James david lowell geologist
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Oral Histories
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James D. Lowell
Is a consulting geologist in Morrison, Colorado, primarily involved in international consulting in structural geology related to petroleum exploration. He has worked in exploration at American Overseas Petroleum Limited Co., Esso Production Research, Exxon, and Norwest Exploration Company. He was an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (1994-95), Esso Australia Distinguished Lecturer (1989), Crosby Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1987), and Schramm Chair Professor at the University of Nebraska (1987). In the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, he is an honorary member (1996), was president (1985), edited Foreland Basins and Uplifts (1983), and received the Scientist of the Year Award (1979). Dr. Lowell also wrote the book, Structural Styles in Petroleum Exploration, published by OGCI. He holds a B.S. in Geology from the University of Nebraska and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Geology from Columbia University.
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J. David Lowell
The Institute for Mineral Resources owes its creation to generous endowments from J. David Lowell.
Lowell received a BS degree in mining engineering from the University of Arizona in 1949 and a MS in geology from Stanford University in 1957. He also obtained a Professional Engineer degree from the University of Arizona in 1959 and honorary degrees from Universidad Nacional de San Marcos in Peru in 1998 and the University of Arizona in 2000.
Lowell began his career as a mining engineer and shift boss with Asarco in Mexico, followed by a job as an exploration geologist with the Atomic Energy Commission on the Colorado Plateau. After spending time at Stanford to fill out his geology background, he returned to uranium exploration in Utah for a subsidiary of Ventures Limited of Canada whose CEO was Thayer Lindsley, a legendary explorationist. The Ventures work evolved into porphyry copper search in Arizona, where his career-long interest in porphyry copper exploration was born. In 1959, he became district geologist specializing in porphyry copper exploration for Utah Construction in San Francisco.
Lowell became an independent consultant in 1961. Between 1961 and 1990 he worked for 110 companies in 26 countries, largely in porphyry copper exploration. His modu