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MRY: 22 -2001 i8 ~ 00 FR • MR I LROOM Tv ~E18902700 P. 02106 <br />ABBREVIATED RESUME 2001 <br />ROBERT W. BLA1R, JR. <br />Department of Geology Office: 303-247-7263 <br />Fort Lewis College Home: 303-247-2703 <br />Durango, Colorado 81301 FAX: 303-247-7660 <br />e-mail: blair r@fortlewis.edu <br />EDUCATION: <br />Ph.D. Geology, 1975, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. <br />Thesis: V/eathering and geomorphology of the Pikes Peak granite in the <br />southern Rampart Range, El Peso County, Colorado <br />B.S. Geology, 1966, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico <br />CONTINUING EDUCATION: <br />2000, Digital mapping workshop, GSA <br />1997, ArcView GIS workshop <br />1996, GSA landslide workshop <br />1994, NSF volcanic processes workshop, Oregon <br />1993, applied geophysics field course SAGE <br />1987, GSA workshop on Contaminant Hydrology <br />1985, NASA workshop on Global Geomorphology <br />1984, seminar series on Fluvial Geomorphology by Stan Schumm <br />1981, six workshops in Rcmate Sensing at Purdue University <br />1979, NASA Summer Institute in Planetary Geology <br />1976, AAPG continuing education course clastic Depositional Systems <br />WORK EXPERIENCE: <br />Fn i A~~ Cct_ 141 professor, 9/86 to present, Associate Professor, 9/81 to <br />8186, Assistant Professor, 12/75 to 8181. Inshrrctor, 9/73 to <br />12/75. Chairman of Deparhrrent, 4/79 to 4/83 and 4/92 to 9/96 and 4/94 <br />to 4/00. Specialty is geomorphology. Classes taught include <br />geomorphology, engineering geology, field camp, field methods, natural <br />regions of North America, geoscience writing, geochemistry, remote <br />sensing, introduction to GIS, physical geology and earth science. <br />In~ndent f nnm,lting C,P„In~,1980 to present, projects include e~abliching <br />a groundwater monitoring program for Durango Landfill, 1988. Deter- <br />mining source of hydrocarbon contaminants near an oil well complex, <br />Faltnington, NM,1987. Evaluation of groundwater potential for the <br />Amherst residential development, Durango, CO, 1986. Evaluation of <br />landslide activity of Sailing Hawks residential development, 1988. <br />Fn„r ('nrnrrc Recnarch tnc,~in~t„ Vice President, 6/81 to 6/82, consulting <br />geologist', 1975 to present Project director and geologist for detP++*++++~ng <br />site location for Grand Junction and Rifle, Colorado uranium tailings <br />(1981-82). Geologist to determine site location for the disposal of tfie <br />Durango uranium mill tailings (1980-81). Constructed landscape <br />classification maps for the U.S. Forest Service in the San Juan <br />Mountains (1979). Responsible for geologic hazard and surficial <br />geologic maps for a portion (7 quadrangles) of the La Plata County, <br />(1976). <br />i r c re..r~j~ar c,,,~,~ physical Science Technician, 3/69 to 8/73. <br />