Institute On Lake Superior Geology
Institute History

Thanks to Mark Jirsa for the geology map with meeting locations

Institute Number	Date	Place	Chair
1	1955	Minneapolis, Minnesota	C.E. Dutton
2	1956	Houghton, Michigan	A.K. Snelgrove
3	1957	East Lansing, Michigan	B.T. Sandefur
4	1958	Duluth, Minnesota	R.W. Marsden
5	1959	Minneapolis, Minnesota	C. Craddock & G.M. Schwartz
6	1960	Madison, Wisconsin	E.N. Cameron
7	1961	Port Arthur, Ontario	E.G. Pye
8	1962	Houghton, Michigan	A.K. Snelgrove
9	1963	Duluth, Minnesota	H. Lepp
10	1964	Ishpeming, Michigan	A.T. Broderick
11	1965	St. Paul, Minnesota	P.K. Sims & R.K. Hogberg
12	1966	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	R.W. White
13	1967	East Lansing, Michigan	W.J. Hinze
14	1968	Superior, Wisconsin	A.B. Dickas
15	1969	Oshkosh, Wisconsin	G.L. LaBerge
16	1970	Thunder Bay, Ontario	M.W. Bartley & E. Mercy
17	1971	Duluth, Minnesota	D.M. Davidson
18	1972	Houghton, Michigan	J. Kalliokoski
19	1973	Madison, Wisconsin	M.E. Ostrom
20	1974	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	P.E. Giblin
21	1975	Marquette, Michigan	J.D. Hughes
22	1976	St. Paul, Minnesota	M. Walton
23	1977	Thunder Bay, Ontario	M.M. Kehlenbeck
24	1978	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	G. Mursky
25	1979	Duluth, Minnesota	D.M. Davidson
26	1980	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	P.E. Myers
27	1981	East Lansing, Michigan	W.C. Cambray
28	1982	International Falls, Minnesota	D.L. Southwick
29	1983	Houghton, Michigan	T.J. Bornhorst
30	1984	Wausau, Wisconsin	G.L. LaBerge
31	1985	Kenora, Ontario	C.E. Blackburn
32	1986	Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin	J.K. Greenberg
33	1987	Wawa, Ontario	E.D. Frey & R.P. Sage
34	1988	Marquette, Michigan	J. S. Klasner
35	1989	Duluth, Minnesota	J.C. Green
36	1990	Thunder Bay, Ontario	M.M. Kehlenbeck
37	1991	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	P.E. Meyers
38	1992	Hurley, Wisconsin	A.B. Dickas
39	1993	Eveleth, Minnesota	D.L. Southwick
40	1994	Houghton, Michigan	T.J. Bornhorst
41	1995	Marathon, Ontario	M.C. Smyk
42	1996	Cable, Wisconsin	L.G. Woodruff
43	1997	Sudbury, Ontario	Wilf Meyer & R.P.Sage
44	1998	Minneapolis, Minnesota	J. Miller & M. Jirsa
45	1999	Marquette, Michigan	T.J. Bornhorst & R. Regis
46	2000	Thunder Bay, Ontario	S. Kissin & P. Fralick
47	2001	Madison, Wisconsin	M. G. Mudrey, Jr.
48	2002	Kenora, Ontario	P. Hinz & R.C. Beard
49	2003	Iron Mountain, Michigan	Laurel Woodruff & William F. Cannon
50	2004	Duluth, Minnesota	Steve Hauck and Mark Severson
51	2005	Nipigon, Ontario	Mark Smyk and Pete Hollings
52	2006	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Ann Wilson and Ron Sage
53	2007	Lutsen, Minnesota	Laurel Woodruff and Jim Miller
54	2008	Marquette, Michigan	Ted Bornhorst and John Klasner
55	2009	Ely, Minnesota	Jim Miller, George Hudak & Dean Peterson
56	2010	International Falls, Minnesota	Mark Jirsa, Pete Hollings, Terry Boerboom, Peter Hinz, Mark Smyk
57	2011	Ashland, Wisconsin	Tom Fitz
58	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Pete Hollings
59	2013	Houghton, Michigan	Ted Bornhorst and Allan Blaske
60	2014	Hibbing, Minnesota	Jim Miller and Mark Jirsa
61	2015	Dryden, Ontario	Peter Hinz and Rob Cundari
62	2016	Duluth, Minnesota	Jim Miller and Christian Schardt
63	2017	Wawa, Ontario	Ann Wilson, Anthony Pace, Ted Bornhorst
64	2018	Iron Mountain, Michigan	Laurel Woodruff, Bill Cannon, Esther Stewart
65	2019	Terrace Bay, Ontario	Mark Smyk and Pete Hollings
66	2020	Meeting cancelled	Cancelled due to the Covid pandemic
67	2021	Virtual Meeting	Mark Jirsa, Mark Smyk and Pete Hollings
68	2022	Sudbury, Ontario	Michael Easton and Wouter Bleeker
69	2023	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Robert Lodge, Esther Stewart and Carsyn Ames
70	2024	Houghton, Michigan	Ted Bornhorst, Patty Cobin, Erika Vye and Jim DeGraff
71	2025	Mt. Iron, Minnesota	Amy Radakovich, Alli Severson, Eric Nowariak, Aaron Hirsch and Stacy Saari
72	2026	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Mark Puumala and Peter Hinz