GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
January 11,
1967
The
889th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
January 11, 1967, at 8:02 P.M., with President Michael Fleischer presiding.
The
following visitors were introduced: John L. Cutbill,
Sedgwick Museum, England; Professor and Mrs. C. G. I. Friedlaender,
Dalhousie, New Brunswick; Paul Cavanaugh, Toronto; and Charlie Hunt. A heavy metallic element was recognized by
the chair in the persons of Messrs. Creasey, Davidson
and Shaw of Menlo Park and
The
former president of the Society was invited to the platform to perform a tardy
but necessary function. In the absence
of the gavel, however, this was delayed yet another meeting.
The
president announced the appointment of a Program Committee consisting of Altschuler, Chairman, Keller, Ketterer,
Prinz, Randolph, Sohl, and Stewart, members, and all
members of the Society as honorary members.
"If you can't give a paper yourself, turn in your best
friend!"
The
minutes of the 888th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of Richard E. Bergenback,
A
memorial to Henry G. Ferguson was read by T. B. Nolan.
The
President announced the death of Brian C. T. Davis, member of the Society.
An
"informal communication" by Dave Stewart turned out to be something
other than a try for the Great Dane Award. Dave l) objected to being overlooked
by a certain prize committee, and 2) defended all young geochemists whatever
their discursive motives may have been. Frank Whitmore admitted that he had
remembered the shirt but not the face but was cut off by the chair before he
could further damage the geochemists.
The
regular program followed:
Reed and Bryant, "Tectonic significance of the
Brevard Zone—a journey through moonshine and magnolias with Brunton
and broad brush", discussed by Stewart (?), Espenshade,
Zen, Rankin and Martin.
Towe, "The size and shape of
crystals in shelled organisms", discussed by Appleman, Henbest
and Hall.
Bredehoeft,
"Water wells as strain seismometers", discussed over beer.
The
President noted that the next meeting would fall on Thursday, January 26.
Attendance 230. The meeting adjourned at 10:10 PM
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
January 27,
1967
The
890th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium, at
8:02 PM, Thursday, January 27, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer
presiding.
One
visitor was introduced: Peter T. Flawn, Texas Bureau
of Economic Geology. Late arriving
visitors included Ian Campbell, California Division of Mines and Geology; W. W.
Hagen, Kentucky Geological Survey; P. E. LaMoreaux,
Geological Survey of Alabama; Duncan McGregor, South Dakota Geological Survey;
E, F. Osborn, Pennsylvania State University; J. B. Patton, Indiana Geological
Survey; R. O. Vernon, Florida Geological Survey; and K. N. Weaver, Maryland
Geological Survey.
The
minutes of the 889th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of David B. Duane,
The
Secretary further noted that 18 members had been dropped from the rolls for
non-payment of 1965 and 1966 dues.
The
President called to the attention of all members, especially potential
speakers, a recent paper in Science entitled "The Art of Talking About Science" by Lawrence Bragg, Science, December 30.
The
President invited former-president Hack to the platform to deliver the
gavel. Woodring
objected on legal grounds; Woodring was overruled on
practical grounds; ex-president Hack delivered two gavels, one each for regular
and annual meetings.
The
presentation of the best paper bowl to R. G. Luedke
was not objected to but the bowl couldn't be presented anyway since Luedke was not at the meeting.
Isidore Zietz gave an informal communication describing three
aeromagnetic methods posters displayed in the
Ellis
Yochelson reminded the membership of the A.G.I.
charter flight to
The
regular program followed:
Bradley,
Tousimis, Visser and Sato,
"Chemical and bacterial environment of an algal ooze", discussed by
Zen, Toulmin, Neuman, Rubin, Haas, Henbest (twice), the chair, Woo (twice), Jones, Woodring and Barton.
Zen,
"The Taconic allochthon in southwestern
The
President announced the program for February 8.
Attendance 154. The meeting adjourned at 9:52
P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
February 8,
1967
The
891st meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium, at
8:00 P.M., Wednesday February 8, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer
presiding.
One
visitor was introduced: Leon Delbos, of the B.R.G.M.,
The
real Frank C. Whitmore, Jr., rising star of television's
"To tell the truth" was introduced and all four of them stood up.
