Background
Gastil, Russell Gordon was born on June 25, 1928 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Russell Chester and Frances (Duncan) Gastil.
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Russell Gordon Gastil
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A.B, University of California at Berkeley, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1954.
Career
With, Shell Oil Corporation, 1954; With, Canadian Javelin Company, 1956-1958; lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, 1958-1959; faculty, San Diego State University, since 1959; professor geology, San Diego State University, since 1965; department chairman, San Diego State University, 1969-1972.
Achievements
Membership
Democratic candidate United States House of Representatives, 1976. Member California Democratic Central Committee, 1977-1978. Coordinator 41st Congressional district Common Cause, 1977.
President Grossmont-Mount Helix Improvement Association, 1978-1980. Member San Diego County Air Pollution Hearing Board, 1977-1980. Fellow Geological Society American (vice chairman Cordilleran section 1967, general chairman annual meeting San Diego 1991).
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Economics Mineralogists andPaleontologists, American Geophysical Union.
Connections
Married Emily Janet Manly, September 13, 1958. Children— Garth Manly, Mary Margaret, George Christopher, John Webster.
