell Wales and southern Scotland. Betty Division of Dow Chemical Company. George W. Taylor (BA '49) reports "Be- and the girls are fine." "Have taken over the job of regional cause of undue Federal intervention safety and training supervisor— by FPC, FTC, EPA,ICC,FEA, etc., Preston Austin Stofer (BA '57) is a new experience. Our business has etc., many of our geologists are cattlemanand realtor in Long Mott, doubled the last year; we are trying being elevated to statistical Texas. "Wondering when the cattle clerks. to help producing companies produce Hurrah for George is a business will become a paying prop- Bonner." more. The Rockies are leading the geologist Exxon in Houston. osition again. With $10.00 oil and for way." $1.50 gas, maybe I should have Dick Teel (BS '39) is staff exploration Richard F. K. Tothill, Jr. (BA '55) is stayed in the oil business! Iwas systems analyst for Amoco Produc- senior geologist for Continental Oil appointed to the Board of the tion Company in Houston. "Going Company in Midland, Texas. "Re- 'Guadalupe Blanco River Authority' on my third African safari this cently to the domestic by the Governor this year." June— to Kenya this time. Prior returned four years in years in Zambiaand Angola; I scene after overseas com- Egypt." William T. Stokes (BS '50) is "still in bine hunting and photography." Thailand, Australia and California (San Bernardino) with R. L. Burns Corporation. We have C. B. (Tim) Thames, Jr. (BS '54, MA Jack W. Trantham (BS '51), an inde- been active drilling wells in the '57), an attorneyinBismarck,North pendentin Tyler, Texas is "finding a Black Warrior Basin, Mississippi. Dakota, comments he has "more little gas in Rusk County; nothing We have an office in Dallas where energy-related legal activity than I that will relieve the energy short- Iam about half the time. Fifi and have energy to work on. Business age. Still enjoy wildcatting and the boys are enjoying golf in Red- is so good Idon't get to spend much looking for hydrocarbons. Will have lands." time fishing or rock-knocking. Of second grandchild in September. course, 40 inches of snow in early Have 25-month-old granddaughter Winston L. Stokes (BA '57) is regional April doesn't help much either." living in Tyler, so get to spoil her landman for Ashland Exploration often." Company in New Orleans, "active Billy D. Thomas (BS '49) is senior staff in the southeastern States looking geologist for the Railroad Commis- L. R. Travis (BA '48) says, "Continued for production acreage. Daughter sion of Texas in Austin. He encour- working for Exxon Co. U.S.A. in 70 September, 1975

Houston. Ialways look forward to and production department of Getty old and Amy 9. Iwon'tgive Nancy's receiving the geology Newsletter." Oil Company in Houston, andis also age. Have enjoyed my recruiting Lloyd is a geophysical specialist. a member of the Geology Founda- visits back to the campus and your tion Advisory Council. hospitality during these trips. Your Everette J. Travis (MA '51) is assistant graduates are in great demand." professor at San Antonio College, John T. Twining (BS '48, MA '54) is San Antonio, Texas. staff paleontologist at Shell Devel- Harry A. Vest (MA '59) is chief geol- opment Companyin Houston. "Glad ogist for Dubai Petroleum Company Richard S. Travis (BS '48), partner in to be back in Texas after three and in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Company Angeles, Travis Oil in Los a half years in New Orleans, Louisi- "Look forward to drilling two "wildcatting ex- is as usual in the ana." ploration wells later this year and mid-continent." Rockies and early 1976, both of which no doubt Leroy J. Tydlaska (BA '49, MA '51) is will be new field discoveries." Robert F. Travis (BS '57) writes from staff geologist with Amoco Produc- Corpus "Being independ- Christi: — an tion Company in New Orleans. James R. Vetters (BS '51) says, "Oldest ent now is great lots of action, lots son married this last summer, of fun." James R. Underwood, Jr. (MA '56, PhD daughter marriedin January,1974. '62) professor of geology at is a Youngest son is a junior at Stephen Roy W. Tronrud (BS '40) is senior geo- West Texas State University in F. Austin in Nacogdoches. 