Larry Onesti

Lawrence Joseph Onesti (November 12, 1938 – July 7, 2018)^[1] was an American professional football player who was a linebacker^[2] in the American Football League (AFL). He played four seasons for the Houston Oilers.

Onesti was a three-year letterman playing college football for the Northwestern Wildcats from 1959 to 1961, and one of the first NU football players to be named Academic All-America. He won the honor in 1961, following his senior season. As a captain for the 1961 squad, Onesti also was named All-America, All-Big Ten, and Academic All-Big Ten. He is one of only three NU football players to be named both All-America and Academic All-America in the same season. He participated in the 1961 North–South Shrine Game, where he was named MVP for the North team, as well as the 1962 Coaches' All-America Game and the 1962 College All-Star Game. Onesti was a ninth round draft pick of the Houston Oilers in 1962 and played four seasons in the AFL.

Onesti taught for many years at Indiana University Bloomington in the faculty of Geography.

Onesti attended Assumption College High School in Windsor, Ontario, where he began to play football. He went on to college studies at Northwestern University where he played linebacker and was one of the first football players to make Academic All American and was later inducted into the Northwestern Hall of Fame. At Northwestern he studied Education and met his future wife, June Skowronski.

After graduating from Northwestern in 1962, he was selected by the Chicago Bears and the Houston Oilers but chose to play for the Oilers because the salary was $1000 more (which always amused him). He and June married in 1964 and moved to Houston where he was a linebacker for the Oilers for four seasons. After his pro football career, he went to Michigan State University where he earned an M.A. in Geology and Geography in 1969. In 1973 he earned a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin.

Onesti held postdoctoral teaching positions at the University of Wisconsin, UCLA and the State University of New York at Buffalo. In 1976, he joined the Indiana University Bloomington faculty where he forged a distinguished career as a teacher and researcher, first as an Associate Professor of Geography and then as Professor of Geological Sciences in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (formerly Geology). Later in his IU career, he moved to the School of Continuing Studies where he served as Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Principal of Indiana University High School.

オネスティは、アメリカ航空宇宙局（NASA）、カリフォルニア工科大学ジェット推進研究所、ゴダード宇宙飛行センターからフェローシップを受けた。インディアナ大学での彼の大学活動は、大学運動委員会やブルーミントン教員評議会での活動、ブリスコー・フェローシップ・プログラムのアドバイザー兼メンターとしての活動など多岐に渡る。

オネスティは、ロシア、中国、メキシコ、日本、そしてアメリカ合衆国各地で数多くの研究論文を執筆・発表し、プロジェクトにも携わった。また、アリゾナ州ツァイレの鉱山跡地復旧に関してナバホ族のコンサルタントを務めたほか、アラスカ州アンカレッジのアリエスカ・パイプラインにおける雪崩活動と力学の評価も行った。1992年には、キルギス共和国（旧ソ連）政府から地質評価官として招聘された。