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Glen R. HimmelbergProfessor Emeritus email: HimmelbergG@missouri.edu Professional ActivitiesGlen Himmelberg’s research career focused on studies of ophiolites in California, Oregon and Alaska; layered gabbro complexes in Alaska and Antarctica; and metamorphism of orogenic belts in southeastern Alaska. The goal of these studies was to obtain insights into the origin and evolution of the Earth’s crust. The U.S. Geological Survey supported all the above research. In recognition of Himmelberg’s contributions to the study of the Dufek Intrusion, Antarctica a linear group of nunataks 11.5 miles long in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica was officially named Himmelberg Hills. Since retirement in 2005 geological research activities have concentrated on completing research begun before retirement. Papers and maps published and in press since 2005 are listed below. In 2008 at the request of Michael O’Brien, Dean of the College of Arts and Science, Himmelberg suspended retirement and was appointed Chair of the Department of Mathematics at MU. Himmelberg is working with the math faculty to establish an open, transparent system of faculty governance and to advance the individual and collective professional goals of the faculty and the department, respectively. The math department is a large, complex department with 38 tenured faculty, 3 non-tenure-track faculty, 10 teaching/research postdoctoral fellows, 8 instructors, and about 80 graduate students. The math department also has a large service-teaching load central to the teaching mission of the university. The professional culture of mathematics is substantially different from that of the geological sciences, which adds additional challenges to the administration of the department. Himmelberg’s appointment as Chair of Mathematics is for 3 years, renewable. Selected PublicationsKarl, S.M., Haeussler, P.J., Himmelberg, G.R., and Brew, D.A., Reconnaissance Geologic Map of Admiralty Island, Southeastern Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey, scale, 1:125,000. Accepted, awaiting publication. Karl, S.M., Haeussler, P.J., Zumsteg, C.L., Himmelberg, G.R., Layer, Paul, Friedman, R.M., Roeske, S.M., and Snee, L.W., Reconnaissance Geologic Map of Baranof Island, Southeastern Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map, scale, 1:200,000. Accepted, awaiting publication. Brew, D.A, Himmelberg, G.R., and Ford, A.B., 2009. Geologic Map of the Atlin Quadrangle, Southeastern Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2929, scale 1:125,000. Himmelberg, G.R. and Brew, D.A., 2005, Thermobarometric Constraints on Mid-Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous Metamorphic Events in the Western Metamorphic Belt of the Coast Mountains Complex near Petersburg, Southeastern Alaska. Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2004 U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1709–C. 18 p. |
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