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Honors and Awards Ceremony 2019

Drew Waggener, President

Ed Rothman, Honors and Awards Chairman Murray Matson & Marty Parris, Committee Members Special Thanks to Karin Alyea, AAPG–Tulsa, Award Design and Fabrication

AWARDEES

2019 PROFESSIONAL AWARDS 2018 PRESENTATION AWARDS Margaret Hawn Mirabile Memorial Best Student Paper Award John T. Galey Memorial Award A.I. Levorsen Memorial Best Paper Valerie Smith, Isis Fukai, Andrew Dr. Gary G. Lash Award Duguid, Dana Divine, R.M. Joeckel, Patrick Rutty and Dan Blankenau Honorary Membership Award Brandon Nuttall Ralph L. Miller Best Energy Best Student Poster Award Minerals Div. Best Paper Keithan Martin, L. Song, P. Kavousi, Distinguished Service Award Thomas Bardol and T.R. Carr Drew Waggener & Pittsburgh Geological Society Best Gordon H. Wood, Jr. Memorial Presentation on Appalachian CERTIFICATES OF MERIT Award (ES-EMD) Columbus, OH W. John Nelson Jr. Meeting Organizing Committee Division of Environmental George V. Cohee Public Service Geosciences Best Paper Award General Chair-Steve Zody Award Christopher B. T. Waid Technical Program Co- Thomas M. Berg, Sr. chairs- John Wicks & Larry Vincent E. Nelson Memorial Best Wickstrom Outstanding Educator Award Poster Award Field Trip Chair-John Miller Dr. Juergen Schieber Jeffrey C. Reid, C.W. Myers and R.H. Exhibits Chair-Amy Lang Carpenter Sponsorship Chair-Mark Division of Environmental Neese Geosciences Meritorious Energy Minerals Division Best Poster Short Course Chair-John Contributions Award Award Thomas Guochang Wang Dr. Neeraj Gupta Finance Chair-Marissa Dessert

Student Expo Chair-Tim Carr Division of Environmental Presidential Award Judging Chair- Amber Conner Geosciences Best Poster Award Peter MacKenzie Utility Chair- Jim McDonald Heather McCarren, Autumn Haagsma, A. Conner, S. Mawalkar, S. Mishra and N. Gupta

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retiring from teaching in January 2018. During his JOHN T. GALEY MEMORIAL tenure at Fredonia, Lash maintained an extensive AWARD research program. His early work entailed structural and stratigraphic studies of deformed shelf and deep Dr. Gary G. Lash water Ordovician rocks of the central Appalachian orogen as well as western and central Newfoundland. In the late 1990s, Lash began investigating the well- exposed Devonian shale of western New York with emphasis on the nature and origin of natural hydraulic fractures hosted by these rocks, especially the organic-rich black shale. Lash’s work on Devonian shale evolved from fracture mechanics and the nature of the Devonian lithospheric stress system to the subsurface of these rocks throughout the Appalachian Basin as well as the trace element of both the organic-rich and organic-lean shale. Further, Lash has elucidated the role of very early (biogenic) methane generation and migration within the succession on the diagenetic history of these deposits. Most recently, he has published on the stable element isotope chemostratigraphy and magnetic susceptibility of the Upper Devonian sequence with emphasis on the timing and significance of large amplitude isotope events. This work has resulted in the recognition of microtektite-like objects in the succession that correspond roughly with the Alamo Impact Event. Lash is presently working with several research groups from Chinese universities, including the University of the Chinese Academy of Science, on a variety of research projects related to facies and depositional models of black shale, very early diagenetic processes that can alter these deposits both “For his many contributions to the texturally and compositionally, and the evolution of nanoporosity. understanding of organic-rich shale which helped build the foundation of Lash has been involved in an especially fruitful collaboration with Professor Emeritus Terry Engelder unconventional exploration and of Penn State. In 2011, Lash, with Engelder and development in the Appalachian Basin” George Mitchell, was cited as one of Foreign Policy Magazine’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers” for helping to make gas shale a geopolitical issue. Lash was a Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Gary Lash received featured scientist on “Crude,” a documentary a B.A. in geology at Kutztown University and his produced by the History Channel in 2008. In 2012, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at Lehigh University. As a Dr. Lash was named the Eastern Section American graduate student, Lash worked with the United States Association of Petroleum Outstanding Geological Survey on field studies of the Appalachian Educator. He was awarded the Frank Kottlowski foreland basin sequence of southeastern Memorial Award for the best paper, Energy Minerals Pennsylvania. Part of this work entailed the Division, at the 2012 National American Association application of modern oceanographic and tectonic of Petroleum meeting. Lash has authored principles to the analysis of the Ordovician deep- and co-authored well more than 100 publications in water sedimentary succession. Lash became a peer-reviewed journals, books, abstracts, and member of the Geology faculty at the State technical reports. University of New York, Fredonia, in August 1981, 2

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University, and made a better grade in that course than in Finally, Lash has served on the editorial board of The his planned major, chemistry. In 1975, he received a Open Petroleum Engineering Journal; he is currently bachelor’s degree in geology from Eastern Kentucky on the editorial board of the Journal of University and went to work evaluating coal reserves in Paleogeography, , Paleoecology. western Kentucky. In 1978, he joined the Kentucky Geological Survey and enjoyed a more than 40-year Citationist: Randy Blood career there.

His first job at KGS was to process incoming permits and HONORARY MEMBERSHIP well completions for central and eastern Kentucky. With his finger on the pulse of activity, Brandon acted as the AWARD Kentucky respondent to the AAPG Committee on Statistics of Drilling. The information developed by that Brandon Nuttall committee became the root of the Kentucky Oil and Gas Well Records database. That database expanded significantly after the creation of the East Kentucky Tight Formation Committee, which gathered data to qualify wells for Section 29 tax credits. That cooperative effort led to a project to compile an inventory of Devonian shale wells in eastern Kentucky.

Brandon has published and presented on a variety of subsurface mapping and research projects, including oil and gas resource assessment, carbon sequestration, reservoir evaluation for enhanced oil recovery, production data analysis, enhanced natural gas recovery in shale using CO2, and natural gas liquids possibilities in Kentucky's shale plays. He has served on statewide committees to formulate policy and regulations for the development of coalbed methane and carbon storage in Kentucky. He serves as a technical liaison to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet and was appointed by the cabinet secretary to a position on the Kentucky Oil and Gas Regulatory Modernization Workgroup.

