GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's
Report, January 8, 1964
The 854th meeting of the Society was held in the John
Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, January 8, at 8:00 P. M. with President William T. Pecora presiding.
The
minutes of the 853rd meeting were read and approved. The Secretary announced
the election to membership of the following: Miss Barbara Ann Quirin, Robert Brown, Charles L. Perdue, Jr., and Richard
R. Cunningham, all of the U. S. G, S., and Mrs. Margaret M. Adams,
The
Secretary reminded the membership to keep the Treasurer informed of changes in
address.
The
President announced the death of Paul B. Bunton and
J. T. Singewald, Jr.
John
Snyder, A.G. I., called the Society's attention to the Science Register of the
Washington Academy of Sciences. This is a list of scientists in the
There
were two informal communications:
Brian
Skinner told of the finding of a new mineral, composition Fe3S4,
in a bore hole near Kramer,
Thomas
Wright described a technique for the X-ray identification of minute amounts of
K feldspars in perthites. Discussed
by Toulmin.
After
further remarks by the President on the desirability of giving informal
communications, the regular program followed.
F. E. Senftle—Magnetic
properties of tektites. Discussed by Lindsley, Roedder, Skinner,
and Pecora.
Robert
Reeves—Film: Geology education in
Edward Chao—Petrographic evidence of impact
metamorphism. Discussed
by Gabelman, Neuman, Dietz,
Roedder, Senftle, Toulmin, and Pecora.
Attendance - 165. The meeting adjourned at 10:00
P. M.
C.
S. Denny,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's
Report January 22, 1964
The
855th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, January 22, at 8:00 P. M> with President William T. Pecora presiding.
The
President opened the meeting by announcing the presence of four outstanding
scientists, namely; Marcus Goldman, Jack Harrison, Charlie Hunt, and Erling Dorf.
The
minutes of the 655th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the Following: M King Hubbert and
Mrs. Phyllis Renzetti of the U. S. G. S., John W Gabelman of the A. E. C., and Kenneth N. Weaver, State
Geologist of Maryland.
Tom
Dutro announced that a meeting of the Paleontological
Society of Washington would be held on Jan 23 in the
Subject: The sex life of Cephalopods.
Rudy
Steiger delivered an Informal Communication,
"K-feldspars I have known".
Discussed by Pecora (thrice),
Stewart, Kinkle,
Harrison (twice), Zen, and Fournier.
The
President announced that there was a vacancy in the Society's Council, as
George Gryc has skipped town. With infinite wisdom, the President fingered
Lou Pavlides for this job. Lou
accepted the post without a second's hesitation.
The
regular program followed:
Thomas
P. Thayer — The ophiolite
concept vs. the alpine mafic magma stem.
Discussed by Jackson, Hopson, and Pecora.
Robert
O. Fournier — The effect of supersaturated silica
solutions during the hydrothermal alteration of feldspars. Discussed by Pecora:, White, Stewart,
Zen, Wones, and Altschuler.
Jack E Schoellhamer — The
Los Angeles Basin, its basement floor and sedimentary fill. Discussed by Pecora (twice), Cohee, Anderson, Conant, Stewart, Davis, Zen, and Neuman.
Attendance 106.
The
meeting adjourned at 9:53 P. M.
Avery
A Drake, Jr,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's
Report February 12, 1964
The
856th meeting of the Society vas held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, February 12, at 8:00 P. M. with President W. T. Pecora presiding.
The
minutes of the 855th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the following: Jerry Harbour, Stanley Luft, Edward
Bradley, and John D. Wells, of the Geological Survey; Clayton E. Ray, U. S.
National Museum; John Holden, Coast and Geodetic Survey; H. Garland Hershey, State Geologist of Iowa;
and Bruce Martin, Office of Oceanography, U. S. Navy.
Mac
Gordon read the following proposed change in the By-Laws that has been approved
by Council and will be submitted to the membership for vote at the next
meeting.
