The AAPG Executive Committee has approved the following list of honors and award winners. The awards will be presented during the opening ceremony of the 2017 Annual Convention & Exhibition, set for April 2-5 in Houston.
The AAPG Executive Committee has approved the following list of honors and award winners. The awards will be presented during the opening ceremony of the 2017 Annual Convention & Exhibition, set for April 2-5 in Houston.
Honorees are:
Sidney Powers Memorial Award
Lawrence D. Meckel (Rocky Mountain)
Michel T. Halbouty Outstanding Leadership Award
Edward D. Dolly (Rocky Mountain)
Honorary Member Award
Katharine "Lee" Avary (Eastern)
David R. Cook (Europe)
Steven M. Goolsby (Rocky Mountain)
Leslie B. Magoon (Pacific)
Walter "Rusty" Riese (Gulf Coast)
James P. Rogers (Rocky Mountain)
Norman H. Foster Outstanding Explorer Award
Terry Mather (Rocky Mountain)
Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award
Julie LeFever (Rocky Mountain)
Distinguished Service Award
Fowzia Abdullah (Middle East)
Anwar M. Al-Beaiji (Middle East)
Sylvia Anjos (Latin America and Caribbean)
Mary Broussard (Gulf Coast)
Richard D. Fritz (Mid-Continent)
Creties D. Jenkins (Pacific)
Kurt Neher (Pacific)
Robert N. Ryan (Gulf Coast)
Lawrence H. Wickstrom (Eastern)
Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award
Norman J. Hyne (Mid-Continent)
Cari L. Johnson (Rocky Mountain)
Harrison Schmitt Award
Julia Gardner (posthumous) (Pacific)
Zhongjian Qiu (Asia Pacific)
Public Service Award
Friends of Dinosaur Ridge (Rocky Mountain)
W. Lynn Watney (Mid-Continent)
Pioneer Award
John Oty (Rocky Mountain)
Geosciences in the Media Award
Michael Collier (Rocky Mountain)
Young Professionals Exemplary Service Award (New)
Aisha A. Al-Bulushi (Middle East)
Catherine E. Campbell (Rocky Mountain)
Nick Lagrillière (Europe)
Ryan Lemiski (Canada)
Publication Awards
Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award
Keith W. Shanley and Robert M. Cluff (posthumous)
Robert H. Dott Sr. Memorial Award
Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle, Peter A. Scholle, Juergen Schieber and Robert J. Raine
J.C. "Cam" Sproule Memorial Award
Joseph M. English, Grenville A. Lunn, Luke Ferreira and George Yacu
John W. Shelton Search and Discovery Award
Mike Blum, Kristy T. Milliken, John W. Snedden and William E. Galloway
George C. Matson Memorial Award (Best Paper at ACE)
Martin J. Kennedy
Jules Braunstein Memorial Award (Best Poster at ACE)
Jenna M. DiMarzio, Svetoslav, V. Georgiev, Holly Stein and Judith Hannah
SEG/AAPG Best Paper in Interpretation Journal Award
Roderick Perez Altimar and Kurt J. Marfurt
Gabriel Dengo Memorial Award (Best Paper at ICE)
Thomas Murphy
Ziad Beydoun Memorial Award (Best Poster at ICE)
Daniel Emiliano Bolaños-Rodriguez, Manuel Cruz-Castillo and Adriana Acosta-Angeles