� Department of Geoscience • University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gifts to the department in 2009: Thank you Gifts toward the end of the year may have been recorded for 2010

Paul N. AgarwalScott M. Ahlman

and Angela Pakes AhlmanBurton A. AmundsonLance C. AndersonEric L. AserlindDean E. and Diana R. AyresJean M. BahrBrian C. BallMichael F. BarberRichard L. BeauheimJohn E. BeitzelJames B. BenedictHugh F. and Catherine E.

BennettRoss H. BenthienTimothy B. S. BergeRobert O. BeringerEthan J. and Kyra E. BerkoveJonathan M. BerksonEdward W. BestKarl J. BethkeBarbara J. BickfordMichael J. BittnerMarcia G. BjornerudFrederick M. BlackRobert H. BlodgettJohn M. BlohmDewitt F. BowmanRobin F. BoydWilliam C. BradleyScott BrandtGarrett BriggsElwood R. and Della A.

BrooksJim M. BrownRichard A. BruinsWilliam S. ButcherAdrienne M. CameronDonald E. CameronJohn S. CampbellKirt M. and Jean M. CampionRonald R. CharpentierKenneth W. and Linda

CiriacksCarol J. ClaybakerRobert M. and Suzanne G.

CluffPeter J. CochraneDouglas E. ConnellAndrew D. and Cheryl CosnerTheodore F. CotaDorothy D. CraddockGeorge A. CrawfordJames K. and Nancy L.

CrossfieldDennis A. Darby

William E. DaviesJames F. DavisJames C. and Caroline DawsonDavid A. De VriesRobert W. DeiningerJohn DennisonDavid L. DivineSteven G. DrieseJean C. DurchCraig EisenMark E. EmersonCaroline A. EricksonKurt L. FeiglFrederick A. Frey, Jr.Carl A. P. FrickeHenry C., Jr. and Diane E.

FullerTerrence M. GerlachSteven J. and Kay A. GermiatEdward E. GilbertRoger L. GilbertsonJackson E. and Barbara E.

GoffmanMillard C. GoldsmithDouglas B. and Lynn M. GrohStephen J. and Linda

GuggenheimStanley K. HamiltonThomas C. HanksDavid J. and Kristin HartLaurie E. Hartline-BabbJames A. HartmanPatricia M. HartshorneJohn B. and Patricia A. HayesDavid C. HedlundMargaret V. HedlundFred G. HeivilinDarrell J. HenryPaul E. HerrRobert G. and Elizabeth W.

HickmanGlenn B. HieshimaJohn F. HilgenbergJulie L. HillThomas K. and Nancy L.

HolleyCarlton V. Howard, IIIAnne N. HubatchTerrance J. HuettlJeffrey HudsonSteven T. IltisChristopher M. and Amanda

M. IngallsJoseph G. JacquotAlfred James, IIIJean M. JohnsonThomas M. Johnson

William J. JohnsonDavid G. and Sallie B. JonesJames A. JoyCarl A. JustusCharles J. KaiserWilliam R. KaiserRobert F. KaufmannSally W. and John W. KendrickDennis R. KerrTerrence P. KilleenClark G. KimballDonald H. and Suzanne KlugRobert P. KoehlerFrank D. KomatarJohn H. Kopmeier, Jr.Jeffrey J. KuglitschMark D. KurzRoger G. KussowRandell J. and Mary A.

LaczniakWilliam E. LaingJohn A. LarsonThomas S. and Suzanne L.

LaudonJason A. LaufenbergNicholas T. LeggPatrick J. LehmannDavid J. and Sheryl L. LesarKyle T. and Sherry S. LewallenJanet L. LewisLance R. LindwallDavid A. LinkCatherine A. LossEric M. LuttrellHeather MacdonaldScudder D. and Debra M.

MackeySaverio R. MaglioHarmon D. MaherCarol MankiewiczRandall S. MarquardCharles L. MatschVictor J. MayerM. Carol Mc CartneyKaren M. Mc CurdyRoger K. Mc LimansMichelle D. Mc SwainAndrew D. and Lucy C. MeigsScott D. and Kelly MeinholzRichard L. MertinsDonna M. MillerWilliam A. MorganJames R. MulkeyJames A. and Elizabeth D.

MunterRalph H. NafzigerJay C. Nania

Edgardo L. Nebrija and Wendy J. Baugniet-Nebrija

Alan R. NelsonRobert W. NewfieldDavid G. NicholsMichael P. NiebauerMartha G. NielsenAlan R. and Wendy A. NiemChristopher R. NiendorfGordon L. Nord, Jr.Teresa M. O’NeillEric K. OelkersDonald E. and Carol L. PaullHyun M. Peck and Jong-Sim

ParkWilliam W. Pidcoe, Jr.Michael L. PorterRobert M. and Judith A. PorterSarah M. PrincipatoJohn J. and Mary H. PruchaRobert J. PruettChristopher A. RautmanWilliam R. Reise and Dolores

G. Ellis-ReiseAnthony L. and Rosario J.

RichardsPeter E. RiemersmaMarjory B. Rinaldo-LeeJames D. and Stella M.

