St. Lawrence University Geology Alumni Newsletter  May, 1998

Hello To All: 
 No, you haven’t missed a newsletter!  This newsletter is really late, and we’ll just blame it on El Niño since it is partly responsible, and everything this year seems to be affected in some way because of it.  The northern New York area certainly had its share in the great storms of 1998 that have hit in different ways around the country.  Ours was an ice storm the first week of January that paralyzed Canton and the surrounding area for a week, while crews put our power lines back together piece by piece, town by town.  Although not nearly as devastating as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, mudslides, earthquakes or volcano eruptions, it did make us realize how vulnerable we are to Mother Nature. 
 Now, with the Spring Semester over and things winding down a bit, we’re able to get back to you.  Some of the news may be old, but nevertheless good to hear from your fellow classmates. 

                     Looking forward to a great summer, 
                     Bonnie 

 Beth (Butterworth) Baker ‘82
 Beth sent an email to update us on what’s been going on in her life since graduation:  “I’ve gotten married (1987) and have had two kids – Dan, 8 and Katie, 3.   We usually take a day in the late Spring or early Summer to go to the beach in RI.  This year ended up being a Geology 101 class - Dan had so many questions about the rocks left on the beach, the islands off shore (Block Island), the sea shells, etc.  We talked about glaciers, beach dynamics, the biology of clams and mussels, etc.  It was great! 
 I’m working at the Aetna Life Insurance Co. and have been nearly all my working life.  I work in the actuarial area of Large Case Pensions and do reporting on our guaranteed book of business to Management, the State and Federal Governments.  I have found that, even though I hated math in college, I thrive on this kind of work!  If there is one thing Jim Street and SLU taught me it is that I can do anything if I put my mind to it.  I’m ready for the challenge!” 

Edward (Ned) Baker ‘86
 Ned also sent an email:  “We are doing well in beautiful Chardon, Ohio.  Little Marta is growing very quickly and watching her develop has been extremely exciting.  I’ve taken a reduced work week to be with her and enjoy watching her grow up. 
 The consulting that I do is quite enjoyable as long as I can forget the company politics and efforts to find new ways to make money grow on trees.  I have several great projects where we are trying to help clients clean up “brownfield properties” for sale and subsequent redevelopment.  Keeping an eye on the regulations and following the latest advances on the Internet has been very rewarding.” 

Gail Bloomer ‘77
 Gail also communicated via email in September:  “I’m still at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, coordinating labs and “teaching” large intro sections. 
 Last summer my not quite yet husband, Chris Madison, and I traveled to Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China and adopted a little baby girl.  Her name is Chang Mei Liu but we call her “Molly”.  She is now 18 months old and into everything.  She especially LOVES playing with Mommy’s rocks.  One little girl and my life is upside down!  But, I love it!” 

Peter Cox ‘94
 Peter writes:  “I have been in Cambridge/ Boston for a little over a year now and all is going well.  I’m living with Chris Dougherty ‘91 in North Cambridge.  We both bump into quite a few Larries.  I work for a small, environmental engineering company in Watertown, Mass. – META Environmental.  About 15-20 people work there, however, I am the only “geologist.”  We do a lot of research for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and its member utilities.  We are not sure how deregulation will affect us, but it looks like there are still plenty of sites requiring investigation to keep us busy.  I am actually the third SLU geology alum to work for META so you can say that we have a little connection there.  Most of my work is involved in MGP (Manufactured Gas Plant) sites, studying detailed vertical and horizontal soil impacts using innovative investigation and analysis techniques.  Its a lot like being at grad school, so I’m happy.  Anyone who is in the area or who wants to talk about the business, please contact me or stop by for a visit – I have lots of room.”

Peter Dufault ‘96
 Peter is working in Colorado taking soil/ water/vapor samples an environmental firm.  He travels all around the country for weeks at a time going to contaminated sites.  He writes:  “Its hard work but a good way to meet people in the Geology/Environmental field and progress into a better job.  Any SLU grads interested let me know.” 

