THAT: Upon the occasion of the retirement of Professor
Charles J. Wideman from the faculty of Montana Tech of The University of
Montana, the faculty wishes to express its appreciation for his years of
dedicated and valued service to the College, the Department Physics/Geophysical
Engineering, and the State of Montana by recommending that the rank of
Professor Emeritus be conferred upon him by the Board of Regents of the Montana
University System.
EXPLANATION: Charles Wideman earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in
Geophysical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in 1958, 1967, and
1975, respectively. He was a delegate
to the First Joint Meeting of the Chinese SPE–United States SEG on Reservoir
Characterization, Daqing, PRC, September 1988.
Before
coming to Montana Tech in 1968, Dr. Wideman worked for Westinghouse Electric
Corporation as a Senior Geophysicist in Boulder, Colorado. He joined Tech as an Assistant Professor for
the fall semester of 1968. In 1970, he
earned the Outstanding Teaching Award for Montana Tech.
In
addition to his teaching duties at Montana Tech, Dr. Wideman has published
numerous papers with fellow colleagues as well as been instrumental in getting
research projects and monies flowing into Tech. He has been directly responsible for many successful research
contracts including those from DOE-EPSCoR, a multi-campus collaborative effort
between MSE, Montana Tech, and The University of Montana in the petroleum
reservoir characterization research cluster.
His efforts over the years have brought over $1 million in research
monies to Montana Tech along with large equipment and software grants.
Dr.
Wideman has been generous with his time and efforts to students and colleagues
through the years. He has tirelessly
helped graduate students obtain funding, equipment, and provided mentorship
throughout their college careers and helped them obtain employment upon
graduation. His industry contacts have proved invaluable
to himself, his students, his department, Montana Tech, and the State in
general.
Among
his affiliations are membership in the Seismological Society of America,
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and the Billings Geophysical
Society.
With this recommendation
go sincere thanks for 32 years of invaluable service to the State of Montana,
Montana Tech, and Montana Tech of The University of Montana. Congratulations
and best wishes for the future.