ALAN MARA BATEMAN: AN APPRECIATION

Vo•.u•aEONE of the JouRNAl.oF EcosoMxcGv.ox.- were producinginsightsthat demandedexplanation

oG¾appearedin 1905. From its inceptionuntil and elaborationin the laboratory. The great future
mid-1916theJouRsAI. waseditedwithdistinction by for the porphyrycopperswas slowlybeingrealized.
J. D. Irving. In 1916,however,Irving, who helda Batemanplungedinto this excitingatmosphere with
chairof EconomicGeologyat Yale University,en- an appointment as Field Geologistto the Secondary
teredmilitarytrainingcampin preparation for a war Enrichment Investigation. He publishedexten-
from whichhe neverreturned. The then junior sivelyon the unexplainedproblemshe saw during
memberof Yale'sDepartmentof Geology,Assistant this period and returnedto variousaspectsof them
Professor AlanM. Bateman, wasleftto carryoutthe through a thoughtfuland productivecareer. His
editorialdutiesin an unofficial capacity.Thesehe promisewas soonrecognized.In 1915 he was ap-
did with distinction and was accordingly appointedpointedas an Instructorat Yale, in 1916 an Assist-
AssistantEditor in March 1917 whenIrving was ant Professor,later AssociateProfessor,and finally
commissioned preparatoryto leaving for France. Professorin 1925. In 1940 he was appointedSilli-
The tragic deathof J. D. Irving in July of 1918 man Professorof Geology,the Chair foundedby
placedthe complete editingresponsibilityon Bate- Benjamin Silliman.
man'sshoulders, andrecognizing this,the Economic Secondaryenrichmentand copperdepositswere
GeologyPublishing Company appointed him Acting certainlynot the only topicsin economic geologyto
Editor in December 1918. Their further consider- captureBateman'sattention. Through more than
ation of a successor to Irving took cognizance of 100 papersand two texts•the widely used "Eco-
his excellentperformance and in March of 1919 Dr. nomic Mineral Deposits,"now in the 7th printing'
Bateman was appointedEditor. of its 2nd edition,has sold over 50,000 copies,not
Throughfifty years,and fifty volumestotalling to mentiontranslatededitionsin languagessuchas
49,399 printed pages,Alan Mara Batemanedited, Korean, Japaneseand SpanishmBateman'sname
agonizedover and patientlyguidedthe Jou•x.. has become entrenched in the same scientific liter-
As Bateman himself has said, "to John Duer ature he has so capablygraced with his skillful
Irving .... belongsthe credit for bringingto editing.
fruitionthe hopesof the foundinggeologists and of Men of great accomplishments are deservedly
makingEconoMicGv.oI.oG¾the outstanding journal honoredby their friends,colleagues, students,and
of its kindin the world." But as is obvious to any professionalassociates,but how doesone honor a
reader of the Jou•I., to Alan Mara Batemanbe- man such as Alan Bateman? During fifty years
longs the credit for successful maintenanceof that almosteveryonein the field of economic geologyhas
international preeminence, for its now largeinter- generatedsomedebt,has beenaffectedin somead-
nationalsubscription andfor the continuing
growth vantageous
Way by his efforts. There are fifty
in sizeand qualityof the JouR•I.. BatemanVolumesalreadyin the shelvesof Eco-
Professor Batemanwasbornin Canada,in King- •o•xc Gv.oI.oG¾. His students,colleaguesand the
sti)n, Ontario, in 1889. His early educationwas Directorsof the EconomicGeologyPublishingCom-
all received in Canada and in 1910 he was awarded pany havethereforedecidedto let the Jo•JR•,•I.it-
hisbachelors degreefromQueen'sUniversity.Pur- self speakits own eloquenttestimony,and to allow
suing graduateeducation,he enteredYale Univer- this issue,Number 1 of Volume 66, to be the vehicle
sity and in 1913 was awardedhis Ph.D. for a thesis of their expressed
honor. Former studentsMontis
entitled,"Geologyand Ore Deposits
of the Bridge R. Klepper, S. Warren Hobbs, and William C.
River District, British Columbia." These were ex- Prinz have served as coordinatorsin gathering a
citingtimesfor economic
geologyand the highly selectedgroup of papersfrom students,associates
productivecooperativeproject between Harvard and colleagues. By these papers in a regular
Universityand the CarnegieInstitutionof Wash- Jou•. issueand by the continuingpublicationof
ington'sGeophysical Laboratorywas producingits the Jou•AI. he hasservedand lovedso well, Alan
epochalstudyof secondary enrichment.Field ob- Bateman'sprofessionand countlessfriendsall pay
servationsin the westernstates,Mexico and Alaska their respects.
 ALAN MARA BATEMAN

Assistant Editor -- 1917

Acting Editor -- 1918

Editor -- 1919

Editor Emeritus • 1969

Leader and guidingspirit in his field throughmore

than half a centuryof brilliant scientificinquiry and
editingof EcoNo•aICG•.ot-oc¾.