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Northern Michigan. Photo by Matt Stone ‘91. “Location map” for Salida project comps talks in the 1980s and 90s. Salida Research team, 1992. Photo by Anu Gupta ‘93. Shelby sez:. "This is the point where life is simple. If you can get to the top, it's all downhill from there.". - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Northern Michigan. Photo by Matt Stone ‘91
Northern Michigan. Photo by Matt Stone ‘91
“Location map” for Salida project comps talks in the 1980s and 90s.
“Location map” for Salida project comps talks in the 1980s and 90s.
Salida Research team, 1992. Photo by Anu Gupta ‘93
Salida Research team, 1992. Photo by Anu Gupta ‘93
"This is the point where life is simple. If you can get to the top, it's all downhill
from there."
Shelby sez:
Northern Michigan 1993. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Michigan 1993. Photo by Tim Vick
Shelby with Schiller, late 1970s, photo by Cliff Wright ‘78
Shelby with Schiller, late 1970s, photo by Cliff Wright ‘78
In reference to a plot showing free energy of nucleating crystals: "They get too much positive free energy, and they
say 'the hell with it' and dissolve."
Shelby sez:
Bearpaw Mts., 1976Bearpaw Mts., 1976
Petrology trip 1993. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
Petrology trip 1993. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
"If you crystallize quartz...you get quartz."
Shelby sez:
Shelby and Jean, photo by George Davis
Shelby and Jean, photo by George Davis
The Geology frisbee team was named “Shel-Bee,” cartoon by George Davis (from his structural geology textbook)
The Geology frisbee team was named “Shel-Bee,” cartoon by George Davis (from his structural geology textbook)
(After realizing that he had misspelled electronegativity): "Electronegativitie?
Yeah, that's all the French I know."
Shelby sez:
Shelby with Dan Ela and Lynn Tennyson, Wisconsin 1978. Photo by Jo Ann Murishege Gronberg ‘79
Shelby with Dan Ela and Lynn Tennyson, Wisconsin 1978. Photo by Jo Ann Murishege Gronberg ‘79
Missouri, late 1970s. Photo by Karen Campbell ‘79
Missouri, late 1970s. Photo by Karen Campbell ‘79
"There's no free lunch in thermodynamics."
Shelby sez:
Jean Boardman at the Farmhouse, 1970s. Photo by Dan Spencer ‘79
Jean Boardman at the Farmhouse, 1970s. Photo by Dan Spencer ‘79
Johnson Shut-Ins, Missouri, 1994. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
Johnson Shut-Ins, Missouri, 1994. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
"I see a lot of nodding, but I don't think it's through comprehension."
Shelby sez:
Bearpaw Mts. 1976. Photo by Laura Nadelhoffer ‘78
Bearpaw Mts. 1976. Photo by Laura Nadelhoffer ‘78
Black Hills 1997, photo by Tim Vick
Black Hills 1997, photo by Tim Vick
"If you're still with me now, I'll get rid of you in a minute."
Shelby sez:
Petrology trip 1993. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
Petrology trip 1993. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
Research trip in Utah. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
Research trip in Utah. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
"We're getting a little behind, but that's okay...we'll catch up on the last day of
class."
Shelby sez:
Bearpaws Mts., 1976. Photo by Laura Nadelhoffer ‘78
Bearpaws Mts., 1976. Photo by Laura Nadelhoffer ‘78
Missouri 1994. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
Missouri 1994. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94
"If they're forbidden but they still happen, they can't be too forbidden."
Shelby sez:
Taylors Falls, 2004. Photo by Leah Morgan ‘04
Taylors Falls, 2004. Photo by Leah Morgan ‘04
Northern Michigan 1993. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Michigan 1993. Photo by Tim Vick
"Life gets more complicated when you consider what happens with anisotropic
minerals."
Shelby sez:
Northern Michigan 1991. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Michigan 1991. Photo by Tim Vick
Bearpaw Mts., 1972. Photo by Richard Pautsch ‘73
Bearpaw Mts., 1972. Photo by Richard Pautsch ‘73
"Either my brain's too fast or it's too slow, I can't figure out which."
