Bailey, Richard C. B.S., 1983
Email 7/2009
Hi Sandy,
Hope things are well. My Rock Shop here in Frederick,
Maryland is growing and we are moving into a larger space on September1st. I hope
to take my wife Jessica and son Robert to El Paso sometime in the next year. I
see that you are still running the department office. Please say hi to Dr
Keller and Dr Goodell for me
email to Sandy, 2/07);
Hello
Sandy,
About a year and a half ago we sold our house in Annapolis because of the hot
real estate market and now live near Frederick Maryland where Jessica grew up.
We have 3 acres and look out over gently rolling farmland and can see low
mountains on three sides. The Appalachian trail passes by just five miles form
here. Country life is great and we look forward to being merchants of rocks
& minerals.
I met my wife, Jessica, in 1999 and we were married in
2000. We took off for four months to travel Europe by rail and backpack. In
late 2000 we came back to Annapolis and Jessica went back to work as a physical
therapist, and I went into project management for an environmental agency in
Maryland rebuilding a Chesapeake Bay Island out of dredge spoil.
Our son, Robert was born in May of 2004 and
has been the great joy of our life. We got George, our dog, about six months
before Robert was born just to practice our child rearing skills. We now have
two toddlers and only one seems to be growing up!
In the last few years I have had several contract positions and thought it
was time to do something new and different. After 25 years of working in the
corporate world challenging & fighting bureaucracy, I am following a dream
of mine, opening a full service rock shop. The business is called Bailey's
Rocks & Minerals, and I have been selling at Art & Craft and Gem
& Mineral shows since last fall.
We will be opening a fixed store in historic downtown
Frederick, Maryland in the next few months and will be selling quality mineral
specimens, gemstones, beads, metaphysical & healing stones, fossils,
meteorites, moldavite, gemstone eggs & spheres, jewelry, and amethyst &
coconut geodes.
Best Regards,
Richard Bailey ; B.S. '83
Basden, Wayne A. M.S.,
1985
Wayne just popped in (7/1-2/09). He is
working in Jakarta. He was coauthor of a paper entitled Depositional Systems at
the Continental Margin: 3D Seismic Case Study from offshore Northeast Java at
the 2000 AAPG meeting held in Houston. However, I doubt seriously he was able
to attend.
Bassett, David V.
B.S., 1984
David heads the science
department at the Ovilla Christian School south of Dallas. He has been quoted
in the North
Texas Skeptics Newsletter for Creation Science Education. He feels there is
remarkable evidence of living dinosaurs in the
Congo region.
Belle, Eddie M.S., 1987
Eddie returned to the Seychelles to join the Seychelles National
Oil Company, working as Chief Petroleum Geologist until 1992 when he was
appointed Managing Director. In addition to his formal qualifications, Eddie
Belle has attended a number of short courses in the USA, Sweden, Norway, India,
Malaysia and Ghana in fields such as petroleum exploration and production
technology, strategic planning for oil executives and advanced management
programs.
Bordiga, Peter C.; B.S., 1980
Peter is joint inventor of a patent entitled
"Selective Reflectivity Process Chamber with Customized Wavelength
Response and Method"; The patent was issued October 2006
Broderick, John C
(M.S., 1984
John works for the California Environmental Protection
Agency Department of Toxic Substances Control in Long Beach, CA.
Brown, Michael L.
B.S., 1985
Michael called during the Spring of 2005. He teaches
Physical Science and Math in Phoenix, AZ
Bullock, James S.
M.S., 1985
Jim works at the Division of Waste Management for the
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. In 2005 he
presented a paper entitled Using LEED-EB as A Framework for Best Practices in
Building Operations at the U.S. Green Building Council Meeting.
Burrows, Lloyd
"Chip" A., III M.S., 1984
Chip teaches Physics at Hanks High School here in El Paso for 19 years.
Carrizales, Joel B.S., 1981; personal visit 11/2006
Joel is sitting here at
my desk and giving me the 'low down'. When he graduated he went to work for
Core Laboratories in Dallas. When the company moved to Houston, Joel started
work as a Laboratory Geologist with Texas Department of Transportation . He's
here in El Paso advising the UTEP research for the Center for Transportation
Research.
He volunteers with "HIKIDS", a mentoring program
for inner-city children. He remembers the icons -- Hoffer, LeMone, Lovejoy,
McAnulty. Ahhh -- where does the time go.
Cisneros, Ernest B.S., 1989;
email to Sandy; 10/2008
After 10
years with the USGS in Flagstaff AZ, I left in the fall of 2005 to work on the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera project at Northwestern University in Evanston
IL.
After just a year, the project moved to Arizona State
University in Tempe AZ, where my family and I have been since the summer of
2006. The LRO spacecraft is set to launch in April 2009, and will spend a year
in a 50km orbit around the Moon, generating approximately 100TB worth of
processed image data from the LROC Wide Angle and Narrow Angle Camera's.
After the nominal one year mission, we hope to have at least a 3 year
extended mission.
On the home front, I'm still married to my amazing wife,
Amy, and our two boys are growing like weeds (ages 8 and 5). They play soccer
and Little League baseball, in addition to school and just being rambunctious
boys!
Ernest
Cornelius, Howard; M.S., 1980
Howard is an exploration and development geophysicist
with Seis-Strat Services in Houston. He worked for four major and independent
oil companies and was a consultant. He prospected, analyzed basins and plays,
done field and reservoir characterization studies, supervised seismic
acquisition and processing, analyzed seismic attributes, and supported drilling
operations.
He has worked onshore and offshore in Europe, India, and SE Asia and onshore
Africa and U.S, and lived and worked in Australia, Algeria, India, Malaysia,
and Myanmar. His work has resulted in new field discoveries and many successful
development wells. He is skilled in the use of Geo Quest, SeisWorks, EarthCube,
Zmap, SynTool, Post Stack Pal, Depth Team Express, GeoProbe, and Petra
software.
Cross, Brad L: B.S., 1989
Brad is currently a Sr.
Hydrogeologist with LBG-Guyton Associates in Austin, TX. His first book,
The Agates of Northern Mexico, is now out of print. His second , "Gem Trails of
Texas" guidebook, was updated in 2001. His third, "Geodes:
Nature's Treasures", was released in June of 2006 and is available in both
hard and soft cover. His latest book, " Mexican Agates" is no longer
in print, but his updated book "Mexican Agates - Majestic Treasurers"
has been published. In 2008 he gave several talks on the agates at the
Mineralogical Society of Southern California, and at the Indian Mounds Rock and
Mineral Club in Michigan. Apparently he has a nifty DVD out about the
book, which we will purchase and use in the classroom
In November 2006, he wrote:
I ran into a geology graduate from the early 1960s this
weekend at a book signing in Dallas. I will send you his name tomorrow. We had
a wonderful visit. Yeah, it seems absolutely impossible to think that I've been
gone 26 years. It seems like it was only yesterday. Every day that I get up and
go to the office and work with other geologists, I quickly realize what an
incredible education I got. Our UTEP Geology Department is the best of the
best. I really miss the days with Lovejoy, Goodell, Cornell, McAnulty, LeMone,
etc.....wonderful memories indeed.