Although the depth of his knowledge and passion for geology are impressive, what really distinguishes Brandon is his willingness to share with colleagues and students. He assists others with GIS, GPS, computer software, and “In recognition of more than 40 years of statistics applications. He served as technical program co- dedicated service to the chair for two Eastern Section annual meetings, and is currently editor for AAPG’s Search and Discovery online and the Eastern Section, as an exemplary journal. It should be no surprise that he has also been geoscientist and respected colleague” awarded Eastern Section’s Cohee Public Service Award, the Kentucky Oil and Gas Association’s Outstanding Brandon grew up in the western Kentucky oil patch, Service Award, and the Kentucky Section of AIPG’s where in the 1950s and ‘60s he tagged along with his Outstanding Kentucky Geologist Award. In addition, he father to mud rotaries in the Pond River bottoms and other received the Eastern Section Division of Environmental choice locations. He learned to drive on the section roads Geosciences Best Paper Award in 2009. of southern Illinois while accompanying his dad on field excursions for Humble Oil (now Exxon/Mobil). In 1972, I cannot think of a geologist who has had a greater impact he took a geology course as an elective at Emory on the petroleum industry in Kentucky. Brandon is well 3

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known and respected by colleagues across the Eastern Section. He epitomizes all that AAPG stands for. I am fortunate and proud to have worked with him for 29 years. “In recognition of his outstanding leadership while serving on the Brandon retired from KGS in 2019 and lives in Frankfort, Kentucky with Beverly, his wife of 42 years. He enjoys Executive Committee of the Eastern fly fishing, photography, exploring Kentucky’s back roads Section and as an officer of the for wine, bourbon, family diners, and hiking in parks and preserves. He is most deserving of this high honor. Appalachian Geological Society”

Citationist: Dave Harris Andrew “Drew” Waggener is the current president of the Eastern Section. After the Columbus meeting, he will PRESIDENTIAL AWARD step down as an officer after four years of service to the ES. Drew has served as the treasurer, secretary, vice- Peter MacKenzie president and president. The executive council has had a number of accomplishments under Drew’s leadership. MISSING LONG CITATION & PICTURE The website was overhauled and it was made more efficient, a website and social media coordinator was appointed, the constitution and by-laws were updated, and “In recognition of his leadership to the archived material will now be stored in the cloud. A semi-regular monthly officer conference call now occurs Eastern Section as Advisory Council to keep things moving on important issues before the representative and his creative thinking executive council. A financial plan was devised to that helped locate petroleum reserves in increase the funding of the two ES sponsored AAPG foundation grants and scholarships that had been the Appalachian Basin” minimally funded and relatively stagnant. Drew’s leadership skills have certainly helped the ES stay strong. Drew received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology DISTINGUISHED SERVICE from West Virginia University. He is a devoted Mountaineer sports fan and he and his wife attend home AWARD football games whenever possible. Shortly after Drew Waggener graduating from WVU, he began work at Haney & White in Charleston, West Virginia as a geologist. Haney & White was a consulting company that worked on both geological and engineering oil and gas projects. Gene Haney and Tom White helped mentor Drew to learn the ins and outs of the petroleum business. Gene and Tom were so impressed with Drew’s skills that they made him a partner, and they renamed the firm to Haney, White & Waggener. The company was sold to Marshall Miller & Associates, and Drew worked for the new organization doing both oil and gas and consulting projects. One of the last projects he was involved in was the study of carbon capture and storage in the Appalachian Basin. Currently Drew is the Chief Geologist at Triana Energy where he manages conventional and unconventional oil and gas assets for development, divestiture and acquisition.

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He has also served in leadership roles in his local society, the Appalachian Geological Society. I have worked with GEORGE V. COHEE PUBLIC Drew at both AGS and the ES. I know that it is important SERVICE AWARD to him to keep the organizations strong by having good technical programs and field trips and supporting Thomas M. Berg, Sr. geoscience departments at local universities with technical programs and networking opportunities. Drew is a registered geologist in Kentucky and an AAPG certified petroleum geologist. He was a charter member of the Division of Environmental Geoscience (DEG) at AAPG. Drew is also active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia. Drew and Jennifer have two children, Jessie and Scott. Jessie and her husband Jon live in Richmond, Virginia and have two children Henley and Davis. Their son Scott lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Drew and Jennifer take frequent trips to visit their children and grandchildren. The Distinguished Service Award is presented to members who have distinguished themselves in service to the Eastern Section. Drew Waggener has certainly distinguished himself as a leader in the Eastern Section and is very deserving of the Distinguished Service Award. Citationist: Ed Rothman

"In recognition of his empowerment of geologists at Ohio’s Geological Survey to map the state’s geology and to create the massive geologic databases of Ohio"

Tom Berg, originally from Vermillion, South Dakota, received a B.A. degree in 1962 and an M.S. degree in 1967, both in geology from the University of Colorado. He joined the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geological Survey in 1965, mapping the geology of western and northeast Pennsylvania. In 1975, Tom began work as the principal compiler of the Geologic Map of Pennsylvania, which was published in 1980. Between 1981 and 1989, Tom served as Associate State Geologist of Pennsylvania.

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Tom Berg was appointed State Geologist of Ohio in provided significant economic opportunity and public 1989. Upon his arrival there, he initiated several safety for the citizens of Ohio. Because of his changes to the Ohio Geological Survey. The most leadership, Thomas M. Berg is a very deserving significant initiative was the emphasis on completing recipient of the George V. Cohee Public Service an update of the Bedrock Geologic Map of Ohio, last Award. updated in 1920 and the oldest State Geologic Map in the United States. Tom directed the staff to change Citationist: James McDonald the mapping methodology to emphasize using existing data archived at the Survey, mapping in reconnaissance manner, and the use of computer GORDON H. WOOD JR., mapping techniques whenever possible. This new MEMORIAL AWARD mapping methodology allowed for the completion of the bedrock geologic maps at 1:24,000-scale within W. John Nelson Jr. seven years. The completion of mapping meant that Ohio became the third largest state to have full coverage at 1:24,000-scale. This also allowed the compilation of the final Bedrock Geologic Map of Ohio to be accelerated and published by 2006. There were other statewide geologic maps created during Tom Berg’s tenure, such as the Bedrock Topography Map and the Drift Thickness Map. These maps revolutionized the way that geologists and the public viewed the geology of Ohio.

