Ted H. Foss, Ph.D., P.G.

PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND MINING GEOLOGIST
Recently of Friendswood, Texas

Dr. Foss has ceased to exist.
See Family Memorial announcement (here).
See Professional Memorial (here).

EDUCATION:

B.S., Geology, University of Illinois, 1956
M.S., Geology, University of Illinois, 1958
Ph.D., Geology and Geochemistry, Rice University, 1964

Post-graduate specialty courses:

Carbonate Sedimentation, University of Miami
Overseas Consulting, Rice University
Practical Approaches to Ground-Water Hydrology and Contamination, Oklahoma State University

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Over 40 years of broad-based experience in environmental geology, hydrogeology, ground-water flow, transport, and geochemical modeling, natural resource management, university teaching at graduate and undergraduate level, management and supervision of large technical groups, contract negotiation and natural resource economics. Specialization in CERCLA and RCRA-driven projects in large industrial sites and mining districts.

1995 - 1996 DuPont Environmental Remediation Services, Houston, Texas, Senior Principal Geologist,
DuPont representative on large superfund technical committee. Technical lead on major ground-water assessment of a large petrochemical plant in Louisiana. Strategic reviewer of technical reports. Member of DuPont Corporate Superfund Steering Committee.

1991 - 1995 DuPont Environmental Remediation Services, Houston, Texas, Manager of Geology Section,
Managed 20+ employees during implementation of numerous environmental programs including RFIs, VIs, CSIs, pre-transaction assessments, modeling studies, etc.

1989 - 1991 Envirocorp Services & Technology, Inc,. Houston, Texas, Director of Geology and Ground Water. Participated in projects in all Envirocorp offices relating to ground-water supply, ground-water contamination and remediation, flow and transport computer modeling, environmental assessments and audits, and underground storage tank removal and remediation.

1989 - 1992 University of Houston - Clear Lake City, Adjunct Faculty
Geology Taught graduate level courses in Environmental Geology and Hydrology.

1983 - 1988 Campbell, Foss, and Buchanan, Inc,. Houston, Texas, Chairman of the Board, Vice President, and Senior Partner.
Firm engaged in domestic and international natural resource management involving all phases of mineral and petroleum exploration, mining economics and analyses, and ground-water evaluation. Investigations included: exploration programs, reserve analyses, appraisals and acquisitions for the mining, financial, industrial, and banking communities.

1986 - 1988 Norse Windfall Mines, Inc. Eureka, Nevada, Principal Consultant to management team that initiated project development, arranged project financing for gold and silver mining and heap-leach extraction, and managed multiple mine-central mill project. Specific activities included: 1) chief financial and operations officer, 2) primary negotiator for lease acquisitions, 3) chief administrator for mine development and production, and 4) representative of project manager on joint-venture management committee.

1978 - 1983 Watts, Griffis and McOuat, Inc. Houston, Texas, President U.S. subsidiary of Canadian mining consulting group. Member of boards of U.S. and Canadian corporations. Responsible for activities within the U.S. and management of major mineral exploration programs in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, South Dakota, Georgia, and Mexico.

1970 - 1978 General Crude Oil Company, Division International Paper Corporation, Houston, Texas, Manager of Mineral Exploration Responsible for planning, contract negotiations, supervision and evaluation of major mineral exploration programs within the U.S. and overseas. Major mineral discoveries were made in Alaska. Other overseas projects administered were located in Australia, Jamaica, Bolivia, and Canada. Provided consultation to other departments concerning alternate energy resources such as coal-lignite, oil shale, and geothermal energy.

1963 - 1970 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, Chief, Geology and Geochemistry Branch of the Science Directorate Participated in the early design and testing of lunar equipment and exploration techniques. Responsible for the design and implementation of the astronaut field training program. Related responsibilities included lunar mission development, provision of physical science support on design and construction of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. Also responsible for press relations, implementation of geochemical laboratory, and administration of large interdisciplinary team of scientists and outside contractors.

1959 - 1963 Lamar State College of Technology Beaumont, Texas, Assistant Professor; Responsible for teaching numerous geology courses and field camp.

1959 - 1960 Shell Oil Company (Summers), Billings, Montana, Field Geologist; Conducted geological mapping in central and western Montana.

1957 U.S. Geological Survey (Summer), Denver, Colorado, Field Geologist; Conducted geological mapping of the Ouray Quadrangle, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.

1955 - 1957 Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, Illinois, Research Assistant in Stratigraphic Laboratory

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Certified Professional Geologist, American Institute of Professional Geologists (C.P.G. No. 6393)

OSHA 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Operations Certificate

OSHA 8 Hour Update

OSHA Supervisor and Manager Certificate

Geological Society of America (Fellow)

Society of Economic Geologists (Fellow)

AIME - Society of Mining Engineers

Houston Geological Society

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Southern Fellowship at Rice University

Received research grants from the Geological Society of America and Sigma Xi

Superior Achievement Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., 1969

Certificate of Special Commendation, Geological Society of America, 1973

Invited Lecturer:
University of Wisconsin,
University of Alaska,
University of Texas,
University of Alabama,
AAPG 50th Anniversary Meeting,
International Press Corps with Neil Armstrong, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Institute of Environmental Technology, Houston

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Foss, Ted H., 1958, A Textural and Mineralogical Study of Hornblende Granite, M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 40 pp.

