A collection of remembrances and tributes to Dan from former students, colleagues and friends

at the University of Oregon

Daniel Francis Weill November 29, 1931-October 3, 2020

(photo: mid-1970’s)

Preface

This collection* of memories and tributes to Dan is intended for his family, the collection’s contributors and the archives of the Department of Earth Science at the University of Oregon. Its focus is Dan’s 1st career, as a professor and scientist, spanning from his early days as a Ph.D. student at UC-Berkeley in the late 1950’s and earliest 1960’s to the early 1980’s when he left the University of Oregon and embarked on his 2nd career, in science administration. Dan’s many accomplishments during his 2nd career are well-summarized in the memorial of Dan prepared by Ian MacGregor and Robert Lieberman for publication in the Geological Society of America Memorials, an advance copy of which is included here.

This document is divided into three sections:

Section 1. tributes and remembrances related to Dan’s 1st career,

Section 2. documents pertaining to both of Dan’s careers and finally,

Section 3. photographs pertaining to both of Dan’s careers.

*edited by Dana Johnston, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon

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Section 1: Remembrances and tributes to Dan--with a focus on his ‘1st career’

Professor Dana Johnston, University of Oregon This contribution is meant to serve as an introduction to this collection as well as my own remembrances of Dan and his impact in the field of earth science. I first met Dan in 1987 when my then-neighbor in the Volcanology Building, Jack Rice, brought him into my office and introduced us. You see, Dan was back in Eugene visiting his children who remained in town when he and his wife Margaret relocated to D.C. for his position at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Jack had arrived some 10 years earlier to ‘replace’ Dan in teaching thermodynamic geochemistry and directing the electron microbeam facility, in addition to pursuing his own research in metamorphic petrology. And I was a brand-new assistant professor, newly hired to ‘replace’ Dan’s legacy in experimental petrology and, many years later, as associate dean in the College of Arts & Sciences as well. I put ‘replace’ in quotation marks because nobody ever really replaced Dan. As other tributes in this collection also make clear, Dan was not really replaceable. Instead, those of us who tried did our best to emulate his exceptional intellect and the way he achieved the most incredible things with the least imaginable fanfare. Dan also had a wonderful wry wit, as many of the contributions here also attest. So, on that day in 1987 I found myself sitting across a desk from Dan who, so far as I was concerned, was nothing less than a god in my field of research, experimental petrology. I’ll never forget asking him why, after all he had accomplished in this area already, he had chosen to leave the field and enter science administration. He replied very forthrightly that he felt he had done what he could and that it would require him to completely re-tool to stay productive and relevant. Hearing this, I took a big gulp and thought to myself: “Uh-oh! If this god of my field feels he’s played out, what chance do I, an aspiring newbie, have to make my mark in the field!?” In subsequent visits with Dan, he was always very interested in what was going on in the lab and, in Dan’s special way, he always made it clear, usually between the spoken lines, that if I was ever interested in acquiring new equipment through the NSF program he directed, he would be happy to consider a proposal from me. In short, I believe that Dan, many years after leaving the UO for NSF, was still looking after things at his former institution. This was certainly also true where our electron microbeam instrumentation, originally established by Dan in the early 1970’s, was concerned, not to mention major campus-wide infrastructure, as will become clear later in this contribution. Turning to Dan’s humorous side, I now fast-forward to the 2010’s when I found myself occupying the associate dean position in the UO College of Arts & Sciences that Dan had occupied some 30 years earlier. Despite so much time having passed, there were still Dan Weill stories shared among the ‘in crowd’ by a few of the old-timers in the Dean’s Office. One that I particularly enjoyed concerned the pronunciation of Dan’s last name, Weill. Was

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it properly pronounced ‘While’ or ‘Wheel’? It seems Dan was in his office one day with his door open to the outer reception area of the Dean’s Office when a phone call for him came in. The story goes that he overheard the person who initially fielded the call debating the pronunciation of Dan’s last name with the caller. The caller, it seems, asked to speak with one Dr. Dan Wheel leading the call-taker to query whether s/he instead meant to ask for Dr. Dan While? The caller persisted in calling Dan Dr. Wheel only to be repeatedly corrected that the proper pronunciation was really Dr. While. After several go-arounds on this, it was finally established that the correct pronunciation of Dan’s name was indeed Dr. While and the call was finally put through to Dan. Having chuckled as he overheard this exchange outside his office door, he picked up the phone and said: “Hello, this is Dan Wheel, how can I help you?”!! Such was Dan’s humor. And then there was the other story about the time a disgruntled professor came to see Dan unannounced to complain about something he was hot under the collar about. He apparently made quite a stink in the reception area outside Dan’s door prompting Dan to take advantage of the fire escape outside his first-floor office window, and make a hasty escape! On a more serious note, it’s not clear where Dan made his biggest impact because he made such big impacts in every area he touched. His was an unusual career in that it actually consisted of two, wholly complete, yet separate careers. This collection of memories and tributes focuses on Dan’s first career, as a professor and researcher par-excellence in the then-cutting-edge field of experimental petrologic geochemistry, made especially cutting-edge in Dan’s case through the use of microanalysis and imaging of geological (both Earth and the Moon) materials with the electron probe microanalyzer and scanning electron microscope. Indeed, with the help of very significant support from NASA, Dan succeeded in establishing one of the very first electron microbeam laboratories in an earth science department in the country. These facilities, together with Dan’s experimental petrology laboratory, and the facilities developed concurrently by Gordon Goles and Alexander McBirney, put the UO’s Center for Volcanology on the global research map in the 1970’s and 1980’s and provided a draw to numerous talented graduate students and post-docs. Indeed, as noted by Mike Dungan in this collection, and in my own 2014 nomination of Dan for emeritus professor status at the UO, also included here, Dan’s lab produced some of the most important experimental petrologic results of the 20th century. These papers still enjoy some 60 citations per year despite being 30-40 years old now. Nothing could more clearly point to the staying power of Dan’s research contributions. Dan’s second career was in scientific administration where the impact of his actions and vision span the entire country, and indeed the entire globe. As his included vita from 2014 shows, this career began when he served first as associate dean and special assistant to the president at the UO. From there he moved off campus, first to the Department of Energy (DOE) where he managed the Geosciences Program in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences and then to the National Science Foundation (NSF) where he pretty much created, and then served as Director of the Instrumentation & Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences. Dan spent the bulk of his second career (1985-2001) in this latter position and his monumental impact across the earth sciences is well-described in the included Memorial,

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prepared by Ian MacGregor and Bob Lieberman for publication by the Geological Society of America. To close this piece, I want to point to two of Dan’s most impressive and endearing qualities, his inherent modesty and his desire to have huge impact, but always from behind the scenes where he shied away from taking the enormous credit that he was always due. To cite just two examples, I point first to his publication list on the included vita which he prefaces with a self-examination of his own contributions, concluding that “Few, if any, of these papers are of more than historical interest now.” And second, there was the gigantic building project that brought us the UO science complex of the late 1980’s. This enabled the construction and equipping of Cascade Hall (Earth Science), Willamette Hall (Physics), Deschutes Hall (Computer & Information Science), Streisenger Hall (Molecular Biology) and the first phase of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History. This project was funded with a very large federal infrastructure grant from the Department of Energy. As noted in several of the contributions that follow, none of us ever succeeded in getting Dan to ‘fess up’ to his role in securing this funding. But, it speaks volumes we all believe, that he was at DOE as a Program Manager in energy sciences immediately prior to this project’s initiation. There is not a person among us whose trajectory in science was not impacted Dan’s career accomplishments. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine that there will ever be another quite like Dan. Professor Gene Humphreys, University of Oregon When I arrived to the University of Oregon in 1985, I was given the office that Dan had just vacated. Who was the guy who just occupied this space? Everything was clean, and some useful office supplies were left for me in an orderly way. Very thoughtfully considerate, I thought. And I thought this would be all I knew of Dan. Now fast-forward about 15 years. I was to deliver a promotion to the seismic community for an ambitious effort to build a large community seismic network. At the evening barbeque, Dan approached me to say that the idea had lots of potential, but we were not thinking ambitiously enough. He took charge of organizing and expanding this effort into what would become the $400M EarthScope initiative. During this three-year process I had many opportunities to watch Dan in action. He was good at his job (or, I should say, he was good at the job he had made for himself). It was immediately clear that he had the highest respect of all, including those in the field who prided themselves as being so important they didn’t really care to show respect to others (yea, we have a few like that). Also clear was Dan’s desire to be as unnoticed as possible, but also his willingness to step forward when clarity of mission and a sense of direction was needed. A few low-key but unambiguous words were spoken at the right time, and that was it. Dan had spoken.

