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July 2000

Downey Assumes Presidency

Dallas resident Marlan W. Downey, Bartell Professor of Geology and the chief scientist at the Sarkeys Center at the University of Oklahoma has assumed the leadership of the Association's Executive Committee for the 2000-2001 year.

Robbie Gries, President-Elect 2000-01

Robbie Rice Gries is president and CEO of Priority Oil & Gas LLC in Denver. Read her biography.

Ronald A. Nelson, Vice President 2000-01

Ronald A. Nelson was elected as Vice President 2000-01. He is a structural geology and geomechanics network leader for BP Amoco in Houston. Read his biography.

Edward B. Picou, Jr., Treasurer 2000-01

Edward B. Picou Jr. was elected as Treasurer 2000-01. He is a consultant biostratigrapher in New Orleans. Read his biography.

Lowell K. Lischer, Chairman, House of Delegates 2000-01

Lowell K. Lischer was elected as House of Delegates 2000-01. He is a consulting geologist out of San Antonio, Texas. Read his biography.

Charles R. "Chuck" Noll, Secretary 1999-2001

Charles R. "Chuck" Noll Jr was elected as Secretary 1999-2001. He is a geologist in Houston.

Neal F. Hurley, Elected Editor 1999-2001

Neil F. Hurley was elected as Editor 1999-2001. He is professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo. and is the Charles Boettcher Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Geology. Read his biography.

Tomorrow's Teams Need Variety

Stormy times brought out the risk-avoiders in the oil industry -- but now that demand for exploration is growing, will visionaries and visualists have their day in the sun?

Louisiana Teachers Get CD 'Tool'

When it comes to geological teaching tools, a CD-ROM released recently by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proves all over again that the best things often come in small packages.

Efforts Continue to 'Save the Rocks'

In this computer age it's easy to lose sight of the all-important fact that those gee whiz computer graphics and models that so beautifully depict the subsurface of the earth still have to start with the basics. The geologic data and rocks.

Treasure Saved from Being Trash

When it comes time to clean out the basement, people usually throw out the "old" stuff. After all, it's been in a basement untouched for more than 30 years, how much could it really be worth?

Study Eyes the Core of the Matter

While depressed oil prices in the late 1990s cooled data preservation efforts, officials are trying to kick-start a cross discipline approach that would incorporate all earth science disciplines that benefit from the data.

Winners Announced For N.O. Presentations

Various award winners have been announced for technical presentations at the AAPG annual meeting in New Orleans, including recipients of the Matson and Braunstein awards.

Nominees Sought For K-12 Science Teacher Award

The award, sponsored by the AAPG Foundation, carries a $5,000 prize -- half of which goes to the teacher's school for educational purposes, and half of which goes to the teacher for personal use. This year's winner also will receive an expense paid trip to the 2001 AAPG annual meeting in Denver, where the award will be presented.

Keep It Out of the Classroom

The debate of teaching creationism in school should be a non-issue, but unfortunately religious conservatives are pushing their particular interpretation of the Bible on the rest of us.

Former AAPG science director remembered

Gary D. Howell, a former AAPG science director and current executive director of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, died at his home in Littleton, Colo., on May 19. He was 54.

Standing Columns

Geophysical Corner

Kinematics a Key To Unlocking Plays

This month's column, the second in a four-part series dealing with regional plate kinematics ("Arm Waving, or Underutilized Exploration Tool?"), is titled "Kinematics: Key to Unraveling Basin Histories."

Wildcat Recollections Column

'Bright' Investments Paid Off

Area-wide lease sales, inaugurated in 1983, provided the oil industry an opportunity to explore for oil and gas in the deep water Gulf of Mexico, a southern extension of the oil-rich offshore Louisiana shelf province.

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