The creation of the OhioSeis network is another accomplishment during Tom Berg’s tenure as State Geologist. Ohio had lost its last remaining seismic network by the early 1990’s. The creation of the new OhioSeis network, managed by Michael Hansen, allowed for a more comprehensive coverage across the state, allowed many different volunteer operators to participate, and the design of the network made it the most cost-efficient seismic network in the world. This network has been a significant component of seismic monitoring of induced seismicity during the Utica Shale unconventional shale play. “In recognition of contributions to the understanding of geologic disturbances Finally, the Survey’s building of the Horace R. in underground coal mines, coal Collins Core and Sample Repository was a major accomplishment, allowing the Ohio’s core and resources, stratigraphy, and tectonics” samples to have permanent home. Prior to the opening of the repository, the Survey had been This year’s awardee of the Gordon H. Wood, Jr. renting space to store the cores and samples for Memorial Award is W. John Nelson, Jr., who has decades. The new building houses a classroom and worked continuously for the Illinois State Geological allows a more permanent home and future expansion Survey in Champaign since 1974. of the archive space. The repository has shown the citizens of Ohio its worth, with the sampling activity John graduated from Williams College supporting the Utica Shale exploration play. (Massachusetts) with a B.S. in Geology in 1971, and went on to earn a M.S. from the University of Illinois, Tom Berg’s leadership of Ohio being only the second Urbana, Champaign in 1973. Following a brief stint state in the United States to have complete and working with Phillips Petroleum Company in Denver, detailed bedrock geology maps, the building of the John joined the Coal Section at the Illinois State Core Repository, and the OhioSeis network has Geological Survey (ISGS) in March, 1974. John’s

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early work involved detailed mapping of underground particularly his investigations of Pennsylvanian coal mines, delineating geologic features related to stratigraphy of the Illinois Basin. roof stability. The detailed mine mapping undertaken by John and ISGS was pioneering work, the U.S. Perhaps the best measure of John’s productivity and Bureau of Mines took notice and soon followed, with career, and reason why he is worthy of being the many coal companies embarking on similar recipient of the Gordon H. Wood Jr. Memorial programs. In conjunction with this early roof Award, is his impressive publication record. John has mapping work, John began mapping tectonic fault authored or co-authored approximately 155 full zones in underground mines. From here began John’s length publications and maps, with over 75 ISGS life-long journey of mapping local and regional publications, over 50 geologic quadrangle maps, 15 structure, and publishing many reports and works on articles in field trip guidebooks, and over 70 abstracts the structure and tectonics of Illinois and elsewhere. at national meetings. Perhaps most impressively, John has the all-time career number of publications Johns first foray into mapping began in 1982, creating among all ISGS geologists, having recently passed 1:24,000 scale quadrangle geologic maps in southern former ISGS survey chief M.M. Leighton for the Illinois. He continues mapping to the present day and lead. With this award, John’s work, his career is an author or co-author of more than 50 geologic history, and his dedication to the science and industry quadrangle maps. of coal and energy geology, honors the memory of Gordon H. Wood, Jr., both outstanding achievers in In the late 1980’s John transferred into the Basin the field. Analysis Section, where he continued his mapping and research on and regional Citationist: Scott D. Elrick tectonics, regional stratigraphic studies of the Carboniferous and Permian rocks in the Illinois Basin. The work never stops, and John is currently in OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR progress to complete the first comprehensive official reclassification of the Pennsylvanian. AWARD

From 1989 to 1990, John took part in an exchange Dr. Juergen Schieber program with the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. John carried out surface and subsurface mapping of the Cat Creek area in central Montana, the first oil field in the state. John was able to work the sequences of 5 major tectonic episodes, and further puzzled out their relationship to the migration and trapping of hydrocarbons.

In the 1990s, John’s quadrangle mapping in southern Illinois led to a series of investigations on the neotectonics of the New Madrid seismic zone. The studies demonstrated tectonic faulting in southern Illinois as young as Wisconsinan, a realization that altered the perception of earthquake hazards for the region.

Beginning in 1995 John commenced a series of investigations into Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks of Texas, New Mexico, Utah, and other western states in collaboration with other state surveys and museums. These projects continue today.

Although John officially retired from the ISGS in 2007, he remains active in his multiple fields,

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“In recognition of teaching students to added, with students involved in conceptualization, construction, and experimentation. Quite literally, generate new ideas, design tests, students work with the “nuts and bolts” to design and execute experiments, and disseminate conduct new flume experiments, then combine novel their discoveries, resulting in an insights with observations on rock samples from around the world, and finally merge them with nanoscale education lasts lifelong” observations to see what all this does for understanding unconventional reservoirs. Academia entrusts the Professoriate with responsibilities for discovering and disseminating new knowledge. In Frequent and long dinners at Professor Schieber’s university parlance, discovery is primarily through home for his students, often with visiting scientists and research; and, dissemination is primarily through teaching former students from around the world, invariably evolve and publishing. Professor Juergen Schieber excels in all. into meandering conversations that hop from science to His greatest achievement as an educator is how he braids politics, to music, to travel, to food, to literature, to art, to his research, sensu latu, in his teaching at all levels from philosophy and questions of life, the university, and freshman elective courses through mentoring graduate everything…very much resembling the chaos in his office students, post-doctoral fellows, and visitors. from which wafts of Brandenburg would emanate from time to time. Professor Schieber is a Co-PI on the Mars Science Lab Mission (the Curiosity rover), and has studied Professor Schieber educates his students and Martian surface geology since the rover landed in 2012. In colleagues not only through collaborative hands-on his freshman course “Journey to Mars”, he makes students participation but also by setting an example of the path, participate in observation and inferences of the current not commonly taken by the professoriate, to nurture the surface of Mars and its history, as Curiosity journeys on. growth of complete human beings that can contribute to Embedded in the science are observations of the good and prosperity of human society. Educationist , stratigraphy, sedimentary structures and par excellence. textures at multi-meter to millimeter scale. He and the Citationist: Dr. Abhijit Basu students discuss and debate the evidence for flowing and stagnant water and the possibility of past habitability. The journey enthralls the students as they learn why and how scientific expeditions are planned and executed. Along with his graduate students, Professor Schieber has for the past three decades conducted numerous field trips, field workshops, and short courses to examine the conditions for black shale deposition in the Devonian of the eastern US. In the process, students not only gather and understand the evidence, but learn how to “pass on” the “method” to newer students and colleagues in the oil industry. Students learn to apply this knowledge in practical terms to the vast field of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, by weaving in petrographic, sedimentological, and sequence stratigraphic principles, in a quest to gain new insights and perspectives. Some years ago, Professor Schieber, with his own hands, built a recirculating racetrack flume from transparent plastic to conduct experiments in mud transport and deposition that have changed and continue to change the way we think about mudstone . By now, three more flumes have been

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Dr. Gupta has been a primary leader of CO2-sequestration research in eastern and mid-western United States responsible DIVISION OF for developing several public-private collaborations. He is the ENVIRONMENTAL principal investigator for the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Project (MRCSP). Dr. Gupta’s role as the GEOSCIENCES principal investigator involves coordinating the research activities state geologic surveys and universities across ten MERITORIOUS states (DE, IN, KY, MD, MI, NJ, NY, PA, OH, and WV). The MRCSP research ranges from fundamental regional CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD characterization to site specific CO2-sequestration projects such as assessment of large-scale CO2-EOR and concurrent storage Dr. Neeraj Gupta project in northern Michigan. This project has demonstrated storage capacity, containment, and injectivity for more than 1 million tons CO2 of injected into a Niagaran reef complex, along with associated modeling, monitoring, life-cycle emissions, and commercialization research. Other components of research led by Dr. Gupta include enhanced oil recovery (EOR); brine disposal; and storage resources assessment in onshore and offshore reservoirs; regional and geomechanics; reservoir simulations; geochemical modeling and experiments; seismic assessments; and economic and regulatory aspects. The site demonstration projects, such as the AEP Mountaineer project, demonstrated the feasibility of CO2 storage in the Appalachian Basin.

