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Students mapping in the Beartooths, 1968 Penn State Geosciences Field Camp
Bob Brown (M.S. 1971) and Bernie Foerster (M.S. 1970) mapping at Little Bear Creek, Beartooth Range, Montana.  Bob and Bernie were graduate students at the field school.  Thanks to Russ & Linda Dutcher for the image.

Field Camp 1968

Students In 1968 the Geological Sciences Major included options in Geophysics, Geochemistry-Mineralogy-Petrology, and Geology.  Geology and G-M-P required Geol 470, Introduction to Field Geology, during the academic terms and summer Geol 472, Field Geology.  Thanks to Karen Wenrich for the names for 1968.  Karen adds that a male and a female student from Rice University were brought in to increase the number of participants.

Robert L (Bob) Brown (M.S. 1971) Bernard Foerster (M.S. 1970) Rit Gruber (grad student)
John H Grimes Boies Hall Wade M Harmon
Richard A (Rich) Olsen James K (Jim) Otton (PhD77) Richard W (Rick) Switzer
Earl R Verbeek (PhD75) Karen J Wenrich (MS71, PhD75) Joey Rosen
Joe Tomich Kyle Yoder

Faculty
   Roger Cuffey, Dick Parizek & Bob Schmalz (cross-country), Duff Gold, Russ Dutcher

Where They Stayed
   YBRA, Red Lodge, Montana

Main Projects
   Line Creek, Elk Basin, Clark's Fork, Rattlesnake Mountain, Beartooth Front

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Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the images: (thanks to Russ & Linda Dutcher for the Gene Williams and Little Bear Creek images, to Karen Wenrich for the others, and to Karen and Earl Verbeek for the identifications)

Indiana Sand Dunes State Park. John (head only), Bob Brown, Dick Parizek, Bernie, Kyle, Joe T, Boies, someone hidden, Joey R, Rich

Indiana Sand Dunes.

John (sitting), Barbara Schmalz (white hat), Bernie, ??, Bob Brown, Bob Schmalz, Jim, Joe T, Rich, Boies, Dick Parizek, Earl, Rick (digging in sand)

Thornton Quarry, outside of Chicago, Illinois, a satellite dolomitized limestone reef.

XC trip

Closeup of the people in the previous photo. L to r: Joe T, John, Jim, Bob Schmalz, Dick Parizek, Kyle

Favorite pastime on the cross-country trip. Joe T, Boies Hall, Jim Otton

Van Hise's Rock, Baraboo, WI. John?, Boies, Dick Parizek

Dodge City, Kansas. Earl, Kyle, Barbara Schmalz (foreground). Back of them: Joey R, Rich, Boies

Not-so-exciting Kansas. Joe T, Dick Parizek, Jim

Cowrey State Park, Kansas. Bob Schmalz examines lithologies.

Snowball fight at 10,000 ft on the west Spanish Peak, Colorado

L to r: Boies, Rich, Kyle, Jim, Rick (with camera), Joey R

Spanish Peaks and southern Rockies

Surrounding Bob Brown's car are, l to r: Bob Schmalz, Boies, Kyle, Rich, Rick, Joe T, Bob Brown, Bernie

Barbara and Bob Schmalz in camp

Stopping in till in the central Rockies near the continental divide

L to r: Duff, Rich, Jim, John (white T-shirt), Joe T, Earl. Dick Parizek between John & Joe, Bob Brown in plaid shirt, Bob Schmalz at far right

Central Rockies, Colorado

Closeup of people in the Central Rockies picture

L to r: Kyle, Joe T, ??, ??, Rick

Wind River Canyon, Wyoming

Earl, Bob Schmalz, John, Duff looking for beer

Gene Williams crossing a creek

This photo was labeled 1968 but may well be from another year.

Karen Wenrich & Earl Verbeek at Little Bear Creek, Beartooth Plateau, Montana

closeup of Karen and Earl

Towne Point near Red Lodge, in the Beartooth Front mapping area

L to r: ??, Rit Gruber, Earl, Boies, Wade

Travertine hot springs deposit, Mammoth, Yellowstone. Duff Gold on top

Craters of the Moon, Idaho

Standing: Jim, Earl, Duff Gold, guy from Rice, Wade

Earl and Boies hoisting scoria blocks at Craters

Campground. Earl, Rit (foregnd), Jim, Russ Dutcher (napping), Joe T

Jackson Lake and the Grand Tetons.

L to r: Bob Brown, Joe T, Kyle, Bernie (blue shirt), guy from Rice, Wade, Boies (00), Earl, John (red coat)