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Gifts
The
Departmental Gift Account |
George
Herman's Gift |
Frederick
W. and Lorraine P. Hinrichs Living Trust
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Arthur L. Howland Fund
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Dr. Laurence L. Sloss Fund
The Departmental
Gift Account
The Departmental Gift Account serves an important departmental
purpose. Unlike the endowed accounts, this account allows
the
department immediate access to contributions. It has
been used to meet
the department share of set up accounts of incoming
faculty. It also
has been used to provide items that contribute to the
"ambience" of the
department. Last year, for example, new chairs were
purchased for the
Sloss Room where departmental seminars and graduate
level classes are
taught.
George Herman's
Gift
May 1997
George Herman
1924-1996
 George Herman, lately of New Orleans, and a graduate
student in this Department in 1947-49, passed away on
January 11, 1996. He left a very substantial bequest
honoring our Professor emeritus Laurence L. Sloss and
designating it for scholarship purposes. George Herman's
bequest will augment the existing Dr. L. L. Sloss Fund
in support of research and education in this Department.
Dr. Emily H. Vokes, Professor emerita of Geology at
Tulane University and Executrix for the Succession of
George Herman, wrote to Professor Sloss in his lifetime
about his late student's will and wish. Larry Sloss
was profoundly touched by this combination of sad and
generous news about the former student. Professor Vokes
made George Herman's gift to the Department in May 1997,
along with the biographical information. Edward B. Picou,
Jr., George Herman's long-time friend and colleague,
wrote in memoriam in the Monthly Newsletter of New Orleans
Geological Society: "Since George had developed a keen
interest in fossils, sedimentation and stratigraphy
he decided to attend Northwestern University. . . studying
under guidance of the impressive troika of Professors
Krumbein, Sloss and Dapples -- all leaders in their
geologic specialties." George Herman received his B.S.
degree with honors in Geology from City College of New
York in 1947; he was subsequently enrolled in the Master's
program at Northwestern (1947-49); he took graduate
extension courses at the University of Utah (1956-63),
while working full-time for Shell Oil Company since
1949 until his retirement in 1986. Starting in the position
of Junior Geologist at Shell Oil, his last post was
Manager of Geology in the Onshore Division. Retiring
in 1986, he was active as a Consultant and as Adjunct
Professor of Geology at Tulane University in New Orleans.
George Herman's professional work at Shell Oil included
studies of the stratigraphy and salt tectonics of the
Paradox Basin (Four Corners area of Colorado, Utah,
Arizona, New Mexico), Jurassic and Cretaceous ammonites,
petroleum migration and entrapment, clastic and carbonate
depositional systems, and subsidence rates of basins
on passive crustal-plate margins. His science-related
avocations included cultivation of bromeliads, and collecting
and taxonomic classification of cowries (marine gastropods
of the family Cypraeidae), combined with his membership
in the Louisiana Malacological Society. Ed Picou also
wrote of his friend's dedication to the training of
the young geologists he hired at Shell Oil Company,
and of many there who are indebted to him for molding
their careers. During his academic associations with
Tulane University, University of New Orleans, and Louisiana
State University, George Herman "gave counsel to graduate
students on their Master's and Ph.D. research projects.
Education was very important to him." The latter sentence
explains George Herman's wish to support education in
Geological Sciences and at the same time to honor Larry
Sloss, himself a dedicated and inspiring educator throughout
his long professional career. George Herman's bequest
is, apart from its material value, a strong expression
of his faith in the principle of scholarly excellence,
always promoted by this Department. His contribution
to the Sloss Fund will help us maintain our efforts
and continue to improve the quality of education we
offer our students.
Abraham Lerman
Chair of the Department
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Frederick W. and Lorraine
P. Hinrichs Living Trust
The Department of Geological Sciences is honored to
have received a substantial donation from the estate
of alumnus Frederick W. Hinrichs, who earned both his
B.S. and M.S. in Geology at Northwestern. Born in Chicago
on May 1, 1915, Mr. Hinrichs served in the United States
Navy until retiring from the Naval Reserve in 1959 at
the rank of Rear Admiral. He served on the staff of
General Douglas MacArthur in Japan during World War
II. In 1948, after his active duty, Admiral Hinrichs
(known by his middle name "Woods") became Chief Geologist
and Manager of Exploration Services for Fairchild Aerial
Surveys and then worked as the Western Exploration Manager
for Aero Services Corporation. He was a member of the
Legion of Honor of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy
and Exploration, the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, and the Society of Exploration Geologists.
