6 A Tribute to Ms. Dorothy (Tiny) Striegel -‐ A True Hall of Famer Ms. Dorothy (Tiny) Striegel, Honorary Alumnus of the Boone Pickens School of Geology has been selected for the Fremont County, Colorado Hall of Fame. Ms. Striegel, who is “Tiny” to all who know her, is being honored for her long service to the Cañon City community, her generous support of the Cañon Campus of the Pueblo Community College, and her dedication to continued learning through adult education courses and unwavering support of summer geology field schools. Though not a graduate of OSU, through family connections that extend back to 1949 and Oklahoma A & M, Tiny has become a champion for OSU along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. In 1990, Tiny and her late husband Ernie donated a portion of the family ranch near Cañon City to the OSU Foundation to be a permanent home for the Les Houston Geology Field Camp. The camp is named in honor of her father Mr. Les Huston, who along with Tiny’s mother, were an integral part of the Oklahoma Geology Camp for several decades beginning in 1949. Tiny is a fulltime asset to the camp, as she acts as our agent when dealing with state and county officials and helps maintain the camp’s relationship with her longtime ranching family friends who give us access to their property. This diminutive (under 5 feet tall) 90+ year-‐young lady, who holds many titles connected to camp, annually recites poetry to a crowd of sixty mostly <22 year old, field-‐ dirty and tired students in the camp dining hall. Not only do the students respect Tiny, they embrace her as camp Poet Laureate and their temporarily adopted great grandmother. Because of her dedicated service to the OSU Les Huston Field Camp and support of OSU in general, Tiny is regarded by many as the longest serving unpaid OSU employee in Colorado. —Jim Puckette Ms. Dorothy (Tiny) Striegel standing in front of the sign for the Boone Pickens School of Geology’s Les Huston Geology Field Camp.
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