A Celebration of the Life and Work of Lincoln Hollister
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A Celebration of the Life and Work of: Lincoln Hollister The Agenda............................................................................2 n thirty-some years, I have TableLincoln Hollister: of Contents Ilearned many things from Living life on top of the world, literally! ...........................4-11 Lincoln. Examples: what a fluid Published papers .............................................................12-15 inclusion is, where to find graphite next time I make a pencil, how to More testimonials, get my driveway plowed (we are in no particular order.............................. 16-inside back cover When not investigating the outcrops of a distant field neighbors), the coefficient of area, Lincoln Hollister returned to his office on the absurdity in marine regulations Testimonials in alphabetical order: fourth floor of Guyot Hall at Princeton University. in British Columbia, and why the Visitors to his office usually arrived breathless Princeton Township zoning board Bernardo Cesare .................................................................. 18 after climbing the memorably long set of stairs. stays up past midnight coping with Katy Barnhart ’08 and Jesse Chadwick ’08 ..........................20 Photo by Jesse Chadwick ’08 Lincoln. As nobody needs to be Front Cover-Center: Lincoln Hollister in the Coast Mountains of told, Lincoln is an eclectic, ready, Sarah Bertucci ’98 ............................................................... 16 British Columbia, 1972. and wide-ranging talker. Brown- Cameron Davidson ’91 ....................................................... 11 Photo by Glenn Woodsworth *74 bag lunches, Cafe Bonini, 404A: Front Cover-Bottom: One of the many hats Lincoln talks basketball, talks Alan Goodheart ................................................................... 19 worn by Lincoln on his field trips and his prized ‘white’ garnet. It lacrosse, talks zinc-mine minerals, Djordje Grujic ..................................................................... 16 is a pure pyrope (magnesium) garnet from the Dora Maira mas- talks vanished museum collections, sif, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. This garnet contains vanished museums, tokensauruses, inclusions of coesite, a high-pressure polymorph of quartz found John C. “Jack” Hampson ’75 ....................... inside-back cover university lawyers (strike the s), typically in meteorite impact craters. Study of this mineral assem- Harvey Kelsey ’71 .................................................... 18 and 20 blage provided a key link in unravelling the process of mountain and Nisga’a ceremonials in the building in the Alps. Photo by Jesse Chadwick ’08 Nass River valley. His brown bag, Chris Kenah *79 .................................................................. 18 woven of bamboo, is a Bhutanese Bangchu (with lid). Lincoln’s rooms Naomi Levine ’03 ..................................................................3 are down the hall but the hall is John McPhee ’53 ....................................................................1 one of Lincoln’s rooms. The hall is metamorphic terrain — stacked Kate Miller ’82 .................................................................... 17 rock trays full of schneisses in the Barbara Murck, ’76.............................................................. 16 hall. The stairway landing is meta- morphic terrain. More schneiss. Jinnie Sisson, *85 ................................................................. 17 Lincoln may be of a certain age, but he ignores the elevator and climbs Laurie Wanat ....................................................................... 16 four flights of stairs, scouting all Yinan Wang ’05 ................................................................... 15 the way, thinking ahead, preparing to expand his metamorphic terrain Glenn Woodsworth *74 .....................................................2-3 down to and including the basement. Margin graphic is a detail of a kyanite-containing migmatite, a metamorphic rock that has been partially melted. This particular rock began as sediments deposited pecial thanks to Cam Davidson and Glenn Woodsworth for all on the floor of the Tethys Ocean, which once existed between India and Asia. The — John McPhee ’53 their help with decisive photographs and their corresponding captions. sediments were subducted, heated, and partially melted during the collision of the Ferris Professor of Journalism SKudos to Jesse Chadwick for her expertise in photographing Lincoln’s two continents and now form the Higher Himalayan Crystalline sequence in the artifacts, her knowledge of Hollister folklore, and for pinning Lincoln Bhutan Himalayas. Photo courtesy of Lincoln Hollister down to clarify a few rock and artifact descriptions. A Publication of Princeton Univerisity: Note: Some testimonials were edited due to the amount received; In the Nation’s Service and in the Service of All Nations however, presented to Lincoln in their entity. 