Jack Shroder, a 1961
graduate of Union College and Regents Professor of Geology and Geography at the
University of Nebraska – Omaha, will speak on “Geoscience Adventures in
the Hindu Kush and Himalaya: Terrorist Terrains to
Tectonic Aneurysms” on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial at
Union College.
His talk,
part of the College's Perspectives at the Nott lecture series, is free and open
to the public.
One of the most sought-after specialists in the wake of the
September 11 attacks, Shroder deduced Osama bin Laden's whereabouts in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan from geological clues in a CNN
video.
Shroder has since advised FBI and
high-ranking government officials, and given many lectures and interviews. With
a specialty in geomorphology, studying landforms and “reading” surfaces to tell
what lies beneath, he leads the Afghanistan Studies Center at the University of Nebraska-Omaha – the only institution of its kind
in the West.