Katherine M. (Kretow) Eyre ‘78
 Kathy is working as an environmental consultant for ENVIRON Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey, where was recently promoted to Principal.  She likes to spend as much time as possible with her son Sasha, 6½ and daughter Liana, 3, and they enjoy going fossil and mineral collecting with mom. 

Karin (Olson) Hoal ‘80
 After 6 years in Southern Africa, Karin is now living in Golden, Colorado consulting in the mining industry, particularly on diamonds. 

Trent Hubbard ‘94
 Trent is a year into his Ph.D. research at University of North Dakota.   He will again spend the summer in the field in the Canadian Rockies studying glacier movement and resulting land forms.  One site will be 17 miles off the road in heavy bush.  We wish Trent a safe and successful field season. 

Mimi Katz ‘81
 Mimi writes:  “Sailed this year on the JOIDES Resolution, the Ocean Drilling Program’s drill ship as a sedimentologist and drilling on the Blake Nose (Jan. - Feb. ‘97) east of Jacksonville, Florida.  Most notably, we recovered multiple sections of 17cm of green glass spherules at the K/T boundary, which got us plenty of press coverage (e.g., Good Morning America, BBC, AP wire, ABC CBS & NBC nightly news).  Also, New Jersey shelf slope drilling (June-July ‘97), as the benthic foraminiferal specialist.  Here we focused on drilling a transect to address the effects of  global sea level change on the passive margin stratigraphic record.  Again, we got plenty of press coverage, with a dozen helicopter visits to the ship throughout the cruise bringing reporters from various organizations, such as BBC, NPR, NY Times, Washington Post, Japanese Public TV, and AP Wire Services.”  Mimi also gave us some information on two alums:   Peter deMenocal ‘82 – recently appointed to Columbia University faculty (geology dept.) Email:  peter@LDEO. Columbia.edu, and Rick Fairbanks ‘72 – leading a research cruise into the heart of El Nino to do offshore drilling and study the spawning of El Nino-related hurricanes from the eye of the storm.  Two month cruise, Fall ‘97.  Thanks for the information, Mimi. 

Glenn Kays ‘96
 Glenn is almost done processing the materials that he and two groups of SLU geologists have excavated over 3 seasons at the Ash Coulee Quarry in North Dakota’s badlands.  Glenn will spend this summer at the Heritage Center in Bismarck beginning the last push toward completion of his Masters thesis on the Ash Coulee material.  Keep after it, Glenn. 

Tom Loomis ‘50
 Tom has been prowling the SLU Geology Department web site.  He writes:  “Truly a class act.  My congratulations to Sarah Zimmerman for an excellent job!!! 
 My part-time consulting continues.  I am presently active as Project Manager for the Bureau of Land Management’s supplemental environmental impact statement for the proposed Low-Level Radioactive Waste at Ward Valley, California.” 

Molly Mainelli ‘94
 Molly has spent the last 3 1/2 years traveling.  Her update:  “Worked for a forest service to use degree – got laid off – bought an old wooden sloop, refinished it – taught scuba diving – got into boat deliveries – went to England to work on a historic Thames sailing barge – more deliveries – bicycled thru Europe – went to Indonesia to sail.  I am now in the tourism industry doing small group adventure travel around the USA mostly in S.W.  Got accepted to grad school for education, so long term I will become a high school science teacher.  Will attend grad school next year out in California after I get my residency states set up and a place.” 

Abigail Myers ‘79
 Abigail writes:  “Came to Arizona in 1983 to give my car a rest from the cold and haven’t managed to escape yet.  I miss the seasons! 
 I’m a senior environmental scientist for an electric utility looking for ways to use coal combustion byproducts.  Pretty interesting but the corporate life is a bit stifling.  In my spare time I am actively working with Water For People, a charity that focuses on providing water to needy villages primarily in Mexico.  Very satisfying, and we accept donations!” 