The
minutes of the 890th meeting were read and approved.
The
regular program followed:
O'Keefe,
"Evidence of acid volcanism on the moon", discussed by Bryson (twice),
Helz, "Automation in spectroscopy",
discussed by the chair, Roedder, Herz, Altschuler and Weaver.
Rucker,
"Seafloor strength observations from the
The
President announced the program for Thursday, February 23.
Attendance 110. The meeting adjourned at 9:36
P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
February 23,
1967
The
892nd meeting of the Society was held at the John Wesley Powell Auditorium at
8:00 P.M., Thursday, February 23, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer
presiding.
One
visitor, Peter Bock, was introduced.
The
minutes of the 891st meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of Garrett Albert of the
Defense Department and Alfred T. Anderson, John L. Hass, J. Stephen Huebner,
Courtney Soule and Lorna C. Wilkie,
all of the Geological Survey.
The
regular program followed:
Tobisch,
"The
Sato, "Oxygen fugacity and igneous and
metamorphic petrology — a newcomer's approach", discussed by the chair,
Zen (twice), Toulmin, Wones and Anderson.
Lowman and Tiedemann, "Geological photography
during Gemini missions", discussed by Bock, Weaver, Krinsley
and Harbour.
The
President announced the program for the next meeting.
Attendance 140. The meeting adjourned at 9:50
P.M
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
March 8,
1967
The
893rd meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium, at
8:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 8, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer
presiding.
The
following visitors were introduced: Gordon Wittle,
The
minutes of the 892nd meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced that the Council had appointed D. C. Duncan and V. E.
McKelvey as the Societies official representatives to the 7th World Petroleum
Congress in
The
President announced that in spite of contrary advice and conscience, he would
not discuss the first paper. Reasons were given, but they were very petrologic
and need not be reviewed here.
The
regular program followed:
Zietz,
King and Lorentzen, "Magnetic lineaments and crustal structure in a strip across
Haas
and Nicholson, "Hydrology of a karst aquifer— an
underground view", discussed by Rubin, Guild, the chair, Neuman, Jones, Banning, McKelvey, Howard and an unknown
gentleman in the rear.
Espenshade,
"Petrology and structure of northeastern part of the Moxie pluton,
Attendance 145. The meeting adjourned at 10:01 P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
SECRETARY'S REPORT
March 22,
1967
The
894th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium at
8:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 22, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer presiding.
One
visitor was present: Helmuth Wedow,
USGS,
The
minutes of the 893rd meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of John V. Byrne, National
Science Foundation; Anthony F. Dorrzapf, Jr., USGS; Andrew
E. Godfrey, Geography Department, Johns Hopkins; Joel L. Lloyd, Geological
Society of America, Bibliography Project; John W. Marinenko,
USGS; Hugh T. Millard, Jr., USGS; Frederick O. Simon, USGS; Patrick T. Taylor,
Navy Oceanographic; and Jeffery Warner, Department of Geology, Franklin and
Marshall College, Lancaster.
The
regular program followed:
Tilling, "Crystallization history of some alkali
feldspars from the Boulder Batholith", discussed
by Barton, Klepper, and Stewart.
Perry, "Geomorphology of the Aleutian Arc",
discussed by Gabelman, Zen, Page and Neuman.
Jones,
"Structural significance of late Mesozoic pelecypod
zones in
The
president announced the program for April 12.
Attendance 75. The meeting adjourned at 9:42
P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
April 12,
1967
The
895th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium at
8:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 12, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer
presiding.
Two
visitors were introduced: Yoram Avnimelech,
The Technion,
The
President called all members attention to two honors being awarded Society
members by the
The
minutes of the 894th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of E. H. Baltz,
P. H. Carrigan and E. L. Meyer, all USGS.
He
further announced that the Pick and Hammer Show would be staged at
Wendell
Woodring presented an informal communication on
"K-Ar dating of marine Pleistocene in
The
regular program followed:
Boudette,
Hatch and Harwood, "Geology of upper
Gawarecki
and Moxham, "Infra-red survey of Irazù volcano and vicinity,
Hare and Mitterer, "Diagenesis of organic matter in shells — a potential geochronometer", discussed by Sohn,
Stewart (twice), Rubin, Warren and Woodring.
