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January 2001Miller Museum: A fossil starfish which is thought to bea 470-million-year-old rarity has been donated to theMiller Museum by Mr. Gerrit Zier van der Zwan ofAmherst Island. The exquisitely preserved fossil, whichwas originally discovered in a limestone fragment off thesouth-shore of Amherst Island, is possibly one of theearliest starfish in existence and is one of only two foundin the province. The Miller Museum also acquired threefossil dinosaur eggs to be exhibited in our soon torefurbished dinosaur display. Mark Badham, our Curatoris appealing for contributions from alumni to purchase asuitable display case.FOSSIL DINOSAUR EGGS , NEWLY ACQUIRED FOR OURDINOSAUR DISPLAYQueens Campaign: Queen=s has launched its new campaign with a bold article by Principal Leggett in theSeptember-October 2000 issue of the Alumni Review: AQueen=s at the Crossroads@. The Principal challengesalumni and friends to help the University raise its own standards by contributing resources that counteract everdecreasing government funding. Each department was asked to name a project considered vital for its future. OurDepartment=s project is to Arestore and maintain our reputation of having the best geological field program in theCountry@. All funds contributed will go directly to our departmental field trip endowment fund, the interest ofwhich will be used solely to enhance the field program. If you are asked to contribute to the Campaign, pleaseconsider this project.Queen=s Geology Reunion at PDAC 2001: On the occasion of the 25 th anniversary of our Mineral ExplorationMaster=s Program (MinEx), the Department is hosting a reunion of all its graduates to coincide with the annualconvention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in Toronto. It will take place on Monday,March 12 th , 2001, from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. at The Delta Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard Street W, Toronto, ONM5G 1Z4. Brochures are being sent by separate mail. In addition we have included a reunion response in place ofour alumni update at the end of this Newsletter.Retirement Dinner: The Department held a Dinner on December 13, 2000, at the University Club, to honourtwo of its recently retired members, Dr. Ray Price (1998) and Dr. Leigh Smith (1999). It was Ray=s fourthretirement (twice from the GSC and twice from Queen=s), but Leigh=s first. Pete Roeder gave a humorous slideshow documenting their legendary careers and contributions to the Department. Both are continuing with theirresearch, and we wish them many more healthy and productive years.Travel Anyone? Ron Peterson will lead a field trip next summer to the Ilimmausaq intrusion of south-westGreenland, famous for its exotic minerals and spectacular igneous layering in alkaline rocks. The trip runs fromJuly 18 to 28 th , 2001 and is outfitted by Black Feather well known for trips down arctic rivers. The cost is $2400USD (all inclusive from Ottawa). Eight people have signed up as of December 1 st and the trip is limited to 15participants. Send Ron an e-mail at peterson@geol.queensu.ca if you want more information.Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering at Queen’s2
January 2001THE FIFTH DECADE1934 - 1944 DEPRESSION AND WARAt the beginning of the decade, the combined geology andmineralogy departments had four professors, Manley Baker, EdHawley, Louie Bruce, and Bruce Rose, all graduates of Queen's.A new instructor, Harold W. Fairbairn, another Queen's grad,was added in 1936, but moved on in 1938, ending up at M.I.T forhis Ph.D, where he later continued his teaching career. He wasreplaced by Newton Buerger, who stayed with Queen's till theend of the decade. Mackenzie Keith, M.Sc., Queen's, 1936, wenton to a Ph.D.. at Yale, then joined the department in 1940. MacKeith later became a geochemistry prof at Penn State.. So thedecade ended with six professor to serve the needs of a rapidlyexpanding department. In the first four decades, 93 degrees hadbeen awarded, but 70 degrees were awarded in the fifth decadealone, in spite of a sharp drop-off in numbers in the war years,when so many young men were going into the services instead ofthe universities. No B.A.'s were awarded between 1941 and1946.appear on the Internet site.In addition to 9 Honours B.A.'s, 26 B.Sc.'s, 19 M.A.'s,and 15 M.Sc.'s, this decade saw the Queen's Department ofGeology award it's first Ph. D., to James Merritt Harrison. JimHarrison attended university in his home town of Winnipegbefore coming to Queen's. He obtained his M.A. in 1941 and hisPh.D in 1943. He became the Director of the GSC in 1956, andheld that position till he retired. He died in Ottawa as a result ofa biking accident in 1990. During a distinguished career, hereceived many honours, including honourary degrees from bothManitoba and Queen's. In 1971, he became a companion of theOrder of Canada. Other Queen's grads swelled the ranks of theGSC in Ottawa. Ira Brown got a mining degree in 1940, then anM.Sc. in geology in 1942. After obtaining a Ph.D. at Harvard, hejoined the GSC. A early worker in hydrogeology, he finished hiscareer with the Department of the Environment. Harold Quinnfollowed a similar path, a B.Sc. in Mining (where he was themedallist in 1941), an M.Sc. in Geology in 1942, a Ph.D. in theStates, this time Cornell, and then on to the GSC. However, he isbest known as a world-travelling exploration geologist. One ofhis attention-getting exploits was to donate a $2000 Klondykegold nugget as a door prize at the 1980 Prospectors and DevelopersConvention. Geoffery Leech got an M.Sc. in 1944, then wenton to Princeton for a Ph.D. before joining the GSC. He retired in1982 as Director, Economic Geology Division. Robert J. W.Douglas obtained his B.Sc. in 1942. He later obtained a Ph.D. atQueens before joining the GSC. When he retired, he was the headof the Mineralogy Division. Grant Wright, B.Sc., 1940, M.Sc.,1947, Ph.D., Yale, was another Queensman who ended up withthe GSC, as was Clifton Bartley, B.Sc., 1941.At least two grads from this decade ended up withprovincial geological surveys, Paul Auger in Quebec and DonHewett in Ontario. George Russell, M.Sc. '36, opted for ateaching career, and ended up at Manitoba. The majority of thedecade's graduates found careers in mineral exploration, and thereis just not enough room to describe the careers of all those othersI have some knowledge of. If possible, a list of all graduates willDR. AL GORMAN, NEWSLETTER EDITOR,CELEBRATED HIS 75TH BIRTHDAYOCTOBER 18, 2000.Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering at Queen’s3
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