American Mineralogist; May 2005; v. 90; no. 5-6;
p. 1031; DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.435
© 2005 Mineralogical Society of America
Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Dana Medal for 2004 to R. James Kirkpatrick
Craig M. Bethke
University of Illinois, Department of Geology, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801-2999, U.S.A.
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President Carpenter, members of the society, and guests:
It is a special honor and pleasure to introduce to you today R. James Kirkpatrick, Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Illinois and the 2004 Dana medalist of the Mineralogical Society of America. The Dana Medal recognizes "continued outstanding scientific contributions through original research in the mineralogical sciences by an individual in the midst of his or her career." It is hard to think of a mineralogist who meets . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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