Arnold H. Bouma, who has a
sequence named after him because of
his discovery of dividing deepwater
turbidites into intervals, has been named
the 2007 recipient of the Sidney Powers
Memorial Award.
Bouma, an adjunct professor at Texas
A&M University, heads the list of those
persons being honored this year by the
Association.
AAPG awards, approved by the
Executive Committee, are presented
annually to recognize individuals for
service to the profession, the science,
the Association and the public.
As a recipient of the Powers Medal,
Bouma is bestowed the Association’s
highest honor.
In addition, this year’s slate of
honorees includes a new award – the
inaugural Michel T. Halbouty
Outstanding Leadership Award,
approved earlier this year by the
Executive Committee to honor those who
have provided excellence in Association
leadership (see related story).
Receiving the inaugural Halbouty
Outstanding Leadership award is John
Amoruso, of Amoruso Petroleum in
Houston, an AAPG Honorary member,
former AAPG president and member of
the AAPG Foundation Corporation.
Bouma, Amoruso and their fellow
honorees will be recognized at the
opening session of the 2007 AAPG
Annual Convention, April 1-4 in Long
Beach, Calif.
An interview with Bouma will be
published in a future EXPLORER, and
biographies and citations of all award
winners will be included in a future
BULLETIN.
Those award winners approved by
the Executive Committee and who will be
honored along with Bouma in Long
Beach, Calif. are:
Michel T. Halbouty
Outstanding Leadership Award
- John J. Amoruso, Amoruso
Petroleum, Houston.
Honorary Member Award
Presented to members who have
distinguished themselves by their
accomplishments and through their
service to the profession of petroleum
geology and to AAPG.
- Edward D. Dolly, The Houston
Exploration Co., Denver.
Marlan W. Downey, Dallas. - Daniel L. Smith, Sandalwood Oil
and Gas, Houston.
Outstanding Explorer Award
Presented to members in recognition
of distinguished and outstanding
achievement in exploration for petroleum
or mineral resources, with an intended
emphasis on recent discovery.
- Dan B. Steward, Republic Energy
Co., The Woodlands, Texas.
Distinguished Service Award
- Adekunle A. Adesida, Shell
Petroleum (Nigeria), Lagos, Nigeria. - Alfredo E. Guzman, Pemex,
Veracruz, Mexico. - Andrew Hurst, University of
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. - John C. Lorenz, Sandia National
Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M. - Erik P. Mason, Shell Oil, Katy,
Texas. - Valary L. Schulz, Matador
Resources, Dallas.
Grover E. Murray
Distinguished Educator Award
Presented for distinguished and
outstanding contributions to geological
education, both at the university level
and toward education of the general
public.
- Janok Bhattacharya, University of
Houston, Houston. - A. Eugene Fritsche, retired
(emeritus – California State University at
Northridge), Winnetka, Calif. - Stephan A. Graham, Stanford
University, Stanford, Calif.
Special Award
Presented to individuals and
organizations whose area of work may
not qualify for one of the existing awards,
but are worthy of Association
recognition.
- Richard D. Fritz, executive director,
AAPG, Tulsa. - Marcus Milling, executive director
of the American Geological Institute in
Alexandria, Va., since 1992.
Milling died Oct. 17 after a long
illness.
Public Service Award
Presented to recognize contributions
of AAPG members to public affairs – and
intended to encourage such activities.
- Peter T. Flawn, retired (president
emeritus, the University of Texas at
Austin), Austin, Texas. - Lee C. Gerhard, Thomasson Partner
Associates, Lawrence, Kan. - Edward M.Warner, Expedition Oil
Co., Denver.
Pioneer Award
Presented to long-standing members
who have contributed to the Association
and who have made meaningful
contributions to the science of geology.
- W. Herbert Hunt, Petro-Hunt, Dallas.
Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award
Presented to honor and reward the
author(s) of the best AAPG BULLETIN
article published each calendar year.
- Shankar Mitra, Gerardo Correa
Figueroa, Jesus Hernandez Garciaand
Antonio Murrillo Alvarado, for “Three-
Dimensional Structural Model of the
Cantarell and Sihil Structures, Campeche
Bay, Mexico,” which appeared in the
January 2005 BULLETIN. All are with the
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
Robert H. Dott Sr. Memorial Award
Presented to honor and reward the
author/editor of the best special
publication dealing with geology
published by the Association.
- Amos Salvador, for AAPG Studies
54,Energy: A Historical Perspective and
21st Century Forecast. Salvador is with
the University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas.
George C. Matson Award
Presented to honor and reward the
best oral presentation at the AAPG
Annual Convention in Houston.
- Steven H. Brachman, for “Integration of 3-D Seismic With Geologic
Knowledge Can Detect Non-Amplitude
Combination Traps and Discover New
Pay Zones in the 600 BCF Mature Play,
Northern Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.” Brachman is with Pogo Producing,
Houston.
Jules Braunstein Memorial Award
Presented to honor and reward the
best poster presentation at the AAPG
Annual Convention in Houston.
- George W. Shurr, Thomas HaggarandSarah A. Chadima, for the poster “Exploration Strategies for Ultra-Shallow
Microbial Methane on the Eastern Margin
of the Williston Basin.” Shurr is with
GeoShurr Resources, Ellsworth, Minn.,
and Haggar and Chadima are both with
the South Dakota Geological Survey,
Vermillion, S.D.
Geosciences in the Media Award
Presented for notable journalistic
achievement in any medium, which
contributes to public understanding of
geology, energy resources or the
technology of oil and gas exploration.
Granting of this award in any year is
discretionary.
- Michael J. Economides, a prolific
author with 11 books either authored or
co-authored to his credit, and with two
more books in press; honored for his
most recent best-seller, The Color of Oil.
Economides is one of the most
recognizable names in the energy
industry and is a professor at the Cullen
College of Engineering, University of
Houston.
He will be the featured speaker at the
All-Convention Luncheon at the2007
AAPG Annual Conventionin Long Beach,
Calif.