Our Chapter will celebrate its Twenty-Ninth Anniversary this year. Begun as a four-state chapter, we now have members thoughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky and most parts of Georgia other than Atlanta. Atlanta members have their own chapter.

We hope that this Web site will allow us to communicate more efficiently with our far-flung membership. Please send announcements of derring-do, recent publication titles, and comments to Chair Warner Montgomery at warnerm@sc.rr.com.


MONTHLY MEETINGS, GREATER PIEDMONT CHAPTER

The Greater Piedmont Chapter holds luncheon meetings on the second Friday of each month (except August) at 12 noon at the Holiday Inn on Assembly Street in Columbia. Cost for lunch is $14.00, cash only. Please email your attendance plans to Ginny Newell at conservation@msn.com or cal Ginny at (803) 254-1640 (office) or (803) 256-3976 (home). Often people show up who have not made reservations. We try to make sure there is more seating than reservations, but please notify us in advance to be assured a place. If you are bringing any guests, please email Ginny their name(s). We like to record who attended each meeting.

ANNUAL PROGRAM, GREATER PIEDMONT CHAPTER

Additional field trips and outings are arranged throughout the year. You can download a copy of this year's program in PDF format. It provides information about our meetings, luncheon speakers and various field trips.

2005 Annual Program (188k PDF)


CURRENT OFFICERS, GREATER PIEDMONT CHAPTER

Warner Montgomery
Chair
Columbia Star
716 Santee Ave.
Columbia, SC 29205
Ph: 803-771-0219 (O)
warnerm@sc.rr.com

Nena Powell-Rice
Vice-Chair/Program Chair
SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
1321 Pendleton St.
Columbia, SC 29208
Ph: 803-734-0567
nrice@sc.edu


Ginny Newell
Secretary
715 Woodrow St
Columbia, SC 29205
Ph: (803) 254-1640 (O)
Ph: (803) 256-3976 (H)
conservation@msn.com

John Safko, Ph.D.
Treasurer
3010 Amherst Ave.
Columbia, SC 29205
Ph: 803-777-6460 (O)
Ph: 803-254-9552 (H)
safko@psc.sc.edu



PAST CHAPTER CHAIRS, GREATER PIEDMONT CHAPTER


Dean, Dr. John Mark Ph.D.
127 S. Edisto Ave.
Columbia, SC 29205
jmdean@sc.edu

Moore, Prof. Willard S.
1300 Louis LeConte Rd.
Hopkins, SC 29061
moore@mail.geol.sc.edu

Rippeteau, Dr. Bruce Estes, Ph.D.
124 Southlake Rd.
Columbia, SC 29223
rippeteau@sc.edu

Shoemaker, Mr. Alan H.
330 Shareditch Rd.
Columbia, SC 29210
sshoe@mindspring.com


Stancyk, Dr. Stephen E.
108 Gregg Parkway
Columbia, SC 29206
stancyk@biol.sc.edu

Vartorella, Dr. William E, Ph.D., C.B.C.
P.O. Box 1376
Camden, SC 29020
globebiz@camden.net

Welch, Mr. James S. DS (Hon.)
116 Toms Creek Ct.
Hopkins, SC 29061
ryegatecc@aol.com



MEMBERSHIP LIST, GREATER PIEDMONT CHAPTER

A copy of the Greater Piedmont Chapter' s "Members & Friends" list is now available online in PDF format.

2005 Membership Roster (160k PDF)


EXPLORERS CLUB WEB SITE

The Explorers Club headquarters urges all members to visit the main Explorers Club web site.

The Explorers Club Web Site
John Clay, Webmaster& Developer
webcraft@explorers.org


EXPLORERS CLUB PRESIDENT

Richard C. Wiese

President
The Explorers Club
46 East 70th Street
New York New York 10021
212-628-8383
richard@newsweather.com

NATIONAL CHAPTER CHAIRS


Alaska-Yukon
Robert W. Taylor, MD
975 Bennett Road
Fairbanks, AK 99712
Tel: 907-452-4900
Fax: 907-457-1701
rwtaylor@mosquitonet.com,
ffjjk@uaf.edu

Atlanta
Michael C. Hilton, MD
3975 Roswell Road
Atlanta, GA 30342-4117
Tel: 404-352-4001
Fax: 404-352-4009
michaelhiltonmd@jhu.edu

Central Florida
G. Michael Harris
16 Winston Drive
Belleair, FL 33756
Tel: 727-584-2883
Fax: 727-585-6078
gmh@tampabay.rr.com

Chicago/Great Lakes
Cheryl L. Istvan
277 Chestnut Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
Tel: 847-446-8645
Fax: 847-446-8798
cherylistvan@mac.com

George Rogers Clark
Joseph E. Ricketts
225 Hibberd Drive
Centerville, OH 45458
Tel/Fax: 937-885-2477
jer937@aol.com

Greater Piedmont
Dr. Warner M. Montgomery
The Columbia Star
P.O. Box 5955
Columbia, SC 29250-5955
Tel: 803-771-0219
warnerm@sc.rr.com
Website

Jupiter Florida
Rosemarie Twinam, Acting Chair
3459 S.W. Woodcreek Trail
Palm City, FL 34990
Tel: 772-219-1970
Fax: 772-283-3497
RTwinam@aol.com

New England
Gregory Deyermenjian, MA
82 Cleveland Avenue #1
Everett, MA 02149
Tel: 617-387-6040 or 978-927-8827, ext. 128
Fax: 978-927-9182
greg_deyermenjian@yahoo.com
Website