Robert Pickard ‘93
  Bob is working for a branch of Dames & Moore, a large Engineering/Environmental Company, out of their Charlotte, North Carolina office.  He is in Pinehurst, North Carolina on a superfund soil remediation project until April, 1998.  Bob recently passed the exam to become a licensed geologist in North Carolina. 

Larry Robjent ‘96 and Jess (W.) Robjent
 Larry has phoned Mark several times to give ski reports on the Jackson Hill area where he and Jess have been working since returning from the Watson Fellowship experience.  Word has it that they are having their delayed wedding party in Wyoming over Memorial Day Weekend.  Have a great time folks. 

Bill Romey
 In a letter to Mark, Bill related that he spent Jan. 25 through March 15 aboard M/S Breman in the Antarctic, Tierra del Fuego, the Falklands, and South Georgia lecturing to tourists on volcanoes, the Southern Ocean, glaciers, and general geology.  Then from April 11-22 he and his wife, Lucretia, were on a GSA Venture Tour, rafting through the Grand Canyon.  Bill is now starting to write some material for a new AGI high-school geology text.  He is coordinating a three-chapter unit called, “The Dynamic Geosphere” (volcanoes, earthquakes, and Plate Tectonics.) 

 1997 was a busy time for members of the Geology Club.  In the Spring and into the Fall we continued with students presenting talks at weekly meetings on semester abroad programs and senior thesis work:  Heather Cunningham ‘98 - Costa Rica; Abi Howe ‘98 - Australia; Megan Mazzarino ‘98 - Brazil; Kyle Warren ‘98 - Antarctica; Erik Kent ‘97 - DeKalb Geology and Maureen Jones ‘97 - Predation on two Species of Gastropods Cyclonema (Platyceratidae) and Euspira (Naticidae):  A Test of Vermeijan Escalation. 
 The Fall semester was full of lectures.  On October 4, during Parents Weekend, Don Rodbell, ‘83 spoke about Global Climate Change:  An example from the Andes Mountains of Peru and Ecuador.  On November 5, Gerry Ross, ‘78 spoke about Metazoan Evolution and burial of Sulfur in the Neoproterozoic Continental Margin  Strata, Southern Canadian Cordillera.  On December 3, Dr. David Griffing, ‘83 spoke about Sedimentology and biotic assemblages of land plant habitats in the Cap-aux-Os Member of the Battery Point Member (Emsian), Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. 
 The Geology Club Homepage also received a facelift and moved to a new location (http://it.st.lawu.edu/~geoclub/) during the semester.  There is still a guestbook that will allow alumni, students and anyone else who visits the page to make comments or tell us what you have been up to lately.  It is also useful finding alumni, as we have been able to location some people for others.  The alumni page that has a place for alumni email and webpage locations still exists at http://it.st.lawu.edu/~geoclub/alum2.html and has been reorganized.  If anyone is interested in being added to this list please email Sarah Zimmerman at szimmer@it.stlawu.edu.  Even if the department has your email address, it won’t be added to this page unless you specifically say you want it there.  Early in the Spring semester the Geology Club’s and Department’s Alumni pages will be merging and you will be able to get to this page from either main page.  If there are any changes you would like to see made to these pages, please let us know. 
 At the Christmas party elections for officers were held.  Those elected were:  President, Alane Yost ’99; Vice President, Tim White ‘98; Treasurer, Bonnie Muller ‘99; and Secretary, Abi Howe ‘98. 
 This Spring the Club sponsored a great field trip to the Delaware Water Gap, April 17-19.  The trip was be led and organized by members of the club with help from Dr. David Griffing ‘83, who is a visiting professor.  Fifty-one people participated.  The coal mine tour and water gaps were particular favorites. 
       Cheers! 
       Sarah Zimmerman ‘98 
       Past Geology Club President 

