After graduation I completed my BA at Northwestern University and then traveled for 3 months in South America. I became fascinated with geology, changed my path from law school to geology graduate school, and have loved every minute of my work since that decision. I went to Oxford University after my PhD as a researcher, and then was offered a permanent job at Manchester. I settled in England, have a lovely English wife and two fantastic kids. I've traveled all over the world for my science, and have a long-standing collaboration with friends at Stanford University. I've just retired but keep active in several research projects. There are a million things I still want to do.

Mr. Skillen's Chemistry class, sophomore year, and the lunch room chemistry study group.
Steakhouse lunches and after school pizza with the boys
Geometry with the wacky Mr. Zak

Assistant manager for my son's Rugby Union Team
Home beer brewing
Season ticket holder for Manchester based professional Sale Sharks Rugby Union Team

BA Northwestern
MSc Univ. Illinois at Chicago
PhD Northwestern
Post-Docs: Argonne Nat. Lab; Oxford University (England)
Professor of Geochemistry at University of Manchester (England)
Visiting Professor of Geology at Stanford University

Sophomore chemistry class was the key thing from Lane that shaped my life. It gave me such a solid background for everything that came after. The drafting skills have also come in handy.

I still have nightmares about forgetting my locker combination. Really.