Proposed statement to replace part of Article
III-Dues.
Any
member in good standing, who has reached the age of 70 year or has reached the
mandatory retirement age of the organization in which he has been serving, and
has paid annual dues to the Society for 15 years, not necessarily consecutive,
shall be exempt from further payment of dues and retain all rights and
privileges. It shall be the
responsibility of the member to inform the Council of his retirement.
The
President announced that the Washington Academy of Science plans to resume
publication of the proceedings of the Society. The May 1964 issue of the
Academy's Journal will include special features concerning the Geological
Society.
The
President announced that April 2, 1964 is the 100th birthday of Dr. Eugene T.
Allen, a retired member of this Society and a former associate of the
Geophysical Laboratory. The Council will send Dr. Allen a letter of
congratulations.
Bill
Prinz, a member of the President's car pool, gave an informal communication on
the determination of composition of solid solutions in the system calcite-magnesite-rhodochrosite by joint application of X-ray and
index of refraction techniques. Discussed by Toulmin and the
Chair.
Bob
Neuman recalled that at the previous meeting the
President corrected the minutes by reminding the Secretary that comments from
the Chair were not to be considered discussion of papers. Bob, hereafter
referred to as "Mr. Bench", stated that the President's comments are
not only discussion, they may also be incorrect. For example, in commenting on Schoellhammer's statement at the last meeting that there
are 35,000 feet of Cenozoic sediments in the
The
regular program followed:
Isidore Zietz —
Mid-continent gravity high—a geophysical study. Discussed by Hearn, Pavlides, Hadley, Altschuler, and
Lill.
Gerald M. Richmond — Status of Quaternary glacial
chronology in the
Charles R. Warren — Dusty ice moon? Discussed by Rubin, Sohn, and Toulmin.
Attendance:
175 The meeting adjourned at 10:08 P. M.
Charles
S. Denny,
Acting
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's
Report February 26, 1964
The
857th meeting to the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium, Wednesday
evening, February 26, at 8:00 P. M. with President W. T. Pecora
presiding.
The
minutes of the 856th meeting were read and approved.
Gus
Bozion introduced Dr. Johanas,
Deputy Director, Geological Survey of Indonesia; Mr. M. M. P. Hadiwedjojo, Chief, Engineering Geology Division and Acting
Director, Geological Survey of Indonesia; and Muhammad Reazuddin,
Senior Chemist, Geological Survey of Pakistan.
Charles
Milton presented a most interesting, and enlightening informal communication on
"Martini Stones." Discussed by White and the Chair.
The
regular program followed:
Mackenzie
Gordon, Jr. — Goniatite evolution applied to
Carboniferous problems. Discussed by Barton (re the Gene Autry Formation) Cohee, and the Chair.
Robert
Dietz — The
Brian
J. Skinner — Sulfides of the Niland Well, A modern
ore deposit? Discussed by Rubin,
McKelvey, Barton, Goldich, Hubbert,
Stewart (twice), Brown (who just happened to have a
slide with him), Dietz, Lindsley, Guild, Jones, Zen,
and an unknown gent on the left.
Prior
to adjournment the Chair made the following appointments: Kenneth Lohman - to head a committee for testing martini stones in
the field and the laboratory as it were, and George Cohee
to head a committee - to explore the question of the thickness of sediment in
the eastern U. S., in line with the comments of Mr. Bench at the Feb. 12
meeting.
Attendance:
192. The meeting adjourned at 10:13 p.m.
Avery
A. Drake, Jr.
Secretary
ADDENDA
The
proposed change to the By-Laws pertaining to retired membership was bought to a
vote and passed unanimously,
This
statement to replace part of Article III - Dues reads:
Any
member in good standing, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of the
organization in which he has been serving, and has paid annual dues to the
Society for 15 years, not necessarily consecutive, shall be exempt from further
payment of dues and retain all rights and privileges of membership. It shall be the responsibility of the member
to inform the Council of his retirement.
