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 Vice President - Sections Candidate
W. C. “Rusty” Riese
Geoscience adviser, BP America Production Co
Born 1951, Newport, R.I.
Academic Degrees
- 1973
- B.S., geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- 1977
- M.S., geology, University of New Mexico
- 1980
- Ph.D., geology, University of New Mexico
Experience
- 2000-present
- BP America Production Co, geoscience adviser
- 1993-2000
- Vastar Resources, senior principal geologist, consulting geologist
- 1984-1993
- ARCO Oil and Gas Co, senior geologist, area geologist, district geologist, area exploration manager
- 1981-1984
- Anconda Minerals Co., project geochemist
- 1974-1981
- Gulf Mineral Resources, junior geologist, project geologist
- 1972-1973
- New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, junior geologist
- 1985-present
- Rice University, adjunct assistant and associate professor, adjunct professor
- 1998-present
- University of New Mexico, adjunct professor
- 1990-1995
- California State University-Bakersfield, lecturer, adjunct faculty
- 1985-1989
- University of Houston, instructor
AAPG Activities
Certified Petroleum Geologist #5858
- 1992, 2001-present
- House of Delegates
- 2001-present
- Committee on Resource Evaluations, current chair
- 1992-present
- Visiting Petroleum Geologist
- 1992-1995
- Academic Liaison Committee
- 1991
- Pacific Section secretary
- 1991
- Pacific Section Convention Committee
- 1988
- Session organizer and chair, Annual Convention
- 1981
- Rocky Mountain Section Convention Committee
- 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Annual Convention, Matson Award judge
- 2003-2007
- Annual Convention, EMD award judge
Affiliated and Associated Societies and Sections and major offices held
- American Institute of Professional Geologists (1980, N.M. chapter treasurer; 1981 N.M. chapter VP)
- Association of Exploration Geochemists
- Geological Society of America
- Society of Economic Geologists
- Houston Geological Society
- Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
- Four Corners Geological Society
- San Joaquin Geological Society (1992, president-elect; 1993, president)
AAPG Honors and Awards
- 1996
- EMD best paper, Annual Convention
- 2005
- EMD Frank E. Kottlowski Best Paper Award, Annual Convention
Publications
- 28 papers
- 51 abstracts
- Eight U.S. patents
- 36 international patents
- 13 international patents pending
- Several hundred public lectures
- Numerous federal and state testimonies