HISTORY OF GEOLOGY AWARD FOR 2003

ELLIS YOCHELSON

It is a great pleasure to extend our warmest congratulations to Ellis Yochelson upon being selected for the 2003 History of Geology Award. The Geological Society of America made the announcement in May, and the Award will be presented at the GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle in November.

A longstanding member of GSA and the History of Geology Division and a founding member and "life-member" of the History of Earth Sciences Society, Ellis is known to us all, especially for his biographical work on Charles D. Walcott. He recently retired after many years’ service with the United States Geological Survey and with the National Museum of Natural History. The formal citation and response will be given at the Division Awards Luncheon at the Seattle meeting and will be published by GSA. We invite everyone to attend and to extend your personal congratulations to Ellis.

SEATTLE - NOVEMBER 2-5, 2003

Plans are moving forward for the various History of Geology sessions, but we need papers for the general session, ORAL or POSTER!! Please submit an abstract: Current work in progress, nearly completed work, ideas and challenges for us to consider - any interesting topic will be considered.

Signs of Life: the Role of Paleobiology in the History of Evolutionary Theory and our Attempts to Understand the Changing Nature of the Biosphere".

Topical Session T85

Paleobiology and its history are a major aspect of our Seattle program. ORAL papers only.

"The Science of Lewis and Clark: Historical Observations and Modern Interpretations"

The year 2003 is the 200th anniversary of the initiation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the new Louisiana Purchase, to follow the Missouri River to its headwaters, and to identify a passage to the Pacific Ocean. The journals, maps, and specimens recorded by the explorers represent a watershed in scientific data that is still under analysis today. A special Pardee Symposium at the GSA Annual meeting in Seattle will

gather scientists, historians, and science policy-makers to explore the scientific impacts of the expedition as well as the changes in scientific interpretations and government support of science since the expedition.

The symposium will be one of the seminal commemorative scientific events marking the anniversary of the expedition. Sponsors include the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Engineering Geology Division of GSA, the History of Geology Division of GSA, and the History of Earth Sciences Society. Therefore, a wide range of topics will be covered, including: · Governmental and public policy toward scientific exploration · Biology and ecology along the route · Geology and geomorphology of the route, their impacts on the explorers, and their influence on settlement · River quality and control, and · Maps and mapping technology applied to the expedition route.

Contact Person: Paul M. Santi, Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401; telephone (303) 273-3108; fax (303) 273-3859; e-mail: < psanti@mines.edu.; website: http://www.mines.edu/~psanti

Litigation, Education, Reconciliation?

Topical Session T39

Do you have experience in the evolution-creation wars? This session will examine how they started, major battles, and what hope there is for peace in the near future. Presentations by scientists (religious or not), educators, historians, and theologians are welcome, ORAL and POSTER.

"Henry Darcy's 200th Birthday: Fundamental Advancements Through Observation and Analysis"

This topical session will celebrate Henry Darcy and his profoundly important Law. Planned presentations include an historical perspective of Darcy's accomplishments and recent observation-based research that will fundamentally change our understanding of groundwater flow and mass transport phenomena and help identify

future research needs. Research concerning new insights into flow and transport of fluids, heat and/or solutes through porous or fractured media will be welcomed. Examples include fundamental findings on fully or partially saturated flow (fluids and/or heat), innovative or unusually detailed field or laboratory experiments, new insights into diffusion processes, and colloidal transport in porous media. Fundamental findings

linked with case histories or methods for addressing modern water problems are welcome. Contacts: Vicki Kretsinger, Principal Hydrologist with Luhdorff and Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers, Woodland, CA; (530) 661-0109; < vkretsinger@lsce.com >. and Graham Fogg, Professor, Hydrologic Sciences Department, University of California – Davis; < gefogg@ucdavis.edu >..

DARCY LECTURE

Also note that this year the Darcy Lecture is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, November 4. The Darcy Lecture event (which is separate from the Darcy Session mentioned above) is exclusively sponsored by NGWA. The Darcy Lecturer, selected annually, travels world-wide during their year-long lecture circuit. The Darcy Lecturer for 2003 is Richelle Allen-King, a Professor at Washington State University; her lecture will be on "Ground and Surface Water Contributions to Chemical Mass Discharge: Considering the Problem at Field and Basin Scales." For additional information, visit < www.ngwa.org >.

The Enduring Contributions of Twentieth-Century Geology’s Renaissance Man.

