Geology Foundation 50th Anniversary - jsg - The University of Texas

123 Pages·2009·16.41 MB·English

Wi.iji fr. .':
j.M
GARY A.KOCUREK, CHAIRMAN
DepartmentofGeological Sciences
WILLIAM L. FISHER,DIRECTOR
GeologyFoundationand
JohnA.andKatherine G.Jackson SchoolofGeosciences
ALICE RENTZ
ManagingEditor
AMANDAR.MASTERSON
Editor
JAMIEH. COGGIN
LayoutandDesign
Photographsby JOSEPHJAWORSKIexcept asnoted.
NoState-appropriatedfunds wereused
topublish thisNewsletter.
FrontCover: The-newJacksonGeologicalSciencesBuilding,asseenfromthe
DarrellK.Royal TexasMemorialStadium.
BackCover: TheplaquecelebratingJohnandKatherineJackson'scontributions.
Thisplaquecanbefoundoutsideofthefrontdoorofthenewaddition.
InsideCover:EasternTaklaMakranDesert,China.NASAphotographSTS66-159-024.
PhotographprovidedbyWilliamMuehlberger.

TheUniversityofTexasatAustin
Departmentof Geological Sciences
Geology Foundation
JohnA.andKatherineG.JacksonSchoolofGeosciences
2003Newsletter
Volume 53
Table of Contents
Department ofGeologicalSciencesNews
Report fromtheDirector 1
Letterfrom theChairman 2
GraduateStudies Committee and StaffListing 3
FacultyPersonal Notes 6
Faculty Awards and Honors 13
InMemoriam:JohnA.Jackson 14
Eulogy forJohnA. Jackson,byLarryR.Faulkner 16
Eulogy forJohnA. Jackson,by William L.Fisher 17
Jackson SchoolVision Committee AppointedbyPresident 18
Dedication of the JohnA.andKatherine G.JacksonGeological Sciences Building 19
SpecialFacilities Dedicated 20
Priorities inthe Geosciences 22
—
Exploration Geophysics Program 2003 Update: The L.Decker Dawson
Exploration Geophysics Training Center 23
Dawson Inductedinto Hall ofHonor 24
Fisher Recogni2ed 24
T-Rex Arrives atUT 25
James N. Connelly ReceivesKnebel Award 25
InMemoriam:
Gus K.Eifler 26
Robert K."Bob" Goldhammer 26
MaryE."Peg"Gregory .28
Raquel Vieira de Savariego 28
Birdena T Schroeder 29
Staff Awards andHonors 30
Endowed Lecturers 31
Visiting Speakers 32
—
Speakers Faculty andStaffinthe Department of GeologicalSciences 35
—
Student Speakers Technical Sessions 36
Other Talks by Graduate Students 38
Student Awards and Activities
-
Summer Field Camp 2002 GEO 660 39
—
Field Excursion to Western Australia GEO 381R 40
Student Awards and Honors 42
Placement Office Update 43
StudentOfficers for Fall2002 and Spring2003 43
AAPGStudent Chapter at TheUniversity of Texasat Austin 44
Graduate Student Executive Committee 45
Maria KneblReceives Department of HomelandSecurity Fellowship 45
—
Research andTeaching Assistants 2002—2003 46
Graduate Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards 47
Graduate Degrees in GeologicalSciences Conferred by
—
TheUniversity of Texas atAustin 2002-2003 51
Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards 54
Undergraduate Degrees in Geological Sciences Conferred by
—
TheUniversity of Texas atAustin 2002-2003 55
Other Geosciences Units ofThe University
Bureau of Economic Geology 56
Institute for Geophysics 58
Environmental Science Institute 59
Walter GeologyLibrary 60
—
Donors of Booksand Materials Walter GeologyLibrary: 2002—2003 61
TexasMemorial Museum 61
Vertebrate PaleontologyLaboratory 62
GeologyFoundationNews
RichardR.Bloomer,HonoraryLife Member 64
L.Decker Dawson,HonoraryLifeMember 65
GeologyFoundation Advisory CouncilNews 66
Geology Foundation Advisory Council 69
Gifts tothe GeologyFoundation,June 1,2002, throughMay 31, 2003 72
GeologyFoundationEndowed Accounts 75
Memorials 88
Notesfromthe Alumni 92
JoinUs
Report Director
fromthe
Thisyearmarksthe50thanniversaryoftheGeologyFoundation,oneofthefirstfoundationsofTheUniversityandthefirstandonly
oneoriginally atthedepartmentallevel.ItwasestablishedbytheBoardofRegentsinOctober1953.Sinceitscreation,theFoundation
hasservedtoenhanceandimprovetrainingandresearchinthegeologicalsciencesinaremarkablemanner.Itscontributionmakesthe
geologicalsciencesatTheUniversityofTexasatAustinunique.
