Walter William Stein III
2519 5th Ave. Belle Fourche, SD
605-892-2634/ stein151@earthlink.net
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Objective:
"To prepare
the best fossils for the best people in the world... my customers"
Education:
Maple Shade High School, Maple Shade, NJ 08052. College Prep courses. Graduated June 1989. GPA: 3.25. Class rank: 20/147.
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608. BS Geology w/ concentration in Biology and Laboratory techniques. Graduated
summer of 1994. Geology GPA: 3.14.
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306. Geology summer field camp 1992.
GPA: 4.0. Class Rank: 2/14.
* I have also attended several Southeastern Geologic Society of America, Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology meetings, and Dinofest 1994/2003.
Work Experience:
February 2006- present: AAPS Journal Publications Chairman- Currently working with the AAPS (Association of Applied Paleontological
Sciences) to create an online and printed professional paleontological journal. Organized a team of 20 + academics for a peer-review
board. Developed a fossil registration system for privately held specimens and the data that they provide.
March 2005-present: Tri-State Museum. Board of Directors and Consultant. Assisted the museum with the development of a new
$5000 dinosaur exhibit. Helped aquire grant money, fossil donations, designed exhibit, Wrote all educational materials and
installed exhibit.
Fall 2002-March 2005. Rocky
Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
(owned by Triebold Paleontology) 201
S. Fairview St. Woodland Park, CO
80863. Title: Curator. As Curator I was crucial in the design and planning phase
of construction. My daily duties included exhibit design, exhibit set-up, educational programs, hiring training, and staff
management, guided tours, budgeting, fossil preparation, special events coordinator, curation, marketing and advertising,
and public relations. All of this while also continuing to be Field Collections Manager for Triebold Paleontology and running
a very active exploration program.
May 1999 - March 2005. Triebold Paleontology Inc. 1495 Kings Crown Rd., Woodland Park CO, 80863. Title: Field Collections Manager. A wide range of duties including the collection,
preparation, restoration, and exploration of dinosaur fossils and other related specimens. Also informally in charge of hiring
and training new employees.
May 1998-January 1999. North American Explorations (Western Office). Salt Lake City UT. Title: Field Geologist/Consultant. Helped to conduct a soil sampling and geophysical program for a gold exploration
project in South Carolina. Conducted claim staking operations in Nevada, and Stream Sediment Surveys in Montana as well.
December 1996 - February 1998: Selman and Associates, Rock Springs WY. Title: Geology Consultant/Mudlogger. Conducted a mudlogging operation for various oil and natural gas clients throughout
Wyoming. Temporary position.
November 1996 - December 1997: The Big Horn Basin Foundation, PO Box
71. Thermopolis, WY
82443. Title: Consultant/President of the Board of Directors. Provided the educational
support for the Wyoming Dinosaur Center through teacher’s workshops, kid’s digs, a newsletter, special
digs, and other activities. I was also responsible for all of the curational duties at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, as well as preparation, field work, budgeting, display design, office work,
and research projects.
June 1996 - November 1996 (contract work to November 1997): The Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis,
Wyoming 82443. Title: Paleontological technician/field geologist. A wide assortment of laboratory
and field projects involving the excavation, recording of data, and lab preparation of dinosaurs and other related organisms.
Conducted geologic field mapping and surveying of land boundaries using Magellan GPS. Associated dig site and museum tours
were also part of my routine duties.
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May 1994 - June 1996: North American Exploration (Eastern Office), Charlottesville, VA 22906. Title: Field Geologist/ team leader. Conducted regional orientation, mineral surveys and environmental studies for various clients:
Reynolds minerals: Duties: Use of hand and power augers to collect and describe soil
samples over a potential low grade gold deposit.
Exmin: Duties: Collection of heavy mineral stream
sediment samples, topographic mapping and navigation, mineral identifications, and report writing in the search for North
American economic mineral deposits.
Resolution Resources (Brian Herridge): Duties: Helped to conduct a 3-D seismic study
of a U.S. Navy Run, Superfund site, to determine the subsurface fracture patterns and
corridors for DNAPL migration.
March 1995: Measurement Inc., Greensboro, NC 27405. Duties: Graded high school graduation test essays for sentence formation,
usage, and mechanical errors.
November 1993 - June 1994: Appalachian State University Department of Geology, Boone, NC
28608. Independent study conducted for Watauga County. Heavy mineral stream sediment survey over a portion of the New River and its tributaries to determine
the extent of contamination by the county landfill. Duties: Collection and preparation of samples, interpretation of data,
final report and oral presentation.
Fall 1992 - Summer 1993: Appalachian State University Department of Geology, Boone, NC
28608. Tutor. Duties: Tutoring freshman and sophomore students in introductory geology
courses.
Summer 1992: Virginia Museum
of Natural History. Title: Field Assistant. Duties: Collection and field preparation of Early Triassic vertebrates
and plant fossils.
