My vital stats:
- B.S., 1975, University of North Dakota (began at
U. of Wis. In 1964, elapsed time: 11 years)
- M.S., 2004, SDSU (stints at U. of Calgary and
Montana State, 1975-81, elapsed time: 29 years)
- Height: 191 cm
- Mass: 90 kg (down about 25 since 2020)
- Eyes: Brown
- Hair: < data missing >
- Hat size: 7-7/8 (but size 8 is more comfortable!)
- Favorite U.S. States: California, Wyoming,
Wisconsin... and of course, Colorado!
- Favorite Canadian Provinces: B.C., Saskatchewan,
Alberta
- Favorite minerals: labradorite, quartz, ice (yes,
it is, when it occurs naturally!)
- Favorite rocks: Rapakivi granite, anorthosite,
poikilitic harzburgite
- Favorite National Park: Grand Canyon
- Favorite Wildlife Refuges: Rowe (Nebraska),
Bosque del Apache (NM), Sonny Bono Salton Sea (CA)
- Favorite Volcanoes: Obsidian Butte (Imperial
County), Vulcan's Throne (Arizona), Pu'u O'o vent on
Kilauea
- Favorite Glaciers: Arapaho (Colorado), Comox
(BC), Nisqually (WA), Wenkchemna and Athabaska (AB)
- Favorite Batholiths: Peninsular Ranges (CA and
BC, Mexico), Boulder (MT), Wolf River (WI)
- Favorite Birds: Canada Goose, osprey, sandhill
crane, any hummingbird
- Favorite Wild Mammals: gray fox, desert bighorn
sheep, orca
- Research interests: Mineralogy, Glaciology,
Tectonism of Gulf of California / Salton Trough /
Baja California microplate, especially San Diego
County
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