| MJC Geology Instructor: Garry Hayes |
University of Nevada, Reno
M.S. degree in Geology, 1985
Pomona College, Claremont,
CA
B.A. degree in Geology, 1980 (check out the website and learn about the famous
Pomona/47/Star Trek connection!)
Chaffey Community College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A.A. in Physical Science, 1977
- Folk Music
- I have played the folk guitar since I was thirteen years old. I love to listen to modern
folk and bluegrass. Some of my favorite singers these days are Nanci Griffith, Laurie Lewis, Suzy
Bogguss, Arlo Guthrie, and yes, I was much saddened
by the death of John Denver. Many of the first
songs I ever learned were his. Pete Seeger continues to be one of the great voices of all
time in the folk music world.
- Paleontology
- Even though paleontology is part of my career, I find it to be endlessly fascinating. I
have enjoyed dinosaurs for years (even before Jurassic Park), and I love the search! One
of the greatest teaching moments of my career was our 1994 discovery of a partial zephyrosaurus
skeleton (click here
to see pictures!) in Bridger, Montana. The specimen currently resides in the Museum of the Rockies, in Bozeman, Montana. My own
personal "great" moment was the discovery of a cervical vertabrae of a
camarasaurus near Green River in 1996 by me and one of my students (See the picture)(and see me with the
"baby").
- Family History
- I have had an ongoing interest in tracing my family roots, but my many other projects
have kept me from exploring this area as much as I have wanted to. Luckily, others in my
family have done the footwork, and due to their efforts, I can trace some of my ancestors
back into the late 1700's and early 1800's. Some of my notable ancestors include members
of the Donner Party, a Civil
War soldier on the Union side who died in Andersonville Prison, and a confederate soldier
who had a price on his head for a time for being A.W.O.L. from the war. My children can
trace their ancestry (through my wife) back to the Revolutionary War (one family member
served under George Washington), the Mayflower, and even back to the 12th century to a
castle in Scotland (although there is a serious gap of about 400 years in the genealogy at
this point). It has been noted that my kids do have a claim to the throne of England
through their family relations, but a great many others (probably several million) stand
before them in the line of succession!
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- Southwest Archaeology
- My interest in archaeology dates to a much earlier time than even my interest in
geology. As a child, I loved the vacations that took us to historical sites, and I spent
hours in ghost towns looking for coins or square nails. My first visit to Mesa Verde
National Park was one of the high points of my childhood. It was years before I was able
to come back to the Four Corners region, and at that time I discovered that ruins of the
Ancestral Pueblo culture were present throughout the entire region. Since then I have included
stops on my geology field classes that explore canyons where the ruins could be found.
In recent years we have encountered spectacular ruins, petroglyphs, and pictographs in
canyons in southern Utah. See pictures of our explorations here.
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- Cinema
- My newest project is seeing a lot of the old movies for the first time. To relax, I
check out a stack of the cheap DVD's in the classics section, and pop up popcorn and
vegetate in front of the television for hours at a time. It is a good way to avoid
housework! Check out the greatest
movies of all time! Want to see all of the latest reviews of hundreds of movies?
Click here
My Vacation!
Do you dare to take a look at my last vacation? Click here!
Daily Kos
A great daily collection of blog
diaries and political commentaries for strange times
High Country News
Politics and environmental
news from around the western states. You won't see this stuff in mainstream media.
- Urban Legends Reference Pages
- Ever wonder how many people have died on the rides at Disneyland? Does Bill Gates really
want to give you $1,000? Do earwigs really chew into your brain? Find out this and more on
one of the most fascinating sites I've ever run across. A warning, though, a few items on
the site are not 'g-rated'.
Electronic mail address
Garry Hayes
Web address
http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/ghayes/
Office phone
209-575-6294
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