Jack Shroder '61, the geologist who tracked Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, will talk about his adventures in a free public lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.
One of the most sought-after
specialists in the wake of the September 11 attacks, Shroder deduced 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.
Shroder, the 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.”
The talk is part of the College's Perspectives at the Nott
lecture series.