Topical Session T51

M. King Hubbert (1903-1989) made fundamental contributions to structural geology, tectonics, hydrogeology,

and petroleum geology. He forecast the decline in worldwide petroleum reserves and advanced the development of geology as a quantitative discipline. This session explores Hubbert’s legacy as scientist, educator, citizen, and visionary. ORAL papers only

INTERESTING NEW PUBLICATION:

Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide: Drake Well Museum and Park, by Jon Sherman, 2002. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Stackpole Books. 48 pages, 10 b/w photos, 3 color maps. The full color booklet, with a list of ten additional readings, is available for $10.00 (plus tax and shipping) from Stackpole Books, < www.stackpolebooks.com >.

INTERESTING WEB SITE: < http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/about/about.html >

This link is to the Paleontological Research Institution's "About Petroleum Geology" website. When you get there, click on "Oil Home" and then click on "Oil History." This will lead you to brief histories and a few pictures of the Titusville, PA, Spindletop, TX and Signal Hill, CA case histories.

DARWIN’S CREATIONS

The Eramus Darwin Foundation announces the release of a limited edition copy of the Temple of Nature or The Origin of Society by Eramus Darwin originally published 200 years ago in April, 1803, fifty-six years before his more famous grandson, Charles, published his theories of evolution. During his lifetime, Eramus was heavily vilified by the church for his views, and this book was printed posthumously, a year after his death.

Each book will be numbered and can be ordered by mail (Eramus Darwin House, Beacon Street, Lichfield WS13 7AD, England), online at < erasmus.d@virgin.net >, or by telephone (0044)-1543-306260; the fax number is 01543-306262. The price is 25.00 (Pounds Sterling), plus postage/handling. For more information, please contact Christina Stang at (0044)1666-510110 or < ChristinaStrang@aol.com >. Please no credit card sales.

HESS NOTES - History of Earth Science Society <www.historyearthscience.org>

Journal Issues Available: The History of Earth Sciences Society has available for purchase a complete run of the journal Earth Sciences History, from Vol 1, 1982 - Vol 21, 2001 (two issues/volume*). All except v. 1-3 and v.8, no.1 are in original wraps as new. The price is $290 for individuals and $440 for institutions plus shipping**. Payment by credit card is now available. All proceeds will go to HESS (History of Earth Sciences Society). Contact Ed Rogers at: < www.geology-books.com >.

*Single Issue Prices: Vol. 1-20 ($15/25); Vol. 21-forward ($20/35).
**Surface Rates:

To calculate your cost, add the cost of the journal and the appropriate postage/handling fee (see above). All costs are in U.S. dollars. Payment may be made by checks drawn on a U.S. bank or by VISA, Master Card, American Express, or Discover. Send name, address and payment to: Ed Rogers, HESS Treasurer, PO Box 455, Poncha Springs, CO 81242 USA, or fax this information to Ed at 719-539-4542. If paying by credit card, please send Ed the card type, number, expiration date, name as it appears on the card, and billing address.

TO JOIN HESS

Annual membership in the History of Earth Science Society, including Earth Sciences History, is $40.00 (USA)

or $45.00 (outside USA); Inst. $70.00 (USA) or $75.00 (outside USA), payable by check, international money order (in US Dollars), or major credit card. Send name, address, research interest, and payment to: Ed Rogers, HESS Treasurer, PO Box 455, Poncha Springs, CO 81242 USA, or fax your information to Ed Rogers at (719) 539-4542. If paying by credit card, please send Ed the card type, number, expiration date, name as it appears on the card, and billing address. HESS web site: < www.historyearthscience.org >. GSA History of Geology Division members are encouraged to join HESS and support Earth Sciences History, a journal devoted exclusively to the history of the earth sciences.

CORRECTION TO MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 2002 MEETING

Celâl gave the report for the Nominating Committee and not Gary Rosenberg, as stated in the December 2002 newsletter. The Chair of the Nominating Committee, Gretchen Lupka, was present, but Celâl gave the report.

[Thanks to Gretchen for sending this correction. - Bill]

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - WHO WAS CECIL JONES???

