Tuesday, June 9, 2009

AGS mourns death of member, Todd Housh, senior research scientist

As posted on University of Texas webpage:

June 1, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas—The Jackson School community mourns the loss of senior research scientist Todd Berton Housh and extend their condolences to his family. Housh died Saturday, May 30 at his home in Round Rock at the age of 47. He is survived by his wife Cara and children.

A memorial service was held at High Point Fellowship at 600 W. New Hope Drive in Cedar Park, Texas on Thursday, June 4 at 10:00 am.

Dr. Housh's research centered on the evolution of magmatic systems and their interaction with continental crust. His research focused on sites in Mexico and New Guinea. He received his Ph.D. in earth sciences from Washington University in 1989. He came to the University of Texas at Austin as a research associate in 1992. He was a Jackson School of Geosciences Scientist Fellow in 2006 and 2007. He was a member of the American Geophysical Union, the Geochemical Society and the Austin Geological Society.