AAPG Foundation Update

AAPG Foundation Announces New University Subscription

jterry — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:47:30 +0000

The AAPG Foundation announces Trustee Associate, Paul Buckthal, has established a university subscription for Texas Christian University. The university will have online access to the entire AAPG digital library, which is comprised of over 1 million pages of maps and geological information.

Buckthal has established the subscription in memory of Doyle G. Whitaker. For more information on sponsoring the university of your choice, contact the AAPG Foundation toll free at 855-302-2743 or visit the website.

AAPG Foundation Announces New GIS-UDRIL University Subscription

jterry — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:56:57 +0000

The AAPG Foundation announces a new GIS-UDRIL University Subscription for Texas A&M University. Through the GIS-UDRIL, or Geographic Information Systems Upstream Digital Reference Information Library subscription program, a university has online access to upstream petroleum research by preparing GIS-linked databases and atlases of geo-referenced maps and other images.

Thank you to Marathon Oil for sponsoring Texas A&M, University of Houston and University of Texas at Austin. Currently, there are five GIS-UDRIL University Subscriptions. For more information on sponsoring the university of your choice, contact the AAPG Foundation toll free at 855-302-2743 or visit the GIS-UDRIL website.

AAPG Foundation Announces GIS-UDRIL University Subscriptions

jterry — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:35:01 +0000

The AAPG Foundation announces two new GIS-UDRIL University Subscriptions for University of Wyoming and University of Texas at Austin. Through the GIS-UDRIL, or Geographic Information Systems Upstream Digital Reference Information Library subscription program, a university has online access to upstream petroleum research by preparing GIS-linked databases and atlases of geo-referenced maps and other images.

Thank you to our donors, Mark Shuster, for sponsoring University of Wyoming and Marathon Oil, for sponsoring University of Texas at Austin. Currently, there are four GIS-UDRIL University Subscriptions. For more information on sponsoring the university of your choice, contact the AAPG Foundation toll free at 855-302-2743 or visit the GIS-UDRIL website.

Funkhouser Establishes Three University Subscriptions

jterry — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:28:16 +0000

The AAPG Foundation announces Trustee Associate, Larry Funkhouser, has established three university subscriptions for University of Indonesia, University of Lagos and University of Adelaide. Each university will have online access to the entire AAPG digital library, which is comprised of over 1 million pages of maps and geological information.

Funkhouser states “I hope the universities will get maximum advantage from the digital library. All three countries have been very important to Chevron’s exploration and production programs and I have enjoyed my former relationships with each of them.” Currently, there are 66 university subscriptions established. For more information on sponsoring the university of your choice, contact the AAPG Foundation toll free at 855-302-2743 or visit the website.

AAPG Foundation Professorial Award- Call for Nominations

jterry — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:07:46 +0000

The AAPG Foundation will award $1,000 in 2013 to an individual professor for Excellence in the Teaching of Natural Resources in the Earth Sciences. The award was established in 2012.

Nominate someone by filling out the form and submitting to the AAPG Foundation by March 15th. The nominees will have until April 1st to fill out the application. The 2012 recipient was Dr. Grant Wach from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. View the full list of qualifications to apply on the AAPG Foundation website. For more information on donating, contact the AAPG Foundation toll free at 855-302-2743 or visit the online donation website and click on the “Professorial Award Fund.”

L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Recipients Announced

jterry — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:55:37 +0000

Congratulations to the 2012-2013 L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate recipients! The AAPG Foundation awarded 59 grants. The disbursement of the grant consists of $500 per qualified AAPG Student Chapter and $500 per selected undergraduate student. The grant award is used to support geoscience-related educational activities.

The AAPG Foundation funds the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant Program through a generous endowment gift from the late L. Austin Weeks and Marta Weeks-Wulf. The purpose of the grant is to support educational expenses of undergraduate geoscience students and their departments. Undergraduate earth science majors must be members of their AAPG Student Chapter, but AAPG membership is not required.

