Obituary (November 21, 1988)

George Goldak, president of Golden Marlin Resources, died suddenly in a recent accident in Saskatoon. He was 51.

Born in Prince Albert, Sask., on Dec 12, 1936, Dr Goldak attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, studying geology as well as electrical engineering. In 1963, he obtained his Ph.D. in X-ray diffraction crystallography, and he continued at the U. of S., becoming an associate professor and remaining there until 1984.

In 1970, he founded Goldak Exploration Technology Ltd., specializing in marine geophysics, especially boomer seismic, radiometric and induced polarization surveys. An important part of Dr Goldak’s work was research and development of geophysical techniques and instrumentation, such as his NAVCON real-time positioning system and his PHOTON-II handheld scintillometer/spectrometer.

Alex Jackson, a member of the C.I. M. since 1924 and the A.I.M.E. since 1935, died recently in Vancouver. He was 91.

Born on a farm in Manitoba, he was twice wounded in active service with the Glengarry Horse in World War I.

After graduating from the University of Alberta in mining Engineering in 1922, he joined the staff of Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company (now Cominco) at Kimberly, B.C., where he became an expert of froth flotation.

In 1929 he travelled to England to establish an extractive metallurgical laboratory for the English General Electric Company.

In 1935 he established a gold mill design practice in Johannesburg, South Africa, and in 1938 returned to Canada to establish the Wilkinson Rubber Linatex Company, now known as Linatex Canada Inc. In 1951, with partners, he started Linatex Corporation of America in the United States, becoming its first president.