Resume for Bernard Oostdam

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BERNARD LODEWIJK OOSTDAM

Prof.Emeritus, Millersville University PA, Millersville, PA 17551
169 Slackwater Road, Millersville, PA 17551
born Aug.13, 1932, Amsterdam, Holland

Training and Academic Background:

Royal Netherlands Naval Academy, Exec., Den Helder, 1950/2

National Commercial Bank, Amsterdam, 1952/4

McGill University, Montreal: B.Sc.Hon. Geol.Sciences, 1957/60

Scripps Instit.of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA: M.S.Mar.Geol., 1960/4

University of Delaware, Newark: Ph.D. Geology, 1968/71

Professional Experience:

Banking Executive, National Commercial Bank, Bangkok, Thailand, 1954/7

Res.Assoc., Univ.of Hawaii, 1962/3 (w/F.P.Shepard: Hawaiian Beach Survey)

Supervising Staff Geologist, Ocean Science and Engineering, Washington/Capetown S.A./Oranjemund, 1963/5 (marine diamonds, w/Bascom/De Beers)

Oceanographer/Engineer, Texas Instruments, 1966 (US Navy Sound Survey)

Instructor; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of Oceanography, Earth Sciences Department,Millersville University, 1966/97

President, The Marine Science Consortium, Millersville-Erie, PA; Lewes, DE, and Wallops Island, VA, 1968/76

Senior Researcher, Kuwait Instit.for Scientific Research, 1976/8

Expert, Marine Geology and Coastal Engineering, United Nations Devlpmt. Programme, 1980/2 (Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago)

Honors and Awards:

Eagle Scout; Boy Scouts Assoc.of the Netherlands;

Skipper's Certificate, Royal Netherlands Naval Academy;

Thai Proficiency Diploma;

Wolfe Memorial Scholar and Graham Scholar, McGill Univ.;

Summer Student Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1960;

Sverdrup Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1960/2;

University Fellow, Univ.of Del., 1970/1;

Distinguished Faculty Award, Millersville Univ.,1975;

Award for Excellence in Academic Services, PA Dept.Education, 1975

Positions Held:

Man. Dir., Envir.Science Research Assocs, (ESRA) Lanc.,1967/76,1992/8;

Pres., Water Resources Research Coord.Comm, PA Educ.Institns,1968/71;

Director,Mar.Sci.Centers: Lewes, DE 1968/75, Wallops Island, VA 1971/6, Erie,PA 1975/6;

Engin.Consultant,Lyon Assocs, 1971 (Port Harper, Liberia);

PA Delegate and Chair, Exec.Comm., Instit.for the Development of Riverine & Estuarine Systems (IDRES),Phila, 1973/5;

Member, Coastal Zone Management Advisory Comm.,PA Dept.Envir.Res.,1975/6;

Chair,Recruiting Comm., Kuwait Instit.Sci.Res., 1976/7;

Grad.Comm.,& Dean Search Comm., Millersville Univ.,1978/80;

Research Comm.,& Envir.Qual.Comm.,Instit.Mar.Affairs, Trinidad, 1981/2;

Guest Lecturer,Institute for Estuarine& Coastal Research, East China Normal Univ., Shanghai,1988;

AMPART Lecturer, USIA/USIS, Barbados, Dominica, Syria, New Zealand, 1989

Principal Research Investigator for the following
Projects and Programs:

Suspended Sediment Transport, Delaware Bay, 1968/71;

Harborworks Oceanogr.& Meteorol.Consultant, Port Harper, Liberia, 1971;

NASA: Gulfstream Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll, 1972;

Philadelphia Sewage Sludge Dumpsite Investigations., 1971/6; 1978/9;

Lake Erie Ecological Survey, 1975/6;

Shuaiba Hydrographic Survey and Hydrographic Model, Kuwait, 1976/7;

Mercury Pollution Proj., Shuwaikh Salt & Chloride Div.,Kuwait, 1977/8;

Research Vessel Investigations, West European Shipyards, 1977;

Oil Pollution in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, 1978;

Tar Pollution of Trinidad & Tobago Beaches, 1981/2;

Littoral Processes & Coastal Erosion Projects, Trinidad & Tobago,1981/2;

Delaware Estuary Sedimentologic & Chemical Investigations, 1983/4;

Toxic Substances in the Coastal Envir.of the U.S.Virgin Islands, 1986/8;

Development of Laboratory and Field Manual for Marine Sciences, 1991/5;

Bioassay & Chem. Analysis of OILIK oil-adsorbent,Lancaster Oil Co.,1991;

Caribbean Coastal Studies, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Cuba, 1992;

Integr.Coastal Area Mgmt.Survey, Caribbean Islands,(+ World Wide Website on Caribbean Coastal Studies),1995/8.

Environmental Hazards and Emergency Management, (+ World Wide Website on EHEM), 1996/8

Prof.of Oceanography Emeritus, since 1997 following retirement in May 1997:

Webmaster of various websites
Interview in Denmark for position of teamleader for ICZM Project in Namibia, June 1997
Tour of South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia and Botswana, 1997-1998
Alternative Construction Project: Strawbale Pavilion, 1998-2002, with Harry Ashley and Greg Slaugh
Developed Natural Hazards website for University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1999
Tour of Indonesia, 1999/2000 with Paul Billeter
US Census Enumerator, Lancaster County, PA, April-June, 2000
Naval Academy 50 yr Reunion, Oct. 2000
Taught Coastal Hazards component of Geological Hazards 2001 Summercourse
at UWI, Jamaica, with Rafi Ahmad
Taught Internet component of "New Strategies in Teaching Biology" workshop
at National University of Rwanda, Butare, Jan., 2002, with Paul Billeter, Eugene Kaplan, and Richard Millis

Please see: PROJECTS 1995-2005

latest update: March 27, 2005; previous February 10, 2002; August 20, 1999 BLO

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