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I add a short statement about Dan’s accomplishments. There are many scientists who strive to make important scientific discoveries, and many have – though truth be told, most of these discoveries would have been made by others anyway. There are not many who see what needs to be done and then contribute in ways that would not otherwise occur. Dan saw that big discoveries occurred by making new observations, and this required new-generation equipment. So, this is the path he set for himself. And with successes not seen before or after, Dan equipped the Earth sciences to make the big advances by those important scientists. I feel it safe to say that during my 40 years in the field, no one has been more important to the Earth Sciences than Dan. And he humbly did this largely out of view, but with a pleasure in accomplishment. Professor Jack Rice, University of Oregon I came to Eugene in the summer of 1977, hired as a temporary replacement to fill in for Dan Weill while he served as Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dan had spent many years developing a number of successful upper-division and graduate courses, and I reckon he wanted to keep an eye on his replacement lest those courses fall into disrepair. I was clearly the beneficiary of his interest! Although Dan spent most of his working hours in the Dean’s Office, we would normally start each day drinking coffee from a pot in his high-pressure research lab on the second floor of the Volcanology building. Dan’s research on lunar basalts was well-funded thru NASA, and his two postdoctoral fellows were involved in many creative projects. The common threads that we shared in our research interests included micro-chemical analysis and an attempt to better understand natural processes through thermodynamic modeling. At the time, programmable calculators, mini computers such as the PDP-11 and the first-generation of personal computers were just starting to play a role in petrology and geochemistry. I could program in BASIC and FORTRAN and we spent many hours thinking and talking about ways to model complex geochemical processes. For me, these informal coffee klatches were a great learning experience. I always came away impressed at the depth and breadth of Dan’s knowledge and experience. Furthermore, I was greatly impressed by his strict adherence to the highest standards of quality. There were no shortcuts in Dan’s research, and he was constantly asking his postdocs to do more. Although research was paramount, our conversations often focused on teaching. He was especially interested in how I was doing with Thermodynamic Geochemistry, the course he developed for seniors and graduate students. We talked often about ways to make classical thermodynamics both more understandable and relevant to petrology students. Attention to detail once again was apparent in his teaching endeavors. I originally thought that Dan would not be very interested in introductory geology. He was, in fact, very concerned about the way we were teaching these courses. Specifically, he viewed our traditional requirement that students take both the lecture and laboratory courses as detrimental to both our student credit hours and our ability to teach a larger number of students about the

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earth. I can’t remember if it was his original idea, but I know his was the strongest voice arguing for replacing the mandatory laboratory sections with a weekly discussion section along with restructuring and renaming of GEOL 101, 102 and 103. His influence on our introductory courses should not be forgotten. In addition to the morning coffee klatches, Dan also introduced me to a much more eclectic and interesting group of UO faculty. He did this through our near-daily luncheons in the EMU dining hall. Previously, I had been a strictly tribal creature, associating primarily with like-minded geology folk. The EMU brown-bag lunch group consisted of regulars like Aaron Novick (founder of the OIMB), fellow biologist Rod Capaldi, Theodore Palmer and a host of other mathematics faculty. The respect these faculty super stars gave Dan Weill was amazing to witness. The friendships and trust I earned from them served me well in my later endeavors in the Office of Academic Affairs. I hope Dan will be remembered in part for his enormous contributions toward the establishment of first-class research facilities and equipment at the University of Oregon. To me, this goes far beyond his role at NSF and began during the early days of his NASA-funded research. Dan clearly believed that top-tier research requires state-of-the-art instruments and facilities. Through his NASA grants, Dan established such a facility at the UO. I would not have considered coming to Eugene were it not for the analytical, experimental and computational equipment that Dan had acquired and developed. During my years as custodian of his equipment and thereafter, I tried to follow his legacy. It should be acknowledged that when applying for any type of funding, the history and reputation of the institution is important (perhaps even as important as the research or equipment being proposed). Dan established that reputation, and I believe it contributed greatly to the success UO faculty had in subsequent years. When Dan’s tenure as Associate Dean was completed, he switched gears completely and accepted a position with the Department of Energy. I don’t recall his title, but his portfolio included geothermal energy. Together with Senator Mark Hatfield and our own administration, the University of Oregon through its location, history and strength of its science programs (including the Center for Volcanology) was earmarked as a worthy recipient of DOE infrastructure grant funds. These funds resulting in the first round of construction of the new science buildings. I tried to get Dan to talk to me more specifically about his role, but he declined. This was so typical of Dan — working hard behind the scenes to have an enormous impact, and then modestly refusing to take any credit. His impact on the earth sciences through NSF equipment grant funding was huge. Although I am most grateful for his support for UO faculty, he spearheaded a number of projects in diverse areas of the discipline. He was always fair and accommodating in his administration of grants and programs. I served two years on an NSF review panel, and while I disliked the workload leading up to a panel meeting, I greatly looked forward to seeing Dan In Washington.

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I discovered, much to my personal enjoyment, that Dan was a great fan and a devoted student of baseball. We enjoyed a number of pleasant summer evenings sitting in the stands of Civic Stadium watching the Emeralds play ball. He also enjoyed cross-country skiing and I have fond memories of those outings. I was just smart enough to decline his attempts to lure me onto the tennis court where humiliation would have been guaranteed. I miss Dan greatly! He taught me and others exceptionally well. He contributed greatly to the Department and the University. Professor Mike Dungan, University of Geneva & University of Oregon I have said many times that the Bottinga and Weill (1972) paper is one of the most important contributions to igneous petrology of the 20th Century. Dan went out of his way to welcome me to Eugene and we became pretty good friends. The contact was intermittent but always a high point of my week. I am deeply saddened by his passing. It is a shame that The Plague (COVID-19) will prevent the Department from publicly acknowledging his contributions in an appropriate manner, as I would imagine that very few if any of our graduate students and postdocs have any idea who he was or what he accomplished. My impression has always been that this Department was built on the foundation that he and Mac constructed, back in the day. Professor Greg Retallack, University of Oregon Dan Weill was a scholar and a gentleman, in the days when both were truly admirable. He was very helpful to this young professor, and our families had a very memorable spring break ski-touring trip at Sun River. Dan made by far the best ham and salad sandwich I have ever eaten, and was generous enough to share it in the snow. He was a gifted dinner conversationalist, and did not disdain watching the Muppet Movie with the rest of us on TV. Sadly, Dan left Eugene for D.C. a few years after. What I missed most about Dan was his sense of humor, which still surfaced when as a retiree he would critique our weekly departmental seminar. In one memorable missive of appreciation to the faculty, the college dean singled out Dan’s memorandum as Associate Dean concerning installation of a new door. To paraphrase. “Coming and going, it seems like an open and shut case”. Professor Norman Savage, University of Oregon Dan was a good friend when I joined the Geology Department in 1971. I requested his advice at all times and particularly when I was Department Head. Barbara and I enjoyed his company in the department, at symphony concerts, picnics, etc., and especially I remember that Dan and Margaret got in touch with me when I was working briefly at the Smithsonian and took me out to a concert at the Kennedy Center.

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Dan was particularly important in helping raise the millions of dollars for the new science buildings that included Cascade Hall. He also assisted our faculty with their applications for much of the equipment we still use. Professor Allan Kays, University of Oregon In my estimation Dan Weill was a great addition to UO Geology, coming aboard at about same time as A. R. McBirney and Gordon Goles in the 1960’s. This really was an extension of a plan by President Arthur S. Flemming to put Oregon “on the map” as a “force in science” for research and teaching. Dan turned out to be a special addition to our faculty, a special person and geoscientist. I had great interactions with him right away, and appreciated his wry sense of humor, and strict attention to scientific detail and understanding. Dan’s graduate students and research were all first rate and that continued into courses such as “Geological Thermodynamics”. It was also great fun with Dan and Margaret at get-togethers with other geologists, scientists, and spouses. Dan and my wife Dorothy seemed to have a “thing” arguing about “issues of the day”; It was clear to me that they could have switched sides and it wouldn’t have mattered. I was surprised to see him at our weekly geology seminars maybe a couple or three years ago, Dan having returned from NSF. It was the same old Dan, sharing his respectful evaluations of each seminar, sometimes ending in respectful if not wishful comment, “did you understand all that?” I will miss Dan, and in fact I do already! Professor Mark Reed, University of Oregon Dan Weill was an inspiration to me when I arrived as a new assistant professor at the University of Oregon, a position I accepted in significant measure because Dan was in the department. I had not known Dan personally before my interview visit, but during that visit, Dan’s enthusiasm for explaining his concepts of silicate liquid mixing models and his interest in what I was thinking about silicate liquids, convinced me I’d be in an exciting department if I had the chance to come. I did come, and I found Dan to be a model of what a scientist can be, and a pleasure to talk to about thermodynamics, one of my favorite subjects. Dan was one of a handful of global pioneers who were finding their way in applying chemical thermodynamics to solving age-old problems in igneous and metamorphic petrology. Dan and a few others were figuring out at a fundamental level how basalts form by partial melting of the mantle, how the origin of rhyolites is thermodynamically constrained by differentiation or partial melting, and at what pressures and temperatures metamorphic sillimanite, andalusite and kyanite form. His work was foundational and most inspiring. I was thrilled to get to participate in that endeavor with Dan Weill. Along the way, I came to value Dan’s humor, exemplified by a memo that he wrote as associate Dean. I cannot do it justice from memory, but throughout the memo, he played

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with a door metaphor, saying how the University was at the threshold of an opportunity that would open the door to great possibilities, and it all hinged on stepping in while the door was open. Dan’s memo and others that followed opened many doors for the university during his tenure as Associate Dean, and we all continue to benefit from his creative solutions to complex problems. Dan was an outstanding scientist with expertise in both experiments and theory. His grasp of what makes science work helped equip him to be a superb administrator at the National Science Foundation where, almost singlehandedly, he built and then ran the program that funded earth scientists to acquire the expensive and complex research tools like calorimeters, electron microprobes and scanning electron microscopes that made new discoveries possible. Dan’s fascination with the science continued to propel him even to quite recent times, when he and I discussed a matter of mutual interest, the thermodynamic stability of aluminosilicates and the kinetics of their phase transitions–a subject that delighted Dan throughout his career. Professor Bill Leeman, Rice University, former Ph.D. student of Dan’s and later a colleague of Dan’s at the National Science Foundation. The passing of Daniel Weill on 3 Oct, 2020 (age 89) makes me think of the influences he made on my life and the lives of many others. Contemplating possible pathways that my future might take upon completion of my undergraduate and master’s degrees, I found myself intrigued by the opportunities offered at the newly established Center for Volcanology at the University of Oregon (UofO). This center provided a focus quite unlike any other available at the time, organized by a group of new faculty hires with diverse perspectives on how volcanoes work. This coincided with emergence of the relatively new ‘plate tectonics’ paradigm that was bursting forth with promise of finally resolving major enigmas of Earth’s evolution. Also, the NASA Lunar Science program was getting underway with the initial Apollo expeditions to bring lunar materials back for detailed investigation. Overall, exciting times for the earth sciences!

