John Wold '38, a geologist and former U.S. Congressman from Casper,
Wyo., has received the Eliphalet Nott Medal from Union College in recognition of his
professional achievements.
President Roger Hull presented the medal to Wold at an alumni event in Phoenix, Ariz.
Wold, a trustee emeritus, is president of Wold Minerals Co. in Casper, and a number of
other energy mineral development firms.
Wold and his wife, the former Jane Adele Pearson, a Schenectady native, established the
John and Jane Wold Professorship in Geology at Union College, which represented a gift
from the Wold family to support the re-establishment at Union of the geology department.
Wold was a geology major at Union. His father, Peter Wold, was a physics professor at
Union from 1920 to 1945 and served as chairman of the physics department.
While a student at Union, Wold was the College's second St. Andrew's
University Exchange Scholar, a member of the Terrace Council, varsity hockey team, Sigma
Xi science honorary and Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. After graduating from Union, he earned
a master's degree in geology at Cornell University.
The Nott Medal recognizes the perseverance of distinguished alumni who have attained
great distinction in their fields.