Deshlers, Richard; M.S, 1985
and Barbara, B.S., 1984
Richard and Barbara currently live in Henderson, NV. Barbara
works for INTERA, Inc. and recently co-authored a paper entitled Value of
Information Analysis at the Nevada Test Site which was presented at the
WATERSHED 2005 conference.
Dozier, Brian L.; B.S., 1982
Brian works for Bechtel Nevada in Las Vegas, which is
one of Bechtel's most important programs. He is part of the Geotechnical
Engineering Research Group (EES-7) that provides Test Coordination Office
efforts related to the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP)
High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Program. EES-7's mission is to provide a
sole-source, comprehensive resource for concept refinement, prediction, and
planning and implementation of underground and surface geotechnical testing.
This objective is being implemented by EES-7 through the management
responsibility and direct integration role for test program definition,
detailed planning, and field implementation for all geotechnical testing and
data acquisition for both surface-based and underground facilities at Yucca
Mountain. which manages operations at the Nevada Test site -- a test bed for
conducting defense-related nuclear experiments and national security
experiments.
Dupuy,
John; B.S., 1982; M.S., 1984
John is doing well and
is 'one his own'. His company "Real Estate Environmental Services" is
located in Albuquerque, NM. He would love to hear from the "ol' gang.
Edwards, Gerald;
DGS, 1984; email 3/06 
Gerry
is an Associate Professor in the Petroleum Geosciences Engineering Program at the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates. In 2002-2003 he was President of EPDatabert Enterprises E&P data
management consultant and an Adjunct Professor -- North Harris Community
College, Houston, TX.
His interesting work history is below
1. Left UTEP in 1980 and went to work for Texaco Latin America/West
Africa in Coral Gables, FL.
2. Transferred to Lagos, Nigeria in June 1988 for what was supposed to have
been 3 years. Contracted malaria, nearly died, recuperated in Florida, and then
went back to work in the FL office.
3. The office was shutdown in Dec. 1992 and all of the geoscientists
and engineers were transferred to the Frontier Exploration office in Houston,
TX.
4. Transferred to Amoseas Indonesia in Jakarta in Aug. 1994. [The
first time I was on the other side of the earth from you.]
5. Office was shutdown in Aug. 1995 and I was transferred to PT
Caltex Pacific Indonesia in Rumbai oil camp near Pekanbaru city on the island
of Sumatra. You'll have to search on Google Earth pretty hard to
find it.
6. Chevron took over Texaco. I was due to rotate out of Sumatra
in 2002. Chevron tried to send me back to Nigeria, Kazahkstan and San Ramon,
CA. I didn't want to go to either. They were inflexible in trying
to find me a place, so I took advantage of the the Texaco "change in
control separation package" and took early retirement from Texaco after 22
years and was moved back to Houston, TX.
7. Taught geology classes part time at the North Harris and
Montgomery Counties Community College while I was looking for a permanent job.
8. Saw the add for the Associate Professor's position here at the
Petroleum Institute, applied, was made an offer, and was accepted it.
9. We moved here (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) near the beginning
of August 2003. I've been teaching various geoscience classes since then,
ordering computer systems and software, getting labs set up, designing
buildings, etc.
Life is pretty decent here and the
stress level is very much less than it was when I was in Indonesia, so things
could be much worse. We're both enjoying it here and have not decided when we
will leave. It'll probably be when I get disgusted with the place or piss off
someone enough to get fired.
In Summer 06, bought some land near Marble Falls, TX,
about 45 minute drive northwest of Austin. We may retire there, one of these
days. In the meantime, we're going to enjoy things here and visit parts of the
world we haven't been to.
Gerry has a web site " Gerald's Site showing
various travel pictures and information on his two foster children.
The moral of Gerry's story -- major in geology and see the
world!
Evans, Kathryn C.; DGS, 1981
"K.C."
is the District Lab Supervisor for the Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) in Odessa, TX. In 2006 she was the Project Director for "Mix
Design and Performance Evaluation of CRM-HMAC" meeting which was held at
UTEP.
Figuers,
Sands; PhD; 1987
Sandy spoke on "The Curse of Strike-Slip Faults"
in 2002 at the San Francisco Section meeting of the Association of Engineering
Geologists (AEG). Recently Sandy has undertaken the job of
assembling a collection of all Northern California Geological Society field
trip guidebooks produced since the society was established in 1944. He has
amassed over 800 guides, some dating to the early 1900's. and continues to look
for pre-1980 California guidebooks. Some of these books may be the only source
of geological information in an area.
Frantes, Thomas J.; M.S., 1981
Tom
works for ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in
Houston. In 2003, he and others submitted a patent on
"Method for Analyzing Reflection Curvature in Seismic Data Volumes."
Gandara, Norberto; B.S., 1983
Norberto just dropped
by to say "Hello". He's been in Pennsylvania for the past 15 years
and got tired of the cold. He's working in Arizona for the federal government
as a Safety Specialist
Gilder,
Stuart A.; M.S., 1989
Stuart received is PhD in
1993 from University California-Santa Cruz. Currently,
he is a Staff Researcher in the Paleomagnetism Division of the Paris
Geophysical Institute. In 2005 he co-authored a paper "Spatial and
Temporal Constraints in Neogene Tectonics of the Peruvian Altiplano from new
Paleomagnetic and Geo-chronologic Data" at the 6th
International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics
A team led by Stuart Gilder of the Paris Earth Physics
Institute found that rocks in the 2-billion-year-old Vredefort impact crater in
South Africa -- the oldest such structure on Earth -- are highly magnetized,
yet from above the magnetism appears weak. Two other ancient craters reveal
similar differences. The basic reason is simple: While magnetism is strong in
individual rocks, the direction varies from rock to rock in these impact craters,
so when examined from a distance, they cancel each other out. The study is
detailed in the May 12 issue of the journal Nature.