Upon arrival at UofO in 1968, I was pleasantly surprised by the collection of new students and research associates attracted there at this time, many with the express purpose of working with Alex McBirney, Dan Weill, and/or Gordon Goles. Fortunately, having an NSF Graduate Fellowship, I was able to work with all three. I considered it a blessing to be immersed in this environment of experience and intellectual depth at a time when so many exciting scientific endeavors were beginning to bloom.

I have to say that these three professors collectively provided a broad perspective on magmatic processes, highlighted by their individual expertise and specialties. This was certainly enhanced by the collected experiences of their research groups as well as other Earth Science faculty and students at UofO at the time. There was an amazing community

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feeling among the students – almost familial – that uniquely bonded us and enhanced our educational experience.

Here, I mainly want to reflect on my experiences with Dan Weill. As my introduction to Professor Weill, I took his graduate course in thermodynamics. His approach was remarkably clear and straightforward in explaining how chemical systems worked – except that the true complexities only became apparent upon doing the subsequent problem assignments. Nevertheless, I gradually learned the ropes, and within a year or so was capable of applying what I learned to a variety of interesting geochemical and petrologic systems. I learned how to build experimental apparatus, perform simulations of magmatic processes, evaluate and quantify element partitioning between melts and magmatic phases, etc. The results were applied to terrestrial and lunar situations albeit at generally low-pressure conditions. But looking back, I realize that what was happening in Dan’s classes and research laboratories contributed significantly to how we now understand many magmatic processes today. In an important way, this early work was influential in stimulating many subsequent developments in the field of igneous petrology.

I was always in awe of Dan’s intellectual powers, his broad comprehension of how to approach problems, his wisdom in decision-making, and his ability to see the humor in most situations. And he was a pretty good hitter on our intramural softball team. Half of my 1974 Ph.D. thesis was based on experimental studies that he sponsored, and I am grateful that he saw the promise in supporting what I did. I am pretty sure that everyone who worked with him shares that gratitude!

Segue forward to 1988 when, as an interim program director for the National Science Foundation (NSF), I re-engaged with Dan. At this time, he was director of the relatively new Instrumentation and Facilities program at NSF; we saw each other frequently either in staff meetings or over lunch. At this point Dan was in his second (i.e., ‘non-academic’) career, and was making important strides with regard to getting significant funding support for numerous consortia and institutions. I was impressed by the respect and impact that he carried in influencing important decisions by NSF at the Division level and higher. Moreover, he was clearly more relaxed than I had known him to be 15 years earlier – as evidenced by his more pronounced but subtle sense of humor. I am sure that he enjoyed his role at NSF, and rightly so as he was very effective in it.

Dan continued his efforts in bolstering funding for the earth science community until his retirement from NSF in the early 2000s. In 2002, he was awarded the Edwin A. Flinn III Award by the American Geophysical Union in recognition of his “unselfish cooperation in research”. In his citation for this award, Robert Liebermann provides a lengthy summary (included in this collection) that emphasizes the astounding breadth and depth of Dan’s accomplishments. It is clear that Dan had a very broad perspective concerning how to provide essential instrumentation and coordination to attack large problems in the Earth Sciences. He also had the people and leadership skills to bring individuals from diverse organizations (even politicians and scientists!) together to make the necessary funding available. And he had the enthusiasm to create new research entities as well as the attention to management so as to ensure that they accomplished the intended goals.

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In reflecting on who Dan Weill was, I am cognizant of the tremendous positive influence he has had on many, many people. For those fortunate to have worked with Dan, he helped shape who we have become. He has materially helped improve the scientific infrastructure of our country and the instrumental capabilities of many organizations and individual research labs. And, importantly, he did this in a modest way as evidenced by his acceptance speech for the Flinn Award, which is included here. I am grateful for having known and worked with Dan Weill – I know that he made me a better Earth scientist.

Dr. Dave Lindstrom, NASA Mission Program Scientist (ret.), former Ph.D. student of Dan’s Dan was a very important influence in my education in how to be a real scientist. I owe him a lot. I could spend hours telling Dan stories, but one comes immediately to mind: As a young graduate student, I was privileged to attend the Apollo 11 science conference back in 1970 (hard to grasp that it was 50 years ago). At the opening social, I noticed that Dan was wearing a badge saying “Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense.” When I asked him about it, he said, “It’s O.K. Nobody knows what Mel Laird looks like.” I often wondered whether anybody else noticed…. Michael Shaffer, Manager of UO Electron Microbeam Facility It was the winter quarter 1978 and my senior year in the geology program at Oregon. I was taking Dan Weill’s graduate level course “Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) and Applications in Petrology”, and I was struggling. I was only an undergraduate but it wasn’t my aptitude—it was my focus. Other than my upcoming and final spring quarter, I was struggling with what’s next. I was an older student who, after 4 years as an avionics specialist in the Air Force that included a demoralizing year in Vietnam, never wanted to see an oscilloscope again, and only wanted to squeeze every last dime out of my G.I. Bill that was providing my college stipend. I began as a photography art student who gained an appreciation for chemistry, geology, and computer programming, but ended up with an Associate’s Degree in physics before transferring to Oregon. I wanted a degree in chemistry, but wanted an application, and so my degree of choice was to be geology. However, in spite of adequate grades, I knew up front that I wasn’t destined to be a candidate for graduate school—I was burned out after 5 years and didn’t know what I wanted. I found inspiration in Dan Weill’s class, but Dan’s intelligence was intimidating. I still remember his tough questions that would undermine the confidence of many students (and of the many grad students presenting their thesis defenses). Yet, and in spite of Dan’s style,

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I found I had an aptitude for EPMA. I was especially inspired by Dan’s research group that at the time included Dr. John Longhi, and was researching lunar samples under Dan’s NASA grant. It would seem NASA had decided EPMA, and its applications in understanding geochemistry, was as good a reason as any to actually put Apollo astronauts at risk and insist they not return without a bag of rocks from the lunar surface! That spring I graduated with Honors, but I had nowhere to go. As fate would have it however, Dan needed a research assistant. 1978 was pretty much the close of NASA lunar funding, and Dan’s own research was much more abstract. Thermodynamics was the game, and Dan was determining calorimetric properties of simple silicate glass compositions. My responsibilities were to synthesize these glasses and analyze them for composition and homogeneity, and to help Dan’s Research Associate, and dedicated EPMA analyst, with regular maintenance of the electron microprobe and scanning electron microscope (SEM), as well as helping with others’ EPMA and SEM projects. I wasn’t being paid that much but I enjoyed the work and found satisfaction with what I was doing. However, I was only waiting for job applications to come back. It wasn’t until I was finally offered a geology position with the Olympic National Forest that I was yet again confronted with the what’s next dilemma. The geology position should’ve been a no-brainer, except that Dan’s Research Associate was moving on. The RA position was reserved for one with a graduate degree, but I wanted it in spite of my lowly undergraduate degree. It would be a leap of faith for me, but apparently not for Dan. He saw something in me that apparently not many people see in themselves. Talent can be elusive that way, for Dan was objective, and I was not, and for that I’ll forever be grateful. You see, a working appreciation for geology, analytical chemistry, computer programming, and a photographer’s eye for art, are minimum requirements for EPMA and SEM micrography. In my own mind, I only enjoyed it! This remembrance was supposed to have been about Dr. Dan Weill—not myself. In that sense, it is a shame that I only saw Dan once again after he left the University of Oregon in 1982, first for the Department of Energy (D.O.E.) and then the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. My time working with Dan only lasted a few years, and we unfortunately never became that close after Dan’s own interests moved out of research and into administration. But Dan wasn’t done with the University of Oregon, nor the Department of Geological Sciences, nor the EPMA/SEM lab. It was Dan’s lobbying in D.C. that was responsible for the huge D.O.E. infrastructure grant that built much of the science complex in use today on the Eugene UO campus. Dr. Jack Rice and I wrote proposals for replacing the aging 1968 vintage ARL EMX EPMA and JEOL SEM with a new Cameca EPMA and a newer JEOL SEM, and moving them into the new Geological Sciences building in about 1992. I continued in my position at Oregon until 2001, then left for Newfoundland to be with my soulmate, but the talent Dan recognized in me provided the confidence to start up a SEM-