PERSONAL NEWS FROM MARK

 This has been a particularly busy year to which the absence of a winter newsletter can testify.  Lots of things are happening.  I can’t recount them all. 
 The year with Lance, who returned to Canton after 2 years in North Carolina, has been wonderful.  He has enjoyed school a great deal this year, especially his writing and math classes.  During the winter he and I were regular participants in the pool tournaments held in Potsdam.  Presently, he is on the J.V. lacrosse team at high school and enjoys it a great deal.  This summer he will do some European traveling along with some of his history class members before we take our holiday in Vermont in August. 
 My year had many great surprises in it.  At Convocation I was greatly honored to receive the J. Calvin Keene Faculty Award given for teaching, scholarship and moral concerns.  The fact that I was nominated for the award by a group of students made it even more important to me.  Another honor arrived on Moving-Up Day when I was tapped for ODK.  That, too, was a high honor that took me by surprise.  The day was made more meaningful by the presence of Mark Klett (‘74) who was present as part of a very interesting panel of alums who discussed their careers in the arts.  Another of our students, Heather Cunningham (‘98), was also tapped.  Sarah Zimmerman (‘98), already a member, made sure we both behaved properly. 
 In March, Moe Jones (‘97) and I presented her senior thesis work at the NE GSA meeting in Portland, Maine.  It was a great success as was the alumni gathering that followed as noted in Alumni Notes section.  Though plagued by snowy traveling the meeting went well. 
 Now the semester draws to a close.  As some of you know, I will be on a long overdue sabbatical leave next year for which I have many plans.  David Griffing, who has replaced Mike Owen this year, will teach my courses next year.  John Bursnall will be replacing me permanently as Department Chair.  I will coordinate the 3rd Alumni Conference, but that will be my only departmental involvement.  Well, I will supervise a pair of theses as well, but that’s all! 
 It has been a good year.  I always look forward to alumni news and visits.  Get me by e-mail at meri@music.stlawu.edu. or leave a note on our departmental web page guest book at http://it.stlawu.edu/~geoclub/alum2.html. 
 I look forward to hearing from you. 
          Mark 

NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT

 Salutations.  My name is Matt VanBrocklin.  I am the new Geology Department Technician as of August 15, 1997.  I accepted the position last summer while working in Portland, Oregon.  Although I truly enjoyed the Northwest, I grew up here in the North Country and was glad to have the opportunity to find my way back home to work at SLU.  I have worked a variety of jobs since finishing my BA at SUNY Potsdam ‘93 and MS at University of Akron, Ohio ‘96. 
 Among my many chores as technician, I have “tuned up” both the larger rock slabbing saws and replaced the bearings in the smaller rock chipping saw.  The Rock Prep Room has also undergone a major clean-up and reorganization. 
 I had the good fortune of enjoying the Vermont field trip last fall.  A few geology student volunteers and myself set up camp and chow for the field trippers.  The days were sunny and warm and the evenings a bit chilly.  The after dark hot chocolate was a big hit with all.  I am also the lucky individual who got to do the reconnaissance of the route for the annual Geology Club Spring Field Trip.  This past Spring we visited various sites and enjoyed some geology in Pennsylvania. 
 Since this is a ten month position, I find myself preparing for Summer employment.  A local company is interested in taking advantage of my degree and past experience for the Summer months.  The opportunity seems very promising.  I also plan to enjoy the great outdoors with some hiking, boating, camping and many other Summer activities. 
 Hope the Summer goes well for all. 
         Cheers, 
         Matt 

