Dr. Loren E. Babcock is a professor of Earth Science at The Ohio State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1990.
Dr. Babcock has written the textbook, Visualizing Earth History and over 125 scientific articles. He has studied the processes of fossilization and the evolutionary history of trilobites and other Cambrian fossils.
Dr. Babcock was the recipient of the Charles Schuchert Award for Excellence and Promise in Paleontology and the Erasmus Haworth Award for Distinguished Alumni Honors in Geology.
He was one of a team of researchers who discovered the oldest footprints ever found, over 570 million years old, in Nevada. Although he was uncertain, he believed that they came from an arthropod species.
2. Collector's Corner: For this month's Collector's Corner you are invited to bring in Plant
Fossils for showing others and sharing information.
3. Dues for 2022 will return to the pre-covid rates. Memberships will be $12 for an
individual and $17.00 for a family. New members for 2022 should mail a check made
payable to "North Coast Fossil Club". Our new mailing address is P. O. Box 664, Bath,
Ohio 44210.
4. We will also hold our annual elections for club board members. Please consider
running for one of the board positions, which include President, Vice president,
Secretary, Treasurer, and three Members-at-Large. For a summary of the duties of
each, please see the By Laws at our web site. If you are interested in running please
contact Glen Kuban at gkpaleo@yahoo.com
