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  1. Newsletter (University of Texas at Austin. Department of Geological Sciences) ; no. 17, 1968
    1. The Hal P. Bybee Building in Midland

    2. Hoover Mackin Dies

    3. Geology Faculty News

    4. Notes from the Bureau of Economic Geology

    5. Geothermal Survey of North America

    6. One Last Word!

    7. Deaths

    8. Enrollment and Degrees

    9. Scholarships, Fellowships, and Awards

    10. New Scholarship Fund Established

    11. Beulah Does Some Good!

    12. The Geology Foundation

    13. ALUMNI NEWS

    14. Note for Alumni

  2. Illustrations
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    3. The late Hal P. Bybee

    4. Left to right: James B. Zimmerman, Geologist in Charge, University Lands; Berte R. Haigh, Consultant, University Lands; and Laddies F. Long, Supervising Geologist, University Lands.

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    6. Top right: Bill Muehlberger, Sam Ellison and Carey Croneis "inspect" Sam's picture held by Pete Flawn. Middle right: Stewart Udall and (underneath) Dick Jahns. Bottom right: Musicians entertain the banquet guests. Ron DeFord can be seen in foreground at left.

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    9. Sam Ellison accepts a check for $1600 from Robert A. Matteson, Sun Oil Company's Director of College Relations from Philadelphia. Looking on is Cecil J. Dearman, Senior Industrial Relations Supervisor for Sun's Gulf Coast Production Division in Baytown. UT was the recipient of 14 scholarships and one grant, totaling $12,400, from Sun Oil Company. Four of these scholarships, each for $400, went to our department for the academic year 1968—69.

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    11. New Council member William B. Heroy, Jr.

    12. The conquest of Alidade Hill! Graduate students Rod Haulenbeek, Rod Harwood, John Fisher and Richard Finch erect the rod in the Marathon area on the anniversary of the flag-raising at Two Jima.

    13. Left: The entire Geology 660 class ready for a three-day tour (by auto and by foot) of Big Bend National Park. The hikes included Dog Canyon, Boquillas Canyon, Santa Elena Canyon and the South Rim. Right: Filling canteens from the "faucet" at the rear of Leary's ranch house.

    14. Mrs. Hal P. Bybee accepts a photograph of the new Hal P. Bybee Building from James Zimmerman, Geologist in Charge of University Lands, at the banquet honoring the Bybee family and others.

    15. Bernard Schwab (BS '40) sent us this photo of Dr. Bullard taken in 1939 during summer field camp. Dr. Bullard was about to get into the Geology Department station wagon when he hesitated abruptly because someone had put a dead snake in the driver's seat!

    16. This picture of the Geology 60 class (first term) was taken at the summer field station in Brady, Texas in 1940, and was sent to us by Bernard Schwab (BS '40). We have been unable to identify all of the students and we'd be mighty grateful if you'd "clue us in" on anyone whose name does not appear below. First row (kneeling) : Junius Morrill, unknown, unknown, Robert Eaton, unknown, Jack Daugherty, Leo Gravis, and Bert Timm. Second row: Dr. Bullard, Ted Diaz, unknown, unknown, Charles Delancey, Bill Camp, unknown, Lee Sexton, Milton Nurick, Gordon McNutt, and Dr. Cuyler. Third row: Bernard Schwab, John Loftis, unknown, Leslie Franz, William Hawn, Steve Clabaugh, and vmknown. Back row: Unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, camp cook, Irving Anderson, camp cook, and unknown. To help you out a bit, we do know that the following were enrolled in the course (other than those listed above) : Albert W. White, Don Choate, Emmett Ellett, Finley Hare, Edward Karper, Norbert Mestayer, Raymond Ming, James Muslow, Harrell Rule, Bob Smith, J. E. Vines, Joseph Watzlavick, August L. Wolff and Thomas J. Wood.

September, 1968

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Houston Geological Society Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Peter R. Rose Humble Oil & Refining Company Scholarship: William M. Reid, Summer 1968 Marthon Oil Company Scholarship: William R. Dupre, Spring 1968 Mr. & Mrs. L. F. McCollum Scholarships in Geology: Thomas Howard Anderson, Spring 1968 A. Reynoldo Macedo-Raa, Summer 1968 Monsanto Chemical Company Scholarship : Robert Alan Levich, Summer 1968 National Defense Education Act Traineeships: Bruce Walter Boyer Arthur W. Cleaves Richard Alvin Crawley John Raymond Everett Thomas Walter Grimshaw Roderick B. Haulenbeek James Glen Mead Alexander Webb Ritchie William Brokaw Rogers A. Richard Smith James Harry Stitt National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships: Robert Allison Baker William Edmond Galloway Peter Robert Rose National Science Foundation Traineeships : Stephen E. DeLong Anthony Warrick Walton National Science Foundation Summer Traineeships for Teach ing Assistants: Robert Spencer Kier Roger William Kolvoord Richard A. Hoover, Fall 1967 Jerome N. Namy, Fall 1967 Peter Robert Rose, Spring 1968 Pan American Petroleum Foundation Graduate Fellowship: Neil Lee Turner, 1967-68 Pan American Petroleum Foundation Undergraduate Fel lowships : William Lawrence Heilbreder, 1967-68 John L. Aldridge, 1967-68 Scott C. Reeve, 1967-68 Shell Oil Foundation Fellowship: James Robert Jackson, Summer 1968 Standard Oil Company of Texas Fellowship: James Lee Dobkins, 1967-68 Sun Oil Company Undergraduate Fellowships: Walker D. Manley, Jr., 1967-68 Michael P. Stevens, Fall 1967 R. Cliff Wilkie, Spring 1968 Technical Sessions Best Student Speakers Awards for 1967 -68:

Roger William Kolvoord James Harry Stitt William E. Workman Terra Club Scholarship : Michael P. Stevens, Spring 1968 Union Oil Company of California Summer Scholarships : Richard C. Finch Johnnie Edward Fish Roderick James Harwood Judith Ann Schiebout U.S. Public Health Service Water Resources Training Grants: Charles George Groat Jan Juknievich University Fellowships: Henry S. Chafetz, 1967-68 Peter DeWitt Rowley, 1967-68 Francis L. Whitney Memorial Scholarships : Ismael Ferresquia-V., Summer 1968 Susan Burton Longacre, Spring 1968

Sam Ellison accepts a check for $1600 from Robert A. Mat teson, Sun Oil Company's Director of College Relations from Philadelphia. Looking on is Cecil J. Dearman, Senior Indus trial Relations Supervisor for Sun's Gulf Coast Production Di vision in Baytown. UT was the recipient of 14 scholarships and one grant, totaling $12,400, from Sun Oil Company. Four of these scholarships, each for $400, went to our department for the academic year 1968—69.

Teaching Assistantships in Geological Sciences Teaching Assistants are graduate students employed to teach on a part-time basis, moot of them half-time at a salary of about $2500 for the nine-month academic year. These stu dents occupy positions of serious responsibility in our teach ing operations and are chosen with as great care as are re cipient: of major fellowships and scholarships. In our depart ment there are about 25 Teaching Assistants who teach the laboratory sections of the freshman-level course and about 5 to 10 who teach the laboratory sections of advanced courses. Serving as Teaching Assistants during part or all of the 1967—68 academic year and the 1968 summer session were the following :