Election Results
Tinker Voted President-Elect
Scott W. Tinker, director of the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin and Texas State Geologist was voted President-Elect by the AAPG membership. He will serve as AAPG president in 2008-09.
Also elected were:
- Vice president (Regions) – John Hogg, exploration vice president, MGM Energy, Calgary, Canada (two-year term).
- Vice president (Sections) – John M. Armentrout, Cascade Stratigraphic, Clackamas, Ore. (one-year term).
- Secretary – Edward A. “Ted” Beaumont, independent geologist, Tulsa.
- Editor – Gretchen Gillis, Schlumberger, executive editor, books, Schlumberger, Sugar Land, Texas.
The newly elected officers will begin their duties on July 1, serving on an Executive Committee headed by Willard R. “Will” Green, Midland, Texas, independent.
Remaining on the committee is Randi S. Martinsen, who will complete the second of a two-year term as treasurer.
Also on the new committee is Martin D. “Marty” Hewitt, of Nexen Petroleum International, Calgary, Canada, who will assume the chairmanship of the House of Delegates.