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Allen Lassiter
There are many members of our local geological society that I would like to hear tell how they found their way into the oil and gas business. As it turns out, Owen Hopkins called me and “asked” me if I would do this month’s “How I Got Into Geology.” I think everyone knows how hard […]
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Bob Rice
I was never interested in geology as a kid. I grew up on Lake Erie and always liked the water and water sports. I was a competitive swimmer so I gravitated to the “fad of the day” Oceanography. When I spoke with my first college counselor he informed me that Oceanography was a graduate level […]
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Jon Spradley
Following my discharge from the army, I took a summer job in Corpus Christi with Jones & Laughlin Oil Field Supply. My work sometimes consisted of delivering equipment to well sites. During those deliveries, I think my interest in Geology was first aroused by the fact that the only men wearing clean clothes and sitting […]
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Dawn Bissell
To be honest – it was boys. Not necessarily in the way that it sounds – but it really was boys. My dad sent me to college to be a dentist. I didn’t want to be a dentist, so when organic chemistry tested my metal – I decided that I wasn’t cut out to be […]
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Rick Paige
Everyone has them, people who briefly intersect your life and then disappear. Most have little lasting impact, but there is always one, maybe two, in everyone’s life that some way or other causes a lasting impression. Maybe even changes your life forever. Perhaps it was the classmate you barely knew that talked you into taking […]
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Bill Maxwell
It seems my fascination with the physical earth began at a very early age. I was born and lived in Northeastern Ohio until I was eleven years old. Then, as now, Northeastern Ohio is a wonderful mix of hardwood forests, lakes and farms. The land exhibits considerable relief relating to multiple episodes of continental glaciation. […]
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Tom Long
I grew up in the oil patch. My first six years of my life was spent on the Greenwood Lease in eastern Kansas. My father worked for Phillips Petroleum as a pumper. The production on the lease was from the Bartlesville Sandstone. When World War II started, my father was transferred to Borger, Texas. Borger, […]
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Alan Costello
I was interested in Geology as a kid. I used to ride my bike to the library to take out books to read about geology and archeology. I can distinctly remember reading the book, “All About The Ice Age.” How fitting to end up down here in the Ice Age capital. Somehow, probably my mother, […]
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Mike Lucente
I was born and raised on the “Iron Range” in northern Minnesota. The richest iron ore deposits in the world were discovered in the 1890’s. A trapper noticed a red rusty stain on the hull of his boat. This site became the largest open pit iron mine in the world. It is called the “Hull […]
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Duncan Chisholm
In life, some things come from vision and planning. Other good things come from hard work. Discovering my passion for geology came from sheer dumb luck! I should have discovered geology sooner. It was in my blood — literally. My great-grandfather, John Chisholm, died prospecting for gold out west. My father, grandfather, and three uncles […]
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