In the fall, Robert will begin a Ph.D. program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the Earth and Planetary Studies Department. Robert Welch CdeP 2016
Blog Archives
Art Wahl ’72
It was my great pleasure to lead about 75 members of the South Coast Geological Society on one of their annual field trips, this time into the local patch of “Franciscan mélange” located near Midland School. Pictured is the group assembling on a blueschist “knocker.” I revisited this area – after mapping it 30 years […]
Kristian Meisling ’71
As an outgrowth of my role as Adjunct Professor at Stanford, Ginger von Wening and I went to Scandinavia this summer, where I presented the results of a research study recently published in a Geological Society of London Special volume on Arctic tectonics in Stockholm. We travel a lot and hike and ski regularly in […]
Kristian Meisling ’71
Ginger and I really enjoyed the 45th reunion this year…making some amazing reconnections with classmates. Thacher is thriving, which makes me happy! My daughter Sarah and her husband Jeremy had a baby boy (Michael Estrada), so I am a grandpa. Still playing jazz, rock, and country & western music, and doing my Arctic geology thing […]
Tom Bard ’72
After nearly 36 years as a Geologist for Chevron, I am ready to begin my new adventures in retirement (hiking, biking, traveling, and golfing with other fellow Toads). I’ve been really fortunate to have had the opportunity to live in, travel to, and experience so many different countries, cultures, and personalities throughout my career. Karen […]
Sarina Patel ’10
I’m in my last semester now at Middlebury College–due to graduate in February. Last spring, I completed a year-long geology thesis on the magmatic history of a volcano in New Zealand (where I studied abroad), and I will be presenting my research at a conference in October. Last summer, I spent a fantastic three months […]
Kristian Meisling ’71
Ginger von Wening and I are settled in Palo Alto, playing lots of music, hiking, traveling, and enjoying life. I am now a Consulting Professor at Stanford, mentoring several PhD students and doing research on regional geologic evolution of the Arctic (one of the big remaining plate tectonic puzzles). My daughter Sarah was married last […]