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's
Report March 11, 1964
The
858th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, March 11, at 8 P. M. with President W. T. Pecora presiding.
Before
the meeting was officially opened the persistent rumor that a new Secretary
had, indeed, been elected at the 71st annual meeting was verified when Charlie
Denny asked the Chair to please introduce the person seated to the Chair's
right. The Chair, with due ceremony
befitting such an occasion, introduced your secretary, Bruce Hanshaw, to the Society.
The
minutes of the 857th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the following: Keith R. Moore
and Asvar Ullah of the
U.S.G.S. and James E. Paseur of the Soil Conservation
Service.
The
Chair announced the death of Samuel Lasky.
Tom
Dutro introduced Bob Stanley, Jeff Larmony, and Art Foucher; Meyer Rubin introduced John Obradovich;
Gus Bozion introduced Asvar
Ullah and the Chair introduced John Reed of the
Arctic Institute.
The
Chair made the following important announcements: (l) All
council meetings will begin with a reading from the Society's Joe Miller Joke
Book. Jane Wallace characterized the work as "awful" and (2) the
Mineralogical Society of America and the American Crystallographic Assoc. will
hold a Joint meeting in
There
were two informal communications:
Ken
Lohman, chairman of an ad hic committee, reported on
the solubility of Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
in C2H5OH. The
equilibrium constant is very low. The
committee also reported that the mineral's porosity and permeability to
vermouth is exceedingly low. The
conclusion reached is that the efficacy of these martini stones in making an
exceptionally dry martini is exceedingly good. For a wetter martini, rinsing
the glass with vermouth is recommended.
Paul
(Patsy) Jones reported on the maximum rate of sedimentation on the
The
regular program followed:
Gordon
Davis——Effect of contact metamorphism on zircon ages, Discussed by Gottfried
(2), Hadley (2), Roedder, Milton, Harrison (2), Whitey, Zartmann
(2), and Anderson.
W.
J. Schneider——Variability of low flows in an area of diverse geologic units.
Discussed by Le Grande, McKelvey (2), Denny, and an unidentified gent seated to
the right of the Chair.
Abraham Lerman——Paleoecological problems of Mg and Sr
in biogenic calcites in light of recent thermodynamic data. Discussed by the Chair (2; first snowed, then
thawed), Blair Jones, Henbest, Altschuler
and a mumbled comment by the Secretary.
Attendance:
129
The
meeting adjourned at 10:01
Bruce
B. Hanshaw,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's
Report March 25, 1964
The
859th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, March 25, at 8 PM. with President W.T. Pecora
presiding.
The
following guests were introduced: Alice Weeks, U.S.G.S.; Dr. Robin Oliver,
The
minutes of the 858th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the following: R.F. Fudali, Bell Communications; Michael B. Duke, Donald A.
Dean, William O. Boss, K.F. Harris, Eugene Brown, James W. Helms, John Ritter,
M.S. Thorson, Y.A. Nishioka, Virgin Stone and
Sterling R. Osborne, all of the U.S.G.S.; Robert Johnson, Fed. Power Comm.; and Miss Beverly Marsters of
the A.G.I.
The
President announced that some members were considerably in arrears on their
dues. The Secretary then reported that 25 members were in arrears for the past
three years. The council has voted to
drop these people from membership. If any of them wished to remain in good
standing (and continue to drink free beer and buy cheap, i.e. inexpensive,
insurance) they were requested to pay up promptly.
The
President announced that the ratio of coke to beer drunk after the meeting was
subject to change if members brought their wants to the refreshment Chairman.
The
GSA has been asked to consider
Josh
Tracey announced that the P&H is planning two field trips on Saturday,
April 25. One will be to study local
crystalline rock and the other to look at Coastal Plain geology. Cost is about $3.00 for lunch and bus. Chuck Withington
and Hank Coulter will lead the trips. As Josh said "This may be your only
field work this season."
