A fund in memory of murdered geologist Timothy Nutt has been established by the Littleton, Colo.-based Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Foundation.
Nutt was found with his throat slit and his vehicle torched last April near Bisha, an Eritrean village 60 km from the Sudanese frontier. He was 49. At the time, a terrorist Jihad group was suspected of the crime.
The fund will provide financial support for students and young geologists in Zimbabwe or other countries in southern Africa. Donations will help pay for travel to technical meetings, field trips, research grants, technical lectures and SEG student chapter activities.
Those interested in contributing to the fund are asked to contact the SEG Foundation, c/o Richard Nielsen, 7811 Shaffer Parkway, Littleton, Colo. 80127, U.S.A. For more information, phone (720)-981-7882 or e-mail seg@segweb.org
A native of England, Nutt emigrated in 1956 to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where his father worked as a doctor. He remained there until political turmoil forced him and his family to relocate in South Africa.
In 1977, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rhodesia (now the University of Zimbabwe), and in 1986 obtained his master’s in philosophy.
He became a lecturer and a professor at the university, giving valuable instruction to many African geologists. He also worked with the Geological Survey of Zimbabwe, and as a research associate at the University of Cologne.
He was a member of the Society of Economic Geologists and a founding member of the Geological Society of Zimbabwe.
Nutt’s last major publication was on the Tanzanian Goldfields, a summary of which he presented at the 2003 convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, last March in Toronto.
In 1989, he established a consulting and geological services company in Harare. This work took him to Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, the Deomcratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, and Eritrea. Clients included Anglo American, Ashanti Goldfields, Falconbridge, Inmet, Kinross and Union Carbide.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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