The originalstatedpurposeoftheGeologyFoundationwassimple—tofosterandtopromotethegrowth,progress,anddevelopment
ofgeologicaleducation,research,andgraduatestudy.Thatpurposeisthesame50yearslater.
In1953,theDepartmentofGeologyconsistedof14activefaculty, 18part-timeteachingfellows,and21studentassistants.Bylaw,
eachfacultymembertaughtatleast9semesterhourspersemester.Theannualoperatingbudgetwas$123,000,andin1953,theDepartment
graduated718.5./B.A.students, 26M.A. students, and 3 Ph.D. students. TheBureau of EconomicGeologyhad fewer than
10scientistsandabudgetcomparabletothatoftheDepartment.TheInstituteforGeophysicsdidnotexist.
Shortlyafterformation,theFoundationhadtotalassetsof$1010,butatthefirstmeetingoftheFoundation'sAdvisoryCouncilin
thefallof1955,theCouncilsetanambitiousgoalofgenerating$90,000peryearinsupportofthegeosciences atTheUniversitytocome
fromexpendablegiftsanddistributionsfromendowments,orequalto75 percentofthethenoperatingbudgetoftheDepartment.
Intoday's dollarsthatincome goalwasabout$60,000.Now,50 yearslater, theGeologyFoundationgenerates about$3 million
fromendowmentdistributionsandreceives annualexpendablegifts onthe orderof$400,000per year,nearlysixtimes theoriginal,
ambitiousgoal.
AlthoughanumberofpeoplewereinvolvedtheideaofaGeologyFoundation,itisfairtosaythatthecentralplayerswereMr.LeonidasT
"Slim"Barrow,thenChairmanoftheBoardofHumbleOilandRefiningCompany,andDr.SamuelP.Ellison,Jr., thenChairmanof
theDepartmentofGeology.Samwasrecruitedfromthepetroleumindustryin1948andbecameChairmanoftheDepartmentin1952.
Hewas toserveasExecutiveSecretaryorDirectoroftheFoundationuntil1970.
TheinitialmembersoftheGeologyFoundationAdvisoryCouncilwere15prominentindustrypeople.Mr.Barrowdidnotservethe
firstyear—he joinedthenextyear—buttheExecutiveVicePresidentofHumbleOilandRefiningCompany,MorganJ.Davis,wasthefirst
Chairman,andthefirstCouncilalsoincludedMr.WallaceE.Pratt,HumblesChiefGeologist,andoneofthemostprominentpetroleum
geologistsofalltime.TheinitialmembersoftheAdvisoryCouncil,inadditiontoDavisandPratt,broughttogethersuchimportantcorporate
executivesasEverettDeGolyer,ChairmanofDeGolyerandMacNaughton,W.DowHamm,VicePresidentofAtlanticRefiningCompany,
G.Moses"Mose"Knebel,ManagerofExplorationDivision,StandardOilCompanyofNewJersey,LeonardF.McCollum,Presidentof
ContinentalOilCompany,O.ScottPetty,Sr.,PresidentofPettyGeophysicalEngineeringCompany,SheridanA.Thompson,VicePresident
ofMagnoliaPetroleumCompany,andCharlesE.Yager,PresidentofSouthlandRoyaltyCompany.Prominentindependentsonthefirst
CouncilwereWayneF.Bowman,RobertL.Cannon,GeorgeH.Coates,GuyE."Squire"Green,JohnA.Kay,andEdgarW.Owen.
