Education: College of Wooster (Wooster, Ohio) B.A. with honors in Geology, 1966. Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind) M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1971. Dissertation: Petrology and Subsurface Stratigraphy of the Traverse Formation (Middle Devonian) in Northern Indiana.
Employment: Assist. Professor of Geology (Washington & Lee Univ. and Indiana Univ. NW), part time instructor of Geology at numerous junior colleges. Exploration Geologist, Geophysicist, and Manager with several petroleum companies. Independent prospect generator and consultant, J.D. Lazor Enterprises, Inc (Texas Corporation).
Activities: Organized and led about a dozen geology field trips for the Houston Geological Society in the Grand Canyon. Started the HGS skeet shoot. HGS President's Award, 2009.
Military: U.S. Army (1959-72) Korea and Germany.
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, photography, senior softball.