Gilmer, Allen L.; M.S., 1987 email; 7/09
Allen writes:
Sandy, long time no see. Things are good here in
Austin. My company Drillinginfo, (300+
employees) has expanded internationally, with an office in the Cotswalds in
Great Britain; Budapst, Romania; Singapore; and Santa Cruz, Bolivia, with 300
plus or minus employees. Working with some amazing folks worldwide. We
serve over 3000 oil and gas companies worldwide with business intelligence and
risk reduction informational needs. On an inside note, classmate Joe Summerour
joined our team this last year. The other company I helped found, Vecta
Oil and Gas, has had a good run thus far. We were among the first in the
Wolfberry Play in West Texas, and sold the bulk of our production just in time
late 2008 before prices collapsed. We are currently drilling in West
Texas, South Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota and indirectly
in Canada via a partner company. We will drill 20 or so exploration wells
this year (2009). We focus on using full waveform seismic data, and my
team and I have been awarded several patents in all aspects of that genre. I
keep running into Randy Keller at various airports. Mike Deangelo is
still at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Jaime Kiely has left San Antonio and
moved to Denmark to work for Mersk. All in all, geology and geophysics
still remains astoundingly fun. Couldn't have chosen a better course of
study. Hope all is well in El Paso City, on the Rio Grande, as they say
in the song.
Founder/Chairman of the Drillinginfo, 300+
employee strong group of companies that monitor activity, provides business
intelligence, digital data management and digitizing solutions to over 3500 oil
and gas companies and financial institutions in the US. He is Principal,
Director, and Exploration Advisor to Vecta Companies, a group of companies
focusing on using advanced seismic methods developed by me and my team in the
late 1990's to find stratigraphic oil and gas reserves. We will drill 30-40
wells this year in the US and Canada and enjoy a 75% wildcat success rate thus
far. Also includes a seismic equipment company subsidiary that owns and
develops multicomponent seismic sources and receivers.
James Kiely and I left Marathon at the same time to start a
3-D seismic for equity company, which we did successfully (after coming a
whisker away from going broke) from 1993-1997. I was at Marathon Oil Company as
a geophysicist prior to that from 1986-1993.
Best days were still sitting on Flint's, Coca's, and Norland's porch (drinking
beer) or showing up with same at Betsy Miller (nee Ryan's) wine tasting in
camo, with weapons and covered with rabbit blood... sure beats the real world!
Goodwin,
Scott.; B.S., 1981; (email 4/04)
Hello fellow Miners
Congratulations to Dr. LeMone on his retirement. It's
great to see some of my professors are still teaching at UTEP. Special thanks
to Drs. LeMone, Hoffer, Pingitore and Cornell.
After graduating, I spent seven years as an exploration
geologist in the oilfields of southern Oklahoma. Best job I ever had. When the
"oil biz" collapsed, I relocated to Phoenix Arizona in 1989.
I work as a senior hydrologist with the
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality working on state-funded
characterization and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination.
Gurrola,
Harold; M.S., 1987; 10/2004
Harold is an
Associate Professor at Texas Tech. He received his PhD in Geophysics in 1995
from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He is participating in TexSeis (Texas
Regional Seismic Network), which collects data about seismic activity at
numerous sites, including the seismograph facility located on Texas Tech's
Junction Campus.
Hadi, Julfi; B.S., 1988
Julfi works for Star Energy, Jakarta,
Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2005 he was coauthor of a paper entitled Reservoir Characterization and Performance Prediction
for a Volcanic-Hosted Geothermal Reservoir: Darajat, Indonesia presented at the
2005 AAPG meeting. In 2006 he coauthored
a paper presented at the 36th workshop on Geothermal Reservoir
Engineering at Stanford Univ.
Hamilton, Lindsay: M.S., 1989;
(e-mail; 10/2000)
Hello, Sandy
I am currently at BMC Software in Houston, TX. Yvonne
and I have twin boys, Cole and Nathan, who are now 3-1/2. We live about 25
miles west of Sugarland in the small town of East Bernard.
Handschy, James W; .; M.S., 1986
In
October 2009, Jim was named the College of Sciences' recipient of the Gold
Nugget Award; Jim is general
manager, Gulf Coast Business Unit, Exploration and Production, for
Conoco/Phillips. Prior to assuming his current job in June, 2005, Jim was the
manager of Global Geology which included being the global chief geologist,
managing the integrated geological analysis group in upstream technology,
serving on the reserves process management team and serving on the exploration
leadership team. Before the close of the ConocoPhillips merger he was the
global chief geologist for Phillips Petroleum Company. Jim joined Phillips in
1998 after working for Shell for 10 years. When he left Shell, Jim was the
manager of Trap Evaluation Research and Services and had worked on exploration,
production and research projects around the world. Handschy began his career in
the reservoir engineering department of El Paso Natural Gas Company in 1980.
He kicked off the Ocean Energy Center
Guest Speaker Series on Jan 7th with a presentation about Offshore
Exploration and Production. He also recently gave a presentation at the
Oilfield Breakfast Forum about Exploration and Production in the Gulf of Mexico
following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
He earned his PhD. in geology and geophysics from Rice
University in 1989. He has published numerous geological and petroleum related
papers in international journals and books. He currently serves on several
boards including the Energy & Geoscience Institute Advisory Board and the
Offshore Energy Center Board of Directors. He is active in several professional
societies and serves on the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
publications committee.
Harvey, David; M.S., 1984; email to Sandy, Dec 07
David is with Coeur Explorations
Inc. and has been hunting gold and silver (Nevada, Alaska, So. Am) and the
exploration work has rewarded me quite kindly. In fact, he say he remains as
enthusiastic over rocks and minerals as the time I headed down the highway with
UTEP in the rear view mirror. In 2002 he was Field Trip Leader for the Nevada's
Precious Metal Deposits of the Humbolt Range: New Discoveries in an Old
District" conference
Holt,
Robert M .; M.S., 1988; phone
call to Sandy; 1/04)
Bob has been teaching for four years at
University of Mississippi in the Geology and Geological Engineering Department.
He received his PhD in Hydrology from New Mexico Tech in 2000.
He's been at the Idaho National Environmental Lab conducting
research during the last two summers. His current research interests include
flow and transport processes in thick unsaturated zones, and single- and
multiple-phase flow and transport in fractured media.
Holsworth, Ralph E., B.S.,
1985
Dr. Ralph E. Holsworth, D.O. is a board-certified physician
in Family Medicine who is internationally known through his research and
publications in the area of enzyme enhanced medical treatment. He
is a former commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service. He
is also an international guest speaker at medical conferences and conventions.
As a U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion plant operator, Dr.
Holsworth completed two years of intensive nuclear physics, corrosion chemistry
and fluid dynamics. He earned his Doctorate of Osteopathy in 1997 from the
College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri. and has been
practicing as a family medicine physician with an emphasis on functional and
integrative medicine since graduation. His specific interests are in systemic
enzyme therapy where he has been involved in clinical and laboratory research
for over a decade. His medical licensing is through the State of Colorado.
