Ted V. Reid Memorial

The Ted V. Reid Memorial Scholarship Endowment was established by family and friends and is designed to provide scholarships to non traditional students majoring in geology.
Ted V. Reid a native of Blackfoot, Idaho served in the military in Vietnam. After many years as a successful financial consultant Ted suffered a stroke.
He then decided to return to school and entered the ISU Department of Geology in 1990. Ted received a B.S. in Geology in 1994 and an M.S. in Geology in 1996. One of Ted’s greatest accomplishments occurred when he went to the Grand Canyon with the ISU geology group. He made it down and back up the canyon without any assistance and was very proud of his effort and ability to do so.
Ted was interested in computer applications in geology, particularly Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He compiled GIS databases for general geologic use, wrote several GIS laboratory exercises for majors, and incorporated GIS analysis into his M.S. thesis research.
Ted passed away suddenly in 1997. In 2000, when the new Digital Mapping and Research Laboratory was created, the Geology faculty and staff chose to honor Ted’s academic and personal achievements by dedicating the lab to him. Ted was a pioneer in utilizing GIS technologies.