15 years physicist with Sun Oil Company in Canyon, Texas. "Don Reaser, Don with Tenneco, 25 years with wife on Dallas. Campbell I (Permian and led SEPM June 2, 1975." Jim is geophysical Basin Section) Field Trip in April, manager (frontier projects) for Steven R. Trudeau (BS '70) comments, 1975 to Eagle and southern July changed mining Quitman Tenneco inHouston. "In 1974 I from Mountains. Guidebook was dedicated production at of uranium Conoco's to Professor DeFord, who was an R. B. (Bob) Vickers (BS '47), geologist Conquista Project in south Texas active participant. It's always gocd for Mayfair Minerals, Inc. in Abi- exploration manager back to with to get back to west Texas; wehad a lene, Texas,writes:"The madsearch Nuclear, Inc. headquartered Pioneer great time despite the usual windy for oil and gas continues, with Amarillo, in Texas. Pioneer has an weather.Planetology continues to be jaundiced eye cast toward Washing- Conquista Project interest in the exciting; completing, with Neuell ton. Family status: two explorationprograms in Texas, married and Trask (U.S.G.S.), geologic map of daughters, one in Austin and one in Wyoming. Iam New Mexico and Acidalian Planitic Quadrangle on Copperas Cove, and two grandsons thoroughly enjoying travel, and the Mars, one of two Viking landing in Copperas Cove." learning a little about corporate sites for 1976. Mapping group met budgeting!" inOctober onHawaii to study Earth M. C. (Morty) Vinson (BS '51) is presi- analogs of some dent of Tejas Energy Exploration, J. L. Tune, Jr. (BS '52) has opened a Martian volcanic features. Mariner 10 imagery will Inc. in Midland, Texas. He com- new office a petroleum consultant as for geologic mapping pro- ments, "Have formed a group of in Dallas. be basis gram for Mercury, which begins friendlyIndians (Tejas) to hunt the big hydrocarbon from the banks John D. Tuohy (BS '39) says he is "still this summer. After a16-year hiatus, of the Rio Grande north beyond looking for oil in the Peruvian it's back to Marathon, summer 1975, the Red River. Also supporting jungle without too much success. with Bill Muehlberger and Geology sonnum- berone, Bryan, through geologi- It is beginning to look as if this 660 students." the cal department at University of areaisnot going to solve the energy the Don (BS '60, '62) writes, Texas." crisis. But it is a big basin, and Urbanec MA in October for very something might turn up yet. Peru "I left Tesoro a challenging position Capitol William Vrana (BA '39) wrote to "an- in general and Lima in particular is with here in San Antonio. The swer the roll call" from Corpus still a great place to live and work. Resources company is small but we have high Christi, where he is a consulting The family remains unchanged, the hopes." geologist. senora is here with me in Lima and girl boy at- the and are in Austin Robert D. Valerius (BS '59) is an inde- Martin James Wachel, Jr. (BS '56) tending the University. Certainly pendent geologist in Corpus Christi. writes, "Transferred to Houston enjoyed the latest Newsletter; they from Tulsa in August, 1974. Now seem to get better each year. Keep Charles and Eloise Vertrees (BA 23; working with south Texas opera- up the good work." John is presi- BA 22) are retired and live in Mid- tions for Skelly. This is the first dent and residentmanager of Amoco land, Texas. "We are still living at time to live in Texas since Igradu- Peru Petroleum Company. same place and enjoying retirement. ated. Very happy to be back home. Are looking forward to our trip up Enjoy theNewslettertremendously!" Arthur J. Tschoepe (BS '51) ispresident- the Rhine with the 'Flying Long- geologist of Rio Mines & Minerals, horns' in May. Hope we find some WilliamR. (Bill) Waddell (BS '38), con- Inc. in Ccrpus Christi, Texas. of our former UT acquaintances in sulting geologist and geophysicist in the group." Houston, says "Ispend half my time Edd R. Turner, Jr. (BA '43) is "happy in Houston doing consulting work to have a son, now a junior, in the Charles Vertrees Jr. (BS '51), geological and keeping up with my overrides. Business School at the University supervisor for Sun Oil Company, The balance of the week Itake care of Texasat Austin." Eddis assistant comments "Family all enjoy living of my red angus herd in Tyler manager of the offshore exploration in Dallas. Meredith now 11 years County." Geological Sciences Newsletter 71

