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Congratulations to
All the 2015 GSA Division Award Recipients
The primary Division awards were announced in the July 2015 issue of GSA Today; they are included again below along with other GSA
Division awards presented at this year’s annual meeting. Learn more about GSA’s specialty Divisions at www.geosociety.org/divisions.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOLOGY DIVISION GEOBIOLOGY & GEOMICROBIOLOGY DIVISION
Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award Outstanding Contributions in Geobiosciences Award
Francis (Frank) H. Brown, University of Utah Arpita Bose, Washington University in St. Louis
Tim Lyons, University of California, Riverside
Claude C. Albritton, Jr., Memorial Student Research Award Elizabeth Raff, Indiana University Bloomington
Rachel Cajigas, University of Arizona Rudolf Raff, Indiana University Bloomington
ENERGY GEOLOGY DIVISION GEOINFORMATICS DIVISION
Gilbert H. Cady Award Outstanding Contributions Award
Claus F.K. Diessel, University of Newcastle, Australia Lesley Wyborn, Australian National University
Antoinette Lierman Medlin Field Award GEOLOGY AND SOCIETY DIVISION
Marisa Earll, University of Arizona Best Student Presentation Award
Genevieve Kidman, Southern Utah University
Antoinette Lierman Medlin Research Award Stephanie Wong, Baylor University
Severin Presswood, Southern Illinois University
GSA TODAY | NOVEMBER 2015 ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY DIVISION GEOPHYSICS DIVISION
George P. Woollard Award
E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award David A.D. Evans, Yale University
Priest, G.R., Schulz, W.H., Ellis, W.L., Allan, J.A., Niem, A.R.,
and Niem, W.A., 2011, Landslide stability: Role of rainfall- Allan V. Cox Student Research Award
induced, laterally propagating, pore-pressure waves: Henok Kiflu, University of South Florida
Environmental Engineering & Geoscience, v. XVII, no. 4,
p. 315–335. Geophysics Division Student Research Award
Abigail Maxwell, Louisiana State University
Distinguished Practice Award Bradley Sparks, Colorado State University
Jeff Keaton, Amec Foster Wheeler
GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION DIVISION
Meritorious Service Award Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching
Dennis Staley, U.S. Geological Survey Kyle Gray, University of Northern Iowa
Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer (2014–2015) HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY DIVISION
Eldon Gath, Earth Consultants International Mary C. Rabbitt History of Geology Award
Léo F. Laporte, University of California Santa Cruz
Roy J. Shlemon Scholarship Awards
Corina Cerovski-Darriau, University of Oregon
Stefanie Gugolz, University of Georgia
David Korte, Kent State University
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