At Northwestern, Admiral Hinrichs was instrumental in
building a memorial east of the main library in memory
of NU NROTC graduates who died in World War II. The
memorial, which consists of a granite block bearing
an aluminum plaque, was dedicated in 1981. Longtime
residents of Beverly Hills, California, Admiral Hinrichs
and his wife Lorraine Peters Hinrichs died on Tuesday,
November 26, 1996, and Wednesday, November 27, 1996,
respectively. The Department of Geological Sciences
is proud to have received such a generous gift from
their estate.
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Arthur L. Howland Fund
Arthur Howland
1908-1978
 The Howland Fund was established on January 22, 1979,
from a gift of Mrs. Barbara Z. Wilson, under the name
of Arthur L. Howland Geological Sciences Field Study
Fund. Over the years, gifts from the alumni contributed
to a substantial growth of the Fund principal, the income
from which is used to support field-related research
work. Arthur Lloyd Howland (January 13, 1908 -- November
23, 1978) received his A.B. degree from Cornell in 1929,
M.A. from Northwestern in 1931, and Ph.D. from Princeton
in 1933. Art began his faculty career at Northwestern
as an Instructor in 1933 and retired as Professor of
Geological Sciences in 1976. His geological work included
many years of studies of the structure, petrology and
mineralogy of Precambrian rocks, and mineral deposits
of chromite, copper-nickel sulfides, and platinum-group
metals. He worked extensively in the field on the iron
formations in Minnesota, the Stillwater Complex in Montana,
in Newfoundland, Society Islands, and Brazil. During
World War II he was associated with the U.S. Geological
Survey in the Strategic Minerals Program and the Military
Geology Unit, later working part-time in the Mineral
Deposits Branch. For twenty-four years, since 1945 to
1969, Arthur Howland served as the Chairman of Department
of Geology, later renamed Department of Geological Sciences.
Art's outstanding contribution as Chairman to the growth
of the Department in the late 1940s was his bringing
to Northwestern faculty such individuals as W.C. Krumbein,
L.L. Sloss and R.M. Garrels, each of whom became a distinguished
and inspiring pioneer of world renown in his field.
During Art Howland's tenure as the Chairman, the Department
moved from University Hall to Locy Hall, the building
it occupies at present.
January 1999
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Dr. Laurence L. Sloss Fund
Laurence L. Sloss
1913-1996
 The Dr. Laurence L. Sloss Fund at Northwestern University
was started through the gift of John R. and Barbara
Z. Wilson on 28 May 1986, and the legal memorandum establishing
the Fund, as fund No. 5556 at Northwestern, was signed
on 12 June 1986. Income from the Fund is used in support
of research and education in the Department of Geological
Sciences. The words ``in support of research and education''
cover a multifaceted activity that changes its emphasis
and focus with time, along with the growth of the department
and changes in its research directions. In the ten years
since the Dr. Laurence L. Sloss Fund has been established,
its income was variably used in support of graduate
students' field work and other research activities,
and participation in national or international meetings
where students presented the results of their work.
We at Northwestern have set a goal of building up the
Sloss Fund to a level where its income would provide
at least one full-year stipend to a graduate student
who can be designated as a recipient of the L. L. Sloss
Fellowship. We have reached this goal and believe it
is a fitting and worthy recognition of Larry Sloss's
nearly 50 years at Northwestern and the even longer
time of his contributions to geology and education of
many generations of undergraduate and graduate students.
To make a donation to the Dr. Laurence L. Sloss Fund,
please make your check payable to: Dr. L. L. Sloss Fund,
Northwestern University
and mail to:
Chairman
Department of Geological Sciences
Locy Hall, 1847 Sheridan Road
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2150
All contributions are processed by the Department through
University channels and credited to the principal of
the Fund, and you will hear from us and the Office of
Alumni Relations. Your help to achieve our goal will
be greatly appreciated!
Brad Sageman
Chair, Dept. of Geological Sciences
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