Astronaut? Yes, you read it correctly - Department of Geology

January 2001ALUMNI UPDATE1931Homer Franklin Zurbrigg, B.Sc., Eng., M.Sc., '33, Queen's, appears to be our oldest graduate. He started at INCO in 1933as mine geologist at the Creighton Mine, and retired as Vice-President, Exploration, in 1974, after a career that took himaround the world.1939Walter Clarke, BSc., Eng, had his career interupted by WW II, when he was a lieutenant in the Royal CanadianEngineers.He then worked as mine geologist/manager/director in Ontario, Alberta, NWT and the Yukon. In 1973, he set uphis own consulting business and continued working till 1997.1960Dennis Sharp, now Chair and CEO of UTS Energy, sent material after returning to Calgary from Homecoming, outlining hiscompany's involvement with The Athabasca Tar Sands.1964John Woodside, B.Sc., Hon., M.Sc., MIT, Ph.D., Cambridge, has been into marine geophysics since graduation, in theMediterranean, off our East Coast, off Thailand and Indonesia. He left the Atlantic Geoscience Centre and in 1989, he addedteaching at the Free University of Amsterdam to his research duties, and last year won a "best teacher award". He's marriedwith a family of four.1966Bill Roscoe, B.Sc., Eng., Ph.D.. McGill, is president of Roscoe Postle Associates, a geological and mining consulting firmwith offices in Toronto and Vancouver. See www.rpacan.com. Bill reports that much-travelled Doug Ellenor is now locatedin Vancouver and that Ted Glenn, retired from Chevron, is in Calgary. (wroscoe@rpacan.com)1973Bernie Maclean, B.Sc., Eng., is a Research Geophysicist with the GSC in Calgary. He is studying the geologic history of thedeep subsurface rocks of the Western Plains and foreland areas of the mainland NWT. Earlier, he was with the GSC inDartmouth, working on the Scotian Basin, offshore Nova Scotia.Bob Park, B.Sc., Hon., is in Calgary with American Leduc Petroleums, Ltd.1976Gordon Davidson, B.Sc., Hon., Diploma in International Trade, Transportation Logistics, BCIT, 2000, is now living inNorth Vancouver.1977Jane (Murray) Werniuk, B.Sc., Hon., after a start in field work, has spent the last 14 years writing articles, mainly for theCanadian Mining Journal, one of Canada's oldest publications (It started in 1879). She feels there are two areas in ageologist's education that could be stressed more; technical writing and second languages.1979Jeff Austin, B.Sc., Hon., is a geological Systems Analyst with Berkley Petroleum Corp. in Calgary.Peter Bolton, B.Sc., Hon., after 17 years with Mobil, in Calgary, B.C., and on the East Coast, joined Canrise Resources astheir eighth employee and Vice President, Exploration. When it was bought out two years later, half the employees formedIntegra Resources, and started a busy drilling program. His wife Lorraine and two daughters spend part of the summer at theQueen's Suzuki Music and Art School.Norm Corbett, B.Sc., Hon., is Senior Exploration Geologist with PanCanadian Petroleum in Calgary.Pat McLellan, B.Sc., Eng., M.Sc., Alberta, is President, Advanced Technology Inc., Consulting in petroleum engineeringand geoscience.Mike Rose, B.Sc., Hon., is the President of Berkley Petroleum Corp. of Calgary.Neil Stalport, B.Sc., Hon., LL.B., Dalhousie, is with Oberon Resources, a business consulting firm in Calgary.Paul MacKay, B.Sc., Hon., Ph.D., Calgary, now runs Paul MacKay Geoconsultants, Ltd.1980Geoff Wilcox, B.Sc., Hon., Vice President, Arcis Corporation, Calgary, was at GeoCanada 2000, recalling some of theGeological Sciences & Geological Engineering at Queen’s4