Hi Folks, 
 Even though this is my first year teaching at St. Lawrence, some of you may know me as a former classmate (class of ‘83).  It has been a true joy and a privilege to teach alongside Mark Erickson and my former SUNY-Binghamton colleague Jim Willemin during Mike Owen’s sabbatical.  It has given me a rare opportunity to see the institution from the faculty perspective, and I must say that participating in campus-wide faculty meetings has been an eye-opening (and just a wee bit surreal) experience!  Certainly, many aspects of the institution have changed in the 15 years since I left, but the close camaraderie between faculty and students in the department is still alive and well.  As the class of ‘98 heads out into the world, I’m pleased to have gotten to know many of them and can call them my friends.  I have been in touch with a few “long lost” friends and associates who noticed me on the SLU Geology website.  Thanks for sending me an e-mail to update me on your whereabouts and happenings. 
 Teaching at St. Lawrence has not been without its personal challenges.  During my Ph.D. program at Binghamton, my wife, Rebecca (Truax, class of ‘84) landed a very good teaching position with the Johnson City School District.  Upon completion of my Ph.D., I took a soft-money museum position at the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) in Ithaca, New York.  Becca and I settled in the historic hamlet of Owego, New York (nearby to both employers).  We now have two children, Aaron (age 6) and Rachel (22 months).  Upon leaving PRI, I did worked as a scientific illustrator and consultant on geological education book.  Since the SLU position is temporary, I became a weekend commuter husband and father.  Once in a consistent groove, the time apart has been quite manageable for both of us and work has kept us BUSY.  Still, those academic vacations have been much appreciated! 
 There have been many highlights this year.  I had the privilege to witness Mark receive the J. Calvin Keene Award for excellence in teaching.  I completed a book chapter on the sedimentary constraints on land plant habitat development in the Lower Devonian of Gaspé, Quebec (one of my current research projects).   Mark and I collaborated on several class field trips ... I even worked a bit on my mural in the paleo room (it was never quite finished). 
 This summer, I plan to attend a carbonate sedimentology conference in the Bahamas, teach a paleobiology college course for gifted high school students, and return to SLU for another year as Mark Erickson’s sabbatical replacement.  We hope to get a little research done together next Fall, as he enjoys a well-deserved rest from teaching.  Please drop me a line and let me know what you’re doing.  My e-mail is dgri@music.stlawu.edu. 
          Best regards, 
          David 

SENIOR THESIS TOPICS THIS YEAR:

Ryan Ackley – Correlations of Glovers Pond Carbon and Oxygen with Quaternary Events. 
Graham Baird – New Analysis Techniques of Asymmetric Stream Network Patterns Controlled by Tectonic Tilting:  Oregon Coast, USA. 
Heather Cunningham – South American Involvement in the Taconic Orogeny. 
Kevin Haspela – Earthquake Events and River Basin Morphology:  Connections and Applications of Self Organized Criticality. 
Sean Sullivan – A Quantitative Geomorphic Analysis of the Little River Drainage Basin, St. Lawrence County, NY. 
Timothy White – Comparing Glaciated and Non-Glaciated Drainage Basins:  New Analysis Techniques for Studies in the Sierra Nevada. 
Sarah Zimmerman – Investigation into Venusian Coronae 

 This is a long newsletter therefore I will try not to embellish too much, but there are several notable developments that alums should know about. 

* 1998 Graduates – We continue to have a strong body of majors in geology with 17 seniors graduating next week.  Several have received honors, most notably, Sarah Zimmerman, who was awarded the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Scholarship by the NE section of the AIPG.  Students will be attending graduate school at Univ. Pittsburgh, Washington State Univ., and Ohio State.  Several plan to take up Earth Science teaching and will receive their New York certificates at graduation. 

* Howard Moore Collection – The department has been the beneficiary of a gift from Jack Fowler, son of Jim and Julie Fowler, St. Lawrence alums.  The gift represents a very significant addition to our mineralogy teaching and research collections.  It is a collection of about 10,000 well-documented specimens with world-wide representation, but with a focus on the unusual mineral sites of New Jersey – The Franklin District minerals and the Triassic/Jurassic Zeolites of the Watching Basalts.  Howard G. Moore, a relative of the Fowler’s, was the avid and knowledgeable collector who made the collection.  Presently, we are in the process of cataloging the specimens and seeking funding to house the collection so that it can be of most use.  It is truly an outstanding addition to our mineralogy resources at St. Lawrence, and we are very grateful to the Fowlers for thinking of us.  You will hear more about this gift as time goes on I’m sure. 

