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MSU professor's geological collection to be honored Friday
December, 13 2006
Springfield News-Leader
A longtime Missouri State University professor’s geological collection will become part of the new Watershed Center at Valley Water Mill Park, a Greene County spokesperson announced this morning.
The establishment of the Kenneth C. Thomson Memorial Karst Collection will be announced at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Watershed Committee offices, 320 N. Main Ave. Refreshments and building tours will follow.
Ken Thomson dedicated his career to documenting area caves, sinkholes, springs and aquifers. He died in a 2004 vehicle wreck.
Thomson left behind a collection of books, maps and reports produced over a lifetime of geological study.
His friends and colleagues will speak Friday about his dedication to the science of karst geology, the importance of his work and the value of his collection.
Scheduled speakers include Greene County Commissioner Dave Coonrod; Jerry Vineyard, a retired geologist from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Matt Forir, lead paleontologist and executive director of the Natural History Museum of the Ozarks; and Watershed Committee chair Stuart Wetzel.
Contact the Watershed Committee at 866-1127 for more information.
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December, 13 2006
Springfield News-Leader
A longtime Missouri State University professor’s geological collection will become part of the new Watershed Center at Valley Water Mill Park, a Greene County spokesperson announced this morning.
The establishment of the Kenneth C. Thomson Memorial Karst Collection will be announced at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Watershed Committee offices, 320 N. Main Ave. Refreshments and building tours will follow.
Ken Thomson dedicated his career to documenting area caves, sinkholes, springs and aquifers. He died in a 2004 vehicle wreck.
Thomson left behind a collection of books, maps and reports produced over a lifetime of geological study.
His friends and colleagues will speak Friday about his dedication to the science of karst geology, the importance of his work and the value of his collection.
Scheduled speakers include Greene County Commissioner Dave Coonrod; Jerry Vineyard, a retired geologist from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Matt Forir, lead paleontologist and executive director of the Natural History Museum of the Ozarks; and Watershed Committee chair Stuart Wetzel.
Contact the Watershed Committee at 866-1127 for more information.
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