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platformed image analyzer facility for Memorial University of Newfoundland, that in 2007 was the first one at any North American university. Professor Paul Wallace, University of Oregon I came to the UO in Fall of 2001 as an assistant professor, long after Dan Weill had left for other opportunities. I had first heard of Dan and his research when I was a Ph.D. student in the late 1980s at UC Berkeley, where I worked with Ian Carmichael, an expert in applying thermodynamics to the study of silicate melts and minerals. As anyone who knew Ian would attest to, he was a highly critical person, who almost invariably would come up with a clever thermodynamic argument as to why someone had gotten something wrong. There were, however, a very small number of scientists that Ian highly respected for their intellect and research, and for “getting it right”. Dan was a member of this select group, and I was always struck by the respectful and almost reverential tone that Ian would use when Dan’s name would come up. I finally crossed paths with Dan in person much later, in the summer of 2001, just before moving to UO. At the time I was working as a staff scientist with the Ocean Drilling Program at Texas A&M University. At that time, there’d been a shake-up with the top managing agency for the program (Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.) back in Washington D.C. The new director was Steve Bohlen, formerly of the USGS, who had made his reputation as an experimental metamorphic petrologist. It seemed like an odd choice to me since Steve had not been involved with scientific ocean drilling, but as someone who also had not been involved with ocean drilling much before coming to work with ODP, it was an interesting connection for me. It was a critical time for the program, and Steve had asked Dan to join him as the second in command at JOI because of Dan’s extensive experience in science administration and funding of large facilities. I met Dan when he came to Texas A&M for an introductory meeting with the staff there, and, as I knew at that point I was headed to UO in the Fall, Dan and I had a wonderful time talking about UO, petrology, Carmichael, and a host of other topics. After Dan retired and moved back to Eugene, I was delighted to see him again at the weekly department seminars. I always enjoyed having a chance to catch up with him briefly before the lectures would start. At UO, I inherited the Thermodynamic Geochemistry class from Jack Rice, not knowing at the time that the course had been originally developed by Dan. Jack gave me a marvelous set of materials for the course – lecture notes, homework problems, exams – that served me very well and helped me make it a great course for our graduate students. I’ve learned so much about thermodynamics from teaching that class and am honored to try to carry on Dan’s legacy here in some small way, though of course I would never pretend for a moment to have filled Dan’s shoes. Most Earth Science departments these days no longer teach a thermodynamics course, but the subject itself still plays an essential part in our field, though all too often out of view in a modeling computer program that users simply learn to run. I consider it to be “professional

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malpractice” to send petrology and geochemistry Ph.D.’s out into the world without training in this important subject, and I’m proud that our department still regards this as an essential topic. I often tell people the story of how Dan played an instrumental role in the funding for science buildings at the UO that included the construction of Cascade Hall. Our department owes Dan a great debt – both for establishing us as a top institution for petrology and volcanology in the first place, and then helping to set us up with such wonderful facilities. The recent expansion of the UO’s Center for Volcanology and our reputation as a top place in the U.S. for graduate students in this area would not have been possible without the foundation Dan helped build. Dr. Dave Draper, Deputy Chief Scientist, NASA, and former Ph.D. student at the UO and beneficiary of Dan’s legacy in the Department of Earth Sciences National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building 300 Hidden Figures Way SW Washington DC 20546-0001 Reply to Attn of: David S. Draper

Dr. A. Dana Johnston, Professor Emeritus Department of Earth Sciences University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 Dear Dana: I wanted to describe the late Dan Weill’s contributions to our field in a way that connects his time in Oregon to NASA’s programs of planetary exploration. Although I never had the pleasure of meeting Dan myself, I have witnessed and benefited from the influence he had in the Earth and planetary sciences. Between 1962 and 1971, virtually all of NASA’s astronauts undertook geologic field training in Oregon’s varied volcanic terrains, including every one of the Apollo astronauts who orbited and walked on the Moon. The fresh and beautifully exposed lavas, such as in Newberry Caldera, Lava Butte, Hole-In-The-Ground, Fort Rock, and other examples in the Bend area served as analogs for what was expected to be rugged topography on the lunar surface, as well as prime examples of the types of volcanic materials on which they expected to land. The 1968 Andesite Conference held in Bend was a big part of that geologic training.

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Dan was one of several faculty in the forerunner of what eventually became UO’s present day Department of Earth Sciences who was allocated some of the first Apollo Moon samples for detailed geochemical and petrological study. There is no better way to understand another world than to have pieces of it to study in Earthbound laboratories. Planetary samples are “the gifts that keep on giving”; even now, the Apollo samples continue to be studied in detail as technology advances, revealing new secrets regularly. Dan and his colleagues began approaches to these studies that are still used today, and several of Dan’s students and postdocs went on to become major figures in planetary science, including Dick Grieve, Mike Drake, Gordon McKay, Stu McCallum, and John Longhi. The return of the lunar samples prompted, in the years leading up to the Apollo missions, an explosion in the development of microanalytical devices for in situ analysis of geological materials, and Dan witnessed that first-hand with the introduction of UO’s first electron microprobe. Each return of new types of “astromaterials”, as we call samples from elsewhere than Earth, has sparked similar advances, such as the development of the Mega-SIMS at UCLA to analyze the atoms and molecules of solar wind returned by the Genesis spacecraft in the early 2000s. Each of these advances has opened new avenues of study not previously possible, enabling scientists to ask questions that could not have been asked before. Dan’s later career leading the Instrumentation & Facilities enterprise at the National Science Foundation was doubtless well informed by those experiences, and that role bound together his skills as a scientist with those as the leader of a critically important facet of advancing the Nation’s science abilities. NASA is now embarking on its new Artemis program, whereby astronauts will finally return to the Moon, and new technologies and approaches are already being developed in the same way. The arc of Dan’s contributions will continue to connect Oregon, the University and Department, and humanity’s ongoing quest to finally leave our nest and establish a foothold in the Solar System. Sincerely,

David S. Draper Deputy Chief Scientist Office of the Chief Scientist, mail code AE000 Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building 300 Hidden Figures Way SW, Washington DC 20546-0001

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Section 2: Documents pertaining to both of Dan’s careers

For Publication in the Memorials of the Geological Society of America* by

Ian MacGregor and Robert Lieberman

A. INTRODUCTION We are saddened by the death of Daniel F. Weill a beloved and highly respected member of our community who died on October 3, 2020 at the age of 88. Through his wise and balanced stewardship of federal resources he stimulated revolutionary initiatives to apply modern technologies to studies of the solid Earth.

B. HISTORY Dan Weill had two professional careers. For 20 years following his Ph.D. at Berkeley, he had a distinguished research and academic career at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Oregon. His research in geochemistry, petrology, and mineralogy spawned a large number of outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral associates. These include Yan Bottinga, Michael Drake, Richard Grieve, Rudi Hon, Stewart McCallum, William Leeman, Harve Waff, and John Longhi.

In 1983, Dan took a leave of absence from Oregon to serve in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the Department of Energy. While there, he worked with university and DOE lab groups to ensure that DOE had a high-quality Earth science component. He made comprehensive contributions while honing his skills as a program director.

In 1985, Weill joined the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) of the National Science Foundation as the first program director of the Instrumentation and Facilities Program, at a time when there was considerable debate on how to balance support among the needs for individual research, larger collab-orative projects and the need for investing in advanced instrumentation and shared facilities promised by technical advances. He proved to be a quick learner and developed rapidly into the ideal program director: one who sought to understand the needs of the community,

* This advance copy focuses on Dan’s accomplishments during his ‘2nd career’, in scientific administration

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keeps his eyes out for potential initiatives, and then encourages scientists to formulate proposals that address their needs and aspirations.

During his 16 years at NSF, Dan was a major factor in improving the availability of advanced instrumentation which led to significant progress in modern geophysics and geochemistry research. These included the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS); the Global Positioning Satellite consortium of UNAVCO; the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry facilities at the University of Arizona and Purdue University; ion-probe installations at the University of California Los Angeles, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington; synchrotron facilities at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Advanced Photon Source of the Argonne National Laboratory; the Absolute Gravity facility at the NOAA labs in Boulder; EAR’s first Science and Technology Centers (CHiPR-Center for High Pressure Science Research and SCEC-Southern California Earthquake Center); and the development of dedicated national synchrotron facilities through COMPRES and GSECARS.

C. GEOPHYSICAL FACILITIES Although he was not involved in the initial formation of IRIS or UNAVCO, Dan’s early years at NSF were devoted to nourishing these fledgling community efforts as cornerstones of the Earth Sciences’ Instrumentation and Facilities Program. His stable support and encouragement provided the security that enabled long-term planning and rational program development and allowed these programs to become global leaders in high quality seismological and geodetic instrumentation and open data access and distribution. Through his careful stewardship and distribution of NSF investments and his support of national and international collaborations, he enabled the US academic community to have a major influence on the development, support and distribution of new instrumentation for portable and permanent observations in seismology and geodesy. His insistence on free and open access to accumulated data became the foundation for the democratization of research that allowed for integrated studies, exemplified by EARTHSCOPE, to flourish and produce results that have contributed to a much improved understanding for the processes controlling the dynamics and evolution of continents. The archival resource preserved the data for a wide range of basic research and educational

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needs and the national and international missions for monitoring earthquakes and nuclear explosions.

