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189 AN T I OC H CO L L E G E C L A S S O F 19 6 5 5 0 t h A N N I V E R S A R Y B O O K WA L L A C E “hydrocarbon kitchen,” and, there- fore, I could predict locations of shallow individual oil/gas reservoirs and stratabound mineral deposits in ancient sedimentary basins. I spent a year researching this discovery and determined that no one else un- derstood my methods. I applied for a patent, which still is stuck in our antiquated and dysfunctional patent system. I set up an exploration com- pany in Adelaide, South Australia, with a friend and we have an ex- ploration license near the town of Woomera where we apply my con- cepts to locate stratabound mineral deposits. I continue to flog my hy- drocarbon exploration concepts in the U.S., Canada and Australia. In 2010 I was offered a position to teach field geology at Oklahoma State University and I continue that task each May–June. I was delighted to return to teaching, especially teaching a subject about which I had such passion. The field camp is held near Canon City, Colo., each year, and we are one of about six universities that have field geology camps in that area. Margaret and I continue to ad- just to her retirement. She is en- thused by her newfound freedom, including sleeping as long as she wishes. For more than a decade Margaret left home at 5:30 a.m. to go to a health club to exercise be- fore work, no matter the weather. She returned home at the end of the day to a prepared dinner, but that did not alleviate her stress at work. Now Margaret’s work stress is gone but she has to share our cooking duties with me in her retirement. An additional plus to Margaret’s re- tirement is that she can accompany me on my field excursions so I am not just another old fart confusedly wandering around in the forest. Margaret will take this first year of retirement to determine which non- profit organization she will embrace with her business skills. Antioch College was an amaz- ing place for me as I arrived in 1960 from a farm in western New York; Antioch opened the door to my ac- ademic and professional future.The friends I made at Antioch helped form my life—Nick Muska, Susan Hartman, Lou Gerteis, Peter Kuriloff, Carletta Jones, Charlie Hartsough, Ray Vogel, Tom Lloyd, Tom Fisher, Larry Greene, John Stokley and Jeff Brooks, to mention just a few of the people who influenced my life. I had serious doubts that I could stay at Antioch because the competition from fellow students was so intense, but I got through and I made my way forward,which was the success of the Antioch experience, I think. AEA provided an amazing education in so many ways that I applied to my professional life. Margaret and our Old English Sheepdog buddy, Windsor. I must be the luckiest and happiest person in this entire world, in part because of Antioch. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z