Distinguished Member of the House

Presented in recognition of the unique or exemplary service to the House through committee work. Chairing of committees and service as an officer will be considered, but not required. Annual presentation is not required and there shall be no limitation of the number of annual recipients.

 

2021

Maurice Nixon Birdwell

William S. Houston

Anne C. Draucker

2020

David A. Dolph

Justin Vandenbrink

Edward Michael Rothman

2019

Robert Charles Shoup

Edward Beauregard Picou, Jr.

Larry Craig Knauer

2018

Robert Edward Webster

John Myers Armentrout

2017

David G. Campbell

Jeanne Elizabeth Harris

2016

Steven Maurice Goolsby

Michael Duane Allison

Lawrence H. Wickstrom

John Kaldi

2015

Deborah K. Sacrey

Mark Allen Rainer

Robert Randolph Ray

2014

Paul William Britt

Margaret Anne C. Rogers

2013

David Jacob Entzminger

2012

Jeannie Fisher Mallick

Vlastimila Dvorakova

George Eynon

2011

James S. McGhay

Stephen A. Sonnenberg

2010

Robert G. Lindblom

Donald Dean Clarke

2009

Susan M. Landon

2008

Alan Lee DeGood

John Reginald V. Brooks

Patrick James Gooding

2007

Carroll L. Kinney

Robert D. Cowdery

2006

Peter Gordon Gray

Terry L. Hollrah

Sandra Margaret Barber

2005

Sigrunn Johnsen

Brian D. Keith, PhD

2004

Stewart Chuber, PhD

John Richard Hogg

Donald Watson Lewis

2003

Robert Loren Countryman

Edward Wyman Heath

2002

Thomas Mairs

Jean Robertson Lemmon

2001

J. Michael Party

Dwight McClintock Moore

2000

Brenda Kay Cunningham

Daniel Lester Smith

Presentation of House of Delegates' Distinguished Member Awards to Ed Picou and Bob Shoup at the Opening Session, Annual Convention & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas on May 19, 2019.
Presentation of House of Delegates' Distinguished Member Awards to John Armentrout and Bob Webster at the Opening Session, Annual Convention & Exhibition in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 21, 2018.

 

Rules and Procedures for Granting Awards
  1. All awards shall be given only to recognize persons for their service to the house of delegates.
  2. Current membership in the House of Delegates is not required.
  3. The Honors and Awards Committee shall prepare the title, description of and qualifications for any new award proposed by the committee to be established, and shall forward the same to the rules and procedures committee. All awards will be presented in the year following the year the award is established.
  4. All awards shall be established by amendment to these rules and procedures.
  5. No Honors and Awards Committee member shall receive an award while serving on that committee.
  6. No AAPG Member shall receive more than one House award in any one year. A Member being voted two or more such awards in the same year shall retain the highest award and relinquish the lower one(s). The award ranking shall be 1) Honorary Member, 2) Distinguished Member, and 3) Long Service. This shall not preclude that member from receiving one or more of the other awards at a later time. No current holder of or candidate for any AAPG office, no current holder of or candidate for any HoD office, no immediate past chair of the HoD, no president or candidate for president of any AAPG Division, and no candidate for a position on the Advisory Council may be nominated for an HoD award except an HoD Recognition of Service Award.

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