| He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1944 with a B.S. degree in Engineering Physics. After leaving the Navy in 1946 he worked as a research geophysicist, working on the use of electromagnetic waves in mining exploration. Later that year he joined Shell Oil and worked for several years as an interpretive seismologist and geophysical supervisor. He worked in the Gulf of Mexico and took foreign assignments in the Netherlands, Venezuela and Calgary. In 1953, he joined the Chevron Corporation for whom he worked for twenty-eight years. In 1956, he became Chief Geophysicist of the Trinidad, West Indies operations for six years. It was here he began his love of the ocean and sailing that he shared passionately with his family. In succession, he was Chief Geophysicist of: Chevron West in the U.S.; CG of Texas and then from 1969-75 he was CG of the International Subsidiaries, supervising operations and interpretations in forty-three countries around the world. He wrote a number of papers on refraction, marine navigation and data enhancement. In 1968 while still working for Chevron, the family moved to Tiburon. In 1976, he became the Exploration Manager for Africa for Chevron. During this period, Chevron discovered 400 million barrels of oil in the Sudan. One of his proudest achievements was in 1977 when he was elected President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), an international professional society of 18,000 members. John retired from Chevron in 1982 after a 30-year career. He then joined Transcontinental Energy out of Shreveport, Louisiana as their exploration manager. After 2-3 years there he returned to his home in Tiburon and began a successful consulting business until finally retiring at the age of 84. |
