University of Western Ontario
Department of Earth Sciences
HOMECOMING
2007 THE CLASS OF '
57 - 50th AnniversarySat. September 29th 2007
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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 AnniversaryThe Class of '67 in 2001 Jackie Ainge (the real HoD)Leslie Gyorok, Jackie, and Norm
Jackie flanked by Bob Hodder (lft) and Norm DukeGrant 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
Wet
feet Mike???
Rob,
that channel ahead of you is 6 feet deep!!
Maybe
we should build a bridge this time?
To be added as time allows: fieldtrips to the Colorado River region; Cuba; the Southern Appalachians; the Adirondacks; and the old 210y undergraduate 'soccer' field trip. For itineraries, maps, photographs, and stop locations, download the appropriate Google Earth .kmz file (for the 410y field trips download 'GFT_Ontario_Quebec_Maine.kmz') from: