AAPG Explorer - June 2010 - American Association of Petroleum ...

AAPG
EXPLORER
FOUNDATIONUPDATE
Foundation Selects Leadership
Four Members of the Corporation
and two Trustees for the AAPG
Foundation were re-elected to new
terms during the group’s recent meeting
in New Orleans during the AAPG Annual
Convention and Exhibition.
Re-elected to five-year terms as
Members of the Corporation were:
p Robbie Rice Gries, Denver.
p Frank W. Harrison Jr., Lafayette, La.
p Paul M. Strunk, Corpus Christi,
Texas.
p Charles Weiner, Houston.
Re-elected for three-year terms as
Trustees were:
p William J. Barrett, Denver.
GRIES HARRISON STRUNK WEINER BARRETT FISHER
p William L. Fisher, Austin, Texas.
Fisher, as chairman of the Trustees,
also announced the following funding
approvals at the board’s meeting in New
Orleans:
u $30,000 in support of AGI’s Earth
Science Week Program, “Exploring
Energy.”
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u $20,000 in support of providing
framed U.S. Geological Survey “Tapestry
of Time” maps to be distributed in
collaboration with the More! Rocks in
Your Head program.
u $3,000 to the Northern California
Geological Society, to supply geologic
maps of California to San Francisco Bay
area teachers.
The next meeting of the Members
of the Corporation is set for April 11 in
Houston.
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The AAPG Foundation was
established to carry out scientific,
educational objectives through the use
of charitable, tax-deductible gifts and
contributions from AAPG members and
corporate entities.
Trustee Associates support the
AAPG Foundation, provide counsel
and leadership to the Trustees, lend
support to fundraising efforts and
provide guidance of the scientific and
educational agenda that it underwrites.
Today there are 275 Trustee
Associates, and they play a stellar
role in the development of AAPG’s
financial resources, thereby dramatically
accelerating its ability to support
scientific educational programs.
Jim McGhay, Tulsa, and Walter
S. Light Jr., Houston, are the newest
members to join the group.
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Foundation Trustee William E. Gipson
recently established a new Named Grant
to be awarded through the AAPG Grantsin-Aid
Program.
The William E. Gipson Named Grant
will be awarded beginning in 2011 to a
Southern Methodist University graduate
student studying petroleum geology.
The Named Grants-in-Aid Program
is a specially endowed segment of the
Foundation’s Grants-in-Aid Program. It
provides a gift that renews indefinitely
while at the same time honors the donor
or someone of his/her choosing.
Grants are awarded annually in
amounts ranging from $500 to $3,000.
Support of the Grants-in-Aid Program
is important – each year more students
apply than can be funded.
For details on how to support the
Grants-in-Aid Program contact Rebecca
Griffin, at 918-560-2644.
Contributions to the AAPG Foundation
are tax deductible for persons subject to
U.S. income tax. EXPLORER
Diversity
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the Energy Committee with research on
carbon sequestration and geothermal
energy resources in addition to fossil
energy resarch and development,
upstream petroleum issues and other
science-related policy areas.
“Diversity in our industry is key to
representing the views of the general
population,” said Anderson, one of only
eight geologists currently employed on
Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
“More geoscientists are needed to work
in government,” she added.
In the end, the panelists’ collective
advice was for job seekers to build a solid
foundation of technical skills; learn to
communicate clearly; and have confidence
in knowing that employers value diversity.
To read more about this subject,
visit the AAPG website.
www.aapg.org