Towards the end of his career at NSF, Dan was instrumental in starting discussions about the opportunities to approach NSF for expanded facilities to build on the successes established by IRIS, UNAVCO and others. He encouraged the community to propose large-scale projects that could be candidates for the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account. This led to USArray, the Plate Boundary Observatory and the San Andreas Drilling project eventually coalescing into EarthScope, as a new coordinated program focused on understanding the structure, evolution and dynamics of North America. The success of EarthScope would not have been possible without the experience, in both instrumentation and community organization, gained under Dan’s support from the I&F Program. Results include much improved understanding for the processes involved in earthquakes, mountain building, and continental deformation, and insight into lithospheric instability, magmatic dynamics and, in general, how all these processes create continental heterogeneity on the one hand and rebuild it on the other.

Through these, and others initiatives that Dan directly or indirectly influenced, the US academic research community has been able to assume a leadership role in applying modern observational technologies to support Earth science research and education in the US and around the world.

He had an eye for balance between program elements. Early in the development of IRIS he strongly encouraged, in fact insisted upon, the inclusion of a significant education and outreach program as a complement to the development of research facilities to both encourage the development of a scientifically literate next generation and to place emphasis on the societal relevance of the work being supported.

As he helped create and sustain resources for facilities in seismology and geodesy, Dan placed significant confidence, respect and trust in the wishes and direction of the research community to provide the intellectual leadership to define the path forward. His style was not to lead from the front, by pushing his own ideas or personal agenda, but to challenge a coordinated research community to come forward with the best arguments for the resources that it needed to support broad-based research. He then worked quietly to help the community hone these arguments and develop

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the most compelling case for support. He used his position within NSF to help leverage limited NSF resources through interagency and international collaborations and private donations.

D. GEOCHEMICAL FACILITIES Dan was a master in leveraging federal and private support and in convincing other parts of the NSF, other federal agencies, and other private groups such as the Keck Foundation that sharing expensive analytical facilities would benefit both them and the communities they serve. The result was a number of “national laboratories” that included ion microprobes and accelerator mass spectrometers that fostered a wide array of new discoveries in the Earth sciences.

Dan recognized that geochemistry is a field driven forward by analytical innovation, but that the next generation of instrumentation was beyond the funding levels typically provided to individual investigators at NSF Earth Sciences. To overcome this barrier, Dan was a master both in leveraging federal funding with support from private foundations and in convincing members of the research community that sharing their expensive analytical facilities would benefit both the communities they serve as well as their own research programs. The result was a number of “national laboratories” that included ion microprobes, accelerator mass spectrometers, and geochemical applications of synchrotrons that fostered a wide array of new discoveries in the Earth sciences.

Dan’s background in geochemistry led to appreciation of the importance of analytical innovation. His solution was two-fold, to leverage federal funds with matching funds from private foundations, and to promote the concept of “national laboratories” that could serve both the research needs of their directors, but also the broader needs of the research community that relied on the measurements they could provide. As a result, the capabilities of advanced analytical instrumentation such as ion microprobes, accelerator mass spectrometers, and geochemical applications of synchrotrons became available to address such wide-ranging questions as characterizing Earth’s environment over the last 4 billion years ago, the rates of mountain uplift and erosion, changes in ocean circulation patterns, and the response to changes in atmospheric chemistry manifested by the rise in oxygen 2 billion years ago and the anthropogenic increase of carbon dioxide.

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E. ROCK and MINERAL PHYSICS FACILITIES Facilities for mineral and rock physics research include the DOE synchrotron X-ray facilities at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Advanced Radiation Source at Argonne National Laboratory, enabled unrivaled technical advances. For the first time, using diamond-anvil cells and multi-anvil presses, the ultra-high intensity X-ray beams allowed diffraction patterns to be taken every few seconds of rock and mineral samples under ultra-high pressures and a wide range of temperatures.

The new observations have led to a revolution in our understanding of the dynamics controlling the chemical and physical properties of materials.

F. DAN’S STYLE and LEGACY Dan had a clear vision: achieving scientific advances beyond the incremental requires modern instrumentation enabling significant new observations that would otherwise be unattainable.

With geophysical studies, Dan demonstrated repeatedly his ability to recognize projects of great potential and to then deftly usher these over hurdles with funding management and to unite the scientific community.

As he helped create and sustain resources for facilities in geophysics and geochemistry, Dan placed significant confidence, respect and trust in the wishes and direction of the research community to provide the intellectual leadership to define the path forward. His style was not to lead from the front, by pushing his own ideas or personal agenda, but to challenge a coordinated research community to come forward with the best arguments for the resources that it needed to support broad-based research. He then worked quietly to help the community hone these arguments and develop the most compelling case for support.

He used his position within NSF to help leverage limited NSF resources through interagency and international collaborations and private donations. Although much of the credit for these instrumentation facilities must go to the principal investigators, Dan was very instrumental in helping the PIs to seek and obtain shared funding from other parts of the NSF,

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other federal agencies, and other private groups such as the Keck Foundation.

Dan sought to understand the needs of the community, kept his eyes out for potential initiatives, and encouraged the scientists to formulate proposals to address their needs and aspirations. His astute and careful management provided the base of confidence that has encouraged these and other funding groups to cooperate with him. The primary beneficiaries of these efforts have been the PIs and the Earth science community in general, which have thus gained access to these world-class facilities.

For his excellence in research and education, and in particular for his remarkable and distinctive service to the Earth science community as a program administrator at DOE and NSF, Dan received the 2002 Edward A Flinn III Award of the American Geophysical Union.

G. FAMILY, FRIENDS and COLLEAGUES Dan is survived by his wife Margaret, daughters Kathy and Michelle, son Paul, grandchildren Jessie and Ian and son-in-law Dean. This Memorial will help understand his professional life. We hope that it captures how much he meant to his colleagues and friends, and how significant were his lasting contributions to his community. Dan’s personal idiosyncrasies, philosophy of service and forthright friendship will continue to be part of our memories.

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DANIEL F. WEILL 2002 Edward A. Flinn III Award Winner Daniel F. Weill was awarded the Flinn III Award at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, which was held on 8 December 2002, in San Francisco, California. The award is given to an individual who personifies the Union’s motto of unselfish cooperation in research through their facilitating, coordinating, and implementing activities. CITATION “Daniel F. Weill is eminently qualified for the Edward Flinn Award as an individual who personifies the Union’s motto of ‘unselfish cooperation in research’ on the basis of his facilitating, coordinating, and implementing activities in both the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. “Dan Weill has had two careers. For 20 years following his Ph.D. at Berkeley, he had a distinguished research and academic career at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Oregon. His research in geochemistry, petrology, and mineralogy spawned a large number of outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral associates; e.g., Yan Bottinga, Michael Drake, Richard Grieve, Rudi Hon, Stewart McCallum, William Leeman, Harve Waff, and John Longhi. “In 1983, Dan took a leave of absence from Oregon to serve in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the Department of Energy. While there, he worked with university and DOE lab groups and made comprehensive contributions while honing his skills as a program director. “In his years at NSF, Dan has been a major factor in improving the availability of advanced instrumentation to the Earth science community. These include the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS); the Global Positioning Satellite consortium of UNAVCO; the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry facilities at the University of Arizona and Purdue University; ion-probe installations at UCLA, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington; synchrotron facilities at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Advanced Photon Source of the Argonne National Laboratory; the Absolute Gravity facility at the NOAA labs in Boulder; and the Science and Technology Center for High Pressure Research (CHiPR) and Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC). “Although much of the credit for these instrumentation facilities must go to the principal investigators, Dan has been very instrumental in helping the PIs to seek and obtain shared funding from other parts of the NSF, other federal agencies, and other private groups such as the Keck Foundation. His astute and careful management has provided the base of confidence that has encouraged these other funding groups to cooperate with him. The primary beneficiaries of these efforts have been the PIs and the Earth

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science community in general, which have thus gained access to these world-class facilities. “I illustrate Dan’s incredible achievements by using selected quotations from the

supporting letters: ‘…assuring that…DOE has a high-quality earth science component… ‘…extraordinary ability not only to see far into the future but to really care… ‘…most PI-oriented program director I have ever known… ‘…most important is his leadership in improving the infrastructure for research in

geophysics. ‘…helped develop the scientific identity of modern geochemistry and geophysics. ‘…the major author of the long-range plan for Earth Sciences at NSF in 1988… ‘…establishment and encouragement of IRIS, UNAVCO,…the exploitation of synchrotron

X-ray sources….All of these community efforts have benefited extensively from Weill’s guidance and insight.

‘…leadership and advice in securing the funding of large-scale programs spanning all the way across the Earth Sciences…

‘…used his energy and diplomatic skills to leverage funding for such projects from public and private sources (in particular, the Keck Foundation).

‘…done a conscientious job of balancing the needs of ‘big science’ with those of individual investigators.