The
P&H show will be on May 22.
Doug
Rankin presented an informal communication on optically positive potassic
feldspars. Discussed by the Chair and
The
regular program followed:
Michael B. Duke....The basaltic meteorites, just
breaking the skin of a meteoric parent body. Discussed by Charlie Warren, Chair,
Stewart, Skinner, Zartmann, and an unidentified
gentleman far to the rear of Mr. Bench.
Steacy M.
Hicks.....Secular sea level variations along U.S.
Coasts. Discussed by Chair, Zen, McKelvey, Rasmussen, Rucker, Hanshaw, Fournier, Ericson.
Frank
C. Frischknecht.....Mapping conductive strata by
electromagnetic methods. Discussed by Wright, Stewart,
Martin, Mr. Bench, Leo.
Attendance:
136. The meeting adjourned at 10:05
Bruce
B. Hanshaw,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OP
Secretary's
Report
April 8,
1964
The
860th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley. Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, April 8, at 8:00 P. M. with President W. T. Pecora presiding.
Mr.
Rahman, a geophysist from
The
minutes of the 859th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election of membership of the following: Dwight E. Ward
and Paul Lewis [? illegible] of the U.S.G.S., Edgar P. Armstrong, Jr. of the
Federal Power Commission, Willian Joynes
[Joyner?] of Dunlap Associates, James Rucker of the Naval Oceanographic Office,
and Charles J. Mickel and Peter E. Falck of the U. S. Army.
There
were several informal communications:
Frank
Forrester, the Survey's answer to Marcello Mastroianni
described the Survey's exhibit at the Worlds Fair in
Bob
Neuman, with the help of Josh Tracey, reannounced the Pick and Hammer field trips scheduled for
Sat. Apri 25.
Bill
Leo described chromium-bearing mica from
George
Gates gave a command preformance re: The Alaskan
earthquake.
Jim
Clark presented his new hypothesis "that evolution is accelerated during
periods of reversal of the earth's magnetic field," Discussed by Yochelson, Pakieser, Lerman, and Shoemaker.
Ed
Roedder presented an illustrated insight into some of the lesser known
activities of our esteemed president.
The
regular program followed:
Edwin
Roedder—
Erie G. Kauffman—Biostratigraphic
revision of the Lower Colorado Group, Western Kansas and
Y.
K. Benton—The African rift valley system.
Attendance:
219. The meeting adjourned at 10:47 pm.
Avery
A. Drake, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's
Report October 14, 1964
The
861st meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, October 14, at 8:00 P.M. with President W. T. Pecora presiding.
The
minutes of the 860th meeting were read and approved.
The
President announced the deaths of Andrew Brown and Harold H. Hawkins.
The
chair mentioned that 134 members are in arrears in dues.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the following; Keith A. Yenne, Conserv.
It
was announced that the Geol. Soc. Am. has chosen
There
was an informal announcement on the Am. Institute of Prof. Geologists who held
a meeting prior to the regular meeting of the GSW.
Jerry
Smith was introduced by John Gabelman. Irajo Pinto was introduced by Mac Gordon and Steacey Hicks introduced his wife to his Wednesday nite affair.
The
regular program followed:
W.
P. Woodring - A first field season with the U.S.
Geological Survey. Discussed
by Don Duncan.
I.W.
Mariner - Technical feasibility of storing radioactive waste in bedrock at the
Savannah River plant near
Charles Milton, Blanche Ingram, Joan R. Clark and
Edward J. Dwornik—McKelveyite,
a new hydrous sodium barium rare-earth uranium carbonate mineral from the Green
River formation,
Attendance: 136 The meeting adjourned at 9:38 PM.
Bruce
B. Hanshaw,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary’s
Report
October 28,
1964
The
862nd meeting of the society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, October 28, at 8:00 pm. with President W. T. Pecora presiding.
Guest
Harry Webb of DO and E and Dirk Neetling of South
Africa were introduced from the floor.
