northern michigan. photo by matt stone ‘91

Northern Michigan. Photo by Matt Stone ‘91

Northern Michigan. Photo by Matt Stone ‘91

“Location map” for Salida project comps talks in the 1980s and 90s.

“Location map” for Salida project comps talks in the 1980s and 90s.

Salida Research team, 1992. Photo by Anu Gupta ‘93

Salida Research team, 1992. Photo by Anu Gupta ‘93

"This is the point where life is simple. If you can get to the top, it's all downhill

from there."

Shelby sez:

Northern Michigan 1993. Photo by Tim Vick


Shelby with Schiller, late 1970s, photo by Cliff Wright ‘78

Shelby with Schiller, late 1970s, photo by Cliff Wright ‘78

In reference to a plot showing free energy of nucleating crystals: "They get too much positive free energy, and they

say 'the hell with it' and dissolve."

Shelby sez:

Bearpaw Mts., 1976Bearpaw Mts., 1976

Petrology trip 1993. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94


"If you crystallize quartz...you get quartz."

Shelby sez:

Shelby and Jean, photo by George Davis

Shelby and Jean, photo by George Davis

The Geology frisbee team was named “Shel-Bee,” cartoon by George Davis (from his structural geology textbook)

The Geology frisbee team was named “Shel-Bee,” cartoon by George Davis (from his structural geology textbook)

(After realizing that he had misspelled electronegativity): "Electronegativitie?

Yeah, that's all the French I know."

Shelby sez:

Shelby with Dan Ela and Lynn Tennyson, Wisconsin 1978. Photo by Jo Ann Murishege Gronberg ‘79

Shelby with Dan Ela and Lynn Tennyson, Wisconsin 1978. Photo by Jo Ann Murishege Gronberg ‘79

Missouri, late 1970s. Photo by Karen Campbell ‘79

Missouri, late 1970s. Photo by Karen Campbell ‘79

"There's no free lunch in thermodynamics."

Shelby sez:

Jean Boardman at the Farmhouse, 1970s. Photo by Dan Spencer ‘79

Jean Boardman at the Farmhouse, 1970s. Photo by Dan Spencer ‘79

Johnson Shut-Ins, Missouri, 1994. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94

Johnson Shut-Ins, Missouri, 1994. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94

"I see a lot of nodding, but I don't think it's through comprehension."

Shelby sez:

Bearpaw Mts. 1976. Photo by Laura Nadelhoffer ‘78

Bearpaw Mts. 1976. Photo by Laura Nadelhoffer ‘78

Black Hills 1997, photo by Tim Vick


"If you're still with me now, I'll get rid of you in a minute."

Shelby sez:

Research trip in Utah. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94

Research trip in Utah. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94

"We're getting a little behind, but that's okay...we'll catch up on the last day of

class."

Shelby sez:

Bearpaws Mts., 1976. Photo by Laura Nadelhoffer ‘78

Bearpaws Mts., 1976. Photo by Laura Nadelhoffer ‘78

Missouri 1994. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94

Missouri 1994. Photo by Karen Swanberg ‘94

"If they're forbidden but they still happen, they can't be too forbidden."

Shelby sez:

Taylors Falls, 2004. Photo by Leah Morgan ‘04


"Life gets more complicated when you consider what happens with anisotropic

minerals."

Shelby sez:

Bearpaw Mts., 1972. Photo by Richard Pautsch ‘73

Bearpaw Mts., 1972. Photo by Richard Pautsch ‘73

"Either my brain's too fast or it's too slow, I can't figure out which."

Shelby sez:

Steve and Dave Boardman at the Farmhouse, late 1970s. Photo by Dan Spencer ‘79

Steve and Dave Boardman at the Farmhouse, late 1970s. Photo by Dan Spencer ‘79

"You've got to keep it straight in your mind or else you'll get confused."

Shelby sez:

Photo by Karen Noyce ‘75

Photo by Karen Noyce ‘75

Research trip near Salida, CO, 1987. Photo by Peter Sauer ‘88

Research trip near Salida, CO, 1987. Photo by Peter Sauer ‘88

"You can fall through the atmosphere. You can't fall through the crust."

Shelby sez:

Missouri, 1977

Missouri, 1977

Missouri, 2006. Photo by Tim Vick


"You don't have to read the entire section on systematic mineralogy. If you

really want to you can...some people read dictionaries."

Shelby sez:

Geology picnic at Vicks’ house, 1976. Photo by Meryl Rosenfeld Haber ‘78

Geology picnic at Vicks’ house, 1976. Photo by Meryl Rosenfeld Haber ‘78

"Snell's Law says that... UGH!... no, it doesn't say that. It says 'Don't get chalk

on your face.'"

Shelby sez:

Northern Michigan, 1976.


Northern Minnesota, 1992. Photo by Tim Vick


"That's a sort of a bogus way of looking at things. Don't tell it to a

physicist."

Shelby sez:

Northern Michigan, 1976

Northern Michigan, 1976

"I usually like to let the astronomers fiddle with the universe."

Shelby sez:

"Well, actually, I don't even know what water is like."

Shelby sez:

Petrology trip, 1975. Photo by Will Maze

Petrology trip, 1975. Photo by Will Maze

"Igneous and sedimentary rocks aren't confusing enough."

Shelby sez:

10-year reunion, 1996. Photo by Sean McKenna ‘86

10-year reunion, 1996. Photo by Sean McKenna ‘86

"There's an inverse relationship between how interesting a rock is and

it's abundance."

Shelby sez:

“Somewhere in the field,” perhaps Bearpaw Mts., 1976.

“Somewhere in the field,” perhaps Bearpaw Mts., 1976.

While showing slides: "The sun never shines in Scotland. Oh, maybe it does,

there's a shadow."

Shelby sez:

Cleaning the septic tank, Bearpaw Mts., 1975

Cleaning the septic tank, Bearpaw Mts., 1975

"It's amazing how you can train your eye to imagine things." (Looking through

a microscope, guessing at what he's seeing.)

Shelby sez:

Minnesota River Valley Petrology trip, 1975. Photo by Will Maze ‘76

Minnesota River Valley Petrology trip, 1975. Photo by Will Maze ‘76

The “Shelby sez:” quotes were captured by the students in Shelby’s

Mineralogy/Petrology class in 1990, primarily Jennifer Horn and Jon Nauert (both ‘92), and posted on a conference in the VAX time-sharing computer. Thanks guys!

This slide show was collected and assembled in preparation for Shelby’s memorial service in the Carleton College chapel, February 11, 2007, by Tim Vick

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