Keith Norlin is a geologist who recently retired (a second time) and moved to Port Townsend.  His previous retirement job was as a geology instructor for Dixie State University in St. George, Utah, where he also led geology hikes for the Road Scholar program (www.roadscholar.org). He has served as an advisor to the QGS for a decade now.

Keith is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he obtained a BSc. in Geology.  He spent his career as a geophysicist for the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, as an engineer for Westinghouse Ocean Research Laboratory, and as an exploration geologist in Australia.

Keith gave a nice geotour in May 2016 entitled “A visual trip though some National Parks of the SW U.S.A. (Updated Oct. 2021)

Dr. Deborah Kelley, a marine geologist and professor in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington. She has dove in the submersible Alvin >50 times, reaching depths of 4,000 m and in some of the most extreme environments on Earth – underwater hot springs that emit fluids at >360°C. She has participated on >35 research cruises using the submersible Alvin and an array of tethered robotic and autonomous underwater vehicles. Kelley is passionate about taking students to sea and providing hands-on experience in all aspects of seagoing research.

In Jan 2019, Dr. Kelley lectured on “Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Exotic Deep Sea Life Off Our Coast.”  (Updated Oct. 2021)