ALUMNI NEWS NOTES
Class of 1984
Denise Battles: My husband (Michael Mills) and I have lived in the northern Colorado region since 2005, where we are both employed by the University of Northern Colorado. I work as Dean of the College of Natural and Health Sciences and hold faculty rank in geology while he serves on the English faculty and as the institution's Faculty Athletics Representative. We have no kids. We came to UNC after 15 years on the faculty of Georgia Southern University. Visitors to the greater Denver area are encouraged to drop us a line! (submitted May 2008)
I continue to serve as a geology faculty member and Associate Dean of the College of Science and Technology at Georgia Southern University, where I have been employed since receiving my Ph.D. in 1990. I successfully applied this year for promotion to the rank of Professor of Geology, a most happy outcome. I'm collaborating with an Art faculty colleague in developing a college-level textbook on "Art and Geology," a project that recently received NSF funding. We are working to develop a text that will support an introductory-level, interdisciplinary course on this topic, an approach we hope to disseminate to many other college campuses. I have been married for eight years to Michael Mills, also a faculty member at Georgia Southern. (submitted 6/03)
Ede (Ilmanen) Gresham: I am working for an environmental consulting company (P&D Consultants) as a Technical Editor of the majority of the documents leaving the office (deliverables). I'm also out "in the field" taking samples of hazardous waste streams for analysis to assist Navy bases in the identification of waste streams to eventually develop pollution prevention plans and elimination/recycling alternatives. I've worked on the pollution prevention plans for the Navy bases in the San Diego region (8) and also the Compliance Management Action Plan to assist them in heading towards environmental compliance with Federal, state, and local regulations. Tom McKerr, another Colgate alum works at P&D also. I have two beautiful daughters, Chelsea (3) and Samantha (1 1/2) who are very busy, learning to swim and wreak havoc in general. In my spare time, I edit the Project Wildlife Newsletter. I am still active in the Naval Reserve, working with Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit SEVEN as the Special Projects Officer. (submitted '96)
David Haymes: I was recently promoted to Section Chief at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in the Bureau of Environmental Evaluation and Risk Assessment (BEERA). I have been working as a geologist at the NJDEP for the last 13 years, investigating and remediating ground water contamination at industrial facilities. My new responsibilities will include investigation and remediation of soil contamination at industrial facilities, as well as supervision of staff. This culminates an eventful 12 months for me, as I married Dana Ulrich (Williams 1986) in August 2002.

I am looking forward to summer visits from Christine Chariton (1984) and her family, and Bob Cunniff (1985) and his family. Actually, the only reason they are visiting is because I live near "Sesame Place," a water park that their kids all want to go to, and I offer free housing and refreshments. Anyone else visiting the Philadelphia area should give us a call (215-295-2196; davidehaymes@mindspring.com). (submitted May 2003)
Holly Hoyt: Working as Inventory Manger/Buyer for the Celebration Fourtastic (gift catalog) for 5 years. Studying BW photography, running marathons, triathalons, considering ironman competition. Missing geology .. Bruce, Art, Chief, Bob... I see Stephanie Dreyfuss (in Portland, OR) and Jane Dolan (in SF) a lot. (submitted '96)
Jim ('84) and Susan ('83) (Corkran) Hutton: Susan(Corkran)'83 and Jim '84 Hutton had a great time catching up with fellow geoheads at Reunion in June. Jim is a senior project Manager with GZA Geoenvironmental in Vernon, CT. In his spare time he is a boys lacrosse coach and a cubscout leader. Susan is a substitute teacher in the local elementary schools. Together they do an awesome geology assembly for the entire 2nd grade each fall. They live in Tolland, CT with their children Grace (13) and Ben (10). (submitted June 2003)
Andrea Kretchmer: After graduating from Colgate, I received my masters in sedimentary geology (go Bruce Selleck) at UCLA. My thesis was on the sedimentary petrology of modern sands from the Cascade Mountain forearc and Canadian Rocky Mountain retroarc, two awesome field areas. I moved back to NYC in 1987 and worked for nine years for Camp Dresser & McKee and Environmental Resources Management doing hazardous waste work: soild and groundwater contamination, environmental impact statements, and water supply projects. Somewhere in there I married the delicious Dr. Paul Norman Lutvak (Albany '80). I left professional geology more than six years ago to work full-time with my three children, ages 9, 7, and 3. I have since built up a nearly full-time occupation of volunteerism. I will be PTA President at my oldest son's elementary school and I serve on the board of my younger son's Little League. My daughter is starting nursery school in the fall, where I have a part-time fundraising job. All that being said, when people ask me what I do, I still often say, "well, I am a geologist...". My best to Bruce, Rich and Art who I still think fondly about all the time, and who inform the successes that I have had professionally and personally. (submitted June 2003)
Andrew Redline: In late 1994, finished and submitted for publication manuscript revising Eocene Hyopsodus systematics and evolutionary pattern at Carnegie Museum, section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh, PA. Became the Director of Paleontology at the Science Museum of Minnesota in October of 1994. Am continuing research with Carnegie Museum as Research Associate. As Director, am planning and directing funding for major exhibits for new facility opening in 1999. (submitted '96)
Malcom Ross: New baby daughter: Catherine (born 5/17/94). New PhD: Worked with Peter Vail on Sequence Stratigraphy of Cretaceous of Australia (awarded 5/13/95). New job: Staring 1/1/96 faculty research associate, University of Texas at Arlington. (submitted '96)
Sally Rothwell: I'm working on an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a new oil development on the North Slope of Alaska. Lots of interesting aspects to this project: caribou migration patterns, threatened spectacled eiders, subsistence hunting activities by eskimos who live in a village just a few miles away, and protecting the sensitive tundra and permafrost. In my spare time I'm doing lots of hiking, running, and fishing with my husband Greg. Life is awesome! (submitted July 2003)