Scope and Contents
The collection includes Professor Reinking's personnel and promotion consideration files (RESTRICTED), biographical materials, photographs of Reinking, and poetry and professional articles written by Reinking. The material is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Dates
- Creation: 1971 - 1982
Creator
- Reinking, Robert L. (Person)
Biography
Robert Louis Reinking graduated from Colorado College in 1963 with a B.S. degree. He received his M.A. degree from the University of Illinois in 1965 and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1967.
From 1967 to 1970, he served as an assistant professor at Texas Tech University and, in 1970, joined the faculty of Hope College as an assistant professor of geology. He was made an associate professor in 1973 and was appointed chairman of the department in 1980, in which capacity he served until his death in 1982.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Professor of geology at Hope College, 1970-1982. Collection includes his personnel file and promotion consideration file (RESTRICTED), biographical material, clippings and news releases, photographs, poems and professional articles that include: "Landslide Threat at Clear Creek Reservoir, Chafee County, Colorado," n.d.; "The Origin and Significance of Hecla Channel, Chafee County, Colorado," 1977; "Effect of Deicing Salt on Sodium Content of Lake Macatawa, Michigan [with Robert E. Zilinski]," Michigan Academician, Vol. VII, No. 3, Winter 1975; "Establishing a Groundwater Data Base for Community Planning," Michigan Academician Vol. XII, No. 4, Spring 1980; "Mineralogy of Altereal San Juan Formation at the Idarado Mine, Silverton District, Colorado [with Paul A. Hilbelink]," Economic Geology, Vol. 68, No. 3, May 1973; "Pattern Revegitation of a Shoreline Dune Area, Allegan County, Michigan [with Gregory D. Gephart]," Michigan Academician, Vol. XI, No. 2, Fall 1978; "Riparian Rights or the Theft of Public Waters?: A Case Study, Lake Macatawa, Michigan [with Elizabeth Cadmus]," Michigan Academician, Vol. X, No. 1, Summer 1977; "Sources of Sediment Pollution in the Lake Macatawa Drainage Basin, Michigan [with Robert H. Drake]," Michigan Academician, Volume X, No. 3, Winter 1978; "Time of Superosition of the Arkansas River, Chafee County, Colorado [with Richard Hoeksema," The Mountain Geologist, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 1980; ; and a small book titled Guide to the Glacial Geology of Pine Creek Valley, Colorado [with Donald Penniman, Charles Otto, Cindy Brower, and Catherine Beahm], n.d.
Provenance
Robert Louis Reinking
Photographs
2 images
Source
- Hope College (Donor, Organization)
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hope College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Van Wylen Library
53 Graves Place
Holland Michigan 49423 United States
616-395-7798
archives@hope.edu
