The Board brings together a group of dedicated alumni whose purpose is to:
- Foster and maintain the Department’s connections with its alumni network
- Assist the Department in the identification and solicitation of financial and other resources
- Provide a vehicle for communication between the Department’s alumni and its faculty and students
- Report relevant economic and employment trends, and potential student opportunities, in industry, government, and academia
- Consult and advise the Department on its research and instructional programs
- Provide a vehicle for Department alumni to interact with each other, for business and social purposes
- Serve as advocates for the Department, to the university administration
CURRENT MEMBERS:
Michael Bourque, Board Chair (M.S. '78) Shell Oil (retired), Houston, TX
James Cokinos (B.S. '02) GIS Manager & Geologist, CGG, Houston, TX
Norbert Cygan (B.S. '54; Ph.D. '62) Chevron (retired), Denver area, CO
Nancye Dawers (M.S. '87) Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Lawrence Fieber (B.S. '83) Burns and McDonnell (retired), Chicago, IL
Michael Fortwengler (M.S. '02) Shell, Houston, TX
James W. Granath (M.S. '73) Consulting structural geologist, Denver area, CO
Roscoe Jackson (Ph.D. '75) Jackson Brothers, LLC, Eureka, KS
Qusheng Jin (Ph.D. '03) University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Suzanne Kay (B.S. '70; M.S, '72) Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Stephen Kirby (B.S. '67) USGS (retired), Menlo Park, CA
Rik Lantz (B.S. '82) SCST Inc. (Environmental consultants), Chicago, IL
Margaret Leinen (B.S. '69) Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Bruce Miller (B.S. '94; M.S. '95) VP, Director of Government & Industry Affairs, Schlumberger, Houston, TX
Catherine Nield (B.S. '19) US Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL
Dan Petersen (B.S. '84) Principal, Rantoul, IL
Anna Sutton (B.S., '01; M.S. '03) Geologist and Environmental Project Mgr. at Cardno, Oswego, IL
Charles (Chuck) Weiss (M.S. '87, Ph.D. '89) US Army Engineer REsearch and Development (retired)
Jean Weiss (B.S. '86) Affinity Resource Group (retired)