His background includes service as a medical staff officer
for the U.S. Public Health Services. He also was an Honorary Professor in the
Department of Biology at the University of Colorado in 2001. Further
professional experiences include participation in the review of clinical trials
of Wormwood Treatment for Cancer in 1998 at the National Academy of Science in
Kazakhstan. In 1997, Dr. Holsworth worked as a research assistant in the area
of Oral Systemic Enzymes as Adjuvant Cancer Treatment at The Cancer Treatment
Center of Tulsa in Oklahoma.
His recent research with the USC’s Keck School of Medicine
demonstrated nattokinase’s therapeutic ability to lower human blood viscosity
(a “true blood-thinner”) and to prevent the aggregation of red blood cells and
platelets. Currents studies involve nattokinase’s enhancement of fibrinolysis
and drug delivery mechanisms to potentiate nattokinase’s pharmokinectics.
Professional memberships include the American College of
Osteopathic Family Physicians, Japan Nattokinase Research Association, and the
Oxygen Society. He is an editorial board member at the Journal of Applied
Clinical Thrombosis/Hemostasis and a Fellow of the International Academy of
Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. Dr. Holsworth is also listed in the
Cambridge WHO’S WHO Honors Edition 2007-2008.
House, Larry A.; M.A., 1980
Larry is a
geophysicist for GeoTek Services in Anchorage, Alaska (see web page) and also
Statewide Real Estate. He is diverse and has branched-out in his interests.
Interestingly enough, Larry is consulting with Forest Oil Company for the next
two weeks on a special project (geophysics-related). He also does a few special
projects every year, typically with Schlumberger.
He dashes about in his Cessna
A185F. Larry Veldhuis, Jim Weise and he get together quite often.
Jacobs, Mike; M.S., 1982
(e-mail 3/2006]
Mike joined Pioneer Natural Resources USA,
Inc. in 1997 in their Corpus Christi and Houston offices where he was
responsible for their offshore and inland water oil spill response and
regulatory compliance issues. In Pioneer's Midland office he is primarily
involved in managing Pioneer's groundwater and soil remediation projects
including high-vacuum-dual-phase-extraction, bio-vent and bio-sparge
remediation systems for soil and groundwater contamination and remedial design,
groundwater modeling and recovery of produced-water brine plumes.
He presented a talk at the 2004 "AAPG European Regional Eastern Conference with
GSA which was held in Prague. In 2007 he was elected Vice-President of AAPG's
Division of Environmental Geoscientists.
Jenkins, "Rick"
Richard: M.S., 1989; e-mail 11/99.
They received the
departmental Newsletter and wanted to update us with his new address. He hopes
all is well here at the department and says "Hey!" to everyone. He
and Debbie are busy wither their jobs, the house, and two soccer players
(Emily, 10 yrs., and Stephanie, 7 yrs).
Jurick, Dana; M.S., 1989
Dana and his wife stopped by the department January 1,
2007. Dana was named the top geophysicist for international exploration last
year by his company (Devon). He had been working in Egypt a fair amount.
Kass, Ellen; B.S., 1984
Ellen teaches science at Eastwood High School here in El
Paso.
Kiely, James: M.S., 1987; San
Antonio, TX; (email to Sandy; 10/04)
James says "Hi". He's
currently Sr. Geophysicist at Welder Exploration and Production.
Karimi, Shahrooz "Bob"; B.S., 1982
Bob is an Associate Engineer with NMG Geotechnical
in Irvine, CA. His PE is for Nevada, and his ACI is in California.
Kondelin, Robert J.;
M.S., 1984
Bob works for Environmental Alliance in the east. In
2005 he attended a MDE workshop on "Emerging Trends in Maryland's
Voluntary Cleanup Program". This one-day workshop at MDE's Baltimore
offices introduced the latest revision to the MDE Guidance Document (dated
September 20, 2005).
Kornas, Barbara; M.S., 1983
Barbara teaches geography at Olympic College in
Bremerton, WA. She was treasurer of the Association of Washington Geographers
and received a plaque for her 15 years of service to the organization.
Kourse, Lauralee Dale;
M.S., 1980
Lauralee is Manager
and Director at the Tabernash Water & Sanitation District in CO.
Knoll,
Martin A.; DGS, 1988
Martin is an
Associate Professor in the Department
of Forestry & Geology at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN .
He continues his interests in Paleontology, paleoecology, and hydrology. He is
still an active rock climber and encourages the students to take up the sport.
Kruger, Joseph; M.S., 1983
(email to Sandy; 7/06)
Joe took a tenure-track position at Lamar University in
Beaumont, Texas starting in July of 2004. It was a better opportunity for a
geophysicist such as myself than Idaho State University was. It is also closer
to Houston where the largest concentration of reflection seismologists in the
U.S. are located. The Department of Earth and Space Sciences has an
undergraduate program only, which means I do a lot more teaching, but
still have a chance to do research on my own or with undergraduate researchers.
It is a growing university, so we hope to expand the number of our majors over
time.
The
biggest news for my family and I since moving here has to have been hurricane
Rita. Beaumont took a direct hit with 100+ mph winds. Lamar University,
including the newly renovated Geology building, had a lot of roof (and consequently
water) damage. We are still getting water damage from all the subsequent storms
since federal and state aid was slow in getting to us. Finally though, the
roofs are starting to get repaired. Our house was relatively lucky though. We
only had minor damage compared to those around us. Shingles blew off, a privacy
fence blew down, some tree limbs blew down, are pool looked like a swamp, and
our refrigerator smelled like a rotting corpse. Luckily, we had very minimal
water damage, and our insurance took care of everything but cutting down the
tree limbs. People keep asking us what it was like surviving a hurricane. I
reply, who knows, we evacuated to Hot Springs, Arkansas and had a great time on
our "evacuation vacation". That is after we found out from a friend
of a friend who was a police man that our house survived intact.
The rest of the family
is doing fine. Sharon, my wife (my girlfriend in El Paso) has a job in China --
China, Texas that is. She teaches early childhood education and special
education. Caitlin, my oldest daughter, will be a Junior next fall at Lamar.
She is a Political Science major with aspirations for Law School. Shannon, my
youngest daughter, will be a Junior next fall at Hardin-Jefferson High School.
She is on the drill team there and also dances at a studio after school. We
have two dogs. Pepper, a Jack Russell Terrier mixed with a Dalmation (yes, that
is correct), is our older, small spotted bundle of energy. Mica (for biotite
mica) is our black lab. She is much younger and larger than Pepper and loves
swimming in our pool. Pepper is still the boss though.
Other than that, nothing
much more to report.
