BC alumni, former and current faculty participate in online reunion of 1971 Colorado Plateau field trip

This past weekend, 15 alumni participants and current and former BC faculty attended an online reunion for the 50th anniversary of the Riecker-Dudley Colorado Plateau trips in 1970 and 1971, held in memory of Rev. Prof. James W. Skehan (1923-2020). Led by former BC Profs. Priscilla Grew and Bob Reicker, each field trip was the culmination of a semester undergraduate seminar in which students studied and presented papers on Colorado Plateau geology, petrology and geophysics. Guests in attendance included Pat Leahy (BC 1968), former Chief Geologist and Acting Director of the U.S. Geological Survey and Executive Director of the American Geosciences Institute; Clara Porter, former BC Geology Dept. Secretary; former EESC Dept. Chair Chris Hepburn; and Ethan Baxter, the current EESC Dept. Chair.