MorganDavisservedasChairmanforthefirst7yearsoftheCouncil;SquireGreensucceededhimfora3-yearterm,andTomBarrow
servedfor 5 yearsfollowing. The Councilstuckto the goalofraising funds.Duringthefirstyear,theyraised$70,000ingiftsand
endowments;within10 yearsFoundationendowmentsreached$500,000,and10yearsafterthat,endowmentsexceededthemillion-
dollarmark.By1976, assetsamountedto$1.5million,andby1979,$2million.Inthelate1970'sandearly1980's,theCouncil,chaired
byJosephC.Walter,Jr.,andlaterDonR.Boyd,sawFoundationassetsenlargedsignificantly.Thecombinationofrelativelyhighoilprices,
the,programofRegentalmatchingofmajorgifts, andthegenerosityofmembersandfriendsgaveamajorboostto theFoundation,
sothatby1984 themarketvalueoftheFoundationassetsstoodatanimpressive$10million.Overthepastcoupleofdecades,underthe
directionofWilliamL.Fisher,Foundationassetshavesoared,reachingapeakof$57millionin2000,andinthefaceofabrutalmarket
inthepast2years,nowstandingat$53million.
In2001,JohnA.Jackson,amemberoftheAdvisoryCouncilsince1975,enteredtheFoundationpictureinabigwaybycontributing,
withhiswife,Katie,$25milliontotheFoundationtosupportthenewJacksonSchoolofGeosciences.In2002,Jackindicatedhisintent
toleavetheresidueofhis estateto theFoundation, whichaccordingtohis financialadvisor,wasthenvaluedatbetween$150and
$200million.Sadly,Mr.JacksondiedonMarch21,2003,amonthbeforethededicationoftheexpandedGeologicalSciencesbuilding
heandKatiemadepossiblethroughtheir generousdonation.ProbateCourtfilingsinJune2003andthereportoftheExecutorof
Mr.Jackson'sestateindicatethattheGeologyFoundationwillreceiveinexcessof$250million,whichwithcurrentassets willexceed
$300million.
From that first vision and the statedgoalsof50 yearsago,the GeologyFoundationis today withoutpeer inresources,and
TheUniversityandtheUniversitygeosciencecommunityowethemembersandleadersoftheFoundationAdvisoryCouncilagreatdebt.
Throughthe50-yearhistoryoftheGeologyFoundation,145distinguishedgeoscientistsfromindustry,government,andacademia
haveservedonits AdvisoryCouncil;45 currentlyserve.TheCouncilhasalwaysmet twiceayear,andCouncilmembershavealways
participatedattheirownexpense.AspecialcategoryofmembershipisHonoraryLifeMembershipwithelectionbytheAdvisoryCouncil.
Mr.LeonidasT.Barrowwasthefirstmemberelected,andonly26havefollowedhimtodate.
TheFoundationwasoriginallycreatedtosupporttheDepartmentofGeology.In2001,theFoundationCharterwasrevisedforthe
FoundationtobeinsupportoftheJacksonSchoolofGeosciences,includingtheDepartmentofGeologicalSciences,theBureauof
EconomicGeology,andtheInstituteforGeophysics.TheGeologyFoundationanditsAdvisoryCouncilhavehadaproudandimpressive
recordoverthepast50years.ThelateJackJacksonsaiditwasthebestboard,byfar,thathehadeverservedon.Thatfeelingissharedby
manyofhiscolleagues.AndTheUniversityandtheUniversitygeosciencecommunity—faculty,researchscientists,andstaff—havebeen
andwillforeverbethegreatbeneficiaries.Fromthatearlyvision,whichwemightcalltheBarrowvision,tothefuture,whichwecancall
theJacksonvision,theGeologyFoundationisaspectacularinstitution.Itisforus,thebeneficiaries,torealizethesevisions.
Director, GeologyFoundationandJohnA.andKatherineG.JacksonSchoolofGeosciences
GeologyNewsletter 2003 1
Letter from the Chairman
This wasayearthatsawprofoundaccomplishment andtragic loss.In April,
theJohnA.andKatherine G.Jackson GeologicalSciencesBuildingwasdedicated.
