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  John R. "Jack" Horner, dinosaur authority, gave the first annual Alfred Romer Lecture on April 21^st, 1997, in Hepburn Auditorium. Curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, he spoke on "Digging Dinosaurs: The Search That Unraveled the Mystery of Baby Dinosaurs". Horner discovered the first dinosaur eggs in the Western Hemisphere, the first evidence of dinosaur colonial nesting, the first evidence of parental care among dinosaurs and the first dinosaur embryos. He has written extensively and was a technical advisor for the film Jurassic Park.

  The Romer Lecture was established to honor Physics Professor Emeritus Alfred Romer, who had been associated with St. Lawrence for 50 years and remained actively involved with Physics Department activities at the age of 90. Pictured below is Jack Horner, Al Romer and Priest Associate Professor of Physics Karen Johnson.

(Text and photo from the Spring 1997 edition of St. Lawrence University Magazine)