The
minutes of the 861st meeting were read and approved. One correction to the effect that McKelvey
discussed the last paper of the 861st meeting was made from the floor.
The
secretary announced that AAPG members would caucus under an EXIT sign after the
meeting of the society.
The
recommendations of the nominating committee for new officers of the Society
were announced by the President .who also outlined the procedure for nominations
from the members or from the floor during the annual meeting.
Don
Lindsley announced that the Petrology Club would meet
at the Geophysical Lab on Nov. 10 at 8 P.M. to hear Prof. J. B. Thompson
Lecture on Petrology vs. thermodynamics.
The
Nov. 3 meeting of the Pet. Club was cancelled so that Jim Thompson could vote
for the candidate of his choice.
The
Secretary announced that the results of a GSA survey indicated overwhelming
interest in a
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the following; Ruth Deike, Motoaki Sato, Richard B. Taylor, Raymond L. Parker,
and Margarita Menzel all of the USGS and Geral N. Smith, Nat'l. Geophys. Co.,
Harry B. Salisbury, U.
Harold
Kirkemo read a memorial to Samuel Lasky
to the Society. The regular program followed:
Informal
communication - Cornelia C. Cameron, U.S.G.S. — Mapping
continental glacial drifts: an environmental approach. Discussed by Warren and Woodring.
K. O. Emery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution —
Marine geology of the Atlantic continental shelf - a progress report. Discussed by Cohee,
Newman, Zen, Rhodhamel, and Rupkin.
Lloyd G. Henbest, U.S.G.S. —
Diagenetic phenomena in oölitic limestones of Morrow
Series, Pennsylvanian, northwest
B. C. Hearn, Jr., U.S.G.S. — Diatremes
southeast of the Bearpaw Mountains Montana, Discussed
by Ericson, Roedder, Milton, The Chair, Killsgaard,
McKnight and Martin.
Attendance 207. The meeting adjourned at 9:47.
Bruce
B. Hanshaw,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's
Report November 25, 1964
The
863rd meeting of the society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, November 25, at 8:00 PM with President W.T. Pecora presiding.
The
minutes of the 862nd meeting were read and approved.
The
secretary announced the election to membership in the society, the following:
Leonard R. Fernaw, Dept. of Agronomy,
Owing
to a "no-show" on the part of the usual projectionist Bob Moxham sallied into the gap and slid a series of simply
scintillating slides onto the screen. In
one moment of glory he proved there are four possible ways to project one
slide; only one gives a clear idea of what the speaker is trying to
convey. Our thanks for filling the gap
and we hope your services are never needed again!
Pete
Toulmin announced that the Pick and Hammer Club is presenting "Geology,
Fad Fact or Fancy" on December 7 in the J. Madison Room of the Presidential
Arms; protagonists in this White coats vs. Black coats drama are Skinner, Balsley, and Whitey White.
An
informal communication was presented by I.G. Sohn on
upper level Survey paper participation at GSA.
Vigorously discussed by Klepper
and the Chair.
The
regular program followed:
A.R.
Kinkel, Jr., U.S.G.S. - Metamorphism of a massive
sulfide ore - discussed by Wones (2), Toulmin,
Barton, Burns, Skinner, Hertz, Chair.
B.F.
Grossling, U.S.G.S. - Mathematical formulation of
geologic concepts-discussed by McKelvey and the Chair.
Thomas
E. Krogh, Carnegie Institution - Geologic history of
Attendance: 87 of which 11.49% were women. The meeting
adjourned at 9:58 PM.
Bruce
B. Hanshaw,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
December 9,
1964
The
864th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, December 9, at 8:00 PM with President William T. Pecora presiding.
The
minutes of the 863rd meeting were read and approved.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following: James D.