TEACHER OF THE YEAR NAMED

nadams — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:28:29 +0000

Chris Bolhuis, ninth grade earth science teacher at Hudsonville Freshman Campus in Hudsonville, Mich., has been named winner of the 2013 AAPG Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award (Earth Science Teacher of the Year).
Bolhuis, a 16-year teaching veteran at Hudsonville, also teaches an elective geology course for juniors and seniors at the school.
The award, funded and presented annually by the AAPG Foundation, is intended to honor and encourage excellence in geoscience education. It includes a $6,000 prize that will be split into two parts: half will be designated for Bolhuis’ personal use, and half goes to Hudsonville Freshman Campus for educational use under Bolhuis’ supervision.
Bolhuis also will receive an all-expense paid trip to the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 19-22, where he will be presented with his award at the All-Convention Luncheon.
Bolhuis, a graduate of Grand Valley State University, was nominated by AAPG’s Eastern Section, one of six AAPG Sections participating in the national award program. He was then chosen for the “Teacher of the Year” (TOTY) award by a panel of national judges.
The AAPG Foundation was established in 1967 with the primary goal of providing a source of funding for educational, charitable and scientific objectives, which directly and indirectly benefit the geologic profession and the general public. The Teacher of the Year Award began in 1996.

Scotty Holland Passed Away

nadams — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:58:12 +0000

David “Scotty” Holland, former CEO of Pennzoil Exploration and Production and a longtime, award winning supporter of the AAPG Foundation, died Jan. 5 in Houston. He was 81.

Holland, an AAPG Foundation Trustee Associate, received the Chairman’s Award in 2010, presented to honor those who have made “extraordinary contributions” (monetary or service) to the AAPG Foundation.

In 2008 he helped establish the Holland Award of Excellence through the AAPG Foundation and Hardin-Simmons University, presented annually to honor faculty members at the Holland School of Sciences and Mathematics at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

Holland served in the U.S. Air Force, then received his bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Texas at Austin. He began his career as an exploration geologist for Marathon Oil in Midland, Texas.

Holland left Marathon and went on to serve a long career with Pennzoil before retiring as president and chief executive officer for Pennzoil E&P and group vice president of Pennzoil in 1990.

Holland loved exploration geology and was committed to support higher learning. He and his wife, Jacque, established the Endowed Holland Geology Scholarship Fund in 1997 and were instrumental in funding the Holland School of Sciences and Mathematics, Holland Medical High School and Holland School of Health Sciences at Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas in 1999.

He was president of Holland Holding, Holland Energy and Post Oak Petroleum, chairman of Trend Exploration and director of Gaither Petroleum Corp. He was a member of the UT Geology Foundation and in 2011 was instrumental in funding the Holland Family Student Center at the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin.

Baile Announced as 2013 AAPG Foundation Chairman’s Award Recipient

jterry — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:08:30 +0000

Richard Baile has been identified as the AAPG Foundation’s 2013 Chairman’s Award recipient. But this isn’t Dick’s first rodeo, as they might say in Houston. The Texan is a long-time Foundation supporter…to the tune of over three decades long.

An accomplished businessman with a degree from the University of Central Missouri, Dick is knowledgeable in numerous areas of geology, gas and oil. A Trustee Associate since 1980, he is considered a legacy for his commitment to the Foundation which is manifest in consistent contributions to the General Fund. These donations allow Trustees to facilitate projects at their discretion. In addition, Dick has supported numerous grants and academic scholarships. Some of the friends and colleagues honored by his monetary gifts include L. Austin Weeks, Hugh Looney, Merrill Haas, and ‘Pops’ Harkins.

But these aren’t the only gifts Mr. Baile brings to the Foundation; his consistent attendance at meetings, even now at age 92, has been an invaluable support. It’s obvious this WWII veteran is passionate about the Foundation’s continued effect on and success in the international geological community. He has initiated many interesting conversations, presenting unique and even controversial ideas. Of this, he proudly quipped, “I’ve been known as ‘Don Quixote’!”

Concerning this award and the many acknowledgements he’s received over the years, Dick humbly said, “All these are very gratifying.”

Ventura to be 2013 Halbouty Lecturer

nadams — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:21:38 +0000

The Michel T. Halbouty Lecture is an annual lecture focusing on exploration to be given at the AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition. The subject of the lecture must deal with wildcat exploration in any part of the world, especially in areas where major discoveries might contribute significantly to petroleum reserves or space exploration. The 2013 recipient is Jeff Ventura, President and CEO of Range Resources. The title of his talk is “Range’s Path to Discovery and Commercialization of the Marcellus Shale – the Largest Producing Gas Field in the U.S.” He will present this information at the AAPG ACE at Pittsburgh, PA in May 2013. Funding for this lecture is provided by the AAPG Foundation.