Fall 2026 61 COLLEGE OF EARTH, OCEAN, AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES REMEMBRANCE Ruby • Donald J. Rydrych • Barbara J. Sawer • Bonnie Schmitt • Robert J. Schultz • Syble Mae Self, Albany, OR • James M. Shaw, McMinnville, OR • Kent David Soldwedel, Portland, OR • Florence A. Stronck • Gerald M. Timpe, Klein, TX • Linda K. Tucker, Bountiful, UT • Ilene Wagner, Oakland, CA• Gordon Wanner • Linda Wanner • Rachel D. Williams • Robert Albert Wilt, Corvallis, OR Share losses with the Oregon State community at OregonStater.org/ connect. The university holds an in-person event annually to honor those who have died in the past year. Look for details at beav.es/memorial. William Loetscher ’16 • Alexander Solomon Menashe ’16, Portland, OR Faculty, Staff and Friends Cathleen J. Adams, Albany OR • Marguerite Altree • Barbara L. Anderson, Coos Bay, OR • John Michael Babb • Chuck Barbo, Seattle, WA • J. Richard Bell • Peggy Lee Bender • John O. Bergstrom, Portland, OR • Geraldine A. Beyer • Elizabeth E. Pierce Biersdorf, Emmet, ID • Wilbur Bluhm • Charles Alfred Bonnett Jr., Bend, OR • Albert R. Bullier • Barbara A. Bush, Eugene, OR • Clarence R. Byers • Edward J. Cameron • Jay B. Carr, Boise, ID • Dale Case • Donna J. Clem, Albany, OR • Terry Conklin, Grand Rapids, MI • Frances J. Crandall • Kermit Cromack Jr., Corvallis, OR • Helen M. Ellis, Corvallis, OR • Ed Faxon • John Feller • Robert F. Fessler • Peter R. Fontana, Saint Augustine, FL • Jean Frazier Geist • Avel Gordly • William C. Harvey, Portland, OR • Phyllis Hubbard • Marilyn E. Lacy • Donald J. Lee, Moscow, ID • Florence Linenberger • Lorraine Baldwin Lund, Ogden, UT • Peter N. Lupi • Nancy C. Mattila, Carlton, OR • Connie J. Mausshardt • Lynn R. McFadden, Canby, OR • Linda L. McMillan, Salem, OR • Keith W. Muckleston • Ellen M. Murphy • Gary L. Musser • Jay R. Owens, Fort Collins, CO • Elizabeth Reece, Grants Pass, OR • Loretta J. Rielly, Corvallis, OR • Rose Elaine Robertson • Kathryn V. Ross, Dallas, OR • Ida Corrections: In the Spring 2026 issue, we ran an incorrect file photo with the obituary of William G. Pearcy, pioneering Oregon State University oceanographer and founding member of OSU’s Department of Oceanography. The photo shown here captures Professor Pearcy in his lab in the 1960s. We apologize for the mistake. took half an hour or more — first to lower the drill all the way down, and then to slowly and carefully cut through the ice. “What do you think? Are you up for trying for one more core?” Andrew asked. Sure, why not, we shrugged. While the drill made its way down deep into the ice, I asked Andrew, “How will we know when we’ve hit bottom?” I knew that when a dry drill reached bedrock, it would bring up bits of rock from the bottom, but I didn’t know what it would look like in wet drilling. “Well,” Andrew said, “we won’t know for sure at first. The drill won’t go down any further and we’ll see sediment from the bottom. But most importantly, the cutters will be worn down really badly.” The three sharp cutters that cut into the ice were built for ice, not rock. About 20 minutes later,Andrew pulled up the core. Again, only half a meter. But when Dusty pulled the core barrel out onto the table,An and I practically screamed. The ice chips that poured out from the barrel were sludgy and very brown, full of sediment. Dusty inspected the cutters. They were badly chewed up, despite being replaced just a couple of hours earlier. I looked atAndrew.”We’re going back down, right?” There was no question. Andrew and Dusty changed out the cutters and lowered the drill down the borehole once again. When it came back up, the barrel was empty and the cutters were once again very dulled. It was just after midnight. “Who wants to make the call?” asked Andrew, pointing at the handheld two-way radio. A few team members had taken radios to bed with them the last night or two so they could be woken up with the news in case we reached bedrock. I grabbed the radio and pushed the talk button. “Attention, Allan Hills. This is Shallow Wet Second Shift with a very important announcement. We have reached bedrock at approximately 327 meters. I repeat, we have hit bedrock. Have a good night.” Our teammates back at camp had gone to bed hours before, so I didn’t expect an immediate response. But seconds later, cheers and whoops filled the airwaves. We had completed the deepest ice core ever drilled in blue ice. Danielle J. Whittaker is a science writer and the managing director of COLDEX. continued from p. 46
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