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In ifflemortant (£I|ftHre Caitrrnri Diikr, April 2, 1883 rpirmber 3, 1934 The many friends and associates of Doctor Charles Laurence Dake were greatly shocked upon learning of his sudden death from cerebral hemorrhage, at Denver, Colorado, September 3, 1934. Doctor Dake was on his way home to Rolla, after spending most of the summer in the vicinity of Cody, Wyoming, working out some of the details of the Hart Mountain Overthrust, which he discovered in 1916. The work was part of a project sponsored by the Geological So- ciety of America under the Penrose bequest. He had not been in the best of health for several years past and the summer ' s strenuous work in a region of high altitude may have been responsible for his death, especially since in his tremendous enthusiasm for his work he often drove himself almost to the point of ex- haustion. Professor Dake was born in Chaseburg, Wisconsin. The son of a carpenter, in his early years he too, started to learn this trade, but after completing his high school course decided to enter the teaching profession. He spent two years at the River Falls State Normal School and then entered the University of Wisconsin at Madison, receiving the A. R. degree in 1911 and the A. M. degree in 1912. In 1922 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University, New York City. In the fall of 1912 Doctor Dake began his teaching career as an instructor in geology at Wil- liams College, WilHamstown, Massachusetts, The following year he was appointed Assistant Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. He was made Associate Professor in 1918 and Professor and Head of the Department in 1921, the posi- tion he held at the time of his death. He obtained leave of absence in 1917-18 and spent the year in commercial work in the mid -continent oil fields and in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. He was granted leave of absence a second time in 1920-21, when he attended Columbia University, and again in 1930-31 when he was employed by the Sinclair Company. Doctor Dake was primarily a teacher. His greatest contribution to geology came from the classroom. From his classes emerged a large number of men in whom he had instilled a portion of his own vigorous enthusiasm for the work. Many of these men whom he started on their careers are today in positions of responsibility. Tn his teaching he had very little tolerance for the student who loafed on the iob. He expected every man to exhibit the same interest and industry which he himself possessed, particularly if the man had elected geology for a major sub- ject. In the classroom his manner of presentation was clear and forceful and his students soon learned that it was not enough to repeat what had been heard in class or read in a textbook. Tn his practical work he was no less thorough than in the classroom. His work for the Mis- souri Geological Survey won for him the reputation of being one of the outstanding students of the stratigraphy of the lower Paleozoic formation of the Mississippi Valley. His efforts in practical work and research resulted in some thirtv contributions to technical journals, two vol- umes of the Missouri Geological Survey, and a bulletin of the School of Mines and Metallurgy. Doctor Dake was a member of Acacia. Gamma Alpha. Phi Beta Kappa. Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, A, T. M. : M. E., Geological Society of America, American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, and several other organizations. . Thus we mark the passing of a man prominent in the geologic profession. The achieve- ments. briefly mentioned, are but a few mile posts in a distinguished career, cut short hv an untimely death. What he did in life is easily told but what he was is difficult to express, even for those who knew him best. Of this we are sure, he was a man of broad culture. Primarily a scientist he was nevertheless highly appreciative of the beauties in nature, literature, art, and music. To his scientific interest in and study of geology he brought the imagination of the poet and the mind and grasp of the philosopher.
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Copyrighted by Nicholas J. Gilsdorp Editor James Sloss B us incss M anager Designed and Engraved by Pontiac Engraving Company Chicago, Illinois Printed and Bound by Inland Printing Company Springfield Missouri Photographed by Ala n M a c few a n St. Louis, Missouri k « „
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