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Why GSA Membership Is Important to Me

I joined the GSA in 1986, shortly after having started my
Ph.D. My research was facilitated by a GSA Graduate Student
Research Grant (my very first grant), and my attendance at a
GSA Cordilleran Section meeting in Hilo, Hawaii, was funda-
mental to my development as a scientist: After my talk, a senior
member of the audience took the time to talk to me and convince
me that my interpretations were wrong (he was correct—I was
wrong). That meeting also featured my first GSA field trip:
scaling Mona Loa with J.P. Lockwood as our guide. It was an
epic field trip, one that I will never forget. Those early experi-
ences—the financial support, the mentorship by established
members of the earth-science community, and the shared love of
geology—were fundamental to my development as a geologist.
And for that, I am forever grateful to the GSA.

Stephen Johnston, University of Alberta, GSA Member since
1986, GSA Fellow since 2013

Geology Celebrates

50 Years in 2022

Volume 1, issue 1, of Geology was published in
September 1973. In 2022, the journal will publish its
50th volume. A bit of an upstart at the time, Geology’s
mission was to be a “short-note, rapid publication
journal.” Along with short, peer-reviewed articles,
early issues included book reviews, letters, and sum-
maries of GSA Bulletin papers. In 1975, a section ■ JANUARY 2022 VOL. 50 NO. 1
called “GSA news & information” was added. (GSA ISSN 0091-761 13 3 JANUAR RY 2022 ■ VOL. 50 0 0 NO. 1 ■ P. 1 1– –126
News & Information became its own publication in
1979; was ultimately replaced with GSA Today in
1991.) Read more about Geology’s beginnings at
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/geology/
issue/50/1.

September 1973 cover. Lunar Orbiter V, Photo 65 M,
showing Hess Lunar Crater.

January 2022 cover, celebrating Geology’s 50th year of
publication.

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