Gary Clifton:  

Elementary schools: West Whittier Elementary (California), later Burrard View Elementary School (North Vancouver, BC, Canada). From Redlands High to San Berdo Valley College to Colorado School of Mines. In 1970, emigrated to Australia, worked as a geologist and underground miner in New South Wales, Northern Territory, and Tasmania. Finished my degrees in in Geology in Sydney in1975. From there to UC Berkeley for a PhD, but left after a year to go back into the minerals industry. Married very briefly in 1979, raised my infant son from 6 months old, spent 5 years at Oregon State University doing research in petroleum chemistry, then to Texas for a year. In 1990, back to the minerals exploration industry again, where I have been since. I have worked al...Expand for more