Thisevent,markedbyaday-longsymposium,theformaldedication,and dinner,
coincided withthe50thAnniversaryof theGeologyFoundation.Dedicationofthe
WalterLibrary,BoydAuditorium,BarrowFamily Conference Room,JohnA.and
KatherineG.Jackson ConferenceRoom,andDawsonGeophysicalCenter also
occurred.In concertwiththededication,the oldsectionofthebuildingwas
renovatedbytheUniversity.Inaddition,greateffort wasput intotherevamping
ofthenumerousdisplaysthroughouttheentirebuilding.Theold rockstorage
area(the "cage")wascompletelyrenovatedandtheold cabinetsreplacedby
high-density,slidingstorageunits.TheentireJackson Buildingisnowoneof
fresh,well-lighted,unclutteredspaceforteachingandresearch.Our continuing
goalisforthisbuildingtoshowcase ourscience,theworkdonehere,andtobe
aplacewhereboththeUT communityandthepublicfindthings ofinterestand
education.Sadly,JackJacksondidnotlivetoseetheculmination ofthispart
ofhisdream.Hisdeathoccurredonemonthearlier,butthespiritofhisvisionis
profoundly manifested.
Amonthafterthededication,theDepartmentwasstruckbyatragicloss.
OneofourvansdrivingacrossWestTexasforourFieldCampcourse(GEO660)
overturnedinasingle-vehicle accident.Dr.RobertK.Goldhammerand
RaquelVieiradeSavariego,aBrazilianexchangestudent,werekilled.
Ateachingassistantandtwoadditional studentswereinjured. All whoknew
Bob recognizedhimasadynamic individual,innovativeresearcher, andgifted
teacher.OurDepartment,theUTcommunity,andcolleagues,friends,andfamily
ofBobandRaquelwereunitedforamemorialserviceoncampusonMay31.
Inthisyear,theDepartmenthas continuedtoevolvewithin theJackson
School. Thegraduate programhas expandedasweseek thebeststudents and
offerthem competitivesupport.Within theJacksonbequest,theDepartmentis
emergingasayetstrongerresearchbodythroughourability toprovidematching
fundsforpost-docs, equipment,andresearchsupport.James Gardner from
TheUniversityofAlaska atFairbanks willbejoiningus intheFallasanassociate
professor,fillinga slotinthegeochemistry/petrologyprogram.JohnMcCray from
theColoradoSchoolofMines willjointhefacultyaswellintheFallasanassociate
professorin theareaofgeohydrology.RonSteelefromtheUniversityofWyoming
joinsthefacultyastheDavisChairinPetroleumGeology.Thispositionis a
replacementforBillGalloway,whohasretiredfromtheDepartmentthisyear.
Inaddition,DougSmith ends"phased-retirement"tobeginofficialemeritus
status. WewishBillandDougthebestinnewadventures,and wewelcome
the newfacultyaboard.
GaryKocurek
2 Geolog?Newsletter2003
Graduate Studies Committee Staff Listing
and
Robert J.Ferguson Stephen E. Laubach
Graduate Studies
AssistantProfessor and Bill R. Payne Senior ResearchScientist and
Committee CentennialTeachingFellow John A.andKatherine G.Jackson
ResearchFellow,
William L.Fisher Bureau of Economic Geology
James A.Austin,Jr.