A. H. Wadsworth, Jr. (BS '41, MA '41) J. C. (Joe) Walter, Jr. (MA '51), Presi- John Rex Wayland (BS '50) reports writes, "Have spent all of first quar- dent of Houston Oil & Minerals from Corpus Christi: "Am raising ter of 1975 working on SIPES Corp. in Houston, says "Still con- registered Texas Longhorns on our energy program in Washington. We centrating in the Texas and Louisi- place inLive Oak County. If anyone have been in the White House with ana Gulf Coast— searching for oil wouldlike to own a Longhorn, give it and before Congressional commit- and gas." Joe willbecome a member me a call. Oldest son Doug a sopho- tees. We will continue to fight na- of the Geology Foundation Advisory more at SMU, daughter Emily will tionalization of the oil industry." Council in September. go to SMU in the fall. John a junior He is an independent geologist liv- in high schcol,Josephine intheninth ing in Houston. Anthony Walton (MA '68, PhD '72) is grade. Whole family making the now assistant professor of geology grand tour of Europe this summer." David E. Wahl, Jr. (MA '73) is working at the University of Kansas at toward a PhD at Arizona StateUni- Lawrence. Tony previously taught at Gerald E. Weber (MA '68) is geologic versity in Tempe. "Still enjoying the Vanderbilt University. advisor to Santa Cruz County plan- of my dissertation, and growing to ning department and consultant Bernie Ward (BA '55), consulting geol- like southwest more and more geologist in Santa Cruz, California. the ogist in Tyler, Texas writes, "Cecil with each passing storm. If "Still working on at UCSC— dust and three children all doing fine." PhD only ASU had some decent handball lookingat deformedmarineterraces. courts and a few more tennis courts, Daniel L. Ward (BA '49, MA '50) is as- Spending a lot of time worrying it might be almost as good a place sistant director, Technical Services about the use of geologic data in to study geology as UT." Division, for Lucius Pitkin Inc. in land-use planning." Grand Junction, Colorado. Hershel (Huck) Walker (BS '50) sends Albert W. Weeks (PhD '41) is retired word from Corpus Christi: "After William C. (Bill) and Kathy Agnew from Sun Oil Company and now 12 years with Mobil Oil Corp., I Ward (BS '55, MA '57; BA '57) are lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. resigned to become a geologist with keeping busy in New Orleans. Bill Frio Drilling and Production Com- is associate professor of earth sci- H. C. (Bubba) Werner, Jr. (BS '61) is a pany and am really enjoying the ences at the University of New Or- self-employed horse trainer in New new challenge." leans, and during summer will work Braunfels,Texas and is having great on Quaternary limestones in Yuca- success; horses trained by him won Joe Dudgeon Walker, Jr. (BS '51, MA tan and Cretaceous limestones in almosthalf a million dollars inboth '54) writes from Houston, "I still northern Mexico. Kathy will begin 1973 and 1974. continue to operate my small real work on a Masters in science teach- estate company, but now due to the ing. John S. Westmoreland (BS '59) writes, renewed interest and necessity to "Enjoy reading the Newsletter each locate new oil and gas Iam doing Joe H. E. Ward (BA '38, MA '40) is year and finding out where everyone about 50% special geological proj- president of Wichita Resources,Inc. is. The Chicago areais home for us ects for individuals and independ- and Geo-Energy Corporation in now.No moving aroundthe country. ents. Itis certainly gratifying to see Midland. "Wife, Charlotte (UT '39) We miss Austin; perhaps we can respect finally returned to the geo- is fine. Daughter Anne married, retire there." John is national sales logical profession; this was long lives in Los Angeles. Daughter manager for Beltcne Electronics overdue. And to the editors of this Charlotte Lynn teaches French in Corporation. Newsletter, thanks for your time Midland, son Tom is a Morehead and effort." student at North Carolina Univer- A. W. White (BS '41) lives in Laredo, sity. Keeping busy drilling in spite Texas where he is an accounting Larry Walker (BS '60) was an associate of Washington, D.C. Busy