Dr. Gupta’s work on CCUS also extends beyond the Midwest. His international experience includes World Bank funded Pilot Carbon Storage Project (PCSP) in South Africa, Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded technical assistance for CCUS in Indonesia, and consulting studies in China, Mexico,

Japan, Australia, and Europe. Dr. Gupta has served on numerous governmental and professional society panels and “In recognition of his research review committees.

leadership in subsurface resources and Dr. Gupta and his team have authored or co-authored over 150 publications on CCUS. He has brought into the Appalachian geologic CO₂ storage, and his world- and Michigan Basins over $200M in grants from the U.S. wide leadership in carbon capture, Department of Energy, from agencies, such as the Ohio Coal Development Office, and private industry. The research from utilization, and storage” these grants forms an important body of scientific work to enable deployment of CCUS as a climate change mitigation Dr. Neeraj Gupta is an acknowledged world-wide leader in strategy and for optimized use of subsurface resources. For his carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) at the Battelle career contributions to the carbon storage technologies, Dr. Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. He originally received Gupta was awarded the Battelle CEO award in 2018. his B.S. and M.S. in geology from Panjab University in India, and a M.S. in geochemistry from George Washington Because of his fundamental work in CO2-sequestration and his University. In 1987, he moved to Columbus, Ohio to work on influence on carbon capture, utilization, and storage throughout his Ph.D. under the advisement of Dr. Scott Bair. Dr. Gupta the rest of the world, Dr. Neeraj Gupta is one of the most received his Ph.D. in hydrogeology from the Ohio State deserving awardees of the Division of Environmental University in 1993, with his dissertation on waste injection and Geosciences Meritorious Contributions Award. variable density hydrodynamics in the Mount Simon Sandstone across the Midwestern USA. Because of his studies on Citationist: James McDonald subsurface fluid injection into the Mount Simon Sandstone, in the mid-1990s, Dr. Gupta was asked by the U.S. Department of Energy to start a research program on geologic CO2- sequestration. At Battelle, Dr. Gupta started as a research intern and moved up to the Senior Research Leader level, a position held by less than 1% of Battelle staff. 9

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CHUCK MOYER Good luck on your retirement! Thank you for your contributions to the Ohio Geological Society, the Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Eastern Section of AAPG

Chuck Moyer began his career in with an internship at Appalachian Exploration while still studying at Mt. Union College during the summers of 1978 and 1979. Chuck was assigned to monitor drilling and pick pays at the well sites. After graduation he began working for Lomak Petroleum, which later became sole owner of the subsidiary, Great Lakes Energy Partners, LLC. At the time, the company was drilling conventional wells in the Oriskany, Clinton, Beekmantown and Rose Run. When the Marcellus Shale unconventional play took off, Chuck and Paula relocated from Ohio to Canonsburg, PA and played an important part in Range Resources’ leadership role in the play. He also worked to package the Great Lakes Ohio properties for sale in 2009. It is appropriate that multiple geologic societies are indebted to Chuck for his career-long work, participation and support. While working in Ohio, Chuck was a member of the Ohio Geologic Society and he was a cofounder of the SPWLA in NE Ohio. He is a past-president of that organization and held all of the subordinate offices as well. After moving to Canonsburg, Chuck became a member of the PAPG and has served as an advisor to the organization up to the time of his retirement in 2019. In support of the Eastern Section of the AAPG, Chuck served on the organizing committees of regional meetings twice in Columbus, OH and once in Cleveland. He has also authored and presented papers on the Rose Run, the Beekmantown and the Trenton in Upstate NY. He is on the docket to present on the history of the Beekmantown Play at the current (2019) Eastern Section meeting in Columbus. He has also presented to the AAPG national meeting in Denver on using chemo-stratigraphy in solving drilling issues, and has led a field trip for the PAPG. In addition to serving the geologic community through multiple societies, Chuck has mentored many young geologists through Great Lakes and Range Resources, and volunteered as a leader with the Boy Scouts for most of his adult life. To our Members, Eastern Section AAPG:

You are an important part of our Honors and Awards process, so please become involved in the most joyful committee in Eastern Section. Many thanks are extended to those who help us recognize and honor our distinguished colleagues, through submitting nominations, writing citations, and serving on the Honors and Awards Committee.

Next year when we ask for your help in nominations for awards, please join in this wonderful process that shines a light on our friends and colleagues.

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Scientific Presentation Awards from the 2018 Eastern Section Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A.I. Levorsen Memorial Best Paper Award Patrick Rutty, Multivariate Analysis to Identify Variables Controlling Production and Quantify Their Economic Impact - Midland Basin, Texas

Ralph L. Miller Memorial Best Energy Minerals Division Paper Award (Eastern Section) Thomas Bardol, Methods to Assess Thermal Maturity of the Utica / Point Pleasant Play in the Appalachian Basin

Division of Environmental Geosciences Best Paper Award (Eastern Section) Christopher B. T. Waid, High-resolution Subsurface Mapping of Depositional Cycles within the Lower Part of the Huron Member of the Ohio Shale: Detailed Snapshots of Basin Development in Central and Eastern Ohio

Vincent E. Nelson Memorial Best Poster Award Reid, Jeffrey C., C.W. Myers and R.H. Carpenter, Underground Storage of Refrigerated Natural Gas in Granites of the Southeastern U.S.

