University of Western Ontario
Department of Earth Sciences
HOMECOMING
2007 THE CLASS
OF '
57 - 50th Anniversary
Sat. September 29th 2007
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The Class of '57 in 2007
Left to right: Prof. Alex Dreimanis, Prof. Gord Winder, Bill Bell (Calgary), Bob Hutt
(London, Ont.), Doug Weber (Collingwood, Ont.), Gunther Faure (Columbus,
Ohio), John Storer (Sudbury, Ont), Bill Cowan (Perth, Australia)
2001
THE CLASS
OF '76 - 25th Anniversary
The Class of '67 in 2001
Jackie Ainge (the real HoD)
Leslie Gyorok, Jackie, and Norm
Jackie flanked by Bob Hodder (lft) and Norm
Duke Grant Young
(rightmost wierdy-beardy) 
Dick Hutchinson (middle)
ALUMNI
and FACULTY
1963 On campus -
Frank Anglin (left), UWO geophysics
graduate and member of the Seismology Division of the Geological Survey of
Canada.
1963 Sept 21 Rare group
photograph showing the Department Faculty at that time of the 'Great
Expansion', including Jackie Ainge,
Harold and Ruby Reavely, Gordon Suffel, Alex and Anita Dreimanis, Gordon and
Jean Winder; and the most recent additions Gant Young,
Alan and Shirley Edgar, and myself and Monique, the couple whose marriage was
being celebrated. Best men were Frank Anglin of the
Geophysics Department, and Sean Ward of the English Department.
1966 California ,
Franciscan eclogites -
Prof. Grant Young; Bill Church
1967
Gander Conference - George Cockburn
(2nd from the right kneeling; Bob Stevens (above and to the left of George
Cockburn);
Marshall Kay (3rd from right); Bill Church (2nd from left first row
standing)); also Bill Poole, Brad Hall, Rodney Gayer, Don Bowes,
Father Jim Skehan,
Jack Bird, John Rogers.
1968 Mexico -
Prof. Grant Young ( Lower Cretaceous carbonates, south of
Cuernavaca);
Eocene continental conglomerates of the Morelos basin)
1969
Newfoundland - Bob Stevens,
flat lying Ordovician carbonates, west coast of the Great Northern Peninusula;
coast of Labrador lie in the far
distance across the Straits of Belle Isle; year
of the discovery of the significance of the Betts Cove sheeted diabase to the
interpretation
of the western Newfoundland ophiolites as 'oceanic' crust.
1969 Grad Students - a hive of
activity!
1969
Graduate students c. 1969 (courtesy of Kam Chaing via Charlie Blackburn);
Name
Map ;
1969?
Annual shoot the Profs day - Garth Platt, Chris Gunn, Fergus Graham, ?, ?
1969?
A friendly game of football - Bill Church, Hugh Rance, George Pinder, Fergus Graham, Chris Gunn, Jesse Kraft.
Grandfather Charlie Blackburn,
2006
1971
Newfoundland - Luca Riccio standing below 'Sheeted diabase' at Mine Brook, Blow Me Down, Bay of Islands
Newfoundland.
1971
Newfoundland - Luca Riccio and Darrel Long
looking at rippled Kings Point sandstones, Newfoundland.
IGCP 1972 - International Geological Congress
field excursion to the Huronian, 1972, led by Bill Church and Grant Young
(squatting,
long hair);
Professor Gilbert Choubert in foreground;
1 billion year old Keweenawan ropy lava, Mamainse Point
1975 410y 3RD-YEAR
FIELD TRIP, QUEBEC (lifted from the CLASS of '76 site, now defunct;
many thanks to the contributors.)
THE
BUS GETS STUCK (Disraeli, Eastern Townships of
Quebec - not Timmins!)
DIGGING
THE BUS OUT - ALL THAT LONG HAIR!
COMPETITOR # 1
COMPETITOR
# 2
HE
WAS KNOWN AS CASTRO!
1976 APRIL
1ST - The
good old days!! (Notice the Commodore
PET, middle left!)
1977 410y 3rd-year
field trip, Quebec, -
Geology in the snow; More
geology in the snow; Geology discussion group;
Larry Heaman
and Marion Pierce;
Neil MacCrae;
Goofing off after a hard day's work in the snow;
1978
410y 3RD-YEAR FIELD TRIP, QUEBEC
with Grad students - Tim Latour, Jose Muhna,
and Patrick Hill.
1983
- 410Y 1983, on top of Mount Orford, Quebec.
1991
-
410y 3RD-YEAR FIELD TRIP, QUEBEC -
Mike Collison,
Allan Pratt, Peter Stewart, Phil Vickers, Terry Hay and Bob Dufton
(a great year!).
Third-year
Undergraduate Field Trips
Sudbury 350y 2006
Sudbury 350y 2005
Sudbury 350y 2004
Sudbury 350y 2003
Sudbury 350Y, 2002
