Herbert E. Gregory loved and exed vast areas of the world, among ch was the Colorado Plateau from Pour Corners to Zion National Park-
HERBERT PIONEER
ERNEST
GREGORY
GEOLOGIST
SOUTHERN
OF
UTAH
By Reed W. Farnsworth*
It was my great privilege to have known Dr. Gregory over a period of thirteen years extending from 1939 to 1952. This was the period of his life ranging from age seventy until his deadi at age eighty-two. These would normally be considered die sunset years usually spent in reflection and easing off from taxing commitments and responsibilities. Not so with Dr. Gregory. He always acted as though he had never given any thought to the possibility that his life might someday come to an end. His home was wherever he hung his hat, and speaking of his hat, it invariably was a battered Field Ranger or Boy Scout type, which pyramided in die center and always appeared as though he were facing into a strong wind. It was usually tied widi a lanyard beneadi his chin. This habit was, no doubt, a practical one grown out of many seasons in the field on the windswept Colorado Plateau. My association with Gregory (this was the name he preferred to be called) was not constant or continuous but intermittent, for his life gravitated about three magnetic poles. The first was Yale Uni* Dr. Farnsworth is a practicing physician in Cedar City, Utah, and member of the Board of Regents, Utah State University.
