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Mosasaurus copeanus), this issue’s featured resource is the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature’s International Code of Zoological Nomenclature found at www.
iczn.org/code
In addition to describing the do’s and don’ts of formal nam- ing of specimens based on priority and more, it also contains details about the treatment of names in Greek and Latin. For example, it’s not okay to name a new paleontological fossil specimen after yourself, but is okay to name it after someone else.
References
Crichton, M. (2017). Dragon teeth. New York, NY: Harper Collins.
Hellman, H. (2007). Great feuds in science: Ten disputes that shaped the world. New York, NY: Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Prothero, D.R. (2013). Bringing fossils to life: An introduc- tion to paleobiology (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
National Academy of Sciences. (2005). Biographical mem- oirs (Vol. 87). Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Retrieved at
https://www.nap.edu/read/11522/ chapter/11#181
National Park Service. (2016, March 8). The stone lady: Florence Bascom. Retrieved at
https://www.nps.gov/ people/
the-stone-lady-florence-bascom.htm
University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP). (n.d.). Othniel Charles Marsh. Retrieved at http://www.
ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/marsh.ht
IN MEMORY
Peter T. Flawn, CPG-0430 February 17, 1926 - May 7, 2017
Peter T. Flawn died on May 7, 2017, at age 91. He was one of the most distinguished American geologists of his time: he had served as president of both the Geological Society of America and the American Geological Institute. He was an early member of AIPG and the founding President of the Austin Geological Society in 1963. James Sansom, CPG 02406, says “Dr.
Flawn was a pleasure to work with in getting our new geo- logical society started.” Dr. Flawn served twice as president of The University of Texas at Austin (1979-1985; 1997) and also as the second president of The University of Texas at San Antonio (1974-1979).
Dr. William Fisher, CPG 02398, writes “A very significant part of the standing of UT Austin is due directly to the leader- ship and vision of Peter Flawn. He was a good friend and my prime mentor through the years.”
Among his many publications, Dr. Flawn published “A Primer for University Presidents: Managing the Modern University” (1990) and the first textbook on Environmental Geology (“Environmental Geology”, Wiley, 1970) which I used as my bible when creating an Associate Degree program in Environmental Science in 1973.
Peter Tyrrell Flawn was born in Miami, Florida, on February 17, 1926. At age 16 he enrolled at Oberlin College on a full scholarship. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corp. He then proceeded to Yale, earning his Ph.D. in geology, in 1951.
He had financed his thesis research on the geology of the area around Van Horn, TX, by working at the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. In 1960, he was made director of the
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Bureau, and in 1970 full professor and vice president of UT Austin.
Prof. Flawn’s professional honors included: election to the National Academy of Engineering (1974), the Condecoración de la Orden del Sol del Peru (1984), the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal from Yale University (1985), the Ben H. Parker Memorial Medal from AIPG (1989), and many others.
Peter Flawn is survived by his daughter, Tyrrell E. Flawn. He was predeceased by his spouse for 70 years, Priscilla Pond Flawn (1926-2016), and his daughter Laura B. Flawn.
If you have questions about memorial gifts, please contact Marie Cloutier at the University of Texas, 512-475-9229.
-John Berry, CPG 4032
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