Shelby sez:
Northern Michigan 1991. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Michigan 1991. Photo by Tim Vick
Steve and Dave Boardman at the Farmhouse, late 1970s. Photo by Dan Spencer ‘79
Steve and Dave Boardman at the Farmhouse, late 1970s. Photo by Dan Spencer ‘79
"You've got to keep it straight in your mind or else you'll get confused."
Shelby sez:
Photo by Karen Noyce ‘75
Photo by Karen Noyce ‘75
Research trip near Salida, CO, 1987. Photo by Peter Sauer ‘88
Research trip near Salida, CO, 1987. Photo by Peter Sauer ‘88
Taylors Falls, 2004. Photo by Leah Morgan ‘04
Taylors Falls, 2004. Photo by Leah Morgan ‘04
"You can fall through the atmosphere. You can't fall through the crust."
Shelby sez:
Missouri, 1977
Missouri, 1977
Missouri, 2006. Photo by Tim Vick
Missouri, 2006. Photo by Tim Vick
"You don't have to read the entire section on systematic mineralogy. If you
really want to you can...some people read dictionaries."
Shelby sez:
Geology picnic at Vicks’ house, 1976. Photo by Meryl Rosenfeld Haber ‘78
Geology picnic at Vicks’ house, 1976. Photo by Meryl Rosenfeld Haber ‘78
Missouri, 2006. Photo by Tim Vick
Missouri, 2006. Photo by Tim Vick
"Snell's Law says that... UGH!... no, it doesn't say that. It says 'Don't get chalk
on your face.'"
Shelby sez:
Northern Michigan, 1976.
Northern Michigan, 1976.
Northern Minnesota, 1992. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Minnesota, 1992. Photo by Tim Vick
"That's a sort of a bogus way of looking at things. Don't tell it to a
physicist."
Shelby sez:
Missouri, 1985. Photo by Tim Vick
Missouri, 1985. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Michigan, 1976
Northern Michigan, 1976
"I usually like to let the astronomers fiddle with the universe."
Shelby sez:
Northern Michigan, 1976.
Northern Michigan, 1976.
Missouri, 2006. Photo by Tim Vick
Missouri, 2006. Photo by Tim Vick
"Well, actually, I don't even know what water is like."
Shelby sez:
Petrology trip, 1975. Photo by Will Maze
Petrology trip, 1975. Photo by Will Maze
Black Hills 1997, photo by Tim Vick
Black Hills 1997, photo by Tim Vick
"Igneous and sedimentary rocks aren't confusing enough."
Shelby sez:
Northern Minnesota, 2001. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Minnesota, 2001. Photo by Tim Vick
10-year reunion, 1996. Photo by Sean McKenna ‘86
10-year reunion, 1996. Photo by Sean McKenna ‘86
"There's an inverse relationship between how interesting a rock is and
it's abundance."
Shelby sez:
“Somewhere in the field,” perhaps Bearpaw Mts., 1976.
“Somewhere in the field,” perhaps Bearpaw Mts., 1976.
Missouri, 1994. Photo by Tim Vick
Missouri, 1994. Photo by Tim Vick
While showing slides: "The sun never shines in Scotland. Oh, maybe it does,
there's a shadow."
Shelby sez:
Northern Minnesota, 2001. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Minnesota, 2001. Photo by Tim Vick
Cleaning the septic tank, Bearpaw Mts., 1975
Cleaning the septic tank, Bearpaw Mts., 1975
"It's amazing how you can train your eye to imagine things." (Looking through
a microscope, guessing at what he's seeing.)
Shelby sez:
Minnesota River Valley Petrology trip, 1975. Photo by Will Maze ‘76
Minnesota River Valley Petrology trip, 1975. Photo by Will Maze ‘76
Northern Michigan 1993. Photo by Tim Vick
Northern Michigan 1993. Photo by Tim Vick
The “Shelby sez:” quotes were captured by the students in Shelby’s
Mineralogy/Petrology class in 1990, primarily Jennifer Horn and Jon Nauert (both ‘92), and posted on a conference in the VAX time-sharing computer. Thanks guys!
This slide show was collected and assembled in preparation for Shelby’s memorial service in the Carleton College chapel, February 11, 2007, by Tim Vick
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