Background
Foster, Norman Holland was born on October 2, 1934 in Iowa City. Son of Holland and Dora Lucinda (Ransom) Foster.
Foster, Norman Holland was born on October 2, 1934 in Iowa City. Son of Holland and Dora Lucinda (Ransom) Foster.
Bachelor, U. Iowa, 1957, Master of Science, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kansas, 1963.
Instructor geology U. Iowa, 1958-1960, U. Kansas, 1960-1962. Senior geologist, geological specialist, exploration team supervisor Sinclair Oil Corporation and Atlantic Richfield Company, Casper, Wyoming also Denver, 1962-1969. District geologistTrend Exploration Limited., 1969-1972, vice president, 1972-1974.
Vice president exploration geology Filon Exploration, Denver, 1974-1979, director, 1977-1979.
Independent geologist, Denver, since 1979. Chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer Voyager Exploratin, Incorporated., Denver, 1995.
Guest lecturer geology Colorado School Mines, since 1972, U. Colorado, since 1972, U. Iowa, since 1975, U. Kansas, since 1975. Advisory board geology U. Kansas, 1982, U. Iowa, 1988, U. Colorado, 1990.
Chairman finance committee 28th International Geological Congress, 1987-1989, official United States representative, Washington, 1989.
Director MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Incorporated., Denver, 1996.
Served to captain informational.AUS, 1957. Fellow Geological Society American. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (delegate 1972-1975, 79-82, distinguished lecturer 1976-1977, president Rocky Mountain section 1979-1980, treasurer 1982-1984, advisory council 1985-1988, chairman astrogeology committee 1984-1988,national president 1988-1989, foundation trustee 1979, honorary.
Member 1993, Levorsen award 1980, Distinguished Service award 1985, founder astrogeology committee 1984.
Member since 1983), Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, American Institute Professional Geologists, Society Indiana Professional Earth Scientists, Society Exploration Geophysicists, Society Petroleum Engineers, National Academy Sciences (board earth science and resources, United States national committee geology, committee earth resources, committee advisory to the United States geological survey 1989-1992), Colorado Science Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon. Member Christian Church Association editor Guidebook to Geology and Energy Resources of Piceance Basin, Colorado,1974, Mountain Geologist, 1967-1968, 71-85, editor, 1968-1970.
Married JanetLee Grecian, March 25, 1956. Children: Kimberly Ann, Stephen Norman.