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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS ®
GSA Divsion Awards
ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOLOGY DIVISION interdisciplinary field of archaeological geology. In 1993, the
award was officially renamed the “Rip Rapp Archaeological
The Archaeological Geology Division awards, including appli- Geology Award” in honor of George “Rip” Rapp Jr. Rapp was one
cation and nomination information, are online at http://rock of the primary individuals responsible for establishment of the
.geosociety.org/arch/. Division and generously established a Division award fund with
the GSA Foundation. Donald L. Johnson was the first recipient of
Richard Hay Student Paper/Poster Award the renamed award. Nominations are due 15 Feb. and should
include a biographical sketch, a statement of outstanding achieve-
Nominations due 20 Sept. ments, and a selected bibliography of the nominee.
Submit nominations to gsa.agd@gmail.com.
ENERGY GEOLOGY DIVISION
At the 2006 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
USA, the Division’s management board elected to rename the stu- Gilbert H. Cady Award
dent travel award for a distinguished scientist in archaeological
geology. After consulting with his family, the award was officially Nominations due 28 Feb.
named the Richard Hay Student Paper/Poster Award. Hay was a Submit nominations to Jen O’Keefe at j.okeefe@moreheadstate.edu.
long-standing member of the Division and had a long and distin-
guished career in sedimentary geology, mineralogy, and archaeo- The Gilbert H. Cady Award, first presented in 1973, recognizes
logical geology. He is particularly well known for his work on the outstanding contributions in the field of coal geology that advance
Olduvai Gorge and Laetoli Hominid-bearing sites and was the science both within and outside of North America. For more
awarded the Division’s Rip Rapp Award in 2000. The Division is information, go to www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/GSA/awards.htm.
proud to have our student travel award bear his name. The award
is a travel grant for a student (undergraduate or graduate) present- ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING
ing a paper or poster at GSA’s Annual Meeting. The grant is com- GEOLOGY DIVISION
petitive and will be awarded based on the evaluation of the scien-
tific merit of the research topic and the clarity of an expanded E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award
abstract for the paper or poster prepared by a student for presenta-
tion in the Division’s technical session at the meeting. Nominations due 1 Feb.
Submit nominations to Jim McCalpin at mccalpin@geohaz.com.
Claude C. Albritton, Jr., Award
The Edward Burwell, Jr., Award, established by the Division in
Nominations due 5 Mar. 1968, honors the memory of one of the founding members of the
Submit nominations to gsa.agd@gmail.com. Division and the first chief geologist of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. This award is made to the author or authors of a pub-
Under the auspices of the Archaeological Geology Division, lished paper of distinction that advances knowledge concerning
family, friends, and close associates of Claude C. Albritton, Jr., principles or practice of engineering geology, or of related fields of
have formed a memorial fund in his honor through the GSA applied soil or rock mechanics where the role of geology is empha-
Foundation. Initially, the fund was set up with a gift of several sized. The paper that receives the award must: (1) deal with engi-
thousand dollars. Members of the Division, other GSA members, neering geology or a closely related field, and (2) have been pub-
and those who knew Albritton are asked to consider contributing lished no more than 5 years prior to its selection. There are no
to this fund. The Albritton Award Fund provides scholarships restrictions on the publisher or publishing agency of the paper. For
and fellowships for graduate students in the earth sciences or more information, go to community.geosociety.org/eegdivision/
archaeology for research. Recipients of the award are students awards/about.
who have (1) an interest in achieving a master’s or Ph.D. degree
in earth sciences or archaeology; (2) an interest in applying Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
earth-science methods to archaeological research; and (3) an
interest in a career in teaching and academic research. Awards in Nominations due 28 Feb.
the amount of US$650 are given in support of thesis or disserta- Submit nominations to Matt Crawford at mcrawford@uky.edu.
tion research, with emphasis on the field and/or laboratory
aspects of the research. The Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lectureship was estab-
lished in 1988 by the Environmental & Engineering Geology
Rip Rapp Award Division and the Association of Environmental & Engineering
Geologists to commemorate him and to promote student aware-
Nominations due 15 Feb. ness of engineering geology through an annual series of lectures
Submit nominations to mandel@ku.edu. at academic institutions. The award is given to an individual who
through research or practice has made outstanding contributions
In 1983, the Division established the “Archaeological Geology to the advancement of environmental and/or engineering geology.
Division Award” for outstanding contributions to the The awardee will speak on topics of earth processes and the
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