Energy Mineral Division Best Poster Award Guochang Wang, Organic Matter Deformation in Overmature Mudrocks

Division of Environmental Geosciences Best Poster Award Heather McCarren, Autumn Haagsma, A. Conner, S. Mawalkar, S. Mishra and N. Gupta, Residual Oil Zone EOR Potential in the Northern Pinnacle Niagaran Reef Trend

Margaret Hawn Mirable Best Student Paper Award Valerie Smith, Isis Fukai, Andrew Duguid, Dana Divine, R.M. Joeckel, and Dan Blankenau, Carbon Storage and Static Earth Model Development for Pennsylvanian Cyclic Carbonates of Southwestern Nebraska

Best Student Poster Award Keithan Martin, L. Song, P. Kavousi, and T.R. Carr, Relationships between Natural Fractures and Chemical Composition: Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin

Pittsburgh Geological Society Award for Best Presentation on Appalachian Geology Thomas Bardol, Methods to Assess Thermal Maturity of the Utica / Point Pleasant Play in the Appalachian Basin

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Eastern Section Award Descriptions

Professional Performance Awards Scientific Presentation Awards JOHN T. GALEY MEMORIAL AWARD A. I. LEVORSEN MEMORIAL BEST PAPER [Established 1993] AWARD The highest honor bestowed by the Section in honor of its first [Established 1966] president to recognize outstanding accomplishments and Presented for the best scientific paper given at the annual meeting contributions to our profession and works directed toward the of the Eastern Section. betterment of society. MARGARET HAWN MIRABILE MEMORIAL BEST HONORARY MEMBERSHIP STUDENT PAPER AWARD [Established 1982] [Established 1986] The second highest honor bestowed upon members who have Presented for the best student paper given at the annual meeting distinguished themselves by service and devotion to the science of the Eastern Section. and profession of geology and the Eastern Section. VINCENT E. NELSON MEMORIAL BEST POSTER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD AWARD [Established 1975] [Established 1988] Presented to members who have distinguished themselves in Presented for the best scientific poster presented at the annual service to the Eastern Section. meeting of the Eastern Section. RALPH L. MILLER MEMORIAL BEST ENERGY GEORGE V. COHEE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD MINERALS DIVISION PAPER AWARD (EASTERN [Established 1985] Presented in recognition of distinguished service and SECTION) achievement in public affairs by geologists. [Established 1990] Presented for the best coal geology paper given at the annual GORDON H. WOOD, JR. MEMORIAL AWARD meeting of the Eastern Section [Established 1989] ENERGY MINERALS DIVISION BEST POSTER Presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the AWARD (EASTERN SECTION) geology of coal and other energy minerals, and the goals of the [Established 1990] AAPG’s Energy Minerals Division in the Eastern Section. Presented for the best coal geology poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Section. OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD [Established 1986] DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES Presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the BEST PAPER AWARD (EASTERN SECTION) education and training of geologists. [Established 1993] DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEO- Presented for the best environmental geosciences paper at the annual meeting of the Eastern Section. SCIENCES MERITORIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD (EASTERN SECTION) DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES [Established 1993] BEST POSTER AWARD (EASTERN SECTION) Presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to [Established 1993] environmental geology and the goals of the AAPG’s Division of Presented for the best environmental geosciences poster at the Environmental Geosciences in the Eastern Section. annual meeting of the Eastern Section.

PRESIDENTIAL AWARD BEST STUDENT POSTER AWARD [Established 1998] [Established 2006] Presented only as deemed necessary in recognition of Presented for the best scientific poster presented by a student at outstanding achievement not covered by other awards. the annual meeting of the Eastern Section.

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT PITTSBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AWARD FOR [Established 1987] BEST PRESENTATION Presented to members who have made an outstanding ON APPALACHIAN GEOLOLGY contribution(s) to the Section. [Established 2015] Presented for the best scientific presentation on Appalachian geology at the annual meeting of the Eastern Section.

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Past Eastern Section Awardees PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

John T. Galey Memorial John E. Johnson Howard J. Schwalb Award 1992 Carl J. Smith 1986 Patrick J. Burns 1993 Gerald M. Friedman 1993 G. Warfield Hobbs. IV Franklyn R. Engler 1994 Alan H. Coogan Phillip L. Martin William E. Mantek 1995 Aureal T. Cross 1994 Brian D. Keith 1987 Wallace de Witt, Jr. 1996 Larry D. Woodfork 1995 Betty M. Miller Arthur M. Van Tyne 1997 Arthur M. Van Tyne Jeffery C. Greenawalt 1988 James A. Fisher 1998 Robert R. Jordan 1996 George C. Grow, Jr. Phillip L. Martin 1999 Wallace de Witt, Jr. Gayle H. McColloch, Jr. 1989 G. Warfield Hobbs, IV 2000 Samuel T. Pees 1997 Robert A. Trevail Paul A. Catacosinos 2001 Robert D. Hatcher, Jr. 1998 William C. MacQuown 1990 Carl J. Smith 2002 Carl J. Smith 1999 William G. Murray 1991 Brian D. Keith 2003 G. Warfield Hobbs, IV Douglas G. Patchen William E. Rike 2004 Donald C. Haney 2000 Kenneth G. Johnson 1992 Jeffery C. Greenawalt 2005 Robert C. Milici 2001 William B. Harrison, III 1993 Gayle H. McColloch, Jr. 2006 John M. Dennison 2002 Lawrence H. Wickstrom Robert A. Trevail 2007 Paul E. Potter 2003 Jane S. McColloch 1994 Paul W. Garrett 2008 Douglas G. Patchen 2004 Aureal T. Cross William B. Harrison, III 2009 Brian D. Keith 2005 David C. Harris 1995 William G. Murray 2010 William B. Harrison, III 2006 Steven P. Zody James A. Noel 2011 Katharine Lee Avary 2007 Michael R. Canich 1996 Thomas R. Jake 2012 James A. Drahovzal 2008 James Drahovzal Donald F. Oltz, Jr. 2013 No Awardee 2009 Katharine Lee Avary 1997 Roy D. Nurmi 2014 Lawrence H. Wickstrom 2010 John L. Forman Douglas G. Patchen 2015 Richard W. Beardsley 2011 Peter MacKenzie 1998 Kenneth C. Ashton 2016 Michaed. R. Canich 2012 Robert T. Ryder Kenneth G. Johnson 2017 Robert D. Jacobi 2013 David G. Morse Jesse A. Shell 2018 David C. Harris 2014 Dan A. Billman 1999 David C. Harris 2019 Gary G. Lash 2015 Steven R. Gustison 2000 Jane S. McColloch 2016 Robert D. Jacobi Lawrence H. Wickstrom Honorary Membership Award 2016 Thomas H. Partin 2001 Katharine Lee Avary 1982 James A. Noel 2017 Charles A. Sternbach James A. Drahovzal 1983 Robert B. Erwin 2018 John A. Harper 2002 John L. Forman Lee C. Lamar 2019 Brandon Nuttall 2003 Michael Ed. Hohn 1984 Gerald M. Friedman 2004 Hannes E. Leetaru Ralph L. Miller Distinguished Service Award 2005 Michael R. Canich 1985 Robert C. Claus 1975 John T. Galey Steven P. Zody Vincent E. Nelson 1980 George V. Cohee 2006 Murray M. Matson 1986 Larry D. Woodfork 1982 Leonard Harris 2007 Peter MacKenzie 1987 Porter J. Brown 1983 Gordon H. Wood, Jr. 2008 No awardee 1988 Patrick J. Burns 1984 Porter J. Brown 2009 Dan Billman 1989 Arthur M. Van Tyne Larry D. Woodfork 2010 Robert Jacobi 1991 Paul A. Catacosinos 1985 William C. MacQuown David G. Morse