Kwarteng, Andrews (Andy)).; DGS, 1988
Andy was at the
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. Some of his research projects were
the study of Kuwait's Oil Lakes and Oil-Polluted Surfaces using Satellite
Remote Sensing, analysis of satellite synthetic aperture radar images for
environmental assessment and land-use mapping, and evaluation of RADARSAT
synthetic aperture beam modes for characterizing desertification. More
importantly, Andy currently is Director of the Sudan Qaboos University (SQU)
Remote Sensing and GIS Centre.
In February 2006, this new Centre of Excellence in satellite
meteorology was commissioned at SQU, making it a significant boost for efforts
to strengthen preparedness in dealing with potential weather-related natural
disasters. The facility, jointly sponsored by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and EUMETSAT, is the seventh such WMO center of excellence
for satellite meteorological training to be established around the world. The
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Japan Meteorological Agency
(JMA) are also supporting the centre.
Leonard, Mary Lou;
M.S., 1982
Mary Lou is Supervisor of the Ground Water and Hazardous
Waste Section, City of Albuquerque, Environmental Health Department
Lopez-Escobedo, Gabriela; B.S., 1986
Gabriela Lopez-Escobedo works for the Los Alamos
National Lab's Environmental Restoration (E-ER) Project Office. She is a
member of the Los Alamos Mountaineers, a club that continues to share a common
interest in mountain biking.
Lueth,
Virgil, M.S., 1984; DGS, 1988
Virgil is the Mineralogist/Economic
Geologist, Curator of the Mineralogical
Museum, at New Mexico Tech since 1994. He develops and maintains contacts
with a wide range of public citizens. Primary communications office for the
Bureau. Coordinates and expands educational outreach activities. On October 22,
2005, Virgil made a presentation on gem and mineral collecting in early-day New
Mexico to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation's highest-level
donors.
His current research areas encompass the geochemistry and
geochronology of jarosite, groundwater mineralogy, geologic membrane phenomena,
and solid solution behavior in sulfides, etc.
Lunn, Robert; B.S., 1980
Bob joined Anadarko in 1985 after five years with Gulf
Oil in New Orleans. He currently is Exploration Manager for South America and
the North Atlantic. at Anadarko in Houston.
Maly, James; B.S., 1985
Jim taught school in El Paso for a short time, but
decided preserving his sanity was more important. He worked in the Piceance
Creek/Basin area of northwestern Colorado, about 100 miles from Grand Junction
during his first Logging Geologist assignment with Epoch Well Services on an
H&P rig for ExxonMobil. He and his wife just moved back
to the El Paso area -- they are living in Horizon City.
Martin, Clay M.; B.S., 1980
Clay worked for the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau
of Mines, Intermountain Field Operations Center from 1982-1996. From August
2002 to February 2003 he was in the Antarctica as "Scientific
Personnel".
Martin-Jones, Merrie;
B.S., 1988 (12/05)
Merrie is now Mrs. Devin Jones. She met Devin aboard the
Carnival Cruise Liner, Elation, in 2003, and they were married in 2004. Their
son, Ezekiel James Jones, who was born October 31, 2005.
Merrie and Devin live in CO, and Merrie has decided to stay
home and take on the most of all important jobs -- a full-time mom.
Mason, David B.;
B.S., 1988
David works for the USGS National Earthquake Information
Center in Reston, VA. He maintains the "Helicorder
Displays" web site. In 1997, he coauthored
a paper "Clay Mineralogy of the Cape Cod May, Atlantic City, and Island
Beach Boreholes, New Jersey" in the Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling
Program, Scientific Results
McCutcheon, Timothy; M.S., 1982
Tim is President and CEO of Western Interior Oil &
Gas, Corp., in Casper, WY. He has 25 years experience in oil and gas
exploration and development in the western United States and internationally. A
registered professional geologist (Wyoming PG-919) and has expertise in,
resource assessment, regional exploration, prospect generation, field
development, and project management. Previous experience includes senior
geologist with Marathon Oil Corporation, Barlow & Haun, Inc, and from 1995
to 2005 as owner of a regional and international consultancy.
Mickus, Kevin; PhD, 1989
Kevin is a
Professor in the Department of Geography, Geology, and Planning at Missouri
State University. His teaching areas include Geophysics, Tectonics, and Remote
Sensing. Kevin attended the First Tunisia Petroleum Exploration and Production
Conference sponsored by the Entreprise Tunisienne D'Activites Petrolieres
(ETAP) in Tunis, Tunisia in October, 2004. He presented two papers concerning
the earth's gravity field and the nature of northern plate boundary, and the
location of the Precambrian boundary in southern Tunisia. After the conference,
he attended a four-day fieldtrip in southern Tunisia to examine the Triassic
and Cretaceous limestones, dolomites, shales and sandstones and related
structural features
Miller, Rebecca A.; M.S., 1989
Rebecca is
principal owner of RA Miller, R.G., in
Phoenix, AZ. Her company conducts mineral exploration; geologic mapping; remote
sensing; global positioning systems (GPS); geologic characterization, and
geochemical analyses; define exploration targets, delineate additional
reserves, characterize materials, permit mine sites, and provide reclamation
and mitigation - remediation controls for proposed, active and abandoned mine
site. She works as a Project Manager and Senior Environmental Planner for ADOT.
She oversees preparation of environmental documents for over 70 projects
including rehabilitation of historic transportation buildings and historic
roads like the Apache Trail.
She has received the National Excellence In Construction
Award of Excellence from the American Builders and Contractors Corporation for
her environmental work quality control work on storm water-related projects.
She recently chaired a Mine Waste Characterization session for the SME /
International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage in St. Louis in March 2006. She
spoke about NEPA Streamlining from her experience with permitting mines in
Montana.
Her 18 years of experience has enabled Rebecca to identify
solutions to problems while meeting time and cost constraints faced by our
clients. The company has addressed mineral exploration and mining concerns in
Alaska, Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Mexico.
Miller-Balderrama, Greta; B.S., 1984
Greta works for the New
Mexico Wilderness Alliance. She has written many articles regarding the
Otero Mesa, canyons and caves in New Mexico, BLM projects, etc.
(Neely)-Pershouse, Laura L; B.S., 1980
Laura works for Mid-Coast Mental Health Care Center
(MCMHC) at the Pen Bay Healthcare family of services in Maine. After completing
a residency and fellowship in psychiatry at the Maine Medical Center in 2006,
she joined the midcoast community with her family to practice psychiatry and to
live.
