Elected Editor Candidates Biographies 45542

James W. “Jim” Handschy

Manager,
global geology, ConocoPhillips Upstream, Houston

Born 1958, Carlsbad, N.M.

Jim Handschy started his petroleum industry career
in the reservoir engineering department of El Paso
Natural Gas Company in 1980. He left El Paso Natural
Gas after three years to pursue graduate studies.

Following completion of his doctorate in 1988 Handschy
joined Shell Exploration and Production Co., where
he worked on exploration, production and research
projects around the world for 10 years. He served
from 1997 to 1998 as Shell’s manager of trap evaluation
research and services.

Handschy joined Phillips Petroleum Co. in 1998 and
was named chief geologist for worldwide exploration
and production in 1999, a position he held until the
ConocoPhillips merger was completed August 2002.

Since the merger Handschy has served as manager of
global geology for ConocoPhillips Upstream.

Handschy was born in 1958 in Carlsbad, N.M. He earned
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from the
University of Texas at El Paso.

He was awarded a Ph.D. in geology and geophysics from
Rice University in 1989.

Handschy has published numerous papers in international
geological journals and books. He has served as a
reviewer for AAPG, GSA and JSG, as an editor for internal
company reports in Shell, Phillips and ConocoPhillips,
and as editor of a special AAPG BULLETIN volume.

An AAPG member since 1981, he also is a member of
the Geological Society of America and the American
Geological Institute.

Ernest A. Mancini

Professor
of Geology, University of Alabama

Director,
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council’s Eastern Gulf
Region, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Born 1947,
Reading, Pa.

Academic
Degrees

1969

Albright
College, Reading, Pa., B.S., biology

1972

Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., M.S., zoology

1974

Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas, Ph.D.,
geology

Experience

1969-71

Earth
science and biology teacher, North Greene High School,
White Hall, Ill.

1974-76

Petroleum
exploration geologist, Cities Service Co., Denver

1976-78

Petroleum research geologist, Mineral Resources
Institute, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

1976-Present

Assistant,
associate, full professor of geology, University
of Alabama

1982-96

State
geologist and director, Geological Survey of Alabama

1982-96

Oil
and gas supervisor and director, State Oil and Gas
Board of Alabama

1995-Present

Director,
Eastern Gulf Region, Petroleum Technology Transfer
Council, University of Alabama

1998-Present

Director,
Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies, University
of Alabama

AAPG
Activities (Member 1979)

1980-83

Membership
Committee

1985-86

Convention
Coordination, EMD Field Trips

1986

Co-Leader,
EMD field trip, annual meeting

1987-88

Haas-Pratt
Distinguished Lecturer

1992-99

DEG
Environmental Issues Committee

1993

Co-Leader,
AAPG field trip, annual meeting and Trustees field
trip

1994-97

DEG
Advisory Board member

1996-2004

Research
Committee (vice chair, 1998-2001, chair, 2001-04)

2000, 2001

Co-convener,
AAPG Hedberg Research Conferences

2002-05

Reservoir
Development Committee

2003-05

Associate
editor, AAPG BULLETIN

Affiliated
and Associated Societies

• President,
  Alabama Geological Society (1980-81)
• GCAGS
  Executive Committee and Convention Committee (1980-81)
• President
  and Executive Council, GCS-SEPM (1984-85)
• Co-chair,
  GCAGS Technical Sessions (1980, 1982, 1986, 1991,
  1992, 1997, 2003)
• Co-Chair,
  GCS-SEPM Research Conference Committee (1982-86, 1990-92,
  2000-01)
• Co-Leader,
  GCAGS, GCS-SEPM, AGS, LGS Field Trips (1982, 1987-89,
  1992, 1998)
• GCS-SEPM
  Luncheon Speaker (1992)
• SEPM
  Research Committee (1990-92)

Other Professional
Affiliations

• Editor,
  Association of American State Geologists Journal (1984-86)
• President,
  Association of American State Geologists (1990-91)
• Editorial
  Board for Environmental Geology and Water Sciences
  Journal (1991-92)
• President,
  Southeastern Section, Paleontological Society (1989-90)
• Chair,
  Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America
  (1997-98)
• Chair,
  North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature
  (1999-2000)

Honors
and Awards

• AAPG
  (A.I. Levorsen Award, Gulf Coast, 1980; Distinguished
  Educator Award, 2000)
• GCAGS
  (Five Best Paper/Poster awards, 1980-82, 1995, 2001;
  Outstanding Educator Award, 1998; Honorary Member,
  2003)
• GCS-SEPM
  (Honorary Member, 1991)
• AASG
  (Honorary Member, 1996)
• GSA (Fellow,
  1995)

Publications

AAPG/GCAGS
publications and technical presentations on petroleum
geology and related topics.

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