* 3rd Geology Alumni Conference – If there is one event that can be cited as having a major impact on the directions, ambitions, understanding and maturity of our students beyond their normal curriculum it is this Conference.  It was begun by alums to do just that – to share your experience with the undergrads and it worked.  The idea and the process for the Conference were well ahead of their time – now everyone is doing it – or trying to, but the interest of our alumni has been something special, and I hope it will continue to be so.  Come and hear about the hot topics that SLU geologists are working on – Diamonds in Canada or the microstratigraphic record of the Younger Dryas or hazard remediations of manufactured gas plants.  Please participate.  The costs are nominal, the fellowship is terrific and our appreciation is high.  I do realize you must give up two days of vacations, but you will not regret it. 
  This year we will meet October 1, 2 & 3 (See the schedule in the rear of this letter.)  The Bloomer Lecture will be  presented by a prominent petroleum exploration geologist.  It also appears that this may be Bill Elberty’s last year of teaching before retirement.  I may have more on that for you later.  Put this time firmly aside on your calendar now and fill out the registration form.  Thanks.  Some limited housing is available so please inquire to me.  Certainly there are rooms at Canton’s new Comfort Inn as well as at the University Inn, etc. 

* Department Affairs – It is my pleasure to point out that I will be on sabbatical leave for the 1998-99 academic year.  Along with that I will be leaving the Chair after a five-year stint and will pass that responsibility to John Bursnall.  Dr. Bursnall and Dr. Shrady will each hold full positions in the department because the University has approved one of our requests for an added position.  Now we have five positions in Geology.  We are still understaffed, but at least someone is listening a bit.  In my absence David Griffing will stay on to teach my Paleo., Strat., Fluvial, etc., courses.  Mike Owen will return from his sabbatical to cover the Sedimentology area. 
  One of Dr. Bursnall’s first duties will be to begin planning for expanded facilities in the department as part of a major science facilities improvement plan.  Brown Hall is now quite dated.  It has served us for 30 years without significant change.  We must have large scale alteration. The President and Dean seem to be leading this effort for all the sciences. 

* Baccalaureate Origins Study – This Spring saw release of an update of the baccalaureate origins of Ph.D. study in which the Geology Department at St. Lawrence had been ranked 14th in the nation.  The new survey examined Ph.D. origins in two time periods for 250 top liberal arts schools, 1920-1995 and 1986-1995.  We were ranked 12th in the former and 5th in the later period!  The last was the highest departmental ranking at SLU, I might add.  While we all agree that there are many ways to evaluate a department and an institution (SLU was ranked a strong 55 overall!), I do believe that this ranking has much to say about the quality of both our programs/faculty and our students.  I am proud to say that we have been doing something right!  I certainly have appreciated your support while we’ve been doing it.  Thanks. 

 I’ll close on that high note.  Please join us for the Alumni Conference and encourage your alumni friends and families to join us as well.  Visit our Web site “Main Page” off the Geology Club page!! Have a great Summer. 
                        J. Mark Erickson, Chair 
 

CONFERENCE GOALS:  These conferences have three purposes as defined by the Department Geology Alumni Council. 

 Firstly:  To interact with geology undergraduates both professionally and socially to provide a “real world” connection for students who, though interested in geology, are uncertain where it may lead them after graduation.  By making 10 or 15 minute professional presentations or by participating in a panel discussion our students see you “in action” and hear what our alums do. 

 Secondly:  To create an opportunity for geology alumni to return to Brown Hall, see what the program is presently doing, to interact with faculty and with administrators and ultimately to meet as a group to advise the department and the University about new developments in the discipline and to help our faculty and students provide the best geologic education possible at this institution. 