Laura earned a master's degree in Geology from Texas
Christian University in 1982. While working as a geologist for Atlantic
Richfield Exploration Company, she married and started a family. Although she
liked her work in the petroleum industry, she wanted to have a more direct
effect on people's lives, and decided to switch careers. s an M.D. who
specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry at Maine Medical Center and has
a private practice in Maine. In 2004 she coauthored a book " Hyperactivity
and Attention Disorders of Childhood" published by the Journal of American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Newman,
Brent; M.S., 1988 (10/13/04)
Brent obtained his
Ph.D. from New Mexico Tech in and is a hydrogeochemist and technical staff
member in the Earth and Environmental Science Division at Los Alamos National
Laboratory. He is also a task leader for geochemistry and surface water in the
Los Alamos Environmental Restoration Project. The majority of his work is
focused on vadose zone and surface processes in semiarid environments. Current
activities involve studying artificial and natural tracer distributions from
borehole samples at Los Alamos and Hanford, and assessing impacts of
contaminants on the vadose zone in canyon and mesa environments.
Norris, Shirley Gay; B.S., 1980 email to
Sandy Dec 08)
I still work for the State of California,
I just transferred to different agencies -- from the Water Quality Control
Board in Los Angeles, to Caltrans in San Bernardino, to the Department of Conservation/Office
of Mine Reclamation in Sacramento. My personal email address hasn’t
changed. I have gone full
circle! I am back working with mines. How could they resist hiring
a Miner! I moved to Sacramento and love it here. I got involved
with the union again and volunteered to be President. When will I ever
learn! www.pecg-capitol.org
Orajaka, Paul I.; DGS, 1981
Paul is Vice Chancellor of
Anambra University in Uli, Nigeria. He has served in many committees and headed
same to the beautiful admiration of many university chief executive officers he
had served faithfully. Paul has received numerous awards from corporate bodies
and humanitarian agencies in acknowledgement of his giant stride in educational
development especially in the state.
Pattison,
Ann; M.S., 1981; email 10/23/08
Hi Sandy,
I hear you're
looking for me. How are things in El Paso? I am currently working
with two Texas Western alumni (Bill Worthington and Martin Nelson) who both
know another TW colleague I've worked with in the last couple of years (Jack
Light). Small world.
With this email, you now have a contact. I live in
Tucson, but don't spend much time there these days: I'm usually working out of
state or country.
Say 'Hello' to anyone I might know.
All the best,
Ann
Pearson, John;; B.S., 1983; M.S., 1988; Las Cruces, NM;
(email to Sandy, 2/21/07)
How are
you doing? I am still here at the White Sands Test Facility in
Las Cruces, having survived another contract change in May 2006. They changed
my title from Project Hydrogeologist to Senior Hydrogeologist, which makes me
think that the next step ain't up. But, I am having a great time.
I just got in touch with
Richard Bailey, thanks to his latest posting in the 1980s Alum Page. It was
great hearing from him. He is such a positive and interesting fellow. The last
time we communicated was probably 1983.
I got in touch with Richard Bailey this week. We went
to field camp together in 1983. It seems like yesterday. Here’s a clip from
the message I sent him:
Geez, we were young in 1983! I want to go back. Field camp
was a blast. We studied geology, dreamed it, drafted it, wrote about it, hiked
it, and ate and drank it. 100% immersion. Never in my life have I enjoyed a
class more or felt more of a bond with classmates. My only regret was that we
didn't have more beer when rafting down the San Juan River. That day, we were
supposed to pack our own lunches. I got the bright idea of buying jars of baby
food cause I figured if they got wet, no big deal. When we stopped for lunch on
the river, I opened up the first jar and discovered how horrible that stuff is
to adults. Luckily, others shared their lunches with me or else I would have
died. I went back to the campsite near Mexican Hat five years later in 1988 and
poked around. That was a great spot. The memory of it was still fresh in my
mind. Good times!
Hey, I love surfing in every now and again.
Take care and Thanks.
John
Pearson, Mark ; M.S., 1985;
Bozeman, MT (email to Sandy; 1/04)
Mark lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his
wife, Nicole, and his daughter, Isabelle (3 years old). He works for Maxim
Technologies, Inc., as a hydrogeologist in water resources and environmental
clean-up projects.
Peters, Lisa; MS, 1987
Lisa is the Senior Lab Associate in the
New Mexico Geochronology Research Lab at New Mexico Bureau of Geology and
Mineral Resources
Pinson, Pamela; B.S.,
1989
Pam was
a geologist at the Chino Mine, Phelps Dodge Corp., in Hurley New Mexico
Pillow, Michael A.;
B.S., 1980
From 1981-1988 he lived in Midland, TX, where two of his
children were born -- Belinda Marie and Kayla Marie. When he was transferred to
Surrey, England around 1990, Erik James Pillow was born He now lives in England
and works for Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc., Angola. In 2005, he presented a
poster "Nemba Field: A Successful Minimum Flare Phased Development"
at African Session of the 18th World Petroleum Congress in South Africa.
Poyer, Cina (Thomas); B.S., 1974
Cina is the Unit Chief of the Underground Storage Unit
Division of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in Topeka, KS.
Powell, Darron L.: B.S., 1980;
M.S., 1983
Darron has been a busy
man! He received an MBA from UT Austin in 1991, and in 2000 he
graduated Magna cum Laude from Texas Tech with his JD. He's currently Chairman
of the Board of Goodwill Industries of El Paso, Inc.; Treasurer of Ducks
Unlimited, El Paso Chapter; President of the Probate Bar Assn.; Board member of
the Grievance Board, Texas State Bar; Chapter Attorney and Counselor for SCORE,
El Paso Chapter; and practicing law in El Paso.
Pyron, Arthur J.; M.S.,
1980
Arthur lives in Pottstown, PA, and is a Licensed
Geologist in the State of Delaware and is owner of "Pyron
Consulting". In 2001 co-authored
an article "IET Methodology Revitalizes Resource Development
in Mature Basins of Northeastern US", which was presented at the AAPG
Eastern Section meeting. He also
had an article "Exploration Soil Gas Methods that Reduce
Site Characterization Costs" published in the GeoScience World Journal.
Rahman, John: M.S., 1983;
(e-mail; 11/15/02); JohnMarina1995@-yahoo.com
I enjoyed reading up on fellow alums, and a little surprised
at how many were able to keep careers in Geoscience. I also saw that my
previous e-mail to you is in need of some updates which are as follows:
Marina and I now have a daughter, Katya, who at present
(Nov '02) is 17 months. We are really enjoying being parents, although she does
keep us busy. I've attached a family photo (in JPG format) from last April.
In spite of the 9-11 tragedy and the recent sniper attacks (Praise The LORD
they were caught), we doing well, and as often as possible, taking advantage of
the many cultural activities which are prevalent in our nation's capital. I'm
continuing to work as a software test engineer, although I sometimes think back
to the 'salad days' I spent in the oil industry. I wish my fellow alums success
in what ever field they find themselves.
