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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS


                               GSA Scientific Division Awards


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          ENERGY GEOLOGY DIVISION                              GEOARCHAEOLOGY DIVISION

          Gilbert H. Cady Award                                 Geoarchaeology Division awards, including application and nom-
          Nominations due 28 Feb.                              ination information, are online at http://rock.geosociety.org/arch.
          Submit nominations to Jen O’Keefe at j.okeefe@moreheadstate.edu.
            The Gilbert H. Cady Award, first presented in 1973,    Rip Rapp Award
          recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of coal    Nominations due 15 Feb.
          geology that advance the science both within and outside of   Submit nominations to mandel@ku.edu
          North America. For more information, go to www.uky.edu/  In 1983, the Division established the “Archaeological Geology
          KGS/coal/GSA/awards.htm.                             Division Award” for outstanding contributions to the interdisci-
                                                               plinary field of archaeological geology. In 1993, the award was
          ENVIRONMENTAL AND                                    officially renamed the “Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology
          ENGINEERING GEOLOGY DIVISION                         Award” in honor of George “Rip” Rapp Jr. Rapp was one of
                                                               the primary individuals responsible for establishment of the
          E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award                             Division and generously established a Division award fund with
          Nominations due 1 Feb.                               the GSA Foundation. Donald L. Johnson was the first recipient
          Submit nominations to Jim McCalpin at mccalpin@geohaz.com.  of the renamed award. Nominations should include a biographi-
            The Edward B. Burwell, Jr., Award, established by the   cal sketch, a statement of outstanding achievements, and a
          Division in 1968, honors the memory of one of the founding   selected bibliography of the nominee.
          members of the Division and the first chief geologist of the
          U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This award is made to the   Claude C. Albritton, Jr., Award
          author or authors of a published paper of distinction that   Nominations due 5 March
          advances knowledge concerning the principles or practice of   Submit nominations to gsa.agd@gmail.com
          engineering geology, or of related fields of applied soil or rock   Under the auspices of the Geoarchaeology Division, family,
          mechanics where the role of geology is emphasized. The paper   friends, and close associates of Claude C. Albritton, Jr., formed
          that receives the award must: (1) deal with engineering geology   a memorial fund in his honor through the GSA Foundation.
          or a closely related field, and (2) have been published no more   The Albritton Award Fund provides scholarships and fellow-
          than five years prior to its selection. There are no restrictions   ships for graduate students in the earth sciences or archaeology
          on the publisher or publishing agency of the paper. For more    for research. Recipients of the award are students who have (1) an
          information, go to community.geosociety.org/eegdivision/  interest in achieving a master’s or Ph.D. degree in earth sciences
          awards/new-item2.                                    or archaeology; (2) an interest in applying earth-science methods
                                                               to archaeological research; and (3) an interest in a career in teach-
          Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer              ing and academic research. Awards in the amount of US$650 are
          Nominations due 28 Feb.                              given in support of thesis or dissertation research, with emphasis
          Submit nominations to Matt Crawford at mcrawford@uky.edu.  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   Richard Hay Student Paper/Poster Award
          Division and the Association of Environmental & Engineering   Nominations due 1 Sept.
          Geologists to commemorate him and to promote student   Submit nominations to gsa.agd@gmail.com
          awareness of engineering geology through an annual series    At the 2006 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
          of lectures at academic institutions. The award is given to an   USA, the Division’s management board elected to rename the stu-
          individual who through research or practice has made out-  dent travel award for a distinguished scientist in geoarchaeology.
          standing contributions to the advancement of environmental   After consulting with his family, the award was officially named
          and/or engineering geology. The awardee will speak on topics   the Richard Hay Student Paper/Poster Award. Hay was a long-
          of earth processes and the consequences of human interaction   standing member of the Division and had a long and distinguished
          with these processes, or the application of geology to environ-  career in sedimentary geology, mineralogy, and archaeological
          mental and/or engineering works. Award funds are adminis-  geology. He is particularly well known for his work on the
          tered by the GSA Foundation. For more information, go to   Olduvai Gorge and Laetoli Hominid-bearing sites and was
          community.geosociety.org/eegdivision/awards/jahns.   awarded the Division’s Rip Rapp Award in 2000. The Division is



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