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
Elizabeth Servello
Class of 1969
Jacqueline Marcus
Class of 1958
John Laton
Class of 1963
Liz Hart
Class of 1974
Daniel Klausner
Class of 1983
Sara Nicoll
Class of 1946
Karen Gryzlo
Class of 1983
Nancy Neumeister
Class of 1980
Lars Ruud
Class of 1973
Maria Potts
Class of 1966
Russell James
Class of 1998
Tony Chiu
Class of 1962
Jennifer Pineda
Class of 2011
John Troy
Class of 1966
Tony Frattarola
Class of 1976
Jason Raftis
Class of 1985
Maria Skamangas
Class of 1974
Elaine Haddock
Class of 1970
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)