Childhood; Undergraduate education, activities and research projects at UW; Military service;Graduate teaching; Granitization and Plate tectonics; Research interests and funding; Geology Department faculty; White Lake course; Service as chair and previous chairmen; Faculty hiring process; Student organizations, Parking and Transportation and Faculty Rights and Responsibilities committees; Joint field camp with University of Minnesota; Yukon trip; Samuel B. Romberger; Retirement activities; Changes in geology as a discipline; Love of teaching; Connecticut field work; Local controversies.