Married Professors Tend to Geology Museum
Rodney Feldmann, an emeritus professor of geology, and Carrie Schweitzer, a professor of geology at Kent State Stark, are the husband and wife duo who currently tend to the geology museum in McGilvrey Hall. The collection has specimens ranging from fossils to minerals, with over 70 displays free to view during regular building hours.
The building has been around since the late 1930s. Since then, the collection has grown through donations from faculty and amateur collectors in the community.
Feldmann has been at Kent State since 1965. Now semiretired, he continues to teach graduate-level courses at the university. Schweitzer teaches introductory geology courses at the Stark campus. They both still contribute to the collection ...