The
president announced the program for April 26.
Attendance 90. The meeting adjourned at 9:52 P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
April 26,
1967
The
896th meeting of the Society was held in the John Weslev
Powell Auditorium at 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 26, 1967, with President
Michael Fleischer presiding.
A
visitor, an out-of-town member, and a local favorite were introduced: D. M. Scotford,
The
minutes of the 895th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of Ralph Eshelman,
USGS, and noted the announcement by AAPG, that Keith A.Yenna
had been elected our District Representative to the national group.
The
regular program followed:
Baltz,
"Overthrusting and upthrusting
on S. E. Sangre de Cristo
Mountains", discussed by Lohman, Tweto, Hubbert and Wright.
Whitmore,
"Rise and fall of mammoths and sea levels", discussed by Denny
(twice), Rubin (3 times), Harbour, Cohee, Ladd, Oliver, and Altschuler,
but not by the President, who instead told a story involving one Ordovician
mammoth, two Devonian ones and 27 wrong answers to 27 questions on the
paleontology portion of the Civil Service exam.
Frank was proceeded to the stage by three pygmy
mammoths dressed like young geochemists still trying to get even.
Attendance 135. The meeting adjourned at 9:42
P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
October 11,
1967
The
897th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium at
8:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 11, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer
presiding.
The
minutes of the 896th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership by special action of the Council
during May of F. R. Engler, Texas Eastern
Transmission Corporation,
Thirteen
additional new members were elected at the regular Council meeting: From the Geophysical Lab.: W. B. Bryan, L. W.
Finger, A. El Goresy, S. A. Morse, and Harald Puchelt. From George Washington Univ.: R. C. Lindholm. From Navy
Oceanographic: D. C. Pasley. From Ratheon/Autometric
Co.,
The
President announced the deaths of the following members: W. D. Collins, Carroll E. Dobben,
Watson Davis, Depue Falck, Waldemar Schaller and Mason G. Walters; and of past member
Maxim Elias.
The
regular program followed:
Heyl,
Hall, and Doe, "Genetic aspects of zinc-lead-barite-fluorite deposits in
the
Radlinski, "Research and developments in
topographic mapping", discussed by James, Weeks, Carlston,
Fuechsel, Cohee, Thayer,
Landon, Henbest and Pumpelly.
Owens,
"Post-Triassic tectonic movements in the central and southern
Attendance 152. The meeting adjourned at 9:52
P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
October 25,
1967
The
898th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium at
8:03 P.M., Wednesday, October 25, 1967, with Vice-president Ralph Miller
presiding.
Two
visitors were introduced: John Gruner,
Two
newcomers were Dan Stanley and Grant Gross, both of the Smithsonian Division of
Sedimentology.
A
William Thomas Pecora introduced himself.
The
minutes of the 897th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of H. J. Goett,
George Washington University; D. J. Stanley, Smithsonian, Division of Sedimentology; H. J. Rose, Jr. and P. G. Valentine,
U.S.G.S.; Peter Fanner, A.G.I.; and Charles Carter, David Elliott, Charles Feazel, William Gunter, David Kirkham,
David Morse, Bruce O'Connor, Harold Wanless, and John
Wickham, all of Johns Hopkins University.
The
Vice-president announced the deaths of the following members: A. Nelson Sayre, Junius Van Lieu and M. S. Thorson, all of the U.S.G.S.
Bill
Newman discussed the need for Earth Science advisors in area schools that are
introducing Earth Science courses at several levels. Interested individuals were asked to talk to
Bill who is serving as contact man for schools and teachers.
He
further announced that there would be a caucus of A.A.P.G. members at the
November 8th meeting to elect Capital District representatives to the national
group.
Bill
Prinz announced that there would be an International Symposium on Geochemical
Exploration at the Colorado School of Mines, jointly sponsored by the
Meyer
Rubin announced that the projectionist had not shown up and asked if Doug Kenny
were present. Doug wasn't, but Meyer did just as well, all by himself.