Foss, Ted H., 1960, “Structure and Composition of Associated Neurodontiformes and Astraspis Scales from the Harding Formation of Colorado,” Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 34, No. 2, p.372-373.

Foss, Ted H., 1963, “Chemical and Mineralogical Variations in the Radial Dikes of the Difficulty Creek Intrusive Center, Colorado,” Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 74, No. 12, p.171 (Abstract).

Foss, Ted H., 1964, Chemical and Mineralogical Variations in the Radial Dikes of the Difficulty Creek Intrusive Center, Colorado: Ph.D. Thesis, Rice University, 75 pp.

Foss, Ted H., 1964, “Astronaut Training in the Geosciences,” Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 75, No. 12, p. 200 (Abstract).

Foss, Ted H., 1964, “U.S. Space Teams Cram Geologic Know-How for Moon Landing,” Metal Mining and Processing, Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 30-32.

McKay, D.S., Foss, Ted H., and Richardson, K.A., 1966, “Geology and Flight to the Moon,” Rice Engineer, Vol. 14, No. 3, p.30-32.

Foss, Ted H., and Chidester, A. H., 1966, “The Astronaut Training Program in Geology and Geophysics,” American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting (Abstract).

Laidley, R. A., McKay, D. S., Richardson, K. A., and Foss, T. H., 1967, “Chemical Variations in Comagmatic Obsidians from the Newberry Volcano, Central Oregon,” Geological Society of America 1967 Annual Program, p. 126.

Contributor to: Preliminary Geologic Map of Maine (Orland Quadrangle), 1967. Maine Geologic Survey.

Foss, Ted H., and Amsbury, D. L., 1968, “Calderas of the Big Bend Region, Texas and Adjacent Areas of Mexico,” Geological Society of America 1968 Annual Program, p. 100.

Foss, Ted H., and Dietrich, J. W., 1969, “Deeply Eroded Tertiary Calderas and Related Volcanic Deposits, Big Bend Region, Texas, USA,” in Proc. Symposium on Volcanoes and Their Roots, Oxford, England.

With Gene Shoemaker, et al., 1969, “Geological Setting of Lunar Samples Returned with Apollo XI,” Apollo XI Science Report, NASA Special Paper No. 214.

With Richardson, et al., 1970, “Alpha Particle Activity of Apollo XI Samples,” Science, Vol. 167, No. 3918, p. 516.

With Richardson, et al., 1970, “Alpha Particle Activity of Apollo XI Samples,” Geochemica Et Cosmochemica Acta.

Foss, Ted H., 1970, “Apollo Astronaut Geology Training,” Texas Journal of Science.

Horz, F., and Foss, T.H., 1971, “Meteorite Impact and Volcanism,” Trans American Geophysical Union, Vol. 52, No. 3.

Foss, Ted H., 1971, “Evaluation of Offshore Placer Gold Deposits, Nome, Alaska,” General Crude Oil Company Internal Report, 20 p.

Foss, Ted H., 1972, “Results of Geophysical Exploration and Diamond Drilling Program, Breen-Walsh Prospect, Nome, Alaska,” General Crude Oil Company Internal Report, 12 p.

Foss, Ted H., 1973, “Preliminary Report on the Stratigraphy of the Mistassini Basin, Quebec, and Implications for Mississippi Valley - Type Base Metal Deposits,” General Crude Oil Company Internal Report, 40 p.

Gallegar, J. and Foss, T. H., 1978, “Progress Report on the Geochemical Exploration and Drilling Program, Zane Hills and Purcell Mountains, Alaska,” Watts, Griffis, and McOuat, Inc. Consulting Report (private distribution), 120 p.

Foss, Ted H., and Destefano, Paul, 1978, “Federal Lands,” Symposium on Mineral Exploration and Development in Alaska: Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 42 p.

Campbell, M. D., and Foss, T. H., 1984, “Preliminary Evaluation of Selected Precious Metal Properties in North Carolina,” Campbell, Foss, and Buchanan, Consulting Report (private distribution), 15 p.

Campbell, M. D., and Foss, T. H., 1984, “Report of Investigations on the Geology, Geochemistry, and Geophysics of the Eureka Precious Metal Properties, Nevada,” Campbell, Foss, and Buchanan, Inc. Consulting Report (private distribution), 300 p.

Campbell, M. D., T. H. Foss, and K. J. Buchanan, 1986, “Report of Investigations on the Preliminary Feasibility of Development of the Eureka Precious Metals Project, Nevada,” Campbell, Foss, and Buchanan, Inc. Consulting Report (private distribution), 123 p.

Campbell, M. D., and Foss, T. H., 1987, “The Re-discovery of Precious Metals in the Eureka Mining District, Nevada,” presented at The Symposium on Bulk Mineable Precious Metal Deposits of the Western United States, April 6-8, 1987, Geological Society of Nevada, 15 p.

Leethem, J. T., J. F. Greiner, and T. H. Foss, 1995, “Application of a Depositional Facies Model to the Solution of an Environmental Problem: A Hydrostratigraphic Case Study,” presented to The 1st Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Congress on Sedimentary Geology, August 13-16, 1995.

REFERENCES

Available upon request.