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Vince Matthews is State Geologist and Director of the Colorado Geological Survey. Vince received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Geology from the University of Georgia and a Ph. D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He held tenured positions at two universities and has taught geology at the University of California, University of Northern Colorado, Arizona State University, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. As an executive in the natural resources industry for Amoco, Lear, Union Pacific, and Penn Virginia, Matthews explored for oil & gas in virtually every basin in the U.S., including Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. Part of his experience in the natural resources industry included responsibility for coal, lime, and limestone activities in New Jersey, Virginia, and Tennessee. After spending twenty years in the natural resources industry, he returned to academia in 1997 and then joined CGS in 2000, becoming director in 2004. He was the State of Colorado’s representative on BLM’s review panel for the oil shale RD&D proposals. He is the author of more than 50 technical articles and abstracts and was senior editor of the multiple, award-winning publication, Messages in Stone: Colorado’s Colorful Geology. |
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