 Thirdly:  To serve as an “informing reunion,” that allows alums who now are in a wide range of fields and disciplines to hear, by way of brief professional presentations or by “cocktail chatter,” what their fellows are doing.  The focus is on renewing friendships, building connections, and bringing into our community the present geology students at SLU. 
 

Conference Theme for 1998:  Geology in Exploration

 This year we hope to return to our “roots” as it were to show our students the many many areas of human endeavor that involve the geosciences as fundamental exploration tools – and how St. Lawrence geologists have a leadership role in many of these.  We would like to have presenters discuss their work in such areas as: 
 Hydrocarbon Exploration 
 Mineral Exploration 
 Limnologic and Oceanographic Exploration 
 Hydrologic Exploration 
 Planetary Exploration 
 Earth Information Exploration 
 General Career/Life Experience – talks or panel discussions 

 You, alums, collectively have a wealth of experience and information to convey to the next generation of geologic scientists.  Do not underestimate the value that you can have by touching the life of any one of our students.  It can be immense.  Most of you have touched on one of these areas of exploration in some fashion, but if you have not, we want you to share your experiences with our students anyway.  Present examples of your work in or out of the geosciences, studies you have done, graduate or BS thesis results or other applications of your SLU education to later life.  These need not be “research talks.”  We hope for a wide range of experiences to be presented “professionally.”  Please participate.  Everyone is welcome. 
 

Conference Calendar

 Arrive:  Thursday, October 1, 1998 

  Registration – 4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. – Brown Hall, Room 150 
  Informal Reception – 8:00-10:00 p.m. – Place T.B.A. 

 Friday:  October 2, 1998 

  Continental Breakfast – 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. – Brush Alumni House 
  Welcome and Introduction  – 8:00 a.m. – Brown Hall 
  Topical Presentations – 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. – 10-15 min. Professional Presentations 
  Coffee Break – 10:00-10:30 a.m. 
  Return to Presentations – 10:30-12:00 noon 
  Lunch in the Department – 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 
  Topical Presentations – 1:15-2:45 p.m. 
  Panel or Career Discussions – 3:00-4:30 p.m. 
    Possible topics:  Future of Geological Exploration; Careers of Women in Geology; 
            Geology and Public Policy; Geoscience Facilities 
  Social Hour and Reception – 5:30-6:30 p.m. – Sykes Commons 
  Welcome to St. Lawrence Today – SLU President Daniel Sullivan – 7:45 p.m. 
  Dr. Robert O. and Vera Bloomer Banquet & Lecture – 8:00 p.m. 
   (The Bloomer Lecture is presented by a prominent Geologist often a St. Lawrence Alum or friend.  This year’s speaker will be in that tradition.) 
  Awards, Honors, Messages – J. Mark Erickson & John Bursnall – 9:00 p.m. 

 Saturday, October 3, 1998 

  Continental Breakfast – 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. – Brush Alumni House 
  Topical Presentations and/or Panel Discussions – 8:30 - Noon (with coffee break) 
  Lunch – 12:00-1:00 p.m. 
  Meeting of Alumni Council and Geology faculty – 1:00-3:00 p.m. 
  Plenary discussion and suggestions for 4th SLUGAC to be held 2001 – 3:00-4:00 p.m. 
  Conference Adjournment – 4:00 p.m. 

 Sunday, October 4, 1998 

  Unscheduled activities at SLU or in the area.  Some people who bring families may enjoy trips to Ottawa, Lake Placid or similar spots.  This will be prime “leaf-peeping” time in the region.  Plan to take in the scenery along with renewing friendships. 

WE ARE ALWAYS EAGER TO HEAR FROM ALUMNI.  PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW AND RETURN IT TO US.  WE’LL SEND YOUR NEWS TO OTHER ALUMNI VIA THE NEXT NEWSLETTER.   (Remember — we are starting an E-Mail address list of geology alums.  Please include your E-Mail address or send it to Mark at  MERI@MUSIC.STLAWU.EDU.)