John J. "Jack" Renton (1933 – February 28, 2020)[1] was a professor of geology at West Virginia University, known for the quality of the teaching in his introductory geology courses[2] and in the video version of the course, Nature of Earth.[3] In 2001 he received the WVU Eberly College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award, the WVU Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award, and was named “West Virginia Professor of the Year” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. In 2002, he was named an Eberly Family Professor for Distinguished Teaching, one of only four at the University.[4]
- ^ IN MEMORIAM: John J. "Jack" Renton, PhD
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