Professor;LeonidasT. Barrow
Senior ResearchScientist, Centennial Chair in Mineral Resources; Leon E.Long
Institute for Geophysics Director, GeologyFoundation; Professor; The SecondMr.and
andDirector oftheJohnA.and Mrs.CharlesE. YagerProfessor;and
Jay L.Banner KatherineG.Jackson School UT DistinguishedTeachingProfessor
Associate Professor;ChevronCentennial of Geosciences
FellowinGeology;andDirector, F. Jerry Lucia
EnvironmentalScience Institute Clifford A.Frohlich Senior Research Fellow,
Lecturer andAssociate Director, Bureau of Economic Geology
Christopher J. Bell Institute for Geophysics
Assistant ProfessorandJohnA. Wilson William P.Mann
Fellowin VertebratePaleontology William E. Galloway Senior ResearchScientist,
Professor andMorganJ.Davis Institutefor Geophysics
Philip C.Bennett Centennial Chair inPetroleum Geology
ProfessorandChevron Randall A.Marrett
CentennialProfessorin Geology Robert K. Goldhammer Associate Professor;Joyce Bowman
Assistant Professor andElfAquitane PayneCentennial TeachingFellow;and
DonaldD.Blankenship PetroleumFacultyFellowin ElfAquitanePetroleumFaculty Fellow
ResearchScientist, GeologicalSciences in GeologicalSciences
InstituteforGeophysics
Stephen P.Grand Earle F.Mcßride
Richard T.Buffler Professor andDaveP. Carlton Professor andJ.Nalle GregoryChair
ProfessorandSenior ResearchScientist, CentennialProfessorinGeophysics in Sedimentary Geology
InstituteforGeophysics
Bob A.Hardage SharonMosher
William D.Carlson Senior ResearchScientist, Professorand WilliamStampsFarish
ProfessorandPeterT. Flawn Bureau of Economic Geology Chair inGeology
CentennialChair inGeology
Martin P.A.Jackson Yosio Nakamura
Mark P.Cloos Senior ResearchScientist and Professor andSenior ResearchScientist,
ProfessorandGettyOilCompany John A.andKatherine G.Jackson Institutefor Geophysics
CentennialChair in GeologicalSciences ResearchFellow,
Bureau of Economic Geology
Timothy B.Rowe
James N.Connelly
Charles Kerans ProfessorandJ. NalleGregory Regents
AssistantProfessor; William T. Stokes ProfessorinGeologicalSciences
CentennialTeachingFellowin Senior ResearchScientist and
GanedolAosgsioccaialSteciCehnaceirsm;an, JRoehsneaAr.chanFdeKlloawth,erineG.Jackson BridgetR. Scanlon
Departmentof GeologicalSciences Bureau of Economic Geology Senior ResearchScientistand
John A.andKatherine G.Jackson
Lan W. D.Dalziel Gary A.Kocurek Research Fellow,
Bureau of Economic Geology
ProfessorandSenior ResearchScientist, Professor; John E. "Brick"Elliott
InstituteforGeophysics GCeenotleongniciaallESncdieonwceesd;ParnodfesCshoariirnman, Mrinal K. Sen
DepartmentofGeologicalSciences Lecturer; Senior Research Scientist;
AlanR.Dutton andJohnA. andKatherineG. Jackson
Research Scientist, J. Richard Kyle Research Fellow, Institute for
Bureau of Economic Geology Geophysics
Professor andTheThirdMr.
andMrs.CharlesE. YagerProfessor
GeologyNewsletter 2003 3
JohnM.Sharp,Jr. William R. Muehlberger
Professors Emeriti
ProfessorandDaveP.Carlton Peter T. FlawnCentennialChair
Centennial Professor inGeology Emeritus in Geology
Milo M. Backus
Thomas H.Shipley Shell Companies Foundation Amos Salvador
SeniorResearch Scientist and DistinguishedChair Emeritus MorganJ. DavisCentennialProfessor
JohnA. andKatherine G. Jackson inGeophysics Emeritus in PetroleumGeology
ResearchFellow,
Institutefor Geophysics
Daniel S.Barker JohnA.Wilson
FredM.BullardProfessorEmeritus
DouglasSmith inGeologicalSciences
Keith Young
Professorand AlbertW. and
AliceM.Weeks Centennial Robert E.Boyer J.Nalle GregoryProfessorEmeritus in
ProfessorinGeologicalSciences Sedimentary Geology
PeterT. FlawnCentennialChair
Emeritus inGeologicalSciences
James T.Sprinkle
Professorand The First Mr.and L.Frank Brown,Jr Lecturers and
Mrs.Charles E. YagerProfessor Research
Stephen E. Clabaugh Scientists
Libby A.Stern
FredM.BullardProfessorEmeritus
Assistant ProfessorandGeology
inGeologicalSciences
FoundationAdvisoryCouncil Centennial William H.Asquith
TeachingFellow inGeologicalSciences
Lecturer
Peter T.Flawn
PaulL.Stoffa Leonidas T. Barrow Chair Emeritus
inMineralResources and President Matthew W. Colbert
Professor;ShellCompaniesFoundation
Emeritus Research Associate
DistinguishedChair inGeophysics;
andDirector, InstituteforGeophysics
Robert L.Folk Nathan R. Daczko
RobertH.Tatham DaveP.CarltonCentennialProfessor Lecturer and Post-DoctoralFellow
Emeritus inGeology
ProfessorandShellCompanies
FoundationCentennial Chair DennisP.Dunn
in Geophysics Edward C.Jonas Specialist
Scott W. Tinker LyntonS.Land ShirleyP.Dutton
Professor;Edwin Allday Centennial Edwin AlldayCentennialChair Emeritus Lecturer andSenior Research Scientist,
Chair inSubsurface Geology;and inSubsurfaceGeology Bureau of Economic Geology
Director, Bureauof Economic Geology
Warm Langston,Jr. Wulf A. Gose
Willem C.J. van Rensburg
The First Mr.andMrs. Charles E. Yager ResearchScientist andSenior Lecturer
ProfessorandJ.H.HerringCentennial ProfessorEmeritus
ProfessorinPetroleumEngineering
Mark A. Helper
Ernest L.Lundelius,Jr.