“In 1985, Weill joined the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) of the National Science Foundation as the first program director of the Instrumentation and Facilities Program, at a time when there were considerable problems in EAR in balancing the funding needs for basic research and new instrumentation. He proved to be a quick learner and developed rapidly into the ideal program director: one who seeks to understand the needs of the community, keeps his eyes out for potential initiatives, and then encourages the scientists to formulate proposals to address their needs and aspirations. “For his excellence in research and education, and in particular for his remarkable and distinctive service to the Earth science community as a program administrator at DOE and NSF, it is a pleasure and an honor to present Dan Weill for the 2002 Flinn Award of the American Geophysical Union.” —ROBERT C. LIEBERMANN, State University of New York, Stony Brook RESPONSE “Thanks very much, Bob, for those kind words. When I first learned that I would receive AGU’s Flinn Award, two questions immediately came to mind. ‘Will I have to wear a tux?’ was quickly answered in the affirmative by AGU’s ceremonies police. Formal wear may not be me, but family and friends know that I can benefit from the occasional push to do the correct thing. The second question–‘What did I do to deserve this?’–reminded

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me of the last time I got a citation. In that instance, a parking ticket, a citationist in uniform gave me a terse reply. Tonight’s citationist is wearing a different uniform, and the Flinn Award deserves a more thoughtful response. “The Flinn Award recognizes ‘unselfish cooperation in research,’ but I’m not sure those words fit me much better than this tuxedo. Unselfish is an adjective usually associated with self-sacrifice, but the first point I’d like to make tonight is that whatever I may have done to deserve this award, it was thoroughly enjoyable and certainly required no sacrifice on my part. “Sociological myth has it that we’re all entitled to fifteen minutes of fame. The next few minutes may well turn out to be my next-to-last moment in the spotlight (the one before the obituary column, that is), so let me quickly say how honored I am by this recognition, and, to put things in proper perspective, let me briefly tell you about the people who deserve to share it with me. “The start-up, in 1985, of a program to support acquisition, development, and operation of major research instrumentation in Earth sciences did not require a flash of inspiration from me. Given the progress of technology during preceding years and the obvious need for better ways to observe the Earth and analyze its materials, something along the lines of the Instrumentation & Facilities, or IF, program had been gestating at NSF before I arrived. I was simply fortunate to be there at its birth and be given the opportunity to manage the IF baby to maturity. So, it’s only fair that I should now cite the friends and colleagues at the NSF, USGS, NASA, DOE, the Keck Foundation, and the many research and teaching departments with whom I had fruitful collaborations on behalf of the IF program. My dictionary defines a bureaucrat as ‘one who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.’ We all have encountered the type specimen in (or out of) government, but the colleagues I wish to thank here are the ones who, contrary to the stereotype, were always adept at minimizing the burden of bureaucratic procedures while serving the science community. I’m truly grateful to them for having created a working environment in which I had a good time while the IF program was doing some good. “Any career in science that spans teaching, research, and management has to be firmly rooted in its educational base. Although it’s nice to think that learning is a continuous process, when I think back about my own experience, I recognize certain peak periods of intellectual activity, first as a doctoral candidate and postdoc at UC-Berkeley and later as professor at Scripps and the University of Oregon; and I want to extend a special thank you here to those who shared those stimulating times with me during my own education and while I was trying my best to educate others. “I also want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the science community itself. I realize that the word ‘community’ casts a wide net, but the IF program did conscientiously try to cater to the needs of every subdiscipline of the Earth sciences, and

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it responded to proposals ranging from requests for modest equipment for individual laboratories to those making a case for extensive facilities on behalf of large consortia. Without the many selfless members of the large international community who reviewed its proposals and served on its review panels and special committees, the IF program could not have done what it did, and I will always be in their debt for their good work and the pleasure of their company while we served together. “While speaking of community, I can’t resist adding that, in addition to the pursuit of scientific goals (a worthy endeavor needing no further praise from me), the science community can also be proud of its role in society. Even if, from time to time, misguided critics chide us for being too ‘curiosity-driven,’ isn’t that drive more worthy, to say nothing of ultimately more useful, to society, than the unseemly greed that drives much of society around us? In fact, is it much of an exaggeration to claim that the science community can serve as a model for a troubled business community? After all, we manage to be productive for a global society, competitive and cooperative within our own sphere, all the while maintaining high ethical standards. I am proud to have contributed in some measure to such a community, and, stealing a line from a popular musical, I sometimes wonder ‘Why can’t a businessman be more like a scientist?’ “The term ‘closure’ comes up routinely in public discourse these days, all too often associated with sad events. Although this is a happy occasion, AGU has nevertheless made it clear that I should reach closure about now. So, in closing, let me first apologize to the many friends and colleagues whom it would have been a pleasure for me to mention by name tonight had time permitted. Instead, I will end my remarks by mentioning the name of the one person, here tonight, who best symbolizes the love and gratitude with which I accept this award on behalf of many who helped me along the way. Margaret, my wife and companion of 45 years, has shared the various phases of my career with me and with many of you. I’ve been extremely fortunate that she and the rest of my family have always been there to help me keep a proper balance between the workplace and home, providing me with encouragement when things looked overwhelming at work, but perfectly willing to shut me up whenever I took myself too seriously or droned on too long. I sense that she is thinking of doing that right now, so thank you all and keep up the good work!” —DANIEL F. WEILL, Eugene, Ore.

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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

College of Arts and Sciences

April 25, 2014

TO:

FROM:

SUBJECT: Background information supporting request for emeritus status for Dr. Daniel F. Weill

Please find included in this packet of materials the vita of Dr. Daniel F. Weill for whom Interim Dean W. Andrew Marcus and I seek emeritus status and the title emeritus professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Oregon.

As you will see, the vast majority of Dan’s academic career was the University of Oregon where he rose from assistant professor to professor in my home department, Geological Sciences, during the period 1963-1985, and also served as Associate Dean for Academic Personnel in CAS from 1976-79 and 1981-83, and as Special Assistant to the President during 1981-83.

Dan left the UO in 1985, first to serve as Manager of the Geosciences Program in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences in the U.S. Department of Energy from 1983-85; then as Program Director for Instrumentation & Facilities in the Division of Earth Sciences at the NSF from 1985-2001; and finally, as the Director of the Ocean Drilling Program of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, the position from which he retired in 2001.

Upon his retirement, Dan and his wife Margaret returned to Eugene where their children were raised and still live and he has been a very significant presence in the Department of Geological Sciences ever since, certainly more so than I have managed since moving to the CAS Dean's Office four years ago.

By any measure Dan remains a tremendous asset to the University of Oregon. His scientific accomplishments while at the UO have stood the test of time, with nearly 60 citations to his work just last year, despite the fact that his most recent paper was published in 1984, fully 30 years ago! His total citation count stands at 2,714 with five classic papers having garnered over 200 citations each.

OFFICE OF THE DEAN 114 Friendly Hall, 1245 University of Oregon. Eugene, OR 97403

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He was equally influential in his post-UO years. While at the DOE during 1983-85 I understand he played a pivotal role in securing the DOE-sponsored federal funding that enabled the UO to embark on the building project that was so transformative for the sciences here and brought us Willamette, Cascade, Streisenger, and Deschutes Halls, and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History. At the National Science Foundation, he literally created from scratch the Earth Science Instrumentation & Facilities Program and navigated it through choppy budgetary waters with the result that the budget grew exponentially, with several still-current Big Science programs (e.g., EarthScope, the Plate Boundary Observatory, the Continental Dynamics program and others) owing their existence entirely to Dan's leadership. I might add that UO geophysicists, particularly Gene Humphreys and Ray Weldon, contributed significantly to the conceptualization of these programs, and have benefited from these programs' funding for nearly two decades now.

In closing, while I realize that emeritus status is ordinarily granted only to individuals who retired from the UO, I submit that Dan is nonetheless deserving having had only one academic home, the UO, before embarking on other pursuits from which the UO continued, and continues, to benefit. Frankly, I think this recognition is long overdue and I will accept some of the blame for the delay, as I was Head of Geological Sciences when he returned to Eugene in 2001. I am certain that this would mean a great deal to Dan.

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CURRICULUM VITAE (2014)

WEILL, Daniel Francis

Personal

Born Married Children

National Service

Education

29.XC.31 to Margaret Anna (nee Mateus) Weill on 7.IX.57 Katherine Anne Weill. b. 10.Xl.58; Paul Andre Weill, b. 26.IV.61; Michele Claire (nee Weill) Smith, b. 14.II.64

U.S. Army; drafted in 1952; served with Korean Military Advisory Group, 8039th Army Unit; honorable discharge with rank of sergeant E-5 in 1954

University of California-Berkeley, PhD, 1961 University of Illinois, MS,1958 Cornell University, AB, 1956

Employment

Director, Ocean Drilling Program. Joint Oceanographic Institutions, 2001

(retired 12/31/0l)

Program Director for Instrumentation and Facilities, Division of Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation, 1985-2001

Manager, Geosciences Program. Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, 1983-85

Associate Dean for Academic Personnel, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, 1976-79 and 1981-83

Special Assistant to the President, University of Oregon, 1981-83

Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1970-85 Director,

Center for Volcanology, University of Oregon, 1968-71

Associate Professor: Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1966-70

Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 1963-66

ONR Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-Berkeley, 1961-63

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Research Interests Geochemistry, petrology, mineralogy. Equilibrium and kinetic studies of geochemical systems. Phase transitions in petrology. Solubility of minerals in supercritical fluids and molten salts. Predictive models of the physical properties of complex silicate melts: density, viscosity, electrical conductivity. Trace element distribution between magmatic liquids and rock-forming minerals. Redox in magma systems. Multi-component diffusion in silicate melts. Analysis and interpretation of lunar samples. High-temperature solution calorimetry, drop calorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry of silicates. Thermodynamic mixing properties in multicomponent silicates. Effusion cell vapor pressure studies of silicates at high temperatures.