An old suitcase dating from the mid-1920’s has come to light, filled with maps, field notes, etc., belonging to Cecil Jones, who was conducting a geological survey of India for the British government. The notebooks are written in pen and pencil and are primary data from his field work. Maps are topographic and wrapped in muslin - very fragile. Has anyone ever heard of Jones? The owner of the material appears to be willing to donate the collection, but who was Cecil Jones, and what institution might want the data? Attempts were made to find him on the Internet, but without success. If anyone has any suggestions or information about Cecil Jones, please contact: < Robert.Thorson@uconn.edu >.

LOST "FRIEND"

If anyone has a current address for this friend of the Division, please contact Bill Brice < wbrice@pitt.edu >:

Dr. Robert P. Multhauf. Last known address: Museum of American History 5100A, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. 20560.

QUESTION/SUGGESTION FROM THE SECRETARY-TREASURER:

From time to time, we have nominees for the History of Geology Award whose contributions to our field, though very substantial, do not quite fit the "scholar" model that has become the norm. At the present time, we have no mechanism for recognizing this kind of contribution and dedication to the history of geology. I propose we create a special award – perhaps a Distinguished Service Award or something along that line – so that the Division can recognize these people. This special award would not have to be presented on a regular basis but could be used whenever the Award Review Committee feels it is justified. I made this suggestion to some of the membership, and enough support was expressed to encourage me to ask the full membership about it. So please let me know what you think of the idea, and please send any suggestions as to what to call the award. Thanks. Bill Brice < wbrice@pitt.edu >

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Thank to James Fleming (HESS) for assisting with this list of up-coming meetings. - Bill

28^th INHIGEO Symposium - GEOLOGICAL TRAVELLERS Dublin, Ireland July 14-18, 2003

The 28th INHIGEO meeting will be held at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, with a general theme of Geological Travellers. A mid-conference field trip to Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin will visit the grave sites of eminent Irish geologists such as John Joly, Sir Richard Griffith, and Charles Oldham. A visit also will be made to Killiney Beach where Robert Mallet for the first time produced seismic waves by controlled explosions. Contact: Dr. Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Tel: 353-1-6081477; fax: 353-1-6711199; e-mail: < wysjcknp@tcd.ie >. Cost (in the new European currency, not

in pounds sterling ): Registration EU 380 (accompanying members: EU 100). Accommodation on Trinity College campus: EU 50.50/person sharing; EU 58.00 single. Nearby hotels approximately EU 70-130/night; hostels EU 30.00/night. An optional post-meeting field trip involves a circumnavigation around Ireland to visit classic areas of Irish geology, e.g., Giant’s Causeway. This trip is limited to 30 persons, so book early and don’t be disappointed. Projected cost for this will be around EU* 500/person, plus food other than breakfast.

Silver Jubilee Anniversary - Northeastern Science Foundation Troy, NY August 10-12, 2003

(518) 273-3247; fax (518) 273-3249; < www.geocities.com/northeasternscifdn >

Co-sponsored by the GSA History of Geology Division and the History of Earth Science Society; City University of New York; Society for Sedimentary Geology; American Association of Petroleum Geologists; New York State Geological Association; New York State Museum; and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Proposed Symposia: Oil & Gas Exploration in Northeastern North America; Dolostone as an Exploration Target; History of Geology; From Hall to Plate Tectonics; Karst and Caves; Modern Concepts of the Taconics and Appalachians; Cleaning the Environment of Water-Borne Toxic Wastes; Education in Geology – Where are We Heading? Abstract Deadline: June 1, 2003. Registration Fee: $10.00 (early); $20.00 after August 1, 2003. Check or money order to: Northeastern Science Foundation, Rensselaer Center of Applied Geology, 15 Third Street, PO Box 746, Troy, NY 12181-0746. Hotel: Best Western, Troy, NY; (518) 274-3210. Special Conference Rate: $75.60 + tax (single); $85.60 + tax (double). Pick up service available to and from airport, train, and bus. Deadline for hotel reservations is July 10, 2003.

Local and Global Perspectives in Meteorology

Session, reception, and dinner at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. ICHM is sponsoring the reception, with dinner (at participants’ expense) to follow. For details: < http://www.meteohistory.org >.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Submission Deadline - August 18, 2003

The 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities will be held from January 8 (Thursday) to January 11 (Sunday), 2004 at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from arts and humanities and related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions are welcome. Topic Areas: All areas of arts and humanities are invited.