If Dr. Keller remembers me, tell him I said
"Hi". Take Care and God Bless.
Ramirez, Abel; B.S., 1982;
email Oct 07
Abel writes
Sorry I
hadn't responded in time Sandy to the homecoming brunch. How many responses did
you end up getting?
How have you been at UTEP all that time! I'm sure you seen
a lot of changes. That's great that you still been working at UTEP all
them years; I took my first Geo class there in 1982 and you were there then!
I've been in the PHX area for over 10 years now, after
moving around to several other states prior.
Around here, I occasionally run into Rebecca Miller, another UTEP Geo Grad.
Ray, David; M.S., 1982
David
is Senior Geologist and Director of the Geological Services Division of Miller
Engineering and Testing in New Hampshire. He works on the composition of
subsurface materials which are investigated with respect to geometric
boundaries, the influence of ground water and reulting engineering
characteristics.
Riess (nee McCutcheon), C.
Maurine BS, 1982; MS 1984; (email 11/08)
I am now the Coordinator of the Career Center in the
Jackson School of Geosciences at UT Austin. I assist students
in their career and job searches providing resources and references. I
also Identify student career planning and placement needs, initiate and plan
career placement programs to address student needs, collect, maintain, and
present career services statistics as needed, and review and analyzes various
employment surveys. In addition, I maintains contact with
faculty and employers to enhance placement opportunities and services and serve
as liaison among students, recruiters, faculty and staff.
Austin is a beautiful city, but I still miss
living in the Chihuahuan Desert. I agree with Brad Cross that UTEP was and is
an excellent school, especially in Geology and Geophysics. Congratulations to
Drs. LeMone and Keller on their retirement.
Reuter, Stephen G.; M.S., 1981;
email to Sandy, 2/04)
Steve is in New Mexico working for the
Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau. He asked everyone to remember the "Keller
Parole Group" of '81.
Robinson, John Q.;
M.S., 1988
John is Executive Director of GeoEnvironmental Research
in Vernon, NJ.
Roepke, Tim; M.S., 1984
Tim declined an offer from Exxon when the merger took
place (he was working for Mobil) and is now with Chevron/Texaco. He has two
children -- both girls.
Rueda, Melissa T.; B.S., 1980
Melissa teaches at Myrtle Cooper Elementary School here
in El Paso.
Scheubel, Frank; M.S.,
1983; updated December 07
After working for
Exxon in Midland, TX for 13 years as a geophysicist, Frank decided to
"can" the corporate way of life and since '96 has been working for
Yates Petroleum in Artesia, NM; he loves working for a family run outfit.
As of 6/07, he and his
family moved to Denver, CO. He took a transfer with Yates and took in tow
my wife Isela and our two daughters -- Zsa-Zsa ( a Vizsla) and Molly (who knows
what she is).
On occasion, he has had
the opportunity to make it back to El Paso for retirement events and really
enjoyed seeing old friends. Sometimes he misses the "simpler"
days of being poor and anticipating a career. well, maybe he just missed the
career part. As James Weise put it, "Life is Good".
He looks forward to
chatting with anyone out there who still remembers him.
Scott, Lallie F. B.A., 1985
Lallie is an Associate Professor at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah,
Oklahoma. She received her MS (1988) and PhD (1992) from the University of Utah
and has taught at NSU since 1993. In 2002, she received the NSU Faculty
Circle of Excellence Award for teaching.
Her main regional interest is China, a country she has
visited twice. Lallie teaches physical geography, landforms, weather and
climate, plant and soils geography, map interpretation, geography of Latin
America, and geography of East Asia where her research focused on soil and
plant responses to heavy metals. In the future, she will research soils and
viticulture in Oklahoma.
Seigler, William C.; M.S.,
1987; email to Sandy 11/10/08
Will is a consultant with EPEC in El Paso and
teaches geology at EPCC. The most exciting news is that his 2006 sci-fi book
"
Free's World" was published PublishAmerica. Besides being a published
author, he spends his free time writing, rock climbing, scuba diving, canoeing,
and any other adventure he so desires. Congratulations, Will!
Will writes:
I'm excited to announce the grand opening of my new web site and online
business. I hope to attract lots of visitors (and prospective customers), so I
invite you to visit my site now to learn more!
Please forward this email to as many people as you
dare and ask them to do the same, to help me spread the word. To see my site,
just click the "Visit My
Site" button in this email.
Best regards,
Will Seigler
Sheriff, William M.; 1981 (personal visit,
2009)
Bill is an alumnus of the Department of
Geological Sciences Graduate Program in 1980-81, and family members have other
ties with our University. He is a member of SEG and AIME, and has an extensive
background in geological prospecting, and investment structure brought Bill to
some of his more creative times, a small initial investment in 2004 to a $1.8 B
sale in 3 years. Specific geological exploration knowledge was necessary for
this success. With that behind him, Bill now aspires to grow a new company in
these difficult times. Imagine that!
He is currently
President/CEO of Golden Predator Royalty and Development Corporation and Chairman
of EMC Metals Corp. In June 09 he was appointment of Chairman and
Director of the American Consolidated Minerals Corporation. He is a
mining entrepreneur with over 30 years experience in the mineral exploration
and development business and was Bill has raised in excess of $125 million for
projects under his leadership. He has held various positions within
the securities industry for A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc., Mitchum Jones &
Templeton Inc. and for his own securities investment firm. He previously held
various securities registrations including Series 3, Series 4, Series 7, Series
8 and Series 63 in addition to having been a registered investment advisor in
the United States.
Simpson,
Ronald D.; M.S., 1986; DGS, 1984
Ron passed away on November 20, 2008.
Trentham, Robert C.; DGS, 1981
Robert
is the Director of the Center for Energy and Economic Diversification (CEED) at
UT Permian Basin and a Lecturer in geology. His research interests include outcrop
studies of the producing formations in the Permian Basin; the
inter-relationship of naturally occurring salt dissolution with production
associated dissolution in the development of sinks and sag at the surface;
karsted carbonate oil and gas reservoirs; and the hydrology of West Texas.
Van Horne, Jeff; B.S., 1983
He is still with
Marathon Ashland Petroleum Corp. in Findlay, Ohio, and is working in the
Health, Environmental, and Safety Auditing and Measurements Department. He got
out of Houston just in time to miss the devastating floods. He really is
enjoying the mild summer weather here, can't wait for the winter snow.
