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Page 8 Department of Earth & Environment December 2011Alumni NewsJim Burnell ‘74 was featured in the Denver Post, (Jan. 2011) for his work on Rare Earth elements andtheir importance to Colorado, and the national economy, because of their use in renewable energy productsand processes.Megan Murphy Bishop ‘00 and James Bishop welcomed a new additionto their family this year. Isaac Murphy Bishop entered the world on November7th, weighing in at 8 lb. 10 oz. and 19 3/4 inches long. Welcome and Congratulations!Megan works at Chevron Energy Technology Co. in Houston.Jesse Yoburn ‘02 and his wife Tewlyn are overjoyed to introduce to you CaylaJames Yoburn, born at 7:33pm on 3/3/11 at St Luke’s hospital in Houston, TX! She was6 pounds, 10 oz (3.02kg), and 19.5 inches long. Congratulations and welcome, Cayla!Harrison T. Southworth ‘68 died unexpectedly at his home in New Hampshire on December 20, 2010. Hewas 63. Harry ran Garland Mill Timberframes, a multi-generational family business, with his brother Tom.Owen P. Bricker, III ‘58 died on March 23, 2011 at the age of 73. After graduating from F&M, Dr. Brickerwent on to earn an MS at Lehigh University and a PhD from Harvard. He worked most of his career at theUSGS and was an emeritus scientist at the time of his death. He previously taught geology at Johns HopkinsUniversity and was one of the designers of what is now the Chesapeake Bay Program. His research on theimpacts of acid rain played an important role in the establishment of emissions controls.George Silk ‘60 died in June 2011.ObituariesRichard M. Hallmark ‘73 (MS) died June 17, 2011. He was a longtime resident of Kenia, Alaska, where heworked worked as a junior high school science teacher from 1968-1990. After retiring from public educaitonhe worked for Fish & Game until 1993.WANTED: Mineral & Rock Samples!Over the past decade or more the department budget has been static. The net result is that replacement of rockand mineral specimens used extensively in the introductory Dynamic Earth course and to some extent in themineralogy – petrology course sequence has been pretty thin. If some of you avid collectors out there have some“excess” samples you might be willing to part with, the department could put them to good use. Many studentswill clearly benefit from your generosity. With regard to minerals we could use the more basic minerals, becausethat is where the attrition is the highest. For example: good fresh examples of pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite,pentlandite, pyrrhotite, pegmatite minerals, various garnets, tourmaline, and epidote are in very short supply. Inparticular, our collection of various metamorphic rocks could use some help, too. Let me know via email (stan.mertzman@fandm.edu) or give me a call (717-291-3818) if you are in a position to help the department out.Thank you.