Leslie Coleman, professor of geology emeritus at the University of Saskatchewan, died July 12, 2019, at age 92.
Born in 1926 in Toronto, Canada, Coleman moved with his family to India at age 1. The family lived there for seven years, and he attended boarding schools in England for two of those years. Returning with his family to Toronto in 1934, Coleman completed a bachelor’s degree in 1950 and a master’s degree in 1952 at Queens University.
Married in 1952, he earned a Ph.D. in geology from Princeton in 1955. He then taught geology at Tulane University, Lafayette College, and Ohio State University.
In 1960 Coleman joined the geology department at the University of Saskatchewan. He taught there for 34 years, and retired in 1994. In addition, his interests were the arts and traveling. He served on the Mendel Art Gallery board, the Saskatchewan Jazz Society and festival, and the Municipal Planning Commission.
Coleman was predeceased by his wife, Mary Helen, in 2015. He is survived by two children and four grandchildren.
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