Northern California
Stephen E. Smith, PhD
402 Via Royal
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
Tel: 925-934-1051
Fax: 925-942-1051
nauticos@oceanearth.org
Website

Pacific Northwest
Edwin J. Sobey, PhD
2420 178 Avenue NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Tel: 425-861-3472
Fax: 503-214-7849
sobey@gte.net
Website


Philadelphia
Carol Aitken, CPC
P.O. Box 317
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Tel: 610-388-0587
aitken@400search.com
Website

Rocky Mountain
Joseph H. Romig, PhD
130 Miners Drive
Lafayette, CO 80026
Tel: 303-666-8112, ext. 13
Fax: 303-666-4169
jromig@ponderosa-assoc.com

San Diego
Payne B. Johnson
891 Rosecrans Street
San Diego, CA 92106
Tel: 619-222-8422
Fax: 619-222-0248
lenswest@cox.net
Website

Southern California
Thomas Vrebalovich,PhD
4265 Marina City Drive, #PH 12
Marina del Rey CA 90292
Tel: 310-827-2020
Fax: 310-827-2020
drtomvreb@aol.com

Southern Florida
Stanley L. Spielman, MD
7950 Southwest 125th Street
Miami, FL 33156
Tel/Fax: 305-233-8054
chimbuart@aol.com
Website

Southwest
J. Richard Greenwell
Department of Zoological Collections
International Wildlife Museum
4800 W. Gates Pass Road
Tucson, AZ 85745
Tel: 520-629-0100, ext. 479
Fax: 520-618-3561
RGreenwell@thewildlifemuseum.org

Southwest Florida
Donald L. Segur
703 Nathan Hale Drive
Naples, FL 34108
Tel: 239-592-6646
Fax: 239-592-5103
dlsegur@msn.com

St. Louis
Lotsie Hermann Holton
4 Sunningdale Drive
St. Louis, MO 63124
Tel: 314-993-0904
Fax: 314-993-8889
lotsieholt@aol.com
Website

Texas
William A. Gruy
8222 Douglas Avenue
Suite 250
Dallas, TX 75225
Tel: 214-361-0505
Fax: 214-750-0214
wag-tex@swbell.net
Website

Washington DC
Amb. Alan W. Lukens (Ret.)
18 Grafton Street
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-3428
Tel: 301-652-7538
alanwlukens@aol.com



INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER CHAIRS


Argentina
Hugo Castello, PhD
Lab. Mamiferos Marinos
Mus. Arg CS Naturales Avenida A Gallardo 470
1450, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fax: 54 11 4 982 5243/4494
hucastel@mail.retina.ar

Canada
Joseph G. Frey
171 Brentwood Road North
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M8X 2C8
Tel: 416-239-8840
Website

East Asia
Michael J. Moser
11th Floor, Two Exchange Square
Hong Kong, SAR China
Tel: 852-2913 2676
Fax: 852-2877-0884
michael.moser@freshfields.com

Great Britain
Barry L. Moss
13 Victoria Court
Kingsbridge Avenue
London W3 9AH, UK
Tel: 44 020 8992 7178
barrymoss@british-explorers.org
Website

Iceland
Haraldur Orn Olafsson
Vioskiptaraouneyti (Ministry of Commerce)
Arnarhvoli, 150 Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel: 354-863-0333 or 354-545-8551
Fax: 354-562-1289
haraldur.orn.olafsson@ivr.stjr.is


India
Avinah Kohli
606 Akash Deep, 6th Floor
Barakhamba Road
New Delhi 110 001, India
amber@nda.vsnl.net.in

Norway
Hans-Erik Hansen
Dugnadveien 4b
1346 Gjettun, Norway
Home tel: 47 22-458-205
Work tel: 47 67-138-559
hans-e-h@online.no

Poland
Marek Kaminski
Al. Grunwaldzka 212
80-266 Gdansk, Poland
Home Tel: 48-695664000
Work Tel: 48-58-5544522
Fax: 48-58-5523315
mkaminski@gamasan.pl,
m.rogozinska@rp.pl

Russia
Col. Vladimir S. Chukov (Ret.)
Expedition Centre ìArcticî
P.O. Box 40
117246 Moscow, Russia
Tel: 007 095-122-6154
chukov@arctica.msk.ru

Western Europe
Louis Potie
Roserie Borely D.
53 Avenue de Hambourg
13008 Marseilles, France
Tel: 33-91 73 25 87
Fax: 33-91 57 61 99
Louispotie@aol.com



RECOMMENDED LINKS, GREATER PIEDMONT CHAPTER
As a resource for all those interested in exploring more information regarding our talks, member derring-do, or special events, we shall be adding related web site listings on this page.

For example, if you are interested in:

Fran Rametta's discussion of the flora and fauna of The Congaree Swamp, please check out the Congaree Swamp National Monument

Alan Shoemaker's research regarding "Big Cats," see The Tiger Information Center and the IUCN Cat Specialist Group

Bruce Rippeteau's adventures with the sunken Confederate submarine, The Hunley

A brief selection of other resources related to earlier lecture topics include:

Archaeology "Gateway Sites" to the U.S. at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology and for Egyptology Resources, including the Sphinx

A tour of Cambrian fauna at Welcome to the Cambrian

The cosmos, see The NASA Homepage

Underseas adventures, In Search of Giant Squid

Expedition advisories, for Explorers about to go into the field:

U.S. State Department Travel Warnings
(Health Advisories, etc.)

Global Weather



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