Rickard S. Toomey, III Address: Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center 1011 East Ash Street Springfield, IL 62703 e-mail: toomey@museum.state.il.us (Internet) voice:(217) 524-7908 fax:(217) 785-2857 Education: 1985-93 University of Texas at Austin -- Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, May 1993. Dissertation Title: Late Pleistocene and Holocene Faunal and Environmental Changes at Hall's Cave, Kerr County, Texas, Supervisor: Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. 1981-85 Brown University -- Sc.B. in Geological Sciences, June 1985. Senior Project: The Nature and Timing of the Terminal Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions of North America. Graduated Summa Cum Laude Employment and Contracts: 1993-present Post-doctoral Research Associate Illinois State Museum -- Analysis of vertebrate remains from fourteen sites along the central Mississippi River valley as a portion of an NSF funded study of mammalian response to Late Quaternary environmental change and possible response to global warming. 1994 Paleontological Consultant Illinois State Museum -- Principle Investigator for vertebrate paleontology on a Wm Penn Museum and Pennsylvania Historical Commision Planning Grant adminstered by Frank Vento (Clarion University, PA) to summarize the environmental change in Pennsylvania over the last 15,000 years. 1991-92 Engineering Research Science Assistant Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Univ. of Texas -- Locating and plotting paleontological sites and curating paleontological materials under NSF Grant. Supervising faculty: Dr. E. L. Lundelius 1991-92 Engineering Research Science Assistant Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Texas -- Electron Microprobe Analysis of red drum (Scienops ocellatus) otoliths. Supervising faculty: Dr. S.J. Sutton 1991(fall)-92 Artificial Heart Valve Analysis II Analyzing parts for elemental composition and zonation for Carbon Implants Inc., Austin TX as an Independent Contractor. Contact: John Sommerfeld, VP, Quality Control. 1991 (spr-sum) Field Director -- Earthwatch funded Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory and Texas Archeological Research Laboratory excavation of Hall's Cave, central TX. Assisted in all phases of project -- from preparation of research proposal through coordination and instruction of field teams. P.I.'s: Drs. E.L. Lundelius and M.B. Collins. 1990-91 (fall) Artificial Heart Valve Analysis I Analyzing parts for elemental composition and zonation for Carbon Implants Inc., Austin TX as an Engineering Research Science Assistant, Dept. of Geol. Sci., Univ. of Texas, Supervising faculty: Drs. S.J. Sutton and D. Smith 1990-91 (win) Faunal Analyst -- Prewitt and Associates, Inc. contract analysis of bone from archeological sites and seasonality analysis of faunal material. 1990 (sum) Field Lab Coordinator -- Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL. Prepared, identified and catalogued specimens from Heinze Cave, St. Louis, MO. Site investigated by R.W. Graham, ISM. 1990(spr) Assistant Instructor -- Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Texas. Course: Life Through Time 1985-90 Teaching Assistant -- Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Texas. Courses: Introduction to Geology, Life Through Time, Paleobiology, Field Methods in Geology, Analytical Techniques. 1986-87 Paleontological Consultant -- contract work for Center for Archaeological Research, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio. paleontological impact statement and recommendations for All-American Pipeline Project Cultural and Paleontological Impact Statement. Grants and Awards: pending National Science Foundation, proposal currently under review Division of Earth Sciences -- Quantitative Tests of Faunal Provinciality Comparing Modern and Paleontological Data. PI/PD R.S. Toomey, III, CO-PI/PD R.W. Graham (Illinois State Museum). requested ammount $135,000. 1994 (sum) National Forest Service, Field funding, logistical support and PIT volunteers for Excavation of cave in Black Hills National Forest. This is part of a comprehensive Black Hills paleoecology project involving Drs. Styles, Grimm, Saunders and Toomey (all of Illinois State Museum). Forest Service contibution $44,000 (in direct and kind) 1991 (sum) Earthwatch Field Support, monetary and volunteer personnel for excavation of Hall's Cave. P.I.'s E.L. Lundelius and M.B. Collins. funded amount $31,680 1991 AMOCO Teaching Assistant Award -- University of Texas, Dept. of Geological Sciences 1990 Best Student Award, University of Texas, Austin -- Houston Geological Society 1990 (fall) Chevron Fellowship 1990 (spr) Univ. of Texas, Geology Foundation Fellowship 1989 (fall) Univ. of Texas, Geology Foundation Fellowship 1988 (fall) Univ. of Texas, Geology Foundation Hogg/Sharp Scholarship 1988 Karst Research Fellowship -- Cave Research Foundation. $2500 (Hall's Cave) 1988 Sigma-Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research $500 (Hall's Cave) 1988 Geological Society of America Grant $700 (Hall's Cave) 1988 Univ. of Texas, Geology Foundation Research Grant $650 (Hall's Cave) 1987 Geological Society of America Grant $800 (Hall's Cave) 1987 Univ. of Texas, Geology Foundation Research Grant $400 (Hall's Cave) Publications: JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS AND REPORTS 1994 Vertebrate paleontology of Texas caves IN (W.R Elliott and G. Veni, eds.) The Caves and Karst of Texas, 1994 National Speleological Society Guidebook. Huntsville, AL: National Speleological Society, Inc., pp. 51-68. 1994 M.D. Blum, --, and S. Valastro, Jr. Fluvial Response to Late Quaternary Climate Change, Edwards Plateau, Texas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 108(1/2): 1-21 1994 -- and S.C. Caran, Mammals IN (E.A. Kutac and S.C. Caran) Birds and Other Wildlife of South Central Texas: A Handbook. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, pp. 103-112. 1993 --, M.D. Blum, and S. Valastro, Jr., Late Quaternary climates and environments of the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Global and Planetary Change Section) 7: 299-320 1992 --, J.A. Huebner, and T.W. Boutton, Stable carbon isotope ratios of Equus sp. and Bison antiquus from the Late Pleistocene deposits at Hall's Cave, Kerr County, Texas. Current Research in the Pleistocene 9 1991 --- and M. A. Howard, Seasonality of vertebrate remains from 41GV10 and 41GV53. Appendix B IN (M.A. Howard, G.L. Bailey, C.B. Bousman, K.M. Gardner, and R.C. Fields) National Register Testing at the Spanish Moss Site (41GV10) and 41GV53, Galveston County, Texas. Prewitt and Associates, Inc. Reports of Investigations 77. pp. 105-109 1989 Hall's Cave IN (S.A. Hall and T.C. Gustavson, trip organizers) Geomorphology, Quaternary Stratigraphy, and Paleoecology of Central Texas: Guidebook South Central Cell, Friends of the Pleistocene, 7th Annual Meeting, April 7-9, 1989. Section 3. 1989 Hall's Cave -- tracking 13,000 years of environmental change. Cave Research Foundation 1988 Annual Report. pp. 44-45. 1986 Paleontological resources IN Cultural and Paleontological Resources for the Proposed All-American Pipeline Project (Assembled by Joseph Labadie) Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management: U.S. Dept. of the Interior. pp. 159-210. PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS 1994 -- and E.K. Schroeder. Preliminary experiments with faunal provinciality using Late Holocene FAUNMAP data: effects of method. abstract submitted for 1994 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Oct. 19-22, 1994. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3 supplement): 50A. 1994 R.W. Graham, E.L. Lundelius, Jr., --, and E.K. Schroeder. Biogeographic patterns of Late Quaternary Mammals in the United States. abstract submitted for 1994 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Oct. 19-22, 1994. to be published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3 supplement): 28A. 1994 Cave vertebrate paleontology in Texas. abstract accepted for the 1994 National Speleological Society Annual Convention, Brackettville, TX. June 20-24, 1994. to be published in NSS Bulletin. 1994 Late Quaternary size, range and behavior changes in central Texas bats. abstract accepted for the 1994 National Speleological Society Annual Convention, Brackettville, TX. June 20-24, 1994. to be published in NSS Bulletin. 1994 --, R.W. Graham, and T.W. Stafford, Jr. New dates on mammalian faunas from several Missouri caves. abstract 1994 Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Cape Girardeau Apr. 29-30, 1994. to be published in Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science. 1994 R.W. Graham, and --. Missouri cave mammalian faunas. abstract 1994 Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Cape Girardeau Apr. 29-30, 1994. to be published in Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science. 1992 Some uses of bat fossils in cave paleontology with examples from central Texas. abstract 1992 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Rocky Mountain Section Ogden, UT May 13-15, 1992. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 24(6): 66. 1992 Central Texas climates and environments 25,000 years B.P. to present: the vertebrate evidence. abstract 1992 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, South-Central Section Houston, TX Feb. 24-25, 1992. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 24(1): 49. 1991 Climatic tolerances and the significance of Late Pleistocene "disharmonious" vertebrate assemblages. abstract 1991 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Oct. 21-24, 1991. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 23(7): A97. 1991 Climatic analysis and the significance of Quaternary "disharmonious" faunas. abstract 1991 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Oct. 24-26, 1991. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3 supplement): 58A. 1991 Shovel-nosed Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) from Holocene deposits of Val Verde County , TX. abstract 1991 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Oct. 24-26, 1991. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3 supplement): 58A. 1991 Hall's Cave: a 13,000 year record of climatic change from central Texas. abstract Institute for Tertiary - Quaternary Studies Symposia. Lawrence KS. Feb. 28 - Mar. 1, 1991. 1990 Latest Quaternary environmental changes at Hall's Cave. abstract 1990 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Lawrence KS. Oct. 11-13, 1990. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3 supplement): 46A. 1990 Faunal evidence for a Middle Holocene dry period in central Texas. abstract 1990 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 1990. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 22(7): A311. 1989 The Late Pleistocene and Holocene bat fauna of central Texas. abstract 1989 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Nov. 2-4, 1990. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3 supplement): 42A. 1987 Preliminary microprobe analysis of enamel and dentine apatite: Implications for paleodiets. abstract 1987 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ. Oct. 22-24, 1987. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(3 supplement): 28A. Affiliations: American Quaternary Association, National Speleological Society, Geological Society of America, Phi Beta Kappa, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.