Partial List of Graduate Students and Postdocs

Yan BOTTING, Anthony S. BOWMAN, Craig L. CARLSON, Thomas C. COONEY, Peggy DALHEIM, Michael J. DRAKE, Richard A.F. GRIEVE, Michael GRUTZECK, Rudolph HON, Stephen J. KRIDELBAUGH, Albert M. KUDO, William P. LEEMAN, David J. LINSTROM, John LONGHI, Stewart McCALLUM, Gordon A. McKAY, William S. MURPHY, Henry D. SMITH, Harve S. WAFF

Courses Taught

University of California, San Diego: Introductory Mineralogy, Advanced Principles of Geochemistry, Experimental Geochemistry, Earth Sciences for Science Majors

University of Oregon: General Geology, Honors College Physical Geology, Chemical Kinetics in Geology, Experimental Petrology, Diffusion in Geologic Materials, Advanced Geochemistry, Thermodynamics, Principles of Rock Metamorphism, Theory and Practice of Electron Beam Microanalysis, Written and Oral Presentation of Scientific Material

Miscellany

New York State and Cornell University Regents Scholarships, 1949-52 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, U of Illinois, 1956-58 NSF Graduate Fellowship, UC-Berkeley, 1958-61 Visiting Research Fellowship, Manchester University, summer, 1968

Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Fellowship to UK, 1972-73

CNRS (France) Visiting Researcher, 1979-80 Associate editor for Reviews of Geophysics and Planetary Phvsics (1973-76), Chemical Geology (1973-76), Proceedings of the Lunar Science Conference (1972- 76) Member of NASA Planetary Science Review Panel, 1974-77 Principal writer of "A Unified Theory of Planet Earth: A Strategic Overview and Long Range Plan for the Division of Earth Sciences, NSF," 1988

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Member of NRC/NAS Committee on Status and Research Objectives in the Solid- Earth Sciences, 1988-1991 Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America

Flinn Award, American Geophysical Union, 2002 Member of the Committee on Advanced Research Instrumentation, NRC, National Academy of Sciences, which authored "Advanced Research Instrumentation and Facilities" The National Academies Press, 178 pp, 2006 Smith Medal Committee, American Geophysical Union, 2008-2010

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PUBLICATIONS: Partial list from refereed journals. Those in bold, with benefit of hindsight, I consider to have been more significant contributions than the rest at the time of their publication. Time flies, alas, and progress in science is a community enterprise. Few, if any, of these papers are of more than historical interest now.

WEILL, D.F. and FYFE, W.S. (1961) A preliminary note on the relative stability of andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite. American Mineralogist, 46,1191-1196.

WEILL, D.F. (1962) Stability relations in the Al2SiO5 system. Journal of Geophysical Research, 67, 1662.

WEILL, D.F. (1963) Hydrothermal synthesis of andalusite from kyanite. American Mineralogist, 48, 944-947.

WEILL, D.F. (1964) Quartz solutions at elevated temperatures and pressures. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 45, 122.

WEILL, D.F. and FYFE, W.S. (1964) The 1000oC and 800°C isothermal sections in the system NaAlF4-Al2O3-SiO2. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 111, 582-585.

WEILL, D.F. and FYFE, W.S. (1964) The solubility of quartz in H2O in the range 1000-4000 bars and 400-550° C. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 28, 1243-1255.

WEILL, D.F. and FYFE, W.S. (1964) A discussion of the Korzhinskii and Thompson treatment of thermodynamic equilibrium in open systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 28, 565-576.

WEILL, D.F. (1966) Stability relations in the Al2O3-SiO2 system calculated from solubilities in the Al2O3-SiO2- NaAlF4, system, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,30, 223-237.

BOTTINGA, Y., KUDO, A. and WEILL, D.F. (1966) Some observations on oscillatory zoning and crystallization of magmatic plagioclase, American Mineralogist, 51, 792-806.

McBIRNEY, A.R. and WEILL, D.F. (1966) Rhyolite magmas of Central America. Bulletin Volcanologigue, 29, 435-448.

KUDO, A. and WEILL, D.F. (1966) Plagioclase-magma equilibrium; a quantitative approach. Geological Society of America. Special Paper 101.

WEILL, D.F. and FYFE, W.S. (1967) On equilibrium thermodynamics of open systems and the phase rule: a reply to D.S. Korzhinskii. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 31, 1167-1176. ·

WEILL, D.F. and KUDO, A. (1968) Initial melting in alkali feldspar-plagioclase-quartz systems. Geological Magazine, 105, 325-337.

WEILL, D.F. and BOTINGA, Y. (1970) Thermodynamic analysis of quartz and cristobalite solubilities in water at saturation vapor pressure. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 25, 125-132. WEILL, D.F. (1970) Petrology of fine-grained lava from Mare Tranquillitatis. Proceedings of the Apollo 1 Lunar Science Conference. 158. KUDO, A. and WEILL, D.F. (1970) An igneous plagioclase thermometer. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 25, 52-65.

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WEILL, D.F., McCALLUM, I.S., BOTIINGA, Y, DRAKE, M.J., and McKAY, G.A. (1970) Petrology of a fine-grained igneous rock from the Sea of Tranquility. Science,167, 635-638. WEILL, D.F., McCALLUM, I.S., BOTTINGA, Y., DRAKE, M.J., and McKAY, G.A. (1970) Mineralogy and petrology of some Apollo 11 igneous rocks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Supplement I, 1, 937-955.

BOTTINGA, Y. and WEILL, D.F. (1970) Densities of liquid silicate systems calculated from partial molar volumes of oxide components. American Journal of Science, 269, 169-182.

WEILL, D.F. and BOTTINGA, Y. (1970) Viscosity of anhydrous silicate melts. Transactions of the American Geophvsical Union, 51, 439.

DRAKE M.J., McCALLUM, I.S., McKAY, G.A, and WEILL, D.F. (1970) Mineralogy and petrology of Apollo 12 sample 12013; a progress report. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 9, 103-123.

WEILL, D.F., GRIEVE, R.A., McCALLUM, LS. and BOTTINGA, Y. (1971) Mineralogy and petrology of lunar samples. Microprobe studies of sample 12021 and 12022; viscosity of melts of selected lunar compositions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, supplement 2, v. 1, 413-430.

DRAKE, M.J. and WEILL, D.F. (1971) Petrology of Apollo sample 10071; a differentiated mini- igneous complex. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 13, 61-70.

WElLL, D.F. (1971) A model for calculating the viscosity of silicate melts. Proceedings of the 15th General Assembly of the lnternational Union of Geology and Geophysics, IAVCEI Plenary Opening Session, Moscow, USSR.

GRIEVE, R.A.F., McKAY, G.A, and WEILL, D.F. (1972) Microprobe studies of three Luna 16 basalt fragments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 13, 233-242.

BOTTINGA, Y. and WEILL, D.F. (1972) The viscosity of magmatic silicate liquids. A model for calculation. American Journal of Science, 272, 438-475.

GRIEVE, R.A.F., McKAY, G.A., SMITH. H., and WEILL, D.F. (1972) Mineralogy and petrology of polymict breccia 14321. Proceedings of the Third Lunar Science Conference. Lunar Science Institute Contribution no. 88, 338-340.

DRAKE, MJ. and WEILL, D.F. (1972) New rare earth element standards for electron microprobe analysis. Chemical Geology, l0, 179-181.

WElLL, D.F. and DRAKE, M.J. (1973) Europium anomaly in plagioclase feldspar: Experimental results and semiquantitative model. Science, 180, 1059-1060.

KRIDELBAUGH, S.J., McKAY, G.A and WEILL, D.F. (1973) Breccias from the lunar highlands: Preliminary petrographic report on Apollo 16 samples 60017 and 63335. Science, 179,71-74. KRIDELBAUG S.J. and WEILL, D.F. (1973) The mineralogy and petrology of the Luna 20 soil sample. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 31, 915-926.

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GRUTZECK, M.W., KRIDELBAUGH, S.J., and WEILL, D.F. (1973) REE partitioning between diopside and silicate liquid. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. 54, 1222.

McKAY, G.A., KRIDELBAUGH, SJ. and WEILL, D.F. (1973) The occurrence and origin of schreibersite-kamacite intergrowths in microbreccia 66055. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Supplement 4, v.1, 811-818. McKAY, G.A. KRIDELBAUGH, S.J. and WEILL, D.F. (1973) The petrology of microbreccia 66055. Lunar Science IV, Lunar Science Institute, 487-489.

WEILL, D.F. and DRAKE, M.J. (1973) Europium anomaly: a model for prediction. Lunar Science IV, Lunar Science Institute, 778-780.

WEILL, D.F. (1974) The distribution of Sr and REE between diopside and silicate liquid. Geophysical Research Letters, 1, 273-275.

