[meteorite-list] Glen L. Evans @ Odessa

[Don Giovanni]

Odessa meteor crater expert dies
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August 06, 2010 5:01 AM
ODESSA AMERICAN
Glen L. Evans, a prominent geologist who was in charge of 
exploration of the Odessa Meteor Crater from 1939 to 1941, died 
July 14.

He completed a publication in 2000 with Charles "Gene" Mear titled, 
"The Odessa meteor craters and their geological implications" in 
the "Occasional Papers of the Strecker Museum, No. 5" at Baylor 
University.

Tom Rodman, an Odessa Meteor Crater volunteer whose family once 
owned the site, said he first met Evans in 1963 when the first 
museum for the meteor crater opened.

"He came out and gave a talk at our first museum, and he kept 
visiting throughout the years he was working on his paper," Rodman 
said. "We bought all of Glen Evans’ copies of the paper. We kind of 
have a monopoly over them, and we still sell the item."

Rodman said Evans’ thoroughness and patience ensured that the job 
was always done right.

"His research opened everybody’s eyes to the fact that the big 
meteorite will not survive impact. It’s so big that it vaporizes 
itself. Sometimes, the speed is so great that at 40,000 mph, air 
becomes like a brick wall," Rodman said. "They did not know that 
when they dug that 165-foot shaft and didn’t find the meteorite."

Memorial services are at 7 p.m. today at the Lady Bird Johnson 
Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Ave., in Austin.

Evans was born in Clay County and began attending the University of 
Texas in Austin in 1934. After graduation, Evans worked as a field 
geologist with the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT. In 1953, Evans 
joined the geology staff at Louisiana Land and Exploration, 
prompting him to relocate frequently between Austin, Midland and 
Calgary before heading to Denver and retiring as director of 
Minerals Division of LL&E in the early 1970s.


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