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: 100 kg (± 5)
- Eyes: Brown
- Hair: < data missing >
- Hat size: 7-7/8
- Favorite minerals: labradorite, quartz, ice
- Favorite rocks: Rapakivi granite, anorthosite,
poikilitic harzburgite
- Favorite National Park: Grand Canyon
- Favorite National Wildlife Refuges: Bosque del
Apache, Sonny Bono Salton Sea
- Favorite Volcanoes: Obsidian Butte (Imperial
County), Vulcan's Throne (Arizona), Pu'u O'o vent on
Kilauea
- Favorite Glaciers: Comox (BC), Nisqually (WA),
Wenkchemna (AB)
- Favorite Batholiths: Peninsular Ranges, Boulder
(MT), Wolf River (WI)
- Favorite Birds: 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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