sailing at instructor at Laredo Junior College. professor at Memphis StateUniver- Lake Amistad." "My prediction of a couple of years sity last year but last fall became ago was right in that there wouldbe Lincoln E. Warren (BS '41) is district a geologist for Union Oil Company increasedactivity in oil and gas ex- exploration manager for Gulf Oil in Lafayette, Louisiana. ploration and production in Webb Company inNew Orleans. County. The present gas field from Fred B. Wallis (BS '41) is staff geo- Bill D. Watson (BS '58) is in division Laredo south and in Mexico has not physicist for Texaco Inc. in New sales for Sperry-Sun in Houston. yet been delineated. Seems that Orleans. "Business is very good and Sperry- Laredo will become an oil center for Sun is in a period of very rapid a little while, at least." Jack L. Walper (PhD '58) is a professor growth. We should all be concerned at Texas Christian University in about the current criticism cf the David J. White (BS '41) is chief of the Fort Worth. "Still teaching geclogy petroleum industry and do all we contamination studies section of the but have a sabbatical for academic can to turn this around." Texas Water Development Board in year 1975-76. Hope to get to Africa Austin. and the Persian Gulf where Ican John E. Watson (BA '72) works in Den- study the rifting of a continent. ver, Colorado where he is physical Hugh G. White 111 (BS '52, BA '54), Have trip to Arctic planned for the science technician for the U.S.G.S. geologist with Union Oil Company coming summer. In the meantime He is also working towardaMasters of California in Midland, writes consulting and teaching keep me degree in mineral economics at "Family is fine— youngest now 4, busy." Colorado School of Mines. oldest is freshman on diving team 72 September, 1975

at Texas Tech. Current craze is hot- inspector general in the Air Force for 30 months has been an experi- airballooning— a very fun-filled,up- office of special investigations. ence— snow, cheap interstate gas, no lifting spcrt. Sure makes you soar, off-shore drilling— all subject to tho." Dan W. Williams (BS '56) is an inde- serious review by the 'natives'." pendent affiliated with Marinex Leslie P. White (BS '56) sends word Petroleum, living in London. "Have John E. Wilson (BS '50, MA '51) is an fromNew Orleans: "I'm involvedin just completed month's tour of Japan independent geologist in Houston. drilling and evaluating Exxon's new and SE Asia, following World Petro- wells in the eastern half of the leum Congress. Mary Alice went Wilbur D. Wilson (MA '54) lives in U.S., whichincludes everything from along as far as Japan. New con- Houston and is region manager of Pleistocene to Cambrian. Very in- sidering return to USA as daughter geology for Sun Oil Company. teresting and challenging work." Miriam ready to start grade. is first Wynant (BS '53), independent recently good S. Wilson We made North Sea petroleum geologist Abilene, Charles D. Whiteman, Jr. (BS '58) is oil discovery gas in and startedKansas Texas,writes, "Although my a hydrologist with the U. S. Geo- development." most of logical Survey in Baton Eouge. work is still oil and gas consulting James Richard Williams (BS '50) has work, Iam struggling to drill sev- Fred L. Whitney II(BS '43) is president been a geologist for Chevron for eral wellsper year in an attempt to cf Epicenter, Inc. in Brighton, 25 years, and is now in New Or- eventually become an oil and gas Colorado. "Everything is going leans.He and his wife, Ouitau, have operator. My family of three beys great, except all my friends seem been married 27 years and have and wife are doing fine.