Sivils, David J.; M.S.,
1988
Dave received his PhD from NMT in 1997. He and his wife,
Sherry, moved from Midland, Texas, to Plano, Texas, in 2004. He recently
took a position as Sr. Geologist with Wynn Crosby, moving
from EnCana Oil & Gas (USA).
Stacy, Kevin; M.S., 1991
Kevin finished his M.S. in 1991 and was in Oklahoma. He
currently is Sr. Geologist with Anadarko
in Houston. He also is a recruiter for Anadarko and interviews our students for
potential jobs. In 2005, he coauthored
a paper Oil Classification and Exploration Opportunity in the Hugoton
Embayment, Western Kansas and Las Animas Arch, Eastern Colorado
Veldhuis, Jerry H.; M.S.,
1980
Jerry is
Sr. Staff Geophysicist with CONOCO/Phillips Alaska, Inc. and lives in
Anchorage. In 2005 he was coauthor of a paper entitled Chasing
the Upper Jurassic Alpine-Type Reservoir: Recent Exploration Success in the
National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska"
presented at the 2005 AAPG meeting in Alberta, Canada.
Watkins, Bill ; B.S., 1983;
Alamogordo, NM
Dr. LeMone
and I had lunch with Bill and John Dupuy in November 2003. After several years
working for the military in Europe, he's now settled in Alamogordo, NM, working
for White Sands Missile Range doing environmental work.
Weise, James; DGS, 1982 (email to Sandy; 5/06)
I don't have any significant updates. Yes,
I am living in Alaska, the Great Land, and as my son calls it, "God's
Country". By the way, I have never lived in Canada, but I have driven
through the country twice, on my way to Alaska, and on my way out of Alaska.
Here is the story of my travels since UTEP. Drove to
Alaska in 1982, two weeks after leaving UTEP, and got a job as an Exploration
Geologist with Marathon Oil Company. I worked with Marathon as an Exploration
Geologist, then a Development/Production Geologist from October 1982 - July
1992. During my time with Marathon, I was moved from Anchorage, AK in September
1985 to Casper, WY. In April 1986, I was moved to Houston, TX, and in September
1988, Marathon sent me back to Anchorage, AK to work Reservoir Development.
After leaving Marathon in July 1992, I was a
Geotechnical Consultant for BP Alaska, and left the consulting and geology
world in December 1993, when I started working for the State of Alaska,
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). My initial job with DEC was as
the Coordinator for the Solid Waste Program in South-central Alaska, then I
became the South-central Alaska Air Quality and Solid Waste Program Manager. In
1995, I became the statewide Drinking Water
Program Manager for DEC. I started with 18 staff in the Drinking Water
Program in 1995 and will have 49 staff working in the Drinking Water Program as
of July 2006. Not bad, not bad at all. In December of 1994, I completed a
Master in Science degree in Environmental Quality Engineering at the University
of Alaska, School of Engineering, and I have never looked back.
I am a registered and licensed fishing guide and am in
the process of finishing my private pilot license this summer. My fishing guide
business (part time business) is called "Weise Adventures". Having a
plane, especially a float plane, is essential to enjoying the great State of Alaska,
all 571,900 square miles.
I have a beautiful 12 year old son, blonde hair and
blue-green eyes, who is the "love of my life." His name is Reid. He
lives in Michigan with his mom during the school year, and with me in the
summers and holidays. In fact, I leave Alaska for Detroit in 6 hours for a
meeting at the Univ. of Michigan, School of Engineering, in Ann Arbor, MI, and
will be spending a week with my son. Reid loves to fish, camp, play baseball
and basketball, and all the fun stuff boys like to do.
I live the life of adventures, and Alaska is my home. I
have not seen a Polar bear yet, but I have seen lots of Brown and Black Bears,
almost every-time I travel in the wilds of Alaska.
Take it easy Sandy, I hope all is well with you and the
other Professors at UTEP. How is Dr. LeMone? I think of him a lot. Give my
regards to everyone. I have two very close friends here in Alaska, both of whom
are graduates of the Dept. of Geological Sciences from UTEP. They are Larry
House and Jerry Veldhuis. The three of us routinely go on Alaska Adventures
together.
Well you take care. I have said enough about me."
James Weise
Wilkerson,
Gregg; DGS, 1983
Gregg is currently employed by the U.S.
Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. He lives in Bakersfield, CA with
his wife Christine and two children. In his spare time he enjoys rebuilding and
driving antique cars.
He provides much of the information and subject matter
expertise found on "About Access Research Network" (ARN) server. Their articles and
publications cover a host of issues -- most of them controversial. Although
they never shy away from controversy, they do not let it consume them either.
They mix a little ancient proverbial wisdom with some common sense to develop
the ARN approach to controversial topics.
During May 13-15, 2005, Gregg co-lead a field trip to the
San Andreas Fault , which was sponsored by the Peninsula Geological Society.
During February, 2006, he was the tour guide for "Geology & Mining
History of Kern Canyon" as part of the annual Whiskey Flat Days'
"Catch the Stage" -- one of the most popular festivals in all of
Southern California. As if he doesn't have enough to do, he is also very active
in the GSA Educational Outreach programs held in California.
Willrodt, Rosann F. (Prieto):
B.S., 1980
Rosann sent us a notice on the relocation
of her law office. She is now in the Houston area and practices law in wills,
trusts, probate, estate planning, contracts, business entities, and
transactions matters.
Wilmar, Glenn M.S., 1986
Glenn and his family
are doing well; daughters Cassidy (age 9) and Carolyn (age 2) are growing like
weeds and we have recently moved into our new home in the country just outside
Houston. The hurricane season has been blessedly quite so far and we enjoy
moderate rains
Wuellner, Dirk E.; PhD, 1975
Dirck is co-owner of Marshall-Wuellner, Inc., a boring
and tunneling construction company, headquartered in Shreveport, LA. Dirck is a
member of the Shreverport Geological Society.
Yarwood, Dennis; M.S., 1988 (email to Dr. Doser; Nov 06)
Dennis is working for a company called PetroTel in Plano
and is traveling all over, including India and Russia. PetroTel provides
advisory services to domestic and international petroleum companies. Their
activities span the entire spectrum of technical, project, and commercial
functions. It's core team comprises world-class experts and professionals with
multi-dimensional talents who are leaders in Oil and Gas Technologies.
Dennis works on projects in India and Russia. Recently, the company discovered
a multi TCF field for a client in India and I am helping with a field
development in west Siberia for a client in Russia.
He would love to hear from past classmates. Contact him at dyarwood@petrotel.com
Zamzow, Craig E.; DGS, 1983
Craig is a professor in the Anthropology, Geography,
and Earth Sciences Department at Clarion University in Clarion, Pennsylvania.
These pages are maintained by S. Ladewig
