Although I did not know Bill in college, I was able to follow his career in my role as Class Secretary, learning about his hypotheses and impact on climate change and global geologic theories. Bill majored in geology at a time when most of us in biology, physics, and chemistry did not consider that to be a "hard science". I have subsequently come to realize how wrong those early thoughts were, having tried, unsuccessfully, on a number of occasions, to study and learn in this field.
Bill has written several books, textbooks, and articles in this area and was awarded the Lyell Medal in 2010 by the Geological Society of London. I recall working hard to understand and convey his theories to our class in the past.
We have lost one of our most notable scientific scholars!
Bill was a great friend and an incredible educator. We got a glimpse of his style while at 50th Reunion in his talk about global warming. Here is a memory from one of our road trips to Virginia where Mary and I are learning about water power.
One of our special treats was to return to Bethany Beach, DE for many years to share time with Bill and Ginger who first met here in the early 1950's. We loved sitting and just talking about family, politics, climate change and catching up on good books along with Russ and Ginger Bishop. It just have been cocktail time!
( left to right --Ginger, Russ Bishop-- Bill- Gay-- Ginger R and Mary)
I was fortunate to become friends with Bill from some class. I remember at some reunion he casually said that he’d theorized Climate Change began when the first civilizations began agriculture. People scoffed at first, but he kept at it. Pretty amazing science from a regular, nice guy. Someone who kept looking for facts and ignoring skeptics.
It's alegacy that goes beyond geology. Searching for facts has amazing benefits—I hope America can revisit that.
Martin Wasserman
Although I did not know Bill in college, I was able to follow his career in my role as Class Secretary, learning about his hypotheses and impact on climate change and global geologic theories. Bill majored in geology at a time when most of us in biology, physics, and chemistry did not consider that to be a "hard science". I have subsequently come to realize how wrong those early thoughts were, having tried, unsuccessfully, on a number of occasions, to study and learn in this field.
Bill has written several books, textbooks, and articles in this area and was awarded the Lyell Medal in 2010 by the Geological Society of London. I recall working hard to understand and convey his theories to our class in the past.
We have lost one of our most notable scientific scholars!
Gay Mayer (Mayer)
Bill was a great friend and an incredible educator.
We got a glimpse of his style while at 50th Reunion in his talk about global warming. Here is a memory from one of our road trips to Virginia where Mary and I are learning about water power.
One of our special treats was to return to Bethany Beach, DE for many years to share time with Bill and Ginger who first met here in the early 1950's. We loved sitting and just talking about family, politics, climate change and catching up on good books along with Russ and Ginger Bishop. It just have been cocktail time!
( left to right --Ginger, Russ Bishop-- Bill- Gay-- Ginger R and Mary)
My world has been diminshed with his passing.
C. Lawrence Modesitt
I was fortunate to become friends with Bill from some class. I remember at some reunion he casually said that he’d theorized Climate Change began when the first civilizations began agriculture. People scoffed at first, but he kept at it. Pretty amazing science from a regular, nice guy. Someone who kept looking for facts and ignoring skeptics.
It's alegacy that goes beyond geology. Searching for facts has amazing benefits—I hope America can revisit that.