Spring 1992: Appalachian State University
Security Office. Title: Safety Inspector. Duties: Inventory and safety check of all chemicals and their storage on university
grounds. Promoting safety awareness.
Summer 1991: Appalachian State University Department of Geology PRF research grant, for Dr. F.K. McKinney. Title: Laboratory/Field
assistant. Duties: Collection, preparation, and identification of a specific fauna of Mississippian age invertebrates.
Detailed examination and analysis of bryozoan morphology and its relation to paleoenvironment (ecophenotypic variation).
Co-authored paper for Southeastern Geologic Society of America meeting 1991.
Special Skills:
-Acetate Peel preparation
-M.S. Word/ M.S. Works for Windows
-Thin/polished section preparation -Desktop
publishing software experience
-Working knowledge of Autocad 13 -Working knowledge of
GPS
-Working knowledge of S.E.M.
-Knowledge of chemical safety and storage
-Use of fluxgate magnetometer -Knowledge of most lab equipment
-Use of Buffalo seismographs
-Knowledge of field/lab specimen prep.
-Internet use and research
-Some GIS
-Adobe Illustrator
-Corel Photopaint
Publications, Memberships,
Awards and Scholarships:
-1999-present AAPS member in good standing
-2005 “Preliminary Analysis of a Juvenile Tyrannosaur Skeleton Known
as Sir William From the Judith River Formation of Montana. Burpee
Museum Tyrannosaurus Conference. Systematics of the Tyrannosaurs. Northern Illinois University Press (in press).
-2004 “The Joy of Discovery- Exploring for Dinosaurs in the Rocky Mountain West”
Series of lectures.
-2001 “So You Want To Dig Dinosaurs; The Practice, Principles, and Politics of
Vertebrate Paleontology” 245 pages w/ forward by Neil Larson.
-1997 Associate member Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
-1997 Society Vertebrate Paleontology meeting: poster session "The Warm
Springs Ranch Dinosaur Dig Sites"
-1997 Cody Geological Conference: "On the Behavior of Late Jurassic Carnivores"
with M.T. Naus.
-1992 "Ecophenotypic Variation in the Bryozoan Archimedes from Western Kentucky
and Tennessee. Southeastern Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs
with Dr. F.K. McKinney and Dr. F. Webb.
-1992 Outstanding Field Student Geologist, ASU Department of Geology
-1991 Publication of volume of poetry "Adolescent Storms".
-1989 Academic Scholarship, ASU Department of Geology.
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References:
Available upon request.
ROROCK FORMATIONS I HAVE WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN
Hell Creek Formation
Judith River Formation
Morrison Formation
Dakota Formation
Cloverly Formation
Bear Paw Shale
Pierre Shale
Niobrara Formation
Sundance Formation
TYPES of GENERA I HAVE WORKED ON (Excavated, discovered, and/ or prepared)
DINOSAURS:
Apatosaurus
Bone bed material +Partial skeleton
Camarasaurus
Bone bed material +2 Partial skeletons
Diplodocus
Bone bed material+ 2 Partial skeletons
1st complete diplodocus manus
Barosaurus
Bone bed material +Partial skeleton
Allosaurus
Bone bed material
1st or 2nd Feeding /Nesting Site
Stegosaurus
Bone bed material
Camptosaurus
Bone bed material
Dryosaurus
Bone bed material
Psitacosaurus
Complete skeleton
Saurornitholestes Bone
bed material + teeth
Troodon
Bone bed material + teeth
Albertosaurus
Partial skeleton
Monoclonius/Centrosaurus Partial
Skeleton
Brachylophosaurus
Complete skeleton
Anatotitan
Bone bed material +Partial skeleton
Edmontosaurus
Bone bed material +5 Partial skeletons
Thescelosaurus
Discovered Partial skeleton
Dromaeosaurus
Bone bed material
New reconstruction 2003
Triceratops
Bone bed material +2Partial skeletons
Pachcephalosaurus
Partial skeleton
Helped prepare1st skeleton
Struthiomimus
Bone bed material
Unanmed Genus of Oviraptor
2 Partial -complete skeletons
1st oviraptors in North America
New Giant species
Tyrannosaurus
Discovered partial skeleton may
be new genus or species
NON-DINOSAURS:
Champsosaurus
Partial skeleton
Crocodile/Alligator
Bone Bed + teeth
Pteranodon
Partial skeleton
Tylosaurus
CO-discoverer partial and complete skeletons
Clidastes
Partial skeleton
Polycotylus
Helped prep U KANSAS material
Platycarpus
Partial skeleton
Xiphactinus
Discovered several partial skeletons
Pachyrhizodus
Discovered several partial skeletons
Cimolichthes
Discovered several partial skeletons
Protosphyreana
Discovered several Isolated Fins
Encodus
Teeth
Cretoxyrhyna
Partial skeleton
Squalicorax
Partial skeleton + teeth
Bananogmius
Several partial skeletons
Ptycodus
Teeth
Odontaspis
Teeth
Galeocerdo
Teeth
PLUS OTHERS
