In Memoriam

The Department mourns the loss of Professor Robert Finks who passed away on May 25, 2014

Research Professor of Geology

Education:

B.S. 1947, Queens College; M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1959, Geology, Columbia University

Research Interests:

Research was in the area of Paleontology and Paleoecology.

Recent Publications:

Finks, Robert M., Hollocher, Kurt, and Thies, Kenneth J.; A major Eocene sponge fauna (Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina) (2011), Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, vol. 127, no.2, pp 39-175, text-figs. 1-7, plates 1-63.
Finks, Robert M.; Hypercalcified Demosponges and the end-Permian Extinction (2010) , Global and Planetary Change, vol. 73, pp. 141-148, figures 1-15.
Finks, Robert M.; The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian (2010), Journal of Paleontology, vol. 84 (5), pp. 827-847.

The Department mourns the loss of Professor Robert Fleischer who passed away on March 3, 2011

More information can be found at : R Fleischer

Research Professor of Geology

Website: R Fleischer

Education:

A.B. 1952, A.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1957, Geology, Harvard University

Area of Specialization:

Nuclear tracks

Field Areas:

Hiroshima, Japan; Mohawk Valley

Research Interests:

Robert’s research was in the area of radioactivity in the environment. Past projects included measuring radon exposures of individuals and neutron exposures at ground zero at the time of the Hiroshima bombing. These studies made use of damage tracks that are made by charged particles and revealed by holes that can be etched along the damaged regions created by particles.