Mamaroneck High School Alumni
Mamaroneck, New York (NY)
George Klein
Mamaroneck High School
Class of 1950
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GEORGE'S PROFILE
| First Name | George |
| Last Name | Klein |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1950 |
| Gender | Male |
| Current Location | Barrigada, Guam |
| Relationship Status | Married |
| About Me | George Devries Klein (Mamroneck HS '50) is a widely respected geologist with research interests in basin analysis, sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, marine geology and petroleum geology, both in academe and the petroleum industry. Born in 1933 in the Netherlands, he immigrated to the USA in 1947. He graduated from Mamaroneck Senior High School, (NY) and earned his BA, MA, and PhD in geology from Wesleyan University, The University of Kansas, and Yale University, respectively His career spanned work as a research geologist at Sinclair Research, Inc, followed by service as a faculty member at the Universities of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Illinois @Urbana-Champaign, where he was a full professor from 1972 to 1993. He served as President of the NJ Marine Science Consortium and as New Jersey State Sea Grant Director and then formed his own consulting company, SED-STRAT Geoscience Consultants, Inc., in 1996. He is best known for his research on tidal sedimentology, proposing the “Tidalite” concept. He authored over 350 refereed papers, abstracts and reports, including 11 reference books, one novel (“Dissensions”), and his memoirs ("ROCKNOCKER:A Geologist's Memoir".). His publications include the book "Sandstone Depositional Models for Exploration for Fossil Fuels" and a widely-used Wall Chart on "Vertical Sequences and Log Shapes of Major Sandstone Reservoir Systems". His consulting client work was in the US Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast, Illinois basin, Appalachian basin, Angola, Senegal, South Africa, East Africa, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Trinidad, Romania, Russia, and the eastern Mediterranean. He has discovered, either solo or as part of consulting teams, approximately 160 Million Barrels of oil and 3 Trillion Cubic Feet of natural gas. He currently resides with his wife, Suyon (originally from Seoul, Korea), in Barrigada, Guam. (Revised bio from back cover of "ROCKNOCKER: A Geologist' Memoir" by George Devries Klein, 200...(read more) |
Class of 1950 Alumni and Other Nearby Classes
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Class of 1963
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Class of 2000
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Class of 1972
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Class of 1983
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Class of 1980
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Class of 1994
Robert Cohn
Class of 1971
Jeffrey Silverson, Esq.
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Jeff Hendrickson
Class of 1962
Antonia Protano
Class of 1965
Sana Sana Harper
Class of 1983
Maria Flax
Class of 1982
Joyce Morton
Class of 1965
Jacki Jacki Goldhammer
Class of 1978
Manuel Manuel Malagón-fajar
Class of 1969
Eric Herrmann
Class of 1973
Ernie Poccia
Class of 1976
John Buck
Class of 1983
Recent Class of 1950 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1950 Reunion for Free
Mamaroneck High School Class of 1969 45th Reunion
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Oct 10, 2014
Description: Come one or both nights--two (2) events for your convenience: Friday October 10th and Saturday October 11th BOTH at Am...(read more)
Class of 64 50th Reunion
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Oct 10, 2014
Description: Note: Friday evening there is a dinner gathering at Westchester Burger Company, Rye Brook, NY Saturday night there is a ...(read more)