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