Geologist Recalls Student Days As He Visits Son On Campus
By Giles Lambertson
A decision was made in 1923 by a KU sophomore that positively affected the field of geology. Hollis Hedberg decided to become a geologist.
Hedberg, in Lawrence Saturday to visit his youngest son, Franklin (Gus), a freshman, went on to become a vice-president of Gulf Oil Corp. and head of the geology department of Princeton University.
"I WAS INTEET ESTED in journalism when I entered the University," Hedburg, a Falun Kan., native, said. "But after a couple of years, I chose geology as a profession."
Though exploration and excavation have constituted a major portion of his activities since graduation, one of his first memories of "digging" came while he was reporting for the University Daily Kansan.
"I thought a story on the bees, which KU had at that time, would make a good feature," Hedberg said. "How many there were, what was done with the honey, who tended them, and so on."
HE RECALLED how the professor in charge of the project was "too busy" to be interviewed.
"He kept putting me off until,
finally, the semester ended and I
never did get my feature," the
amibi geologist said. "Later I
found out the man resigned after
the University discovered he had
been embuzzing the profits from sale of the honey."
BEDBEG, who lettered as a cross-country runner at KU, recently received a million-mile certificate from one of the major airlines, a partial record of his extensive travels.
He is presently enroute to Tokyo as one of 10 U.S. delegates to the bi-annual meeting of the Economic Commission for Africa and the Far East. Before returning home, he will stop in Iran to attend a meeting of the Consortium, an association of national oil interests in Iran for which he is director of the exploration advisory group.
Hedberg has also influenced geology in an indirect way. Three of his five children are geologists.
HIS OLDEST SON, Ron, received his master's at KU and is working in The Hague, Netherlands. The next oldest, James, spent some time in Libya and is now working on his doctorate at Princeton. A third son, William, is working on his doctor's degree at Wisconsin.
Gus, the youngest son, is facing a dilemma similar to that of his father. Though he has worked on several newspapers, he forsock the journalistic trade last summer and worked on a Liberian oil tanker.
Hedberg, a Phi Beta Kappa member, has been recognized by the University as an exceptional alumnus. He was awarded the Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Citation in 1963.
"DAD STICKS by KU." Gus said. "Sometimes we ask him how KU compares with Princeton or some other university. He will discuss it very reasonably at first, but in the end, there's no compromise.
"He's for KU all the way." And vice-versa.
And vice-versa.
KU Debaters Win
A first-place trophy was won by a KU debate team at Nebraska over the weekend while another team finished in fifth place at Texas Christian University.
Daily Kansan
Monday, November 8.1965
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