| During the past 15 years approximately two-thirds
of Wittenberg's geology majors have pursued graduate study at major
universities across America, usually with a teaching or research
assistantship. Graduates are employed in all aspects of the geoscience
profession from high school and college teaching to private consulting
and the petroleum industry. Some, however, have chosen not to pursue
geology as a profession but rather have moved into related or totally
different fields. The following list summarizes the current occupations
of some of our graduates and characterizes the range of occupations
possible with a geology major:
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- R. William Selden , '69, curator, Rutgers
University Geology Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Terry
L. Chase , '70, creator of natural science displays,
Director of Chase Studios, Cedar Creek, Missouri
- Michael A. Senich , '72, exploration geologists,
IP Petroleum Co., Houston Texas (Ph.D. University of Iowa)
- Edward E. Everett , '75, hydrogeologist,
Strata Environmental Services, Inc., Webberville, Michigan
- James M. King , '75, hydrogeologist and president,
AVANT Group, Inc. Ft. Wayne, IN (Ph.D., Indiana University)
- Scott D. McGarvie , '76, hydrologist, Peabody
Coal Co., Central City, Kentucky
- William Whitney, '76, business manager for
capital project team, Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc., Houston,
TX
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Although currently residing in the Houston area, in the international
arena Bill has most recently been working in Papua New Guinea. Chevron
is involved in a joint project with the Angolan national oil company. After
4 years working there in a month off-month on situation, Bill and
his family spent a year living in Port Moresby. most recently Bill
has been working recently wrote that his international experience
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- Scott A. Hammond , '78, senior hydrogeologist,
Miami Valley Planning Commission, Dayton, Ohio
- James
A. Lovett , '78, chief geologist, Virginia Division
of Mineral Resources, Abingdon, Virginia
- Sandra L. Postel , '78, director, Global
Water Policy Project, Cambridge, MA; Adjunct Professor of International
Environmental Policy, Tufts University.
- Gary W. Sitler , '78, president, Stocker
& Sitler, Inc., (oil and gas exploration), Heath, Ohio
- Luz C. Rodriguez , '79, Geophysics Division
of Texas Instruments, Houston, Texas
- Katherine D. (Fulker) Whitley , '80, exploration
geologist, Conoco, Houston, Texas
- Gerhart E. Hunter , '81, senior exploration
geologist, Zilkha Energy Co., Houston, Texas
- Robert W. Ritzi , '81, Assistant Professor
of Geological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
(Ph.D. - University of Arizona)
- Andrew A. Nyblade , '82, Assistant Professor
of Geophysics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
(Ph.D. - University of Michigan)
- Jay C. Close , '83, geologic supervisor,
Resource Enterprises, Salt Lake City, Utah (Ph.D. - University
of Southern Illinois)
- Paul L. Lucas , '83, hydrologist, Baywest,
Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Terry J. Madigan , '84, analyst, Defense
Mapping Agency, St. Louis, Missouri
- Cynthia (Parker) Flynn , '85, science teacher,
Franklin, Ohio
- Marc S. Hendrix , '85, assistant Professor
of Geology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, (Ph.D.
- Stanford University).
- Philip J. Winchell , '88, civilian geologist,
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
- Scott A. Engel , '92, completed a Master's
Degree in Fall 1994 at Pennsylvania State University, State
College, Pennsylvania. Scott is currently working as a Geologist
for the Dames & Moore Group, Austin, TX. On November 4,
1996 Scott married Annette Summers Engel.
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Scott recently wrote us about his experiences in southern
Indiana, installing exploratory soil borings at a future industrial
site. He wants us to know he's not just collecting ground water
samples as the borings turned up a historic deep coal mine and required
additional borings to determine the extent of the former mine and
the structural integrity of the bedrock.
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- Dave Ninke , '93, onshore oil exploration,
Killam Oil Company, Laredo, Texas, (MS - Bowling Green State
University).
- Amy Burke , '94, exploration geologist, CGAS
Exploration, Inc., Columbus, OH, was recently elected president
of the the Ohio Geological Society.
- Chris Coonfare , '95, research scientist
in environmental restoration, Battelle, Columbus, Ohio.
- Annette (Summers) Engel , '95, graduate assistant,University
of Texas, Austin, TX. Annette is conducting research in Movile
Cave in Romania. Annette married Scott Engel November 4, 1996.
- Toby Dogwiler , '96, graduate assistant,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
- Tracy (Monegan) Rice , '96, graduate assistant,
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
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| Tracy recently presented her work on phosphatic sediments,research
that she initiated as part of an independent study while at Wittenberg,
at the Southeastern Geological Society of America Meeting. Tracy
is working with Orin Pilkey on barrier island migration rates and
has had several opportunities to get involved in the public policy
involved with coastal management following this past fall's hurricane
activity along the North Carolina Coast. |
