Lakehead University Geology - Journal Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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Ain Raitsakas Ain was born in England, but was fortunate enough to have emigrated to Canada at an early enough age to avoid the obviously deleterious effects of such a birthright. He was educated at the University of Waterloo and at Lakehead University . Since 1973 Ain has been associated with the Geology Department through his work with the federally supported Seismographic Station at Lakehead, lending a prestige and sophistication to the department that is uncommon in such an earthbound discipline. Bill Mcllwaine Bill was born in Toronto and received his early education there. His high school and university educations were obtained in England and at the University of New Brunswick respectively. After spending fifteen years working in the bush, ten of them as a field geologist with the Ontario Government, he decided that more of his time should be spent at home. With this in mind. Bill joined the Geology Department staff at Lakehead in 1978. As a lab technician much of his time is spent at the grind in the geology lab in the basement of the Centennial Building. It is here that all of the departmental thin sections for teaching and research are prepared.

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Ronald Bennett Ron is the guiding light , the shepherd if you will, within our geology department. For friendly advice or a good ol’ Scottish yarn, Ron ' s the man to see! He was the Chief Laboratory Technician at the Grant Institute of Geology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland from 1936 to 1967. In 1967 he joined the Geology Department staff at Lakehead and, as our principal technician, he does specialized work related to faculty research projects. Outside of the university Ron is an active participant in Kaministiquia community functions. He is an avid fisherman and carpenter, and enjoys putting his homebuilt sauna to good use. Sam Spivak - Chief Draftsman Principal Technician Map Librarian The majority of my working hours (in this second decade as an employee of this fine establishment) are spent preparing maps, diagrams, teaching aids and special displays as well as a substantial number of illustrations for research publications. A fair amount of time is spent in the maintaining of and cataloguing of new acquisitions to our map library. A regional seminar on cartographic techniques was held at Sir Sanford Fleming College early in 1979. I was fortunate to have attended this seminar for the purpose of acquainting myself with some of the new ideas for, and methods of, map production. My extra curricular activities within the university include organizing and participating in the annual student-faculty-staff hockey games as well as being an active participant on the squash courts .

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Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll THE DEAN: -leaps tall buildings in a single bound -is more powerful than a locomotive -is faster than a speeding bullet -walks on water -gives policy to God THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRMAN: -leaps short buildings in a single bound -is more powerful than a switch engine -is just as fast as a speeding bullet walks on water if the sea is calm -talks with God PROFESSOR: -leaps short buildings with a running start and favourable winds -is almost as powerful as a switch engine -is faster than a speeding BB -walks on water in an indoor swimming pool -talks with God if special request is approved ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: -barely clears a quonset hut -loses a tug-of-war with a locomotive -can fire a speeding bullet -swims well -is occasionally addressed by God ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: -makes high marks on walls when trying to leap buildings -is run over by locomotives -can handle gun without inflicting self-injury -treads water -talks to animals INSTRUCTOR -climbs the walls continually -rides the rails -plays Russian Roulette -walks on thin ice -prays a lot GRADUATE STUDENT: -runs into tall buildings -recognizes locomotives two out of three times -is not issued ammunition -can stay afloat with a life jacket -talksto walls UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT: -falls over doorstep when trying to enter buildings -says Look at the choo-choo -wets self with a water pistol -plays in mud puddles -mumbles to self DEPARTMENT SECRETARY: -lifts tall buildings and walks under them -kicks loc omotives off the track -catches speeding bullets in teeth and eats them -freezes water with a single glance -IS GOD lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllf Judy Vogrig Judy is from the Thunder Bay area and has had the pleasure of working for Dr. Mothersill for the past year and a half. Her job is to try and keep a busy office running as smoothly as possible so that the Dean can accommodate all the important and pressing items that confront him both administratively and academically . Wendy Bons Wendy is originally from the Toronto area where she received her high school and college education. She has spent the past five years in Thunder Bay, the last two and a half years spent in the Geology Department as Departmental Secretary. Duties in the department include such things as typing, filing, handling of incoming and outgoing calls, departmental budget documentation, documentation of faculty N.R.C. grants, and generally keeping things in line.