********************************************************************** Robert J. Andersen 30 September 2010 ********************************************************************** Your card to my brother, Robert arrived yesterday and I am sorry to tell you that he passed away September 30th. He was in the hospital in Austin for a week but, at 78, his body just gave out. I stayed with him most of last year and miss him so much. I will be here until I get everything in order, then return to Colorado. I was fortunate to have been in Houston for some of his parties where I met you and other great friends of his. Robert enjoyed his retirement years building his house West of La Grange and working in his yard. He would spend summers in Colorado with me. Robert was born March 30, 1932 in Ft. Lupton, Colorado. He attended Denver schools until his junior year and graduated from Nederland High School in 1950 in a class of two. (My class doubled the next year with four.) He graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1954 with a B.S. in Geophysics. While he was with GSI he was in various locations in the U.S. and Canada from 1954 to 1957. Party Chief, Dhofar, Saudi Arabia from 1957 to 1967. Supervisor; Colombia, Yugoslavia, England and Houston, 1967 to 1972. Mgr., Houston Exploration Services 1973 - 1975. Sr. Geophysicist, Aminoil, 1976 - 1977. Cities Service, (OXY) 1977 to 1989. OXY Consultation services with OXY from Apr., 1992 to Dec. 1992. Then, he really did retire. Elenore Andersen ********************************************************************** I had the pleasure of meeting Bob in 1966 as my immediate boss in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Later we worked together at Cities Service Company. He was always very quiet but a brilliant Geophysicist, I enjoyed working with him. Roshan and I met Elenore at several of Bob's Houston parties as Elenore mentions. We kept in touch with Bob via exchanging Christmas cards each year after he moved to La Grange area. I am really sorry and will miss him. Best regards, Dave Agarwal