Born and raised in Excelsior, Minnesota, Ned attended Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960), the University of Otago, New Zealand (M.Sc., 1961-62 supported by a Fulbright scholarship), and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1963-66) with his field area in New Zealand

He was employed as a Geology Professor at Western Washington University from1966-1999 and subsequently was appointed as an Emeritus Professor. Over these years he supervised ~30 M.S. student theses, nearly all in the local region. His geology research interests include metamorphism, structure, plutonism, plate tectonics, while working extensively in the San Juan Islands, North Cascades, and Coast Mountains of southern B.C.

In May 2017, Ned lectured on the “Geology of the San Juan Islands, WA.”  (Updated Oct. 2021)

 

Steve is a freelance writer based in Seattle who has had the good fortune to write about some of the most interesting and important topics of our time, including genetics, race, human origins, evolution, climate change, education, talent, competition, and punk rock music. Here’s a short bio. My most recent book (and the subject of my Geology Group lecture) is Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens, which was named one of the 20 best nonfiction books of 2016 by Amazon, was nominated for The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, and was an Indie Next selection. In Jan. 2017 Steve lectured on his new book “Eruption—The untold story of Mt. St. Helens”.  (Updated Oct. 2017