Clark R. Wilson Senior Lecturer
JohnA. Wilson ProfessorEmeritus in
ProfessorandWallaceE.Pratt VertebratePaleontology
ProfessorinGeophysics ToddB.Housh
Research Scientist
Arthur E.Maxwell
Lesli J. Wood
Research Scientist, JulianM.Humphries
Bureauof Economic Geology JohnC.Maxwell ResearchScientist Associate
WilliamStamps Farish Chair Emeritus
inGeology
Zong-LiangYang Richard A.Ketcham
AssistantProfessor andJohn A.Wilson Research Scientist
Fellowin VertebratePaleontology
4 GeologyNewsletter2003
Staci L. Loewy Effie L.Jarrett Miriam L.Pashby
Lecturer andPost-DoctoralFellow SeniorSystemsAnalyst AdministrativeAssociate
Robert G.Loucks Joseph Jaworski Willa L.Porter
Lecturer andSenior ResearchScientist, Photographer AdministrativeAssistant
Bureau of Economic Geology
JohnM.Lansdown John R.Ready
Lawrence E.Mack
ResearchScientist Associate Senior Procurement Officer
Research Scientist Assistant
Barbara J. Mahler J.Tyler Lehman Alice Rentz
SeniorSystems Analyst andCoordinator AdministrativeAssociate
Adjunct AssistantProfessor
ofComputationalResources
KathrynA.Manser Debra SueTrinque
ResearchScientist Associate KathrynA.Manser Senior AdministrativeAssociate
ResearchScientist Associate
Fred W.McDowell Renee A. Waters
ResearchScientist andSenior Lecturer Kathryn B.Oheim AcademicAdvisor
TechnicalStaffAssistant
Kitty L.Milliken
Rachel A. Racicot Geology
ResearchScientist and Lecturer
ResearchScientist Assistant
Foundation
Guo-YueNiu
Gregory L.Thompson
Research Associate
TechnicalStaffAssistant Douglas E.Ratcliff
Associate Director
Pamela R.Owen
DennisR.Trombatore
Lecturer and ResearchScientist MaryE. Koch
Associate,Texas Memorial Museum Librarian,Walter GeologyLibrary
Senior AdministrativeAssociate
ThomasJ.Serenko W. Philip Watson
Soheila Omrani
Adjunct AssistantProfessor SeniorSystems Analyst
AdministrativeAssociate
Visiting Scholars Administrative Debra Sue Trinque
Senior Administrative Associate
Staff
JamesUnderwood
William I.Woods Environmental
ExecutiveAssistant Science Institute
Technical Staff
Philip A.Guerrero
Nelson A.Guda
GraduateProgram Coordinator
Ryan R. Biggs Program Coordinator
TechnicalStaff Assistant
AngelaJowers
T.Bruce Hall
Administrative Assistant
Roger O.Gary Program Coordinator
TechnicalStaff Assistant
Kathryn L.McWilliams
Eric W.James
Administrative Assistant
Jeffrey S. Horowitz ResearchScientist Associate
Computer Illustrator
GeologyNewsletter 2003 5