The
regular program followed:
Sohl,
"Provenance and paleogeography of Upper
Cretaceous gastropods in the Western Interior", discussed by Shaw, but not
by Denny, who merely wanted to be sure that the speaker hadn't lost his
vituperative touch.
Papike,
Clark and Boss, "Petrologic significance of cation
distributions in pyroxenes and amphiboles", discussed by Barton, an
unknown gentleman in the rear, Toulmin (twice), Martin, and by a chap whose
name I can never remember who seemed worried about the non-recognition of
geochemists by paleontologists.
Byrne,
"Geology of the Oregon continental margin in relation to the East pacific
rise", discussed by Stancioff, Shaw, the chair,
Martin, Cordell, and two unknown gentlemen, possibly geochemists.
Attendance 109. The meeting adjourned at 10:00 P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
November 8,
1967
The
899th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium at
8:02 P.M., Wednesday, November 8, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer
presiding.
Two
visitors were introduced: J. W. Gruner, (for the
second meeting in a row) and Rube Ross, of the USGS Denver office.
The
minutes of the 898th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of S, P. Schweinfurth,
U.S.G.S. and A. F. Spilhaus, Jr., A.G.U.
The
President read a proposed amendment to the bylaws the effect of which would be
to raise annual dues from $1 and $3 to $2 and $5. The amendment will be voted on at the
December 13th meeting.
S.
K. Love read a memorial to W. D. Collins.
The
President announced the recent deaths of Robert B. Sosman,
formerly of the Geophysical Lab. and this Society, and Prof. Charles F.
Davidson of
The
regular program followed:
Hansen,
"Near-parallelism of fold axes and movement directions in
Kauffman, "Cyclic aspects of Cretaceous Marine
rocks, Central Western Interior", discussed by
Tom
Dutro introduced Professor Bedrick Bouček, Chief Paleontologist of the Czechoslovakian
Academy of Sciences who delivered an illustrated invitation to see the Barrandian section and
The
president noted that the next meeting would be December 13, that we would have
to take pot-luck on the speaker and that the Annual Meeting would follow.
The
slate of nominees for 1968 was announced as follows:
For
president: Ralph L. Miller
For
First Vice-president: Charles S. Denny
For
Second Vice-president: Paul B. Barton, Jr.
For
Meeting Secretary: William L. Newman
For
Council Secretary: William A. Oliver, Jr.
For
Treasurer: Mrs. Wilna B. Wright
For
Councillors: Jack W. Pierce, William C. Prinz, Thomas W. Stern
For
Representative to
Attendance 132. The meeting adjourned at 10:12 P.M. after which hour, even G.S.W. beer
tasted good.
Respectfully
submitted (for the last time)
William
A. Oliver, Jr.,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
December 13,
1967
The
900th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium at
8:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 13, 1967, with President Michael Fleischer
presiding.
One
visitor was introduced, Dr. A. Kato,
The
minutes of the 899th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary noted that four members had recently received the Department of
Interior's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. The honorees were Thomas Diblee,
Jr., David Gallagher, Harold James and Kenneth Lohman.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of Ralph Shaver and Simon Rexworthy, Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc., Washington;
Raymond Rye, George Washington University; and Benjamin Morgan and Willard Puffett, U.S.G.S.
The
President presented a proposed amendment to the Bylaws the effect of which
would be to raise annual dues from $1 and $3 to $2 and $5. After brief but pointed discussion the
question was moved, seconded and carried by a large majority. The increase will appear in 1968 dues
statements soon to be mailed.
The
President turned the meeting over to Vice-President Ralph Miller who quickly
gave it back so that we could enjoy the Presidential Address— "Minor
elements as tracers in igneous rocks",
The
program for the next regular meeting was announced.
The
meeting recessed at 8:58. Attendance, 224.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
75th Annual
Meeting December 13, 1967
The
75th Annual Meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, December 13, 1967, at 9:18 P.M., with President Michael
Fleischer, presiding.
The
Minutes of the 74th Annual Meeting were read by Meetings Secretary Bill Oliver.
