01 August, 2009

Corporation Members Re-Elected in Denver

 

Six Members of the AAPG Foundation Corporation were re-elected as regular members at the group’s recent meeting in Denver during the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition.

Robert Ardell

Six Members of the AAPG Foundation Corporation were re-elected as regular members at the group’s recent meeting in Denver during the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition.

Regular members re-elected to five-year terms were:

  • Robert J. Ardell.
  • Byron F. Dyer.
  • Donald A. O’Nesky.
  • John W. Shelton(who also was honored in Denver by the Foundation with the Chairman’s Award).

Regular members re-elected for three-year terms were:

  • James A. Gibbs.
  • William E. Gipson.

The members of the corporation’s next meeting will be April 12, in New Orleans, during the 2010 AAPG convention.

Robert Ardell
Robert Ardell
Byron Dyer
Byron Dyer
Don O'Nesky
Don O'Nesky
John Shelton
John Shelton
Jim Gibbs
Jim Gibbs
Bill Gipson
Bill Gipson

In other Foundation news, a new memorial grant has been established through a generous contribution from AAPG past president, Honorary Member and past Foundation ChairmanLarry Funkhouser and his wife, Jean Stoneburner Funkhouser, of Palo Alto.

The Roger W. Stoneburner Memorial Grant-in-Aid will provide a $1,000 grant annually to a deserving graduate student selected by the AAPG Grants-in-Aid Committee.

Funkhouser also provided an additional contribution to the James E. Wilson Memorial Grant, which will be awarded in the amount of $500 beginning with the 2010 Grants-in-Aid Program.