Peter John Modreski
Geochemist
Born Dec. 22, 1946, New Brunswick (NJ), U.S.; son of Peter and Margaret (Michl); married Regina (Aumente); child: Brian.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (with highest honors), Rutgers College, New Brunswick, 1968; Master of Science (M.S.), 1971, Ph.D., 1972, Penn State University, University Park (PA).
Career: postdoctoral fellow, Carnegie Institute of Washington (DC), 1971-72; staff scientist, Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque (NM), 1975-79; geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey, 1979 -, research associate, Denver Museum of Natural History, 1989 -, Denver (CO); executive editor, Rock and Minerals magazine, Washington (DC), 1988 -.
Author: patent co-inventor, Process for forming hydrogen and other fuels utilizing magma, 1978; editor, Colorado Pegmatites, 1986, Mineralogy of Precious Metal Deposits in Colorado, 1988; co-author, The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, 1989.
Member of: Geological Society of America; Mineralogical Society of America; Mineralogical Society of Canada; Albuquerque Geological Society (president, 1978); Society of Econ. Geologists; vice president, secretary, Friends of Mineralogy (president, 1985); secretary, vice president, Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison (CO).
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa.
Served with: United States Air Force (USAF), captain, 1972-75.
Languages: English, German, Polish.
Hobbies: collecting minerals, photography, hiking.
Home: 8075 West Fremont Drive, Littleton, CO 80123.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996