RobertsonDennis L. RoderGary D. RogersAmy S. RufCharles W. SalbPhillip L. SalstromJ. Frederick SargMichael L. SargentEric B. SchmidleyRichard A. Schmidt and

Nancy A. CarlsonMadeline E. SchreiberGwendolyn M. SchultzFrederic L. SchwabGerald L. ScottJune R. SeabrookJanet E. SempereKirk W. and Elizabeth

SherwoodMartin L. ShieldsKent R. SiegelWilliam D. SinclairChristy H. L. and Kathleen

A. SmithGeorge L. SmithMark A. SolienAlfred C. and Wealthy SprengJane P. Stanczyk

Scott D. StanfordJames R. StarkPhilip H. StarkGeorge J. StathisMichael W. StephensNathaniel P. StephensDave StephensonThomas E. StephensonRobert J. SterrettRuth T. StoneThomas C. SullivanAlbert Y. SunHarold W. SundeliusLee J. and Virginia L. SuttnerMichael L. and Lily A. SweetDaniel L. and Sandra G.

SzymanskiDavid E. Tabet and Mary E.

BoudreauTeresa H. TeagueJeffrey C. ThompsonClifford H. ThurberSarah J. TitusLaura E. ToranMichael A. and Jennifer E.

TryggestadPaul J. UmhoeferMichael R. VandreyMaitri Venkat-RamaniMark W. Ver HoeveKathleen M. VerhageLois J. VitcendaTheodore R. and Barbara S.

WalkerCynthia S. A. WallaceRoger M. and Ruth E. WallerEverett P. WeaverJames L. WelshG. Richard WhittecarRay E. and Mary M. WilcoxStephanie B. WilliamsKeith E. WinfreeMaryjane WisemanMichael J. and Caroline

WoldenbergNancy N. YeendCharles T. and Lois S. YoungDonald A. Yurewicz

Corporate SupportBP America Inc.BP North American Inc.ChevronTexaco Products

CompanyConocoPhillipsExxonMobil Corporation

TA Chloë Bonamici shows a structural cross section of the Ouachitas to undergraduate majors on a Spring Break '09 field trip.

Anders Carlson (front) took a group of grad students to the West Greenland Ice Sheet in the summer of '09. Read about students in the field on pages 18-21.

2009 The Outcrop �http://www.geology.wisc.edu

Donors to the Student Field Experience CampaignThornton E. AndersonAndrews-Quigley FundCharles B. Andrews and Elin

QuigleyEric L. Aserlind and Cathy

BurnweitLawrence J. and Donna L.

AsmusBarr Engineering CompanyJill R. BaumtrogJohn E. BeitzelRoss H. BenthienEthan J. and Kyra E. BerkoveJonathan M. BerksonJohn D. BeuthinMichael J. BittnerMarcia G. BjornerudRobert H. BlodgettGeoffrey C. BohlingWilliam E. and Rose R. BoniniDewitt F. BowmanCarl J. and Judith A. BowserBP North American Inc.Scott BrandtShannon M. BriscoeElwood R. BrooksJim M. BrownRichard A. BruinsWilliam S. ButcherTimothy R. CarrAaron J. ChristensenKenneth W. and Linda

Ciriacks

Robert M. and Suzanne G. Cluff

Douglas E. ConnellDorothy D. CraddockJames K. and Nancy L.

CrossfieldJohn N. DahmWilliam E. DaviesJames F. DavisDon W. DeereDaniel C. DouglassWeston R. DrippsCraig E. EisenMark E. EmersonCaroline A. EricksonJames R. EricksonNorman O. and Elke

FrederiksenTerrence M. GerlachRobert H. Gillespie, Jr.Jackson E. and Barbara E.

GoffmanDouglas B. and Lynn M. GrohH. H. and Kathleen M. HallJames A. HartmanPatricia M. HartshorneNicholas G. HaydenJohn B. and Patricia A. HayesJonathan R. Hendricks and

Elizabeth J. HermsenRobert G. and Elizabeth W.

HickmanGlenn B. HieshimaAdam Hogan

Anne N. HubatchLaura E. HubbardTerrance J. Huettl and Tracey

WhitesellAlfred James, IIIThomas M. Johnson and

Barbara E. MathieuDavid G. and Sallie B. JonesJames A. JoyCarl A. JustusKirk L. and Jo L. KapfhammerJohn W. and Sally W. KendrickKeith B. KetnerStephen T. KiorpesFrederick L. KlingerJohn M. and Edith H.

