1996 President Richard 'Bart' Bartels

I was raised in Sioux City, Iowa, and earned my B.S. and M.S. degrees at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. My academic career included teaching two years at the school of Mines, seven years at the University of Minnesota, and seven years as a visiting professor at the University of Bahia, Brazil. After an abortive attempt for a Ph. D. degree at Memorial University at St. Johns, Newfoundland, I made a career change and am presently working for the Internal Revenue Service in Portland as your friendly customer service representative.

1996 - RICHARD "BART" BARTELS

Current interests include unraveling the geology of the Pacific Northwest and enjoying the great outdoors with Beverly·Vogt.

 Historical note from Carol Hasenberg in 2024:

During and after his first presidency, Bart conducted a series of Wednesday night seminars monthly for the society. They were my introduction to the society. He also led and collaborated on several field trips. He was the guy who could always identify your minerals and would always bring his heavy rock hammer on trips to expose the unweathered surfaces of the samples.