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Ernst80th Gary Ernst's 80th birthday will be celebrated December 3 and 4, 2011 during a symposium on the Stanfo As everyone who has met him can attest, Gary is unique!

People encountered by Gary during sabbaticals and field work in Chile, Italy, California, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Switzerland, and Taiwan constitute an international Ernst fan club. Remembered around the world for a never-ending stream of nicknames for rocks, geological processes, and people, Gary promotes international collaboration with good humor and hard work. Gary's nicknames testif

y to a world-girdling intellect that fits neither "inside" nor "outside" the proverbial box but extends across disciplinary and cultural boundaries. Gary's life-long partner, Charlotte, not only made a peripatetic geologist's life livable, greeting each new cultural foray as an adventure, but raised an interesting and accomplished family. Charlotte has also excelled at decades of effective and loving communicating with a partner who has often remarked to just about everyone here that the essence of his personal philosophy could be found in the stories of that British childhood classic, “Winnie the Pooh.” However, a small group of Ernstians have identified an American avatar of Gary’s persona and philosophy in “Sesame Street’s” eight-foot, two-inch-tall, bright yellow feathered Big Bird, with his perennial air of pleasantly inquisitive detachment. The list of those attending the Stanford celebration and of those presenting papers in Gary's honor at the American Geophysical Union meeting 5-6 December in San Francisco represents a world-wide array of diverse talents who may have engaged in career-long debates over how the Earth works, but who are united in their admiration and respect for Gary. Dear Gary, all of us join in wishing you a very Happy Birthday with many Happy Returns! Thank you for teaching us, for your collegial support, for your long years of friendship, and for so many significant contributions to Earth Sciences, derived from your life amongst rocks and mountains the world over.

05/16/2022

Here is another old video clip from the Ernst65+ Celebration in 1996.

05/16/2022

Here is another old video of the Ernst65th Pacheco Pass Fieldtrip .
The celebration of Gary's 90+ birthday will be held on June 17, 2022, Friday at Stanford.

05/15/2022

Here is an old video of the Ernst65th Celebration. Enjoy!!
The celebration of Gary's 90+ birthday will be held on June 17, 2022, Friday at Stanford.

Here are new photos from the JGL80th event (Louie's 80th Birthday Celebration) on 28th December 2019 in Palo Alto.
01/02/2020

Here are new photos from the JGL80th event (Louie's 80th Birthday Celebration) on 28th December 2019 in Palo Alto.

Happy birthday Gary! Sent from Louie's iPhone
12/14/2016

Happy birthday Gary! Sent from Louie's iPhone

Check out a brand-new photo from Louie's iPhone. Stanford Faculty Club, 6-Jun-2016
06/06/2016

Check out a brand-new photo from Louie's iPhone.
Stanford Faculty Club, 6-Jun-2016

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/W_Ernst/
12/02/2013

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/W_Ernst/

Researcher » W. G. Ernst, Stanford University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, United States, Volcanology, Petrology, Mineralogy, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry...

05/25/2013
ErnstFest Photos by Chirs Mattinson
01/01/2012

ErnstFest Photos by Chirs Mattinson

ErnstFest Photos by Hans-Peter Schertl
12/23/2011

ErnstFest Photos by Hans-Peter Schertl

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