KonopkaJohn H. Kopmeier, Jr.Jeffrey J. KuglitschWilliam E. LaingPenelope J. LancasterJohn A. LarsonJason A. LaufenbergNicholas T. LeggPatrick J. LehmannDavid J. and Sheryl L. LesarJanet L. LewisLance R. LindwallEric M. and Janet N. LuttrellHeather MacdonaldRandall S. MarquardVictor J. and Mary J. MayerAndrew D. and Lucy C. Meigs

Carl Mendelson and Carol Mankiewicz

Richard L. MertinsDonna M. MillerWilliam A. MorganMaureen A. MuldoonJames R. MulkeyDiane S. MunroeRalph H. NafzigerJay C. Nania and Silvia

Orengo-NaniaDavid G. and Karen R. NicholsAlan R. and Wendy A. NiemBrian J. and Teresa M. O’NeillShaili M. PfeifferWilliam W. Pidcoe, Jr.Jeffrey T. and Kuwanna D.

PietrasMichael L. Porter and Rebecca

J. ColeRobert E. PyzalskiE. Richard RandolphChristopher A. RautmanCharles D. ReynoldsLee R. Riciputi and Claudia

I. MoraPeter E. RiemersmaMarjory B. Rinaldo-LeeJames D. and Stella M.

RobertsonPeter D. RoffersChristine RossenAmy S. RufRickie L. Ryan

Scot Energy LLCKeith C. SeramurKirk W. and Elizabeth

SherwoodKent R. SiegelMark A. SolienJeffrey M. and Paige H. SpatzScott D. StanfordDarrell StanleyPhilip H. StarkNathaniel P. StephensRuth T. StoneElliott H. and Marion R. B.

SweetDaniel L. and Sandra G.

SzymanskiSarah J. TitusPaul J. UmhoeferMichael R. VandreyMaitri Venkat-RamaniKathleen M. VerhageStephen R. WalterMarta S. WeeksDaniel P. Weingarten and

Christine MedaStephanie B. WilliamsRichard WilloughbyNeil E. WirthMaryjane WisemanMichael J. and Caroline

WoldenbergNancy N. YeendDonald A. Yurewicz

The Board of Visitors of the UW-Madison Geoscience Department has established the Student Field Experience Campaign with a goal of building a $2 million endowment to provide ongoing support for undergraduate and graduate student field experience education. In addition to rapidly evolving technologies that are now important elements of the current geoscience curriculum, it is imperative to continue providing students with field-based experiences, which provide an invaluable component of the traditional geological education.

BackgroundThe UW-Madison Department of Geoscience has a long tradition of training undergraduates and graduates in the critical skills of field observations, measurements, and interpretation. Most alumni will remember field trips to nearby classic Wisconsin localities, legendary trips to the Yukon, carbonate trips to the Guadalupe Mountains, and structural geology trips to Wyoming and Lake Superior. The Geology Museum has led popular summer museum expeditions to collect fossils in Wyoming. The Department sponsors regular course-related field trips to the Black Hills, the Badlands, White Lake (Canada), and several Wisconsin locations.

ChallengesFor many years, expenses for course-related field trips were covered by the educational budget provided by the State of Wisconsin. However, in recent years, decreasing state budgets for educational expenses and increased costs have forced the Department to rely almost exclusively on gift-funds, plus modest field trip fees, to support educational field experiences. Furthermore, university support for Geology Museum summer fossil collecting expeditions to Wyoming ended in 2005.

Campaign GoalThe goal of this campaign is to build a permanent endowment fund of two million dollars to support student field trips, field camp tuition scholarships, and museum field activities to sustain field experiences for decades to come.

Campaign ProgressThrough the generous donations and pledges from several very dedicated alumni, and with a gift from Marta Weeks, we are on our way to realizing the $2 million goal. With the generous support from you, our friends and alumni, we are confident that we can achieve our goals so that UW-Madison represents the very best in geoscience education.

Donations to the Student Field Experience Campaign can be designated for Student Field Experiences and/or for Museum Field Experiences. Donations to the Student Field Experience Campaign can be made in several ways, including direct gifts, multi-year pledges, matching gifts, appreciated securities, and estate giving commitments. Donation pledges can be made for a multi-year period.

Gift LevelsThere are several gift levels that recognize different contribution amounts (funding level is inclusive of matching corporate grants):

Estate gifts or deferred gifts of $25,000 and above can be applied to this campaign and also qualify for membership in the Bascom Hill Society.

For more information please contact: Anne Lucke, UW Foundation PO Box 8860, Madison, WI 53708-8860 608-262-6242 anne.lucke@uwfoundation.wisc.edu or The Department of Geoscience 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706

Student Field Experience Campaign