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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

GSA Scientific Division Awards

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ENERGY GEOLOGY DIVISION Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Nominations due 28 Feb.
Gilbert H. Cady Award Submit nominations or questions to Stephen Slaughter at stephen
Nominations due 28 Feb. .slaughter@dnr.wa.gov.
Submit nominations to Marc L. Buursink at buursink.usgs@ The Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lectureship was estab-
gmail.com. lished in 1988 by the Environmental & Engineering Geology
The Gilbert H. Cady Award, first presented in 1973, recog- Division and the Association of Environmental & Engineering
nizes outstanding contributions in the field of coal geology that Geologists to commemorate him and to promote student aware-
advance the science both within and outside of North America. ness of engineering geology through an annual series of lectures
For more information, go to https://community.geosociety.org/ at academic institutions. The award is given to an individual
energydivision/awards/cady. who, through research or practice, has made outstanding contri-
butions to the advancement of environmental and/or engineering
NEW: Curtis-Hedberg Petroleum Career geology. The awardee will speak on topics of earth processes and
Achievement Award the consequences of human interaction with these processes, or
Nominations due 1 Mar. the application of geology to environmental and/or engineering
Submit nominations to Laura S. Ruhl, lsruhl@ualr.edu works. Award funds are administered by the GSA Foundation.
The inaugural Curtis-Hedberg Petroleum Career Achievement For more information, go to https://community.geosociety.org/
Award will be made for outstanding contributions in the field of eegdivision/awards/jahns.
petroleum geology. The award will go to a GSA member that has had
a career in petroleum geology and has made contributions to the dis- GEOARCHAEOLOGY DIVISION
covery of petroleum reserves or the development of a new idea(s) and/
or technology that increased petroleum resources. Considerations will Richard Hay Student Paper/Poster Award
be given for their publications and their contributions to geoscience Nominations due 1 Sept.
societies and institutions. Petroleum geology is defined as the field of Submit nominations to gsa.agd@gmail.com.
knowledge concerning the origin, occurrence, relationships, and geo- At the 2006 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
logic characteristics of petroleum reserves, resources, and explora- USA, the Division’s management board elected to rename the stu-
tion, including economic implications and petroleum technology. This dent travel award for a distinguished scientist in archaeological
new Division award honors two former GSA presidents who made geology. After consulting with his family, the award was officially
outstanding contributions to petroleum geoscience: Doris Malkin named the Richard Hay Student Paper/Poster Award. Hay was a
Curtis and Hollis Hedberg. Learn more at https://community longstanding member of the Division and had a long and distin-
.geosociety.org/energydivision/awards/curtishedberg. guished career in sedimentary geology, mineralogy, and archaeo-
logical geology. He is particularly well known for his work on
ENVIRONMENTAL & ENGINEERING the Olduvai Gorge and Laetoli Hominid-bearing sites and was
GEOLOGY DIVISION awarded the Division’s Rip Rapp Award in 2000. The Division is
proud to have its student travel award bear his name. The award is
E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award a travel grant for a student (undergraduate or graduate) presenting
Nominations due 1 Feb. a paper or poster at GSA’s annual meeting. The grant is competi-
Submit nominations to Jim McCalpin at mccalpin@geohaz.com. tive and is awarded based on the evaluation of the scientific merit
The Edward Burwell, Jr., Award, established by the Division in of the research topic and the clarity of an expanded abstract for
1968, honors the memory of one of the founding members of the the paper or poster prepared by a student for presentation in the
Division and the first chief geologist of the U.S. Army Corps of Division’s technical session at the meeting. For more information,
Engineers. This award is made to the author or authors of a pub- go to https://community.geosociety.org/geoarchdivision/
lished paper of distinction that advances knowledge concerning awards/student/hay.
the principles or practice of engineering geology or of the related
fields of applied soil or rock mechanics where the role of geology Claude C. Albritton, Jr., Award
is emphasized. The paper that receives the award must (1) deal Nominations due 15 Mar.
with engineering geology or a closely related field, and (2) have Submit nominations to gsa.agd@gmail.com.
been published no more than five years prior to its selection. There Under the auspices of the Geoarchaeology Division, family,
are no restrictions on the publisher or publishing agency of the friends, and close associates of Claude C. Albritton, Jr., formed a
paper. For more information, go to https://community.geosociety memorial fund in his honor through the GSA Foundation. The
.org/eegdivision/awards/burwell. Albritton Award Fund provides scholarships and fellowships for
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