— First and to be getting older." three children. "Enjcy living in the fourth fingers vp 'Hook 'em Piney Woods of Louisiana and am Horns'." Roscoe C. Wilber, Jr. (BS '37), geo- looking forward to the Newsletter." physicist for J. Richard Hunt and James M. Windham (BS '40) is presi- Sons, Associates in Houston, says "Still— Joseph D. Williams (BS '60) lives in dent of Windham and Inc. in trying to help the oil business Austin and says, "Wife Mary Mar- Livingston, Texas. He is—"still en- mapping structures in Gulf of garet, son Del and daughter Mary joying living on the farm son, Jim Alaska. Enjoy the Newsletter." Jo doing fine in school. Del is 14 Jr. (UT '65) made us grandparents and Mary Jo 10. Ienjoy my work for the first time; Vicki Windham William P. Wilbert (MA '63) says he is a great deal including spending six was born October 23, 1974." "presently assistant professor at weeks on a nuclear submarine last Nicholls State University in Thibo- A. Winter (PhD '61) is vice presi- Spring." Joe is project manager for Jan daux, Louisiana. Will return to Tu- of exploration and production Tracor, Inc. in Austin. dent lane to finish PhD (Ifeel guilty now for Murphy Eastern Oil Company finished)." again that Reaser has Mark Williams (BS '50) is a consulting in London, England. "Once in petroleum geologist London.This time as a paperpusher. Wiley (BS '52) been with the in Amarillo, John has Texas. Iam now heavily involved with National Iranian Oil Company in North Sea development and other Tehran, Iran for the past three R. (BS '54), geologist E. Hemisphere operations. This and years. Robert Williams for General American Oil in Dallas, the English weather have 'disim- proved' my tennis game." Michael A. Wiley (BS '57, MA '63, PhD enjoyed seeing allhis friends at the AAPG convention in Dallas. He '70) writes from Dallas, "Still with George G. Wise (BS '50) lives in Hous- plans to study the outcrops along ARCO, researching better ways of ton and is employed as senior geol- banks of a trout stream in Colorado finding oil and other minerals. Be- ogist for Sun Oil Company. He re- in June, along with his family. tween field work in Alaska, western ports he is still working offshore U.S., and travel to home office in Louisiana. Los Angeles, haven't seen many old Feather Wilson (BS '60, MA '62) is familiar faces recently. Currently manager of exploration (Texas) for James Wise (MA '64) writes from St. working ERTS and Skylab imagery Tesoro Petroleum Corporation in Ives, Australia: "Still enjoying Aus- for all it's worth. Call when in San Antcnio. "My scientific atten- traliabut getting ready for a move Dallas!" tion has been turned of late to as- to Denmark in the not too distant tronomy. Geology is but an exten- future." Jim is chief geologist for Bruce H. Wilkinson (PhD '74) continues sion of astronomy. Icontinue to be ARCO Australia Ltd. as assistant professorin the Depart- fascinated with the vast potential ment of Geology and Mineralogy at of the Jurassic and Cretaceous sys- Helen Patterson Withers (BA '40) says, the University of Michigan in Ann tems in Texas. My life at the age "Ienjoy faculty, student, andalumni Arbor. of 40 becomes more interesting as I news in the Newsletter,which grews continue to learn." thicker and more handsomely illus- A. B. (Bo) Williams (BS '53) writes, trated each year. Congratulations!" "After almost four very delightful Homer C. Wilson (BS '42) is director Helen is a geologist with the U. S. years in Tokyo, we came back home (hydrocarbons) for Celanese Cor- Geological Survey in Reston, Vir- — well, if you can call Washington, poration in New York City. "The ginia. D.C. home! Now travelling world- energy problem continues to domi- wide about half the time. Really a nate the scene from a professional James A. Wolleben (PhD '66) is chair- tough job— Rome, London, Seoul, viewpoint— Geologists to the Rescue! man of the Department of Earth Honolulu, etc. etc.!" Bo is deputy Otherwise living in the Northeast Sciences at the University of New Geological Sciences Newsletter 73

Orleans."Margarita, the family (6) this Decemberfrom Stephen F. Aus- summer. Son Mitch and Ifished in and Ihave just returnedfrom a six- tin University; daughter Holly en- South and Central America for six month stay in southern Mexico. I rolls at UT-Austin this year. Thanks weeks and had a blast. Thank you am stillworking inMexico on Meso- to all of you for making the News- very much for the Newsletter; it is zoic stratigraphy and paleo while letter such an enjoyable bit of read- great." trying to hold down the chairman's ing." Tom is district geologist for job. If you visit New Orleans give Superior Oil Company in Houston. Hunter Yarborough (BS '40) writes, us a call." "Took early retirement from Exxon Charles F. Word (BS '37) is an inde- and opened own 'shop. The nice A. Wayne Wood (BA '41), an