Web address: < http://www.hichumanities.org/ > E-mail address: < humanities@hichumanities.org >

CALL FOR PAPERS: Proposal Deadline - August 1, 2003

Details at: < http://www.meteohistory.org >

GSA Members Invited to Tasmania in 2004 Hobart, Tasmania February 8-13, 2004

As part of GSA's strategic plan to work with sister geological societies around the world, GSA is a scientific co-host for the17th Australian Geological Convention. The theme, "Dynamic Earth: Past, Present and Future," was chosen as a tribute to Professor S. Warren Carey, Foundation Professor of Geology at the University of Tasmania, who died in March 2002. Carey is best known for his influence in having continental drift accepted as reality. Carey was named a GSA Honorary Fellow in 1979 and received the Career Contribution Award from the GSA Structural Geology & Tectonics Division in 2000. Symposia will demonstrate the relevance of geology to the dynamic nature of our planet – the way the earth has evolved, its current state and how it might be in the future. Each symposium will last a full day and may feature a keynote address, invited and volunteered scientific presentations and a wrap-up dialogue about future research needs and opportunities for collaboration. Among the currently identified topics of interest are: Late Pre-Cambrian Continental Margins; Precambrian

Banded Iron Formations and Atmospheric Evolution; Law of the Sea; Macquarie Island, Ridge and Alpine Fault; Deep Ocean Gateways Around the Southern Hemisphere; Mineral and Petroleum Exploration; Groundwater and Hydrogeology; Environmental Issues, Including the Geology of Estuaries; and Tectonics. The Organizing Committee Chair is Professor Pat Quilty, < P.Quilty@utas.edu.au >. For more Convention information, please see < http://www.17thagc.gsa.org.au/ >.

First Call for Papers for an International Conference: "From Beaufort to Bjerknes and Beyond: Critical perspectives on observing, analyzing and predicting weather and climate"

The year 2004 marks the anniversary of a number of important developments in atmospheric and marine sciences, including the wind force scale of Admiral Francis Beaufort (1804), the founding of the British Met Office (1854), publication of the paper "Weather forecasting as a problem in mechanics and physics" by Vilhelm Bjerknes (1904), and the establishment of operational numerical weather prediction (1954). Proposals for critical, historically informed papers and sessions on understanding, predicting, and controlling weather and climate may be sent to any member of the program committee: Cornelia Lüdecke < C.Luedecke@lrz.uni-muenchen.de >, Jim Fleming < jrflemin@colby.edu >, Tsukahara Togo < eug@cs.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp >, or Vladimir Jankovic < vladimir.jankovic@man.ac.uk >.The conference will be held in the baroque-style former monastery of Polling, an idyllic village close to Weilheim. The Klosterkirche and the recently restored grand library hall belong to the architectural highlights of the culturally rich region, while the alte Kosterwirtschaft and its renowned beergarden will serve our gastronomic needs. The venue is ideally located between Munich and the Bavarian Alps. It is near Hohenpeißenberg, which has maintained a continuous meteorological record since 1781, when it was a station of the Societas Meteorologica Palatina. Today the mountain hosts a meteorological observatory of Deutscher Wetterdienst and a basis station of the Global Atmospheric Watch. Send questions regarding local arrangements to Cornelia Lüdecke < C.Luedecke@lrz.uni-muenchen.de > or Hans Volkert < Hans.Volkert@dlr.de >. The conference is sponsored by the International Commission on History of Meteorology (ICHM). We are seeking co-sponsors interested in supporting student travel and other needs, or in hosting a reception or exhibition. Check < http://www.meteohistory.org > for conference updates.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Proposal Deadline – December 15, 2003.

Details at: < http://www.meteohistory.org >.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Send proposals for historical papers to James Fleming < jrflemin@colby.edu >.

On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Milutin Milankovitch, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is organizing an international symposium aimed at reviewing the state-of-the-art of climate science as it relates to the work of Milankovitch. The emphasis of the symposium will be paleoclimate, but present understanding of the Earth climate dynamics and a summary of the numerical tools used nowadays will also be covered briefly. Review lectures will be presented on paleoclimate record (deep sea cores, continents, caves, ice cores), on long-term climate data analysis, modeling, and astronomical forcing. Milankovitch's life and work, the colorful memories he has left of the events of his time, and his opus as a poetic science writer, will also be highlighted. The symposium will consist of invited lectures, but will include poster sessions to accommodate a limited number of contributed papers. The venue of the symposium, Kopaonik, is a mountain resort south of Belgrade, Serbia, at about 1,500 m elevation. Transportation from and back to Belgrade will be provided. A symposium secretariat will be active also at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Theme: Globalization and Diversity: Diffusion of Science and Technology throughout History.