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2011 Edward M. Rothman 2019 Thomas M. Berg, Sr. 2013 Gordon Baird 2012 Gregory R. Wrightstone 2014 Timothy R. Carr Thomas H. Partin Outstanding Educator Award 2015 Thomas H. Wilson 2013 David E. Harmon 1986 Robert C. Shumaker 2016 Elizabeth Gierlowski- 2014 Timothy R. Carr 1987 Alan H. Coogan Kordesch Terry R. Carter Aureal T. Cross 2016 Donald W. Neal 2015 James McDonald 1988 Chilton E. Prouty 2017 Ann G. Harris-Noel 2016 Craig A. Eckert John E. Sanders 2018 Gregory C. Nadon 2017 John B. Hickman 1989 Alan C. Donaldson 2019 Juergen Schieber 2018 Joan E. Crockett John B. Droste Patrick Gooding 1990 Joseph C. Clark Gordon H. Wood, Jr. 2019 Drew Waggener James A. Noel Memorial Award 1991 Somdev Bhattacharji 1989 Russell R. Dutcher George V. Cohee Public Milton T. Heald 1990 Charles Wier Service Award 1992 Haydn H. Murray 1991 Jack A. Simon 1985 George G. Shearrow Wayne D. Martin 1992 Harold J. Gluskoter 1986 Douglas G. Patchen 1993 Donald E. Hattin 1993 Aureal T. Cross 1987 Samuel T. Pees 1994 Gerald Johnson 1994 Samuel Friedman 1988 Ralph J. Bernhagen Lee J. Suttner 1995 John C. Ferm 1989 Paul G. Benedum 1995 John J. Renton 1996 James C. Hower 1990 Robert R. Jordan Nehru E. Cherukupalli 1997 Bascombe Mitchel 1991 Kenneth N. Weaver 1996 David J. Levesin Blake, Jr. 1992 Orrin Pilkey Benjamin H. Richard 1998 James C. Cobb 1993 Katharine Lee Avary 1997 John M. Dennison 1999 Robert B. Finkelman 1994 Morris W. Leighton Daniel Habib 2000 Paul C. Lyons 1995 Donald C. Haney 1998 William B. Harrison, III 2001 Kenneth J. Englund 1996 Samuel T. Pees Ronald L. Martino 2002 Maria Mastalerz 1997 Robert H. Fakundiny 1999 John A. Chamberlain, Jr. 2003 Donald R. Chestnut, Jr. 1998 Arie Janssens 2000 Paul E. Potter 2004 M. Devereux (Debbie) 1999 William S. Condit Donald L. Woodrow Carter 2000 John H. Talley 2001 Carl E. Brett 2005 C. Blaine Cecil 2001 Norman C. Hester Robert H. Washburn 2006 Leslie F. “Jingle” Rupert 2002 John D. Kiefer 2002 Kenneth G. Johnson 2007 Colin G. Treworgy 2003 Charles W. Zuppann Lisa M. Pratt 2008 David A. Williams 2004 Robert T. Ryder 2003 William C. MacQuown 2009 Agnieszka Drobniak 2005 Brandon C. Nuttall B. Charlotte Schreiber 2010 Jerry Weisenfluh 2006 Cheryl Cozart 2004 Stuart L. Dean 2011 Cortland F. Eble 2007 Larry D. Woodfork Byron R. Kulander 2012 Chuck Boyer 2008 Christopher S. Swezey 2005 Peter J.R. Buttner 2013 Ronald L. Martino 2009 John A. Harper J. Fred Read 2014 Stephen F. Greb 2010 John C. Steinmetz 2006 Robert D. Jacobi 2015 Terry Engelder 2011 David Curtis 2007 Suzanne M. Kay 2016 Robert A. Trevail 2012 Lawrence H. Wickstrom 2008 Hannes E. Leetaru 2017 Robert C. Milici 2013 Beverly Seyler Frank R. Ettensohn 2018 Susan J. Tewalt 2014 Ronald A. Riley 2009 David A. Barnes 2019 W. John Nelson Jr. 2015 Bradley K. Richards Richard Smosna 2016 Edith C. Allison 2010 Warren Huff Division of Environmental 2017 Albert D. Kollar 2011 Robert D. Hatcher Geosciences Meritorious 2018 Raymond M. Follador 2012 Gary G. Lash Contributions Award 14

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1993 William G. Murray 2014 Susan Boucher Jagadeesh R. Sonnad 1994 Larry D. Woodfork 2015 Karen Waterbury* 1993 Robert E. Davis 1995 Robert R. Jordan 2017 Dylan Canavan 1994 Stephen F. Nowaczewski 1996 Nicholas K. Coch 2018 Matt Brunner 1995 Nicholas B. Harris 1997 William H. Harris * denotes also National awardee 1996 James A. Drahovzal 1998 John E. Sanders 1997 C.R. Clarkson 1999 Peter J.R. Buttner PRESENTATION AWARDS Marc R. Bustin 2002 Jane S. McColloch 1998 T. Joshua Stark 2003 James C. Currens A.I. Levorsen Memorial Best Larry H. Wickstrom 2004 Kenneth G. Johnson Paper Award* 1999 David G. Morse 2006 Gerald R. Baum 1972 Sigmund Snelson 2000 John R. Hogg 2007 Lawrence H. Wickstrom 1973 C.F. Upshaw 2001 James A. Drahovzal 2011 Mary Harris 1974 Douglas G. Patchen Lawrence H. Wickstrom 2012 Kristin M. Carter Richard A. Smosna Timothy R. Carr 2013 Tom J. Temples H. Buchanan John A. Rupp 2014 Douglas E. Wyatt, Jr. 1975 B. Charlotte Schreiber Beverly Seyler 2015 Fred J. Baldassare R. Catalano Scott W. White 2016 Donald I. Seigel E. Schrieber 2002 Albert Wylie, Jr. 2017 E. Scott Bair 1976 G.R. Keller Jacqueline E. Huntoon 2018 Michele L. Cooney R.K. Soderberg 2003 Langhorne B. Taury Timothy Murin M.L. Ammerman Smith, Richard Nyahay 2019 Neeraj Gupta 1977 No annual meeting 2004 Langhorne B. Taury 1978 Richard A. Smosna Smith, Richard Nyahay Presidential Award Douglas G. Patchen 2005 J. Fred Read 1998 Wayne A. Pryor 1979 Mark W. Presley 2006 Frank R. Ettensohn 1999 Kenneth Dale Owen 1980 Robert M. Cluff 2007 Frank R. Ettensohn 2004 Ohio Oil and Gas 1981 A.B. Watts 2008 Langhorne B. Smith Energy Education M.S. Steckler 2009 Steve Whittaker Program (OOGEEP) 1982 Vance P. Wiram 2010 Christopher D. Laughrey Rhonda Reda, Exec. 1983 Howard R. Schwalb Herman Lemmens Director 1984 Robert A. Sedivy Tim Rumble 2006 Richard L. Stollar Ralph Burwood Alan Butcher 2007 Theola L. Evans Gary A. Cole Greg Walker 2010 William A. Zagorski Richard J. Drozd Jamie Kostelnik 2012 Gallagher Drilling, Inc Henry I. Halpern 2011 Karine Schepers 2013 Gregory R. Wrightstone 1985 Helen M. Sestak Anne Oudinot 2014 James C. Cobb 1986 Karen R. Cercone Nino Ripepi E. Donald McKay III 1987 Brian D. Keith 2012 Hannes E. Leetaru & 2016 Cabot Oil & Gas, Albert 1988 Richard A. Smosna Robert Finley “Buddy” Wylie J.M. Conrad 2013 No annual meeting 2018 Craig Eckert T.C. Maxwell 2014 Joseph P. Fagan 2019 Peter McKenzie 1989 Dennis R. Swager 2015 Thomas “Marty” Parris, Neil F. Hurley Jared Grider, Ethan Outstanding Geosciences 1990 Bruce V. Sanford Davis Teacher Award ESAAPG 1991 James W. Castle 2016 David “Randy” Blood 2010 Paula Jameson 1992 Lisa Goetz 2017 Thomas "Marty" Parris, 2011 Kurtz Miller J. Gary Tyler Paul Hackley, Steve 2012 Chris Bolhuis* Roger L. Macarevich Greb, Cortland Eble 2013 Heather McArdle* David L. Brewster 2018 Patrick Rutty 15

