Hello Dr. Law!

By now I'm sure you are well into the semester but I could not remember
whether you or Dr. Kovach would be on sabatical in the fall. Things are
going great here in sunny CA. I'm still working at the USGS, getting lots of
publications out. Right now I am co-editing a text book on Isotope Hydrology
with another colleague. It should be ready to go to the publisher next
month. I decided not to return to Berkeley this semester for my Ph.D. due to
conflicts with my advisor (plus my bank account was getting dangerously
low). So how is the situation at Muskingum? Is Dr. Kovach going to retire
soon? Did you find someone to teach his (and your) classes while being gone?
I am still interested in coming back to Muskingum to teach. But how critical
is it to have my Ph.D. first? I would only come back if it was a full-time
(tenure-track) position. I would also probably try to finish my Ph.D. while
back in Ohio as well (if required by Muskingum to teach). I will be flying
back to Ohio on October 8-13. If you are around during that time, I would
like to stop in and visit. I just got back from vacation with John Pearch.
We drove from San Francisco up to Mount St. Helens, WA for 5 days. We
stopped at all the National Parks and Volcanic Monuments between here and
there, and then camped along the Columbia River Gorge in OR/WA. We bought
you a postcard, but we never had time to send it. John just started his
Master's at Oregon State University. Talk to you soon...


Eric A. Caldwell
Isotope Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Rd. MS 434
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: (415) 329-4523
FAX: (415) 329-5590