Biography

David A. Stephenson
South Pass Resources, Inc.
Scottsdale, Arizona

Dr. Stephenson has worked in academia, governmental agencies, and consulting and is President-Elect of American Geological Institute (1997-1998). He is Past President of the Geological Society of America (1994-1995). He He has a Ph.D. in geology and hydrogeology (University of Illinois), an M.S. in geology (Washington State University), and a B.A. in geology (Augustana College). He worked for the Illinois State Geological Survey and the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, before joining t he faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geology and Geophysics. For 14 years, he was professor of geology and hydrogeology. He also served as Director of the Water Resources Management Graduate Degree Program.

He entered the consulting field in 1979 and served as director of various hydrogeology groups for national and international consulting firms. In 1989, he founded his own consulting firm, South Pass Resources, Inc., in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializing in senior review and expertise in geology and hydrogeology. He has been a member of several National Research Council committees and has served as a program advisor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and for several university geoscience programs.

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