China Science

James C. Hollingsworth, a member of AAPG for over 50 years,passed away on September 26, 2007, at the age of 84. He was born to Clarence Wise and Zephyr Bryan Hollingsworth of Gahagan, Louisiana on July 31, 1923. He was proud to serve his country in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 in radio intelligence. He served overseas during WWII including landing on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. For meritorious achievement in connection with military operations from December 1944 to May 1945 in France and Germany, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He was recognized for his devotion to duty, his fine personal characteristics, and tireless energy-all of which he taught to his three children. Upon his discharge and return to Shreveport, Louisiana, he attended Centenary College where he received his Bachelor of Science in geology, Magna Cum Laude. He then attended Colorado School of Mines and received his Master of Science degree. He earned a membership in the honor fraternity Omicron Delta Kappa and also received honors in Sigma Gamma and Alpha Sigma Pi.

Cheryl Denise Hollingsworth

Dr. John D. Cooper, Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton,and a driving force in the operation of the Pacific Section, SEPM, died of a heart attack on September 3, 2007 while on a morning hike near his home in Chino Hills, California. His pleasant personality, enthusiasm, creative ideas, and contributions to the field of sedimentary geology will be greatly missed. John was born on June 12, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas. His childhood was spent in Blacksburg, Virginia where his father taught geology at Virginia Tech. He learned outdoor skills and a love of the outdoors both from his father and from being in the Boy Scouts, where he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Geology from the University of Michigan in 1961, and then moved on to the University of Texas where he finished his master’s degree and, in 1970, his Ph.D. in geology.

A. Eugene Fritsche

This work explores the efficacy of using students as surrogates for experienced managers in escalation studies. Participants were 222 managers with substantial project planning and evaluation experience and 146 undergraduate business students. Our results show that the experienced managers exhibited a strong tendency to continue projects, with this tendency being positively related to the degree of project completion. (more…)