independ- pendent oil operator living in Con- thing about doing nothing is that ent inSan Antonio,is "still working roe, Texas. He is operating in south- you can quit whenever you want to." to relieve the energy shortage and east Louisiana on old salt domes. Hunter still lives in Houston. get three sons through college." "All children— now graduates of UT and married three grandchildren." R- Gene Yarbrough (BS '50), independent and consultantin Corpus Christi, Charles E. Workman (MA '61) writes reports he is "staying busy profes- from Monterey, California: "Still sionally and also at the moment manager of the Navy's environ- domestically (moving our home to mental data bank here in lovely Key Allegro). Enjoyed the publica- Monterey. Have teaching started tjon as USual." meteorology and oceanography at College." Charles E. Yager (att. '19-'2l) is a con- , " ur-iv «r i m n ,^ox sultant in Fort Worth and "still ac- Wilham E.,' Workman (PhD '68) is a .. . - » , .., . „ „ i p x, / -c, tlve in the neld of geology and the consultant for Palmer & Baker En- 14? „TT , -.. , golf course." He T . ... .- - - also remains active„ gmeers, Inc. m Mobile, Alabama, , TT T. , in his capacity an Honorary Life i . . , . . as . . ■», , „,, .-, , „ and also environmental geologist for . 4.v. tt ■ Member of the Geology Foundation c Armya Corps of%-nEngineers, , -, the U.S. " A . tit t^-i j. m, Advisory Council. MobileDistrict.r>- 1 "The pastL .two years , in coastal Alabama have nearly T .-, ,. ,„„, ,T , »,».,., Yeager . John C. (MA '60) lives in New erased the memories of Michigan s 1 , , " /",., -, ,, Orleans where he district explora- i-> n -r, o - is ~ cold weather. Polly, Ragan, , Sara . . TT . , , , tion geologist for i. -. .. Union Oil Com- and Ispend a lot of time on the „ „ » «,- i i" i-i i- pany of California. Gulf beachv catchingi. bluefish;-c we

also spend a lot of time thinking v, , /T>Cl ,.. . , J&meST L¥ Y . '61r is a geol- Ray D. Woods, about Texas and Texans." ; 1934 ogist for/I^^Snee and Eberly in Okla- Ray D. Woods (MA '34) reports from Phil Wyche (BS '51) was transferred to homa City- He reports that his oldest daughter Carol is married and Houston thathis present job is as a Miami in mid-1974 and is enjoying has one son> daughter is loafer; he retired from Exxon three southern Florida very much. He is Priscilla attending OU, daughter years ago but does occasional con- senior vice president of Gulf Oil Melinda attend prices sulting. "Nothing new— getting old- Company— Latin America. will OU this fall. "New hydrocarbons er (not necessarily gracefully!)" for means new incen- J. R. (Bob) Wynne (BS '57), independ- tives, which means bright futures Thomas J. Worbington (BS '51) com- ent inFort Worth, says,"Placed sec- for new geologists. The Newsletter ments, "Still working offshore ond in XXII InternationalBill Fish- is a most wonderful and welcome Louisiana. Son Michael graduates ing Tournament in Panama last tie to The University. Thanks!"

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Contents

Geophysics at UT 1 DeFord's West Texas 4 Department News 7 Faculty Activity . . . . ■ . . . . 7 Departmental Speakers 21 Teaching Assistants 21

Special News 22 Alumni Gather at AAPG 22 Alumni Luncheon at GCAGS 24 SEPMPermianBasinSectionHonors Ronald DeFord ...... 24 A GalaDinner for Ed W. Owen ..... 25 The VP Lab 26 U.S.G.S 28 South-Central Section— GSA 28 In-Service EducationProjects for Teachers . . 29 Enrollment and Degrees 29

In Memoriam 31 Bureau News 33 Bureau Faculty 35 Geology Foundation 37 Geology Foundation Advisory Council ... 38 Student Awards 39 Gifts to the Geology Foundation .... 41 GeologyFoundation Endowed Accounts ... 42 Alumni News 44

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Pressure-release tent structure, TownMountain granite,Lake LBJ, Texas,shoreline; Basket star, Gorgonocephalus, 50-ft. depth,San Juan Island,Washington; Tidalinlet and delta,northeastern U.S.; Desiccated blue-green algal mats in supratidal ponds, Bahamas; Main Building, Balcones Research Center;Geophysics students set off blast;Cup coral, Balanophyllis elegans, andtube worm, Pseudotomilla ocellata,Puget Sound; Quartz variety agate, Chihuahua,Mexico; Geophysics students workingwith drillrig