2 1 The Agenda............................................................................2 n thirty-some years, I have TableLincoln Hollister: of Contents Ilearned many things from Living life on top of the world, literally! ...........................4-11 Lincoln. Examples: what a fluid Published papers .............................................................12-15 inclusion is, where to find graphite next time I make a pencil, how to More testimonials, get my driveway plowed (we are in no particular order.............................. 16-inside back cover When not investigating the outcrops of a distant field neighbors), the coefficient of area, Lincoln Hollister returned to his office on the absurdity in marine regulations Testimonials in alphabetical order: fourth floor of Guyot Hall at Princeton University. in British Columbia, and why the Visitors to his office usually arrived breathless Princeton Township zoning board Bernardo Cesare .................................................................. 18 after climbing the memorably long set of stairs. stays up past midnight coping with Katy Barnhart ’08 and Jesse Chadwick ’08 ..........................20 Photo by Jesse Chadwick ’08 Lincoln. As nobody needs to be Front Cover-Center: Lincoln Hollister in the Coast Mountains of told, Lincoln is an eclectic, ready, Sarah Bertucci ’98 ............................................................... 16 British Columbia, 1972. and wide-ranging talker. Brown- Cameron Davidson ’91 ....................................................... 11 Photo by Glenn Woodsworth *74 bag lunches, Cafe Bonini, 404A: Front Cover-Bottom: One of the many hats Lincoln talks basketball, talks Alan Goodheart ................................................................... 19 worn by Lincoln on his field trips and his prized ‘white’ garnet. It lacrosse, talks zinc-mine minerals, Djordje Grujic ..................................................................... 16 is a pure pyrope (magnesium) garnet from the Dora Maira mas- talks vanished museum collections, sif, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. This garnet contains vanished museums, tokensauruses, inclusions of coesite, a high-pressure polymorph of quartz found John C. “Jack” Hampson ’75 ....................... inside-back cover university lawyers (strike the s), typically in meteorite impact craters. Study of this mineral assem- Harvey Kelsey ’71 .................................................... 18 and 20 blage provided a key link in unravelling the process of mountain and Nisga’a ceremonials in the building in the Alps. Photo by Jesse Chadwick ’08 Nass River valley. His brown bag, Chris Kenah *79 .................................................................. 18 woven of bamboo, is a Bhutanese Bangchu (with lid). Lincoln’s rooms Naomi Levine ’03 ..................................................................3 are down the hall but the hall is John McPhee ’53 ....................................................................1 one of Lincoln’s rooms. The hall is metamorphic terrain — stacked Kate Miller ’82 .................................................................... 17 rock trays full of schneisses in the Barbara Murck, ’76.............................................................. 16 hall. The stairway landing is meta- morphic terrain. More schneiss. Jinnie Sisson, *85 ................................................................. 17 Lincoln may be of a certain age, but he ignores the elevator and climbs Laurie Wanat ....................................................................... 16 four flights of stairs, scouting all Yinan Wang ’05 ................................................................... 15 the way, thinking ahead, preparing to expand his metamorphic terrain Glenn Woodsworth *74 .....................................................2-3 down to and including the basement. Margin graphic is a detail of a kyanite-containing migmatite, a metamorphic rock that has been partially melted. This particular rock began as sediments deposited pecial thanks to Cam Davidson and Glenn Woodsworth for all on the floor of the Tethys Ocean, which once existed between India and Asia. The — John McPhee ’53 their help with decisive photographs and their corresponding captions. sediments were subducted, heated, and partially melted during the collision of the Ferris Professor of Journalism SKudos to Jesse Chadwick for her expertise in photographing Lincoln’s two continents and now form the Higher Himalayan Crystalline sequence