Simpson III, U.S.G.S., and Thomas G. Gibson, Joseph E. Hazel, and Olgerts L. Karklins all of whom
work at the
A
visitor, Dr. Mezor Yamagutchi
was introduced to the society,
The
secretary announced that the Washington Academy of Science was holding a
meeting in the Powell Auditorium on Dec. 17, at 8:15 PM. Dr. Richard Brooke Roberts will speak on
"Prospects for Action in Arms Control" and Vice Adm. Edward N. Parker
will present a talk entitled "To Control the Threat". The public is
invited.
The
President then turned the chair over to Vice President Linn Hoover who
introduced to the Society the distinguished, out-going President with remarks
appropriate to the dignity of the moment.
The Presidential address erroneously announced as "Two-timing in
Geology" was really entitled "Dual Concept of Time in Geologic
Science".
Attendance:
269
The
meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM
Bruce
B. Hanshaw,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
OF
72nd Annual
Meeting
December 9,
1964
The
72nd Annual Meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell
Auditorium, Wednesday evening, December 9, 1964 at 8:55 PM, with President
William T. Pecora presiding.
The
minutes of the 71st Annual Meeting were read and approved.
The
annual report of the Treasurer was delivered by Jane Wallace. Total receipts
from all sources $2,492.45; total expenditures were $2,217.46; the net cash
balance as of Dec. 8, 1964 was $274.99.
The endowment fund as of Dec. 8 stood at $2,773.30 giving total net
assets for the Society of $3048.29.
The
report of the Auditing Committee which consisted of Ken Lohman,
Donald Dow, and George Andrews showed the books and records to be in excellent
shape. It was noted that some members
are considerably in arrears in dues. The
committee further commented that one winner of a monetary prize last year did
not cash his check for four months. This
indicates that he is either "so wealthy as to be indifferent or that his
preoccupation with science far exceeds any mundane interest in money."
The
annual report of the Secretaries was read and approved.
The
report of the award committee was delivered by Phil Bethke.
Other committee members were Thor Karlstrom, James
Norton, and Allison Palmer. Phil noted
the difficulty of paper selection this past year owing to the many fine papers
presented. The paper by Carter Hearn: "Diatremes
southeast of the
The
Great Dane award for the best informal communication was also hard to
pick. Ken Lohman's
excellent discussion of the physical-chemistry martini stones was finally
rejected because he had been assigned that topic. The committee finally chose
Thomas Wright for his note on "X-ray identification of alkali feldspars
and perthites".
It
was noticed that the winners of all the previous awards were in the western
The
much battered but highly prized Sleeping Bear award was presented by the
retiring secretary, Avery Drake. Avery
noted that the cup had a high polish after its year in Luna Leopold's office -
not at all like its appearance after a year in Meyer Rubin's lab. Avery
described some of the award's history and defined the criteria by which a
winner is chosen. He specifically called attention to the fact that
professionals such as Bill Benson and Montis Klepper were not even in the running - in fact they had
been disqualified years ago. Avery next stated that owing to a communications
problem between members of his committee many favorites were in the running
right up to the evening of the presentation.
For example, Moxham's superlative slide
handling one evening was a near-winner as was a paper he gave. On the other hand Dietz's comments about
"all meteoric waters belonging to him"
and/or his own paper during which he all but out-Pecoraed
Pecora was also in the running. Then there was Stacey Hicks whose performance
rated high and the man who posed as Stacey Hicks in introducing his wife to the
Society. Mr. Hicks was finally ruled out when no one was sure which man was the
real Stacey Hicks. Ed Roedder's communication on President Pecora’s
moonlight job also drew many votes but since the report may have been true Ed
was disqualified. Then there were those
two classic notes on Martini stones, one by
The
slate of officers for the coming year presented to the
Society were elected by unanimous vote. Actually, there was one
dissenting vote by an unidentified gent in the front right, seated next to the
bearded one from the
The
new President, George Cohee, was introduced and made
a few remarks.
After
some farewell words by our retiring President, the meeting adjourned at 9:20
PM.
Attendance: 247
Bruce
B. Hanshaw,
Secretary