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PERSONAL STATEMENTS
Charles Corbató: “That summer camp was my third of six at UCLA, and later I participated in 18 field camps for Ohio State, always located in central Utah. I have to admit that the Huasna Basin wasn’t one of my favorite locations for teaching field geology, but the map came out looking pretty good—I like to think it was the quality of the students that made it so.”
Allen W. Hatheway: “I’ve never had any doubt that the quality of our exceedingly difficult undergraduate geologic education was the best available on the planet, bar none! Though we were called the despicable term ‘undergrubs’ by one of the faculty, we were steeped in tradition and in the names of our prominent forebears, and there was an underlying tone of ethical commitment to search for and record the truth. We were taught to respect the general value of literature and made to write decent abstracts, as well. I surely got my money’s worth out of the punishment!”
Warren J. Nokleberg and Ted Theodore: In a October 2000 letter to Professor Clarence A. Hall, on the advent of the latter’s retirement: “ . . . You gave us the fundamental tools by firmly insisting that we put the contacts and faults accurately on the map, and then painstakingly and patiently teaching us to proceed to the interpretations of the mapping. You also taught us how we must enjoy our fieldwork in order to be successful . . . Although we recognize that ‘field geologist’ is a somewhat outdated term, we are as proud of this title today, as the day near the end of field camp that you proclaimed us to have successfully made the transition from ‘student’ to ‘geologist’ ... Whatever worth our careers may have accrued, we certainly owe a large part to the exceptionally well-prepared foundation that you initially gave us.”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank a number of folks for supporting this backward glance. Early on, in discussion with Steven Sznyter (April, 2004, Professor Emeritus Clarence Hall gave the project his blessing and Barb Widawski, present ESS staff, was the essential link in fitting many of the pieces together.
We welcome any additional facts concerning the “fate” of any of the class members. Please send word to Barb Widawski <barb@ess.ucla.edu>.
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