The
Treasurer's Report as of December 13, 1967 was presented by retiring Treasurer
Jane Wallace. Total receipts since the last annual report, $2,393.88. Total disbursements, $2,563,82. Excess of disbursements
over income, $169.94. Endowment fund, $2,659.98.
Total assets, $3,018.32
The
Auditing Committee's report was presented by Mary Mrose,
Chairman. The Treasurer's books were
found to be in excellent shape and all monies where they belonged. Treasurer
Wallace gave her fifth annual sigh of relief and received the special thanks of
the president and members for her many years of service.
The
Annual Report of the Secretaries was read by Council Secretary Meyer Rubin.
Bill
Newman, Chairman, Public Relations Committee, reported significant progress in
obtaining Earth Science Advisors for area schools, but indicated that more are
needed.
The
Awards Committee Report was presented by Chairman Lee McGuiness. First prize
for the best paper of the year, consisting of a silver bowl and a check for $25
was given to Dave Jones, for his paper "Structural significance of late
Mesozoic Pelecypod zones in
The
Sleeping Bear Award was made by Tom Dutro who headed the as usual anonymous
committee consisting of Dutro, Gene Roseboom, and
Bill Newman. Dutro suggested that the Award could well have been given to the
Finance Committee Chairman who conned 200 otherwise intelligent members into
raising their own dues in a Society with assets of over $3000 which had
suffered a deficit of only $170. However, Annual Meeting antics are not
eligible for the Sleeping Bear Award.
In
not presenting the Cup to Dave Stewart, Dutro mentioned such criteria for the
award as spontaneity and humor. Dave's reference to an "ancient bulbous
buffoon", his upstaging of Jack Reed by telling the "Sloan's lineament"
joke prior to Jack's paper, his questioning of Bill Bradley over what he had
been putting on his monthly report for the last 45 years, were all rated by the
Committee as transparent, premeditated attempts upon the cup.
Passing
nods were given to the missing gavel affair in which the practical needs of
president Fleischer won over the legal objections of Wendell Woodring; to Izzy Zeitz's announcement that his informal communication would
be short; and to Meyer Rubin's gall in discussing a paleontologic
paper— 3 times.
But
the Committee's heaviest guns were rolled out to handle the geochemists who seemed to work in threes. In February, 3 geochemists identified
themselves as Frank Whitmore when a fourth Frank was introduced as the
Societies leading TV personality; In April, Wones,
White and Appleman, 3 middle-aged but neotenous
geochemists, proceeded Frank Whitmore to the platform disguised as pigmy
mammoths; In October, Papike refused public exposure
to his coauthors, Clarke and Boss, when an attempt was made to remove the
facelessness of at least 3 geochemists.
"Why", asked Dutro, "is it always 3 geochemists? Is there
some obscure religious significance, or does it merely imply
over staffing?" The question seemed to be whether the 3 geochemists were a
necessarily unholy trinity or a wholly unnecessary trinity?
But
none of these deserved the Sleeping Bear Award either.
The
year had nearly ended when a dark horse emerged and won by a throat. The winning happening was considered
unbelievably spontaneous, and unique within the annals of the Society. No winner had ever been so nonchalant. For producing for the enjoyment of the ages,
the only electronically amplified belch in the long proud history of the
Society—and then blaming it on a dinner with Wendell Woodring—the
Committee unanimously presented the Sleeping Bear Award for 1967, to Norm Sohl.
Norm
could only suggest that future speakers not precede their papers with
knockwurst, sauerkraut and beans.
The
annual election of officers followed. The official slate exclusive of
Councilors was presented; it was moved and seconded that nominations be closed
and these officers were elected by acclamation. The official slate of
Councilors was presented with an additional nominee by written petition.
A
written ballot produced the following results; Prinz, 117; Pierce, 115; Stern,
106; and Rucker, 73.
The
new officers were introduced by the President.
The
preliminary minutes were read but are best forgotten.
It
was noted that the 75th Annual Meeting and the 900th Regular Meeting had fallen
on the same day, December 13.
Numerologists please analyze.
The
President thanked his Council for their help during the year and especially Sam
Altschuler, Chairman, Committee on Communications for
our fine program.
Attendance 160. The Meeting adjourned at 10:24
P.M.
William
A. Oliver, Jr.
Secretary