Archive for December, 2009
Chester Johnson, Professor Emeritus, passed away Dec. 8
Chester Johnson, who founded the Gustavus Geology Department in 1940, died December 8 at age 96. He retired from teaching in 1978, but continued working for the college until 2001. Here is a brief excerpt from a letter written by Joe Carlson, also Prof. Emeritus in Geology: “…Chet was my biggest hero. He was perhaps […]
Mark Johnson revisits GAC for an icy talk
Prof. Mark Johnson, who taught at GAC for many years before moving to Sweden in 2005, was back for a quick visit last Monday. He spoke about his recent research on Icelandic glaciers, and showed some amazing photos of recently exposed glacial terrain.