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1969

John Prutzman '69, 26118 Lakeview Drive, Hockley, Texas 77447. email: JohnPrutzman@yahoo.com, phone: (832) 692-1475

Greetings from Houston, oil capital of the world. I now work for Seismic Micro Technology where I am involved in designing the next generation of software for oil exploration/exploitation. It's all great fun and interesting.

Tim Vick '69, 915 Linden St. N., Northfield, MN 55057. email: tvick@carleton.edu

Although I graduated from Beloit with a major in English, I went on to earn an MAT in science teaching at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and since 1975, I have been the Technical Director in Geology at Carleton College. It has been a great experience. Carleton is almost as good a college as Beloit, and the Geology Department is very enthusiastic and successful. My job entails providing many support services for the department including curating the collections, field trip logistics, creating content for the departmental web site, writing an annual alumni newsletter (inspired by Hank Woodard's newsletters of decades past), and generally anything else that needs to be done but no one else has time to do. I hope to get back to Beloit once in a while after I retire in a few years. In the meantime, greetings to all my friends there, and happy trails!

1967

Jan Wielert '67. email: jwielert@netins.net

I graduated in '67 and went into education. I retired in 2005 after 30-something years of teaching - mostly public school. I am now working for Pearson Educational Measurement where I am the resident geology/meteorology/climate/astronomy science guy. Pearson develops, scores, and evaluates large scale tests - read "No Child Left Behind" - for state departments of education. I work for two states developing test items, on-line graphics, and handling a variety of teacher and state department panels in the states I serve. I'll do this for a few more years -- it pays better than teaching.
Still Working
Never Voted For Bush
Don't Own A Cell Phone
Never an AARP Member

1962

Mary-Margaret "Hornfels" (Hepp) Coates '62, 9835 West 35th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 80033. email: mmcoates@att.net

This year is my 31st in Denver. Beautiful as the Beloit campus was during reunion weekend in mid-September 2006, I'm a confirmed Coloradan now. During reunion weekend (my 44th and the first one I've attended) it was good to have time to visit with Hank and Lyn Woodard and with Harry Davis, formerly of the Government department. And--how is it that a building--Chamberlin Hall--that was still on the drawing board the year that I taught Hank's classes (1966-67)is going to be torn down in 2007? And I just took my first walk through it during reunion weekend? I continue to work--about half-time preparing manuscripts for publication for USGS and some industry clients and about half-time teaching engineering writing at Colorado School of Mines. It's a nice pairing of work at home and work on another small inviting college campus. Volunteer jobs--ushering at local theaters (stage, not movie!)and as a naturalist at a local state park--ensure that I don't have too much time to indulge my cat. I see other Be-loiter-ers from time to time. Spent Christmas 2005 in the Los Angeles area with Marilyn (Apsega) Hocking, who is now retired from teaching mathematics to recalcitrant junior high students. Visits from other Beloit alums in Denver for GSA are always welcome!