Movers & Shakers
LATITUDE
A founder of geology research in Alberta, Dr. Stelck was honoured by friends, students, graduates, and colleagues at a celebration of his 98th birthday. Dr. Stelck was born in Edmonton and first encountered Earth sciences as a teenager working on summer geological field parties. He enrolled in chemistry at the University of Alberta, but switched to geology on the advice of his friend, Robert Folinsbee, P.Geoph., FGC, FEC (Hon.), (1944-2013). After completing a bachelor's and a masters' degree in geology, he moved to California and obtained a PhD from Stanford. Dr. Stelck’s first oilpatch job involved monitoring an old well in Pouce Coupe, a small town in northeastern B.C. He then worked for the U.S. military and Imperial Oil on the Canol Project, exploring for oil in the Arctic and piping it to the Whitehorse refinery to provide fuel for Second World War efforts. Following the war, Dr. Stelck came back to the U of A as a professor and made his first reef hypothesis. He continued with fossil research, teaching, and mentoring for the next 35
CHARLES STELCK, OC, P.GEOL, FGC, FEC (Hon.) . . . . . . a geology great -photos courtesy the University of Alberta
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