The AAPG Executive Committee has approved the following list of honors and award winners. The awards will be presented during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Annual Convention & Exhibition, set for May 20-23 in Salt Lake City.
Honorees are:
Sidney Powers Memorial Award
Michael C. Forrest (Dallas)
Michel T. Halbouty Outstanding Leadership Award
Hans H. Krause (Caracas, Venezuela)
Honorary Member Award
Jeffrey Brooks Aldrich (Denver)
Edward A. (Ted) Beaumont (Tulsa)
Gretchen M. Gillis (Houston)
Jeffrey W. Lund (Houston)
David G. Rensink (Houston)
Paul Weimer (Boulder, Colo.)
Norman H. Foster Outstanding Explorer Award
Susan Morrice (Iguana Creek, Cayo, Belize)
Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award
Carlo Doglioni (Rome)
Mark G. Rowan (Boulder, Colo.)
Distinguished Service Award
Peter Baillie (Perth, Australia)
Richard Ball (Houston)
Steven Brachman (Houston)
Cynthia Huggins (Bakersfield, Cali.)
Jon R. Schwalbach (Oxnard, Cali.)
Michael L. Sweet (Houston)
Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award
Frank R. Ettensohn (Lexington, Ky.)
Phillip Steven Simony (Calgary, Canada)
Public Service Award
Thomas C. Chidsey Jr. (Salt Lake City)
Pioneer Award
Ian David Maycock (Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
Geosciences in the Media Award
Wayne Ranney (Flagstaff, Ariz.)
Young Professionals Exemplary Service Award
Ola Adly Fakhry Mohamed (Maadi, Cairo, Egypt)
Dwandari Ralanarko (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Vlastimila (Vlasta) Dvořáková International Ambassador Service Award (New)
David C. Blanchard (Houston)
Gilbert E. Odior (Lagos, Nigeria)
Publication Awards
Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award
Benjamin Kneller, Mason Dykstra, Luke Fairweather, Juan Pablo Milana
Robert H. Dott Sr. Memorial Award
Claudio Bartolini, Paul Mann
J.C. "Cam" Sproule Memorial Award
Jinyu Zhang, Ronald Steel, William A. Ambrose
John W. Shelton Search and Discovery Award
Andrew D. Miall
George C. Matson Memorial Award (Best Paper at 2017 ACE)
Paul G. Lillis
Jules Braunstein Memorial Award (Best Poster at 2017 ACE)
Katie Joe McDonough, Kenneth McDermott, Elisabeth Gillbard, Kyle Reuber, Jim Pindell, Brian W. Horn
SEG/AAPG Best Paper in Interpretation Journal Award
Krzysztof M. (Chris) Wojcik, Irene S. Espejo, Adebukonla Kalejaiye, Otuka Umahi