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2012 Taylor G. McClain 2003 Hannes E. Leetaru, Margaret Hawn Mirabile 2013 No annual meeting David G. Morse Memorial Best Student Paper 2014 Mitchell Skuce 2004 Scott E. Brame, James Award* 2015 Matthew Rine W. Castle, David A. 1985 Ray M. Boswell 2016 Allison Young Bruce, Ronald W. Falta, 1986 Timothy M. Trumelle 2017 Payam Kavousi Lawrence C. Murdock, W.B. Harrison Ghahfarokhi, Timothy R. Donald A. Brooks 1987 Jeffery L. Siebert Carr 2005 A.E. Sandomierski, G.M. 1988 Mary K. Roden 2018 Valerie Smith, Isis Fukai, Grammer, W.B. 1989 John M. Guthrie Andrew Duguid, Dana Harrison, III 1990 David A. Balthazor Divine, R.M. Joeckel, 2006 Joshua Kirschner, David 1991 Bryan L. Roth and Dan Blankenau A. Barnes 1992 Todd Hendricks 2007 Katy J.G. Swan, Brian D. Stephen O. Moshier Vincent E. Nelson Memorial Keith 1993 Kurt A. Donaldson Best Poster Award* 2008 Jeffrey C. Reid 1994 Jason R. Price 1987 Stephen A. Whittaker 2009 John Haynes M.A. Velbel 1988 Stephen F. Greb 2010 John Grube, James 1995 Nadeem Ahmad 1989 Janis T. Treworgy, M.L. Damico, Beverly Seyler, Todd A. Thompson Sargent, Dennis R. Scott Frailey, Brian D. Keith Kolata Vineeth Madhavan, 1996 Cara B. Kiger 1990 Peter A. Roberts Nathan Webb Paul D. Howell 1991 William A. Zagorski 2011 Paul C. Hackley 1997 John C. Hohman 1992 Colin G. Treworgy Ángeles G. Borrego Brian D. Keith 1993 Carmen Bauert, H. Brian J. Cardott 2000 Jennifer MacIntosh Bauert Alan Cook Lynn M. Walter 1994 Stephen A. Mosier Mariá Hámor-Vidó 2001 Angela M. Quillo Michael E. Stamper Kees Kommeren Lew P. Murray 1995 Jovita B. Dominic, T.H. João G. Mendonça Filho 2002 Thomas Wynn Wilson Jane Newman J. Fred Read 1996 Katherine B. Manger, Mark Pawlewicz 2003 Jonathan C. Evenick Thomas J. Woods Judith Potter Robert D. Hatcher John B. Curtis Isabel Suárez-Ruiz 2004 Sean R. Cornell Michael D. Zuber 2012 Brian Slater & Taury Carlton E. Brett 1997 Robert M. Cluff, Smith 2005 Emre Artun Suzanne G. Cluff, 2013 No annual meeting Shahab Mohaghegh Catherine M. Murphy 2014 Jeffrey C. Reid, Kenneth Jamie Toro 1998 Christopher D. Laughrey, B. Taylor, Michael M. Tom Wilson Daniel A. Billman, McGlue Alejandro Sanchez Michael R. Canich 2015 Diar Ibrahim, Michael C. 2006 Paul A. Agle 1999 Charles W. Zuppann, Pope, Vrent V. Miller, Robert D. Jacobi Michael A. O’Neal Brian J. Witzke, William Steve Coulter 2000 Mark Obermajer, Levern C. McClelland Bob Bonner D. Stasiuk, Fairborn 2016 Joel R. Sminchak, James Tom Mroz Goodarzi E. Hicks, and Glenn E. 2007 John S. Allen 2001 John A. Luczaj Larsen 2008 No awardee 2002 Agnieszka Drobniak, 2017 Jeffrey Reid, Katherine J. 2009 Heather Qualman Maria Mastalerz, Nathan Marciniak, Walter T. 2010 Anthony Clark Eaton, John A. Rupp Haven, Kenneth B. 2011 Mara Brady Taylor 16

