The Peter T. Kolesar Scholarship
The Peter T. Kolesar Scholarship was developed to honor Peter’s many contributions to the Department of Geology and its students. The scholarship is awarded to upper-division geology undergraduate students in good standing, particularly those experiencing financial need.
Peter T. Kolesar
Peter T. Kolesar was born in 1942 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Peter received his B.S. in Geology from Rensselaer Polytechnic in New York in 1966 and his M.S. from there in 1968. He earned his doctorate from the University of California, Riverside in 1973. His doctoral research examined the use of calcareous algae as potential ocean temperature recorders.
Peter came to Utah State University as an Assistant Professor in August, 1974 - Clyde T. Hardy was head of the Geology Department at the time. During his time at USU Peter taught Introductory Geology, Physical Geology, Introduction to Environmental Geoscience, Geochemistry, Clay Mineralogy, Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks, and Science in Society.
Peter became Undergraduate Advisor in 1999 and Associate Department Head in 2000. Peter’s research focused largely on carbonate rocks and included development of a paleoclimate record from the submerged speleothem at Devils Hole, Nevada. This required that Peter become certified as a cave diver. Fifteen graduate students were fortunate to have had Peter as their MS thesis advisor. Peter retired from the Department of Geology in 2007.
Peter T. Kolesar M.S. Theses
Kohler, James F., 1980, Geology, characteristics, and resource potential of the low-temperature geothermal system near Midway, Wasatch County, Utah: 53 p.
Zelazek, David Paul, 1981, Petrology of the Middle Cambrian Blacksmith Formation, southeastern Idaho and northernmost Utah: 132 p.
Buterbaugh, Gary Jay, 1982, Petrology of the Lower Middle Cambrian Langston Formation, north-central Utah and southeastern Idaho: 166 p.
de Vries, Janet L., 1982, Evaluation of low-temperature geothermal potential in Cache Valley, Utah: 96 p., 2 plates.
Fairbanks, Paul E., 1982, Chemical changes in groundwater of northern Utah Valley, Utah: 82 p.
Hay, Howard William, Jr., 1982, Petrology of the Middle Cambrian Blacksmith Formation, north-central Utah: 157 p.
Davis, Matthew C., 1984, Evaluation of low-temperature potential in north-central Box Elder County, Utah: 130 p., 7 plates
Deputy, Edward James, 1984, Petrology of the Middle Cambrian Ute Formation, north-central Utah and southeastern Idaho: 124 p.
Raubvogel, David R., 1984, Petrology of the Middle Jurassic Twin Creek Limestone, Lincoln and Sublette Counties, southwestern Wyoming: 187 p., 2 plates
Wuerch, Helmuth V., III, 1986, Diagenesis and water chemistry of the Woodbine Group in the East Texas Basin: 129 p.
Rogers, Daniel T., 1987, Petrology of the Middle Cambrian Langston and Ute Formations in southeastern Idaho: 208 p.
Morgan, Susan K., 1988, Petrology of passive-margin epeiric sea sediments: the Garden City Formation, north-central Utah: 168 p.
Hall, Mark C., 1989, Origin and evolution of dolostone in the Middle Cambrian Langston Formation, northern Utah: 109 p.
Hadley, Heidi K., 1996, Hydrochemical definition of ground water and surface water, with an emphasis on the origin of the ground-water salinity in southern Juab Valley, Juab County, Utah: 113 p.
Leschin, Michael F., 1997, A hydrogeochemical study of the evolution of the headwaters of the Bear River in the Uinta Mountains, Utah: 137 p.
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