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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 2010. Results will be posted mid-May 2010.
Candidates were asked to limit their biographies to 350 words and responses to 500 words.
2009-10 Treasurer Candidate
James S. McGhay
Vice president, Mid-Con Energy
Born 1950, Enid, Okla.
Academic Degrees
1973 B.S., geology, Oklahoma State University
Experience
2004-present Mid-Con Energy, vice president
1997-2004 Geo-Logic Concepts, independent geologist
1987-97 Diamond Energy, senior geologist
1983-86 Petromark Resources, vice president
1974-83 Henry Gungoll Associates, geologist
AAPG Activities
Joined AAPG 1972, member DEG, EMD
2008-present Pension Committee; Petroleum Technology Transfer Council; Preservation of Geoscience Data Committee
2007-present Public Outreach Committee
2005-present Sections Committee
1999-present Investment Committee
1998-present HoD, delegate
2007-09 HoD Honors and Awards Committee, chairman; HoD Nominations Committee Sections Committee, chairman
2005-08 Advisory Council
2006-07 Sections Committee, vice chair
2004-05 Pension Plan ad hoc Committee, vice chairman; Domestic Sections ad hoc Committee
2002-04 Career Services ad hoc Committee
2001-04 Ballot Committee
2002-03 Tulsa Geological Society, president
2001-03 Mid-Continent Section, president
1999-2005 Section officer - Mid-Continent
1999-02 Advisory Council
1992-98 HoD, alternate
AAPG Honors and Awards
2008 HoD Certificate of Service
2004 AAPG Certificate of Merit