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2018 Jeffrey Reid, C.W. Myers 2012 Jackie Reed, Stephen Alan Cook and R.H. Carpenter Brown & John Zumberge Mariá Hámor-Vidó 2013 No annual meeting Kees Kommeren Ralph L. Miller Memorial Best 2014 Langhorne “Taury” João G. Mendonça Filho Energy Minerals Division Smith Jane Newman Paper Award (Eastern 2015 Christopher D. Laughrey, Mark Pawlewicz Section)* Thomas Darrah Judith Potter 1988 William Grady 2016 Julie Floyd and Stephen Isabel Suárez-Ruiz 1989 Denver Harper F. Greb 2012 Clifford Kelly 1990 Alan Swenson 2017 David "Randy" Blood 2013 No annual meeting 1991 C.B. Cecil 2018 Thomas Bardol 2014 No award Nick Fedorko 2015 William A. Rouse Frank T. DuLong Energy Minerals Division Best 2016 Tyler S. Bodine and 1992 Donald C. Haney Poster Award (Eastern Matthew T. May James C. Cobb Section)* 2017 Mansour Khosravi 1993 James C. Hower 1988 Stephen F. Greb Rokrok, Donna C. V.M. Graham 1989 Stephen F. Greb, Willette Cortland F. Eble Donald R. Chestnut 2018 Guochang Wang 1994–1995 No award 1990 Michael G. Foley 1996 Stephen F. Greb 1991 Ronald I. Martino Division of Environmental Cortland F. Eble 1992 Colin G. Treworgy Geosciences Best Paper Award James C. Hower 1993 Carmen Bauert (Eastern Section)* 1997 Hal Gluskoter H. Bauert 1993 Lew P. Murray, P.R. 1998 Stephen F. Greb 1994–1995 No award Rose, J.C. Jones Gerald A. Weisenfluh 1996 C. Hower 1994 Stephen J. Rouse, 1999 Stephen F. Greb T.L. Phillip T. Boyd, Chen Chiang David A. Williams Stephen F. Greb J. Salanitro 2000–2002 No award Cortland F. Eble 1995 Lawrence F. Roach 2003 Craig A. Eckert 1997 G.H. McColloch, Jr. 1996 Douglas E. Wyatt Michael J. Kovarik Craig Neidig Tom J. Temples 2004 Ernie R. Slucher Nick Fedorko 1997 R. Stephen Fisher James McDonald Edwin Maki 1998 Christopher D. Reich 2005 Thomas R. Moore Robert Holliday Eugene A. Shinn IIham Demir Chetan Desai Todd D. Hickey David G. Morse 1998–2004 No award Ann B. Tihansky 2006 Hannes E. Leetaru 2005 David G. Morse 1999 John A. Mundell J. Freiberg Iiham Demir James Berndt J. Rupp Thomas R. Moore Joseph C. Arnold J. McBride Scott D. Elrick 2000 Kerry J. O’Shea 2007 Jack Pashin 2006 No award 2001–2002 No award 2008 John Ward 2007 Michael P. Solis 2003 John B. Nelson 2009 John Nelson Stephen F. Greb 2004 James A. Drahovzal 2010 Pete Sullivan 2008 No award David C. Harris Chad Cunningham 2009 Matt Boyce 2005 Stephen F. Greb, B.C. Doug Parker 2010 James R. Leone Nuttall, Michael P. Solis, 2011 Karine Schepers Taury Smith T.M. Parris, James A. Anne Oudinot 2011 Paul C. Hackley Drahovzal, Cortland F. Nino Ripepi Ángeles G. Borrego Eble, D.C. Harris, J.B. Brian J. Cardott Hickman, P.D. Lake, B. 17

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Overfield, K.G. Takacs 2017 Hannes Leetaru, Jared Christopher J. Perry 2006 Hannes Leetaru, J. Freiburg, Robert Bauer, 2012 Kyle W. Siemer & Freiburg, J. Rupp, J. John McBride Richard Becker McBride 2018 Christopher B. T. Waid 2013 No annual meeting 2007 Brian Tolle, Chaoqing, 2014 No award Tracee Imai Division of Environmental 2015 Autumn Haagsma, 2008 David G. Morse Geosciences Best Poster Srikanta Mishra, Ola 2009 Brandon Nuttall Award (Eastern Section)* Babarinde 2010 David A. Barnes 1993 Harry S. Hansen 2016 Ethan S. Davis and 2011 Brian W. Stewart D.D. Drummond Thomas M. Parris Elizabeth C. Chapman 1994 Timothy J. Mayotte 2017 J. Richard Bowersox, Rosemary C. Capo Stephen B. Thompson Stephen F. Greb, David Richard W. Hammack 1995 Gary N. Notis C. Harris Karl T. Schroeder 1996–2003 No award 2018 Heather McCarren, Harry Edenborn 2004 James D. Witter Autumn Haagsma, A. 2012 Jared T. Freiburg, Alison Spongberg Conner, S. Mawalkar, S. Hannes E. Leetaru 2005 Niah Venable Mishra and N. Gupta 2013 No annual meeting Dave Barnes 2014 Jacqueline Gerst, Caitlin 2006 No award Pittsburgh Geological Society McNeil, Rick Pardini, 2007 Mark Baranoski Best Presentation on Neeraj Gupta 2008 Christian R. Medina Appalachian Geology* 2015 Erica Howatt, Amber 2009 Brenda Beitler Bowen 2015 Christopher Laughrey, Conner, Srikanta Mishra 2010 Christian R. Medina Thomas Darrah 2016 Amy Townsend-Small John Rupp 2016 David “Randy” Blood 2011 Ronald A. Riley 2017 David “Randy” Blood John Wicks 2018 Thomas Bardol

*Listed by year award was earned. Awards are presented at the meeting the year following.

Eastern Section Imperial Barrel Award Winning Teams

2008 West Virginia University 2009 University of South Carolina 2010 West Virginia University 2011 Indiana University 2012 Penn State University 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison 2014 University of South Carolina 2015 Penn State University 2016 Penn State University 2017 Western Kentucky University 2018 Penn State University 2019 University of Georgia

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Congratulations to our students: 2019 Grant Funds awarded through AAPG Foundation

NAME UNIVERSITY GRANT Adeline Evans Ball State University Ohio Geological Society Named Grant Joshua Novello Binghamton University Mruk Family Named Grant Bernold M. “Bruno” Hanson Memorial Chelsie Souto Binghamton University Environmental Grant Tyler Rust Binghamton University Gustavus E. Archie Memorial Grant Bei Liu Indiana Univ Bloomington AAPG Eastern Section Named Grant Lillian Lueck Northern Illinois University Edward B. Picou, Jr. Named Grant Christopher Conwell Ohio State University Michael S. Johnson Named Grant Arnold Eatmon Pennsylvania State University Raymond D. Woods Memorial Grant Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists Cristopher Alvarez University of Kentucky Grant Mayukh Talukdar Univ of Wisconsin Madison Robert and Lynn Maby Memorial Grant Falyn Strey Univ of Wisconsin Milwaukee M. Ray Thomasson Named Grants Selva Marroquin Virginia Polytechnic Institute Marilyn Atware Memorial Grant Jarrett Smith West Virginia University James W. Milliken Memorial Grant

Many thanks to AAPG Foundation Supporters for continued support of the student grant program.

Would you like to support the AAPG Foundation and its many forms of good work, on a stipulated basis or to the general fund? Contact the AAPG Foundation at 918-560-2644.

Would you like to support Eastern Section AAPG and our programs? Opportunities to support Eastern Section programs abound and are deeply appreciated. For example, our Imperial Barrel, Student Expo, and Eastern Section Outreach programs rely on member and company support.

Contact: Eastern Section AAPG, [email protected].

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