Comments about working in the geosciences

Below are essays written by distinguished geoscientists about their experiences and views of working in the geosciences. These essays come from the AGI Guide to Geoscience Departments.

The Oil and Gas Industry

• Norman H. Foster, Independent Geologist, Denver Colorado
• James A. Gibbs, Five States Energy Company, Dallas, Texas
• Susan Landon, Thomasson Partner Associates, Denver, Colorado
• Robert K. Merrill, UNOCAL Corporation, Sugar Land, Texas
• Elijah White, Jr., Exxon Exploration Company, Houston, Texas

Hydro/Environmental/Engineering Geology

• Jessica Donovan, ENVIRON, Emeryville, California
• Philip E. LaMoreaux, LaMoreaux and Associates, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Russell G. Slayback, Leggette, Brashears & Graham, Inc., Trumbull, Connecticut
• David A. Stephenson, South Pass Resources, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona

Federal Government

• Charles E. Brown, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
• P. Patrick Leahy, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
• Bonnie A. McGregor, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
• Dallas L. Peck, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia

State Geological Surveys

• Vicki Cowart, Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
• William L. Fisher, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
• Jonathan G. Price, Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology, Reno, Nevada
• Walter Schmidt, Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Florida

The Mining and Minerals Industry

• Paul A. Bailly, Castle Group, Inc., Denver, Colorado
• Odin D. Christensen, Newmont Mining Corporation, Denver, Colorado

Department of Energy National Laboratories

• Carl W. Myers, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, New Mexico
• Stephen H. Stow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Academic Geoscientists

• Louis A. Fernandez, California State University, San Bernardino, California
• Constance Sancetta, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
• James V. Taranik, President, Desert Research Institute, Arthur Brant Chair of Geology and Geophysics

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