Address: Secretariat of the 22^nd ICHS, Institute for History of Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 137 Chao Nei Street, Beijing 100010 P.R. China. Tel/fax: 0086-10-6405-4554. The first circular is due out September 15, 2003. For information: e-mail < 2005bj@ihns.ac.cn > or see < http://2005bj.ihns.ac.cn >.

Oil Industry History Symposium March 26-29, 2003 Shreveport, LA

The third such symposium on the history of the oil industry attracted participants from as far away as Vienna, Austria and the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. Dr. Mary Barrett, Professor at Centenary College, served as general chair and organizer. Anderson Oil & Gas, Inc. and Security Exploration, Inc., were platinum sponsors of the symposium; Caddo-Pine Island Society, Marlin Exploration, Inc., and Summerland Foundation were gold sponsors. Additional sponsors were the History of Geology Division of the Geological Society of America and the History of Earth Sciences Society.

Dr. Barrett arranged three marvelous field trips for the participants in three different states. The first field excursion took the group into the Caddo-Pine Island Field and to the Louisiana Oil and Gas Museum in Oil City, LA, where, in addition to the wonderful exhibits, everyone was treated to a real southern fish fry with catfish and shrimp. The second field trip was into the Kilgore, Texas region and a tour of the East Texas Field, including a visit to the salt-water re-injection system in operation there. In Kilgore, the group visited the East Texas Oil Museum and were delighted with the wonderful re-creation of the city during the days of the oil boom. The third trip was an all-day excursion into southern Arkansas to see the Smackover Field and to visit the old earthen tank farms. In the afternoon, after a box lunch, the party toured the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources.

In addition to the field trips, over 20 papers were presented on a wide range of topics, including the use of oil by the indigenous people of California, Austria as an oil province, the oils sands of Alberta, and societal changes in Beaumont after Spindletop. Dr. Diana Davids Olien of Midland, Texas, gave the banquet address entitled, "Will the Well Run Dry? - Petroleum on the Southern Plains." Many of the papers presented at the meeting will be published in the 2003 issue (Volume 4) of Oil-Industry History, the Drake Well Foundation journal, devoted exclusively to the history of the petroleum industry.

At the banquet on March 28, the Drake Well Foundation presented several awards. Lawrence W. Funkhouser and Frank W. Harrison, Jr. were recognized with the Foundation’s "Colonel Edwin L. Drake Legendary Oilman Award" for their many years of service in, and contributions to, the oil industry. Mr. Funkhouser, who in his long career has worked with Standard Oil Co., Chevron and the Energy Exploration Management Company, was recognized for his work with the major producers. Since 1959, Mr. Harrison has been an independent oil man and consulting geologist in Lafayette, Louisiana, and the award was made in recognition of his work as an independent. Both men are past presidents of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Samuel T. Pees of Meadville, Pennsylvania, received "The Drake Well Foundation Keeper of the Flame Award" for his many years of service to the Drake Well Foundation and to preserving the history and heritage of the oil industry. He is the author of over 70 papers on the history of the petroleum industry. Mr. Pees is the President Emeritus of the Drake Well Foundation, the only person ever to be so honored. Mr. Pees is Past Chair of the History of Geology Division of GSA.

The Drake Well Foundation will hold its fourth oil history symposium in the spring of 2004 in Charleston, West Virginia. For more information about the Drake Well Foundation, Oil-Industry History (DWF journal), copies of the meeting abstracts and field trip guidebooks, please contact: William R. Brice, Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA 15904; < wbrice@pitt.edu >.

HISTORY OF GEOLOGY AWARD FOR 2004

The History of Geology Division gives this award to an individual for contributions of fundamental importance to the understanding of the history of the geological sciences. Achievements deserving of the award include, but are not limited to: publication of papers or books that contribute new and profound insights into the history of geology (based upon original research or synthesis of existing knowledge); discovery of and making available rare source materials; comprehensive bibliographic surveys; editing a thematically integrated collection of articles; organizing meetings and symposia in the history of geology; research into original sources; original interpretations of data; translations of key material; and exceptional service to the Division. The award, established by the History of Geology Division in 1981, consists of an embossed certificate and a pewter Revere bowl. The deadline for receipt of nominations by the selection committee each year is Feb. 1^st.

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