James H. Trexler, Jr. and Patricia H. Cashman Papers

James "Jim" Hugh Trexler, Jr. was born on July 21, 1946, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Trexler was a passionate outdoorsman, an Eagle Scout, and professionally a geologist who studied sedimentary rocks. After serving as a trumpet player in the United States Navy Band, Trexler attended the University of Maryland (B.S., 1974), the University of Oklahoma (M.S., 1976), and the University of Washington (Ph.D., 1984). Trexler worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for three years between his Master's and Doctorate degrees and taught at Weber State University in Utah. Trexler died after a 15-year battle with cancer on May 15, 2017.

Patricia Hughes Cashman was born on October 9, 1950. She received her B.A. in Geology from Middlebury College in 1972 and her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1979. Cashman and Trexler met at Weber State University, where they were both geology professors.

Cashman and Trexler moved to Reno in 1987 to take positions as Associate Research Professors of Geology in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering. Together, Cashman and Trexler published dozens of articles on sedimentary geology in Nevada and led research projects at the Nevada National Security Site (formerly the Nevada Test Site). Trexler taught at UNR for 31 years until his passing. Cashman is an Emeritus faculty.

[Information on Trexler taken from his obituary, accessed November 15, 2022. Information on Cashman assembled from a variety of sources including her CV and email correspondence with the department.]