Who is Mark Myers?

摘要

That's what many US geologists are asking in the wake of an announcement that President George W. Bush will nominate Myers to head the US Geological Survey (USGS). The agency spends nearly $1 billion each year on research, including earthquake monitoring, mapmaking and even biological studies. Myers has a PhD in geology and has spent much of his career in Alaska, working for oil companies and for the state — sometimes alone in remote locations, armed with a shotgun in case of grizzly bears. "Never had to use it," he says. "I keep a clean camp." He served in the Air Force Reserve for 26 years, for a time in intelligence in Alaska's far north.