Candidates for AAPG office have been given the opportunity to respond briefly to the subject: "Why I Accepted the Invitation to be a Candidate for an AAPG Office."
Their responses and biographical information were provided by each candidate and edited only for grammar, spelling and format.
This information will also be provided as hard-copy in the January issue of the EXPLORER and available on the AAPG Web site through the election period. Ballots will be mailed, online in the first quarter of 2008. Results will be posted mid-May 2008.
Candidates were asked to limit their biographies to 350 words and responses to 500 words.
2007-08 Treasurer Candidate
Edith C. Allison
Exploration Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
Born 1945, Fort Riley, Kan.
Academic Degrees
- 1971
- B.S., geology, West Texas State University
- 1979
- M.S., geology, University of Utah
Experience
- 1997-present
- U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., exploration program manager
- 1986-1997
- U.S. Department of Energy, Bartlesville, Okla, reservoir characterization manager
- 1982-1986
- Mesa Petroleum, Amarillo, Texas, development geologist
- 1979-1982
- Argonaut Energy Corp., Amarillo, Texas, exploration geologist
- 1976-1979
- University of Utah, geology lecturer
AAPG Activities
- 2006-present
- Professional Women in Earth Sciences Ad Hoc Committee
- 2005-present
- Constitution and Bylaws Committee, House of Delegates
- 2003-present
- House of Delegates
- 2003-2004
- Visiting Geologist
- 2001-2004
- Reservoir Development Committee
- 1999-2004
- Chair, Preservation of Geoscience Data Committee
- 1998-present
- Energy Minerals Division
- 1998-present
- Unconventional Petroleum Systems Group
- 1996-2004
- Preservation of Geoscience Data Committee
- 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2005
- Annual Convention, session chair
- 1985
- Mid-Continent Section meeting, program committee
Affiliated and Associated Societies and Sections and major offices held
- 1998-present
- Geological Society of Washington, 2003-2005 Councilor
- 1986-present
- Society of Petroleum Engineers, program committees, EOR meeting-1988 and Western Regional meeting-1997
- 1986-1997
- Tulsa Geological Society
- 1985-present
- Association of Women Geoscientists
- 1984-2005
- Society of Professional Well Log Analysts
- 1980-1986
- Amarillo Geological Society
AAPG Honors and Awards
- 2004
- Certificate of Merit
Publications
- Over 50 public lectures, many keynote and invited
- Over 30 published books, articles and abstracts