WEILL, D.F., McKAY, G.A., KRIDELBAUGH, S.J., and GRUTZECK, M. (1974) Modeling the evolution of Sm and Eu abundances during lunar igneous differentiation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Supplement 5, 2, 1337-1352.

WEILL, D.F. (1974) Luna 16 basalts. Lunnvi Grunt Morva Jzcbiliva, 215-224 (in Russian).

WEILL, D.F., McKAY, G., KRIDELBAUGH, S., and GRUTZECK, M. (1974) Evolution of REE, Sr and Ba abundances during lunar igneous differentiation. Lunar Science V, Lunar Science Institute, 842-844.

WEILL, D.F., McKAY, G.A., KRIDELBAUGH, SJ. and GRUTZECK, M (1974) Evolution of REE, Sr and Ba abundances during lunar igneous differentiation. Lunar Science V, Lunar Science Institute, 842-844. WEILL, D.F. and McKAY G.A. (1975) Major and trace element trends during minor experiments on the crystallization of lunar melts. Lunar Science VI, Lunar Science Institute, 863-865.

GRIEVE, RA., McKAY, G.A., SMITH, H.O., and WEILL, D.F. (1975) Lunar polymict breccia 14321: A petrographic study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 39, 229-245.

DUNCAN, A.R., GRIEVE, R.A. and WEILL, D.F. (1975) The life and times of Big Bertha: Lunar breccia 14321. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 39, 265-273.

DRAKE, M.J. and WEILL, D.F. (1975) Partition of Sr, Ba, Ca, Y, Eu2+, Eu3+ and other REE between plagioclase feldspar and magmatic liquid: an experimental study. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 39, 689-712.

WEILL, D.F. and McKAY, G (1975) The partitioning of Mg, Fe, Sr, Ce, Sm, Eu, and Yb in lunar igneous systems and a possible origin of KREEP by equilibrium partial melting. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Supplement 6, 1, 1143-1158. WAFF, H.S. and WEILL, D.F. (1975) Electrical conductivity of magmatic liquids: Effects of temperature. oxygen fugacity and composition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 28, 254- 260.

McKAY, G.A. and WEILL, D.F. (1976) Applications of major and trace element crystal/liquid partitioning to the origin of KREEP. Lunar Science VII. Lunar Science Institute, 527-529.

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McKAY, G.A. and WEILL, D.F. (1976) Petrogenesis of KREEP. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Suppl. 7, 2, 2427-2447.McKAY, G.A. and WEILL, D.F. (l 977) KREEP. Lunar Science VIII, Lunar Science Institute, 649-651.

McKAY, G.A. and WEILL, D.F. (1977) KREEP petrogenesis revisited. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Suppl. 8, 2, 2339-2355.

LINDSTROM, D.J. and WEILL, D.F. (1978) Partitioning of transition metals between diopside and coexisting silicate liquids. I. Nickel, cobalt, and manganese. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 42, 817-831.

WEILL, D.F., STEBBINS, J.F., HON, R. and CARMICHAEL, I.S.E. (1980) The enthalpy of fusion of anorthite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 14, 95-102.

WEILL, D.F., HON, R. and NAVROTSKY, A. (1980) The igneous system CaMgSi2O6- CaAl2Si2O8-NaAlSi3O8: Variations on a classic theme by Bowen. In: Physics of Magmatic Processes, 49-92, Princeton University Press.

NAVROTSKY, A., HON, R. and WEILL, D.F. (1980) Thermochemistry of glasses and liquids in the systems CaMgSi2O6-CaAl2Si2O8-NaAlSi3O8, SiO2-CaAl2Si2O8, and SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-Na2O. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 44, 1409-1423.

BOTTINGA, Y., WEILL, D.F. and RICHET, P. (1981) Thermodynamic modeling of silicate melts. In: Thermodynamics of Minerals and Melt, 209-245, Springer-Verlag.

HON, R., HENRY, D., NAVROTSKY, A. and WEILL, D.F. (1981) A thermochemical calculation of the pyroxene saturation surface in the system diopside-albite-anorthite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 45, 157-161.

BOTTINGA, Y., WEILL, D.F. and RICHET, P. (1982) Density calculations for silicate liquids. I. Revised method for aluminosilicate compositions. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 46, 909-919.

STEBBINS, J.R, WEILL, D.F., CARMICHAEL, I.S.E. and MORET, L.K. (1982) High-temperature heat contents and heat capacities of liquids and glasses in the system NaAlSi3O8-CaAl2Si2O8. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 80, 276-284.

BOTTINGA, Y., RICHET, P. and WEILL, D.F. (1983) Calculation of the density and thermal expansion coefficient of silicate liquids. Bulletin de Mineralogie, 106, 129-138.

STEBBINS, J.F., CARMICHAEL. I.S.E. and WEILL, D.F. (1983) The high-temperature liquid and glass heat content and the heats of fusion of diopside, albite, sanidine and nepheline. American Mineralogist, 68, 717-730.

BOTTINGA, Y., WEILL, D.F. and RICHET, P. (1984) Density calculations for silicate liquids: Reply to a critical comment by Ghiorso and Carmichael. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 8, 409-414.

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Section 3: Photographs from both of Dan’s careers

Photo 1: Portrait of Dan at the University of Oregon in the mid-1970’s

Photo 2: Dan’s lab group in 1973. Dan is in back row, center

[L to R, front: Harve Waff, Steve Kreidelbaugh; back: Mike Drake, Richard Grieve, Gordon McKay, Dan Weill,

Dave Lindstrom, Harry Smith, Bill Leeman]

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Photo 3: Original faculty of UO Center for Volcanology; Dan is 2nd from left

[L to R: Howel Williams, Dan Weill, Gordon Goles, Alexander McBirney]

Photo 4: Department of Geology Faculty ca. 1965; Dan is 5th from left [L to R: Allan Kays, Alexander McBirney, Sam Boggs, Jr., Ewart Baldwin, Dan Weill,

Richard Blank, Gordon Goles, Ernest Lund, Charles Thorman]

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Photo 5: Department of Geology faculty, ca. early 1970’s; Dan is standing, at left. [L to R: back: Dan, Bill Orr, Si Muller, Ewart Baldwin, Ernest Lund, (?), Allan Kays, (?), Richard Blank;

front: Sam Boggs, Jr., Gordon Goles, Lloyd Staples, Bill Holser, Norman Savage]

Photo 6: Department of Geology faculty, ca. late 1960’s; Dan is standing, 3rd from right. [L to R; standing: Sam Boggs, Jr., Ewart Baldwin, Allan Kays, Richard Blank, Gordon Goles,

Dan Weill, Alexander McBirney, front: Charles Thorman, Ernest Lund]

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Photo 7: Department of Geology faculty, ca. early 1970’s. Dan is front left. [L to R: back: Alexander McBirney, Brian Baker, Sam Boggs, Jr., Allan Kays, Ernest Lund, Bill Orr, Ewart

Baldwin; front: Dan Weill, Antoni Wodzicki Gordon Goles, Alan Leeds, Norman Savage]

Photo 8: Department of Geology faculty, 1978 ; Dan in front row, 3rd from right. [L to R: Brian Baker, Bill Holser, Gordon Goles, Ewart Baldwin, Dave Rahm, Allan Kays,

Dan Weill, Norman Savage, Harve Waff, Sam Boggs, Jr., Jack Rice, Alan Leeds]

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Photo 9: Department of Geology faculty, ca. early 1980’s; Dan is 6th from right [L to R: Harve Waff, Bill Orr, Lloyd Staples, Allan Kays, Greg Retallack, Dan Weill,

Alexander McBirney, Brian Baker, Bill Holser, Norman Savage, Jane Grey]

Photo 10: Department of Geological Sciences faculty, 2004; Dan in back, 4th from left [L to R, front: Harve Waff, David Schmidt, Gene Humphreys, Alexander McBirney, Kathy Cashman, Josh

Roering, Dana Johnston; back: Ewart Baldwin, Sam Boggs, Jr., Norm Savage, Mark Reed, Dan Weill, Doug Toomey, Greg Retallack, Jack Rice, Paul Wallace, Dave Krinsley, Ryosuke Motani, John Logan, Bill Orr]

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Photo 11: Department of Geological Sciences faculty, 2006; Dan is in back, 4th from right [L to R, front: Ilya Bindeman, Dana Johnston, Emilie Hooft Toomey, Harve Waff, Alan Rempel, David

Schmidt, Allan Kays, Becky Dorsey; back: Sam Boggs, Jr., David Krinsley, Ewart Baldwin, Gary Milhollen, Mark Reed, Doug Toomey, Alexander McBirney, Marli Miller, Josh Roering, Greg Retallack, Dan Weill,

Kathy Cashman, Qusheng Jin, Paul Wallace]

Photo 12: Dan with other winners of the Edward A. Flinn III Award of the American Geophysical Union, 2015, Dan at left

[L to R: Dan (2002), Sonia Esperança and Robin Reichlin (2015), Bob Lieberman (2012)]

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Photo 13: Margaret and Dan Weill, 1996

U.S. – Japan Seminar on High-Pressure Research, Maui, Hawaii

Dan’s academic home at the University of Oregon: 1965 - 1983

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