While J Harlen Bretz was exploring the Scablands with his grad students, Joseph Pardee was quietly amassing convincing data about the existence of Glacial Lake Missoula. Pardee’s work ultimately led to acceptance of Bretz’ theory of catastrophic outburst flooding as an important tool in the shaping of our world. Come hear Bill Burgel in person discuss JT Pardee’s critical role in the evolution of the science of geology!

This presentation is In-Person Only on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 7:00PM,
at Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin, OR 97062

About our presenter: Bill Burgel

Bill retired from the railroad industry after a successful 40 year career. He worked for several railroads in the engineering and operating departments. His interest and training in geology was often called upon to resolve landscape issues and rerouting studies, implement early earthquake warning strategies and conduct numerous long railroad tunnel analyses. He has given many talks on rail issues as well as earthquake preparedness and topics pertaining to regional geology to local audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest. Bill is a graduate of The University of Michigan, BS in Engineering and MS in Structural Geology from Idaho State University.