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R. G. Johnson, <glenjay@bitstream.net> |
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Adjunct professor, retired |
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Department of Geology and Geophysics |
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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
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Robert G. Johnson (b. 1922) was trained as a physicist. He
received his BS from Case Western University in 1947 and his Ph.D.
from Iowa State University in 1952. His career in industry
spanned 37 years of new product research and development before
retiring in 1989. He has received more than 29 patents on
various product innovations, and two major awards for novel and
economically significant products. As a staff scientist at
Honeywell Inc., he was frequently asked to analyze and trouble-shoot
technical problems outside the range of his research. After
retirement he joined the University of Minnesota, Department of
Geology and Geophysics, as an adjunct professor, and took up research
on the fundamental mechanisms of Pleistocene climate change. His
interest in the medieval history of Norse activities is rooted in the
changing climatic trends over the last thousand years, trends that
are relevant to our picture of present day climate change. He
is currently actively working on problems of climate dynamics with
emphasis on Mediterranean salinity variations that cause variation of
the Mediterranean outflow at Gibraltar, with its strong effects on
the conveyor-belt transport of oceanic heat into northern high
latitudes. He has written or co-authored more than eight journal
papers on climate change mechanisms, and one book: Secrets of the
Ice Ages: The role of the Mediterranean Sea in climate change. 2002.
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Laura J. (Janey) Westin, <janeywestin@usa.net> |
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Manager and Proprietor of Paper and Stone Studio |
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6136 Brookview, Edina, MN, 55424 |
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L. J. Westin is a professional stone letter carver and sculptor with
a related background in the study of medieval manuscripts. She has
been an active portfolio member of the Colleagues of Calligraphy for
many years. She teaches courses in calligraphy, letter carving, and
sculpting for local classes, international calligraphy conferences,
and sculpture symposiums, and has participated in excursions to Italy
to study medieval and early Christian letter carving and sculpture.
She spent a year as a Rotary International exchange student in Japan,
1975-1976. From 1976 to 1980 she was enrolled at University of
Minnesota, studying Japanese and Spanish linguistics. During
that time she also took night classes at the Minneapolis College of
Art and Design, and became a member of Colleagues of Calligraphy,
beginning the study of history of letterforms/alphabets, use of
traditional tools and materials, and manuscripts. Graduated in 1980
with a University of Minnesota BA in Japanese language.
She began career commission work doing calligraphy in 1980; letter
carving and relief sculpting in stone in 1985, three-dimensional
stone sculpture in 1997. Commissions throughout the mid west and
mountain states include monuments and various works for the
Universities of Minnesota and St. Thomas, religious institutions,
corporations, monuments, and private clients. Types of stone include
limestone, marbles, slates, granites, sandstones, bluestone, and
quartzite in sizes ranging from hand-held up to the 8500 pound-weight
of the new altar at a Kansas City cathedral.
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