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EXPLORER
WEIMER BEAUMONT HARKER COX BRITTENHAM McGAY LAUBACH LUND
Weimer Assumes AAPG Presidency
Mid-Con Energy, Tulsa.
Paul Weimer, geology professor at
the University of Colorado, assumed
the presidency of AAPG on July 1.
Weimer is Bruce D. Benson Endowed
Chair, University of Colorado (Boulder)
and director of the Energy and Minerals
Applied Research Center. He also is a
consulting geologist.
His father, Robert J. Weimer, professor
emeritus at the Colorado School of
Mines, was the Sidney Powers Medal
recipient in 1984 and served as AAPG
president in 1991-92. The Weimers
are the first father-and-son to serve as
president in the Association’s 94-year
history.
Joining Weimer on the Executive
Committee is Edward A. “Ted” Beaumont,
senior geologist with SM Energy in Tulsa,
Okla., who recently was voted presidentelect
and will serve as AAPG president in
2012-13.
Beaumont holds a bachelor’s in
geology from the University of New
Mexico and a master’s from the University
of Kansas. He served as an exploration
geologist with Cities Service Oil Co.
and was AAPG science director before
becoming an independent consultant
and later joining SM Energy.
Others elected to the 2011-12
Executive Committee are:
p Vice president-Regions – Stuart D.
Harker, Circle Oil Plc., Finchampstead,
England.
p Secretary – Denise M. Cox, Storm
Energy, Panama City, Fla.
Members of the 2011-12 AAPG
Advisory Council are:
p David G. Rensink (chair)
Houston.
p John C. Lorenz, Edgewood, N.M.
p Scott W. Tinker, Austin, Texas.
p Stephen M. Testa (president-EMD),
Mokelumne Hill, Calif.
p Douglas C. Peters (president-DEG),
Golden, Colo.
p Martin D. Hewitt (president-DPA),
Plano, Texas.
p David H. Hawk (immediate past chair-
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Both the vice president-Regions and
secretary will serve for two years.
Remaining on the committee for the
final year of their terms of office are:
p Vice president-Sections – Marvin
D. Brittenham, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA),
Denver.
p Treasurer – James S. McGhay,
HoD), Boise, Idaho.
p Kurt E. Neher (Pacific Section),
Bakersfield, Calif.
p Donna S. Anderson (Rocky Mountain
Section), Golden, Colo.
p David C. Harris (Eastern Section),
Lexington, Ky.
p Mary E. Broussard (Gulf Coast
Section), Lafayette, La.
p Martha Lou Broussard (Gulf Coast
Section), Houston.
p Debra P. Osborne (Southwest
Section), Midland, Texas.
p Elected Editor Stephen E. Laubach,
Bureau of Economic Geology, University
of Texas at Austin, is serving the second
year of a three-year term in office.
Also new on the committee will be
Jeffrey W. Lund, Corridor Resources,
Houston, who has assumed the chair of
the House of Delegates. EXPLORER
Advisory Council Members Announced for 2011-12
p Robert D. Cowdery (Mid-Continent
Section), Wichita, Kan.
p Jean R. Gerard (Europe Region),
Madrid, Spain.
p Paul J. English (Canada Region),
Calgary, Canada.
p Peter W. Baillie (Asia/Pacific Region),
Singapore.
p Fowzia Hussien Abdullah (Middle
East Region), Safat, Kuwait.
The representatives for the Latin
America and Africa Regions will be named
at a later date.