Speaker

Mr. Daniel Evanich

Biography :

Mr. Daniel Evanich was born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1951, and later relocated with my parents and family to Colorado, then New Mexico, and finally to California. After graduating from High School in 1969, I chose a career in electronics that would last some 35+ years. Early in my career, I completed my undergraduate degree in business and spent the next 23 years with Panasonic and Sony in Corporate Marketing and Sales. I retired as Sony Electronics National Account Manager in 2012 and have since been able to devote more time to expanding my knowledge of Western U.S. rare mineral species as well as continuing independent research and field collecting activities. My first new mineral discovery, Evanichite, was published in 2022. Since 1998 I have been an integral part in the coordination of many BAM (Bay Area Mineralogists) field trips throughout the Western U.S. including the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. The main focus of my mineral research studies on Western U.S. minerals, especially those from Butte, Montana, along with several other historic mining localities including Tiger and Bisbee, Arizona, San Benito County, California, and Pershing County, Nevada. In addition to BAM, I am an active member of Northern California Mineralogical Association (NCMA), Mineralogical Society of Southern California (MSSC), and Crystal Gazers of San Francisco.