INTERNATIONAL DIVISION - Geological Society of America

INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
NEWSLETTER
Summer 2003
What to Expect at the GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle
Poster Booth: The International Division (ID) will have exhibit booth #340, a 10x10 ft space
that will be open during normal exhibit-floor hours. An ID representative will be on hand most
of the time. We will have posters depicting ID accomplishments this year, membership
information, and announcements about international meetings and activities planned for 2004.
Reception: The International Division is planning a grand reception for international visitors,
division members, and their guests. The reception is to be held in conjunction with our annual
business meeting. The festivities are planned for Tuesday, November 4, from 5:30-7:30 pm, in a
location to be announced. A cash bar will be available and light snacks will be provided. Among
the items of business:
• The results of the election of ID officers for 2004 will be announced.
• The Distinguished Scientist Award, which was approved by Council as our “Named
Award”, will be awarded posthumously to Dr. John Reinemund. We hope that Mrs.
Reinemund can be there to accept the award.
• Announcements will be made about two special conferences for 2004 that are in the
planning stages by ID members:
� “Backbone of the Americas,” an international meeting to be held in Mendoza,
Argentina. Contact is Suzanne Mahlburg Kay .
� “Geology of the Russian Arctic,” an international meeting to be co-sponsored by the
AAPG, and held in Prague. Contact is Pinar O. Yilmaz
.
• Maurice Terman will give us an update on a scholarship fund that he has endowed at the
GSA Foundation. Cash awards will underwrite PhD theses or Post-Doc research of
scientists in East Asia.
Program: The International Division is sponsoring three topical sessions at this year’s GSA
Annual Meeting in Seattle:
T7 "Geologists in the Peace Corps: The Contribution of Peace Corps Geologists to
International Development and Contribution of the Peace Corps Experience to the
Development of the Geosciences in America". Robert A. Levich, R. Stephen Saunders , and
Ernest W. Kendall, co-organizers. Cosponsors, GSA International Division, Association of
Geoscientists for International Development, U.S. Peace Corps, Ghana Geological Survey, and
U.S. Geological Survey.

T76 “Present Posture and Future Status of Pacific Atoll Research”. John D. Collen and
Douglas Edsall, co-organizers. Sponsor, International Division.
T144 "Tectonics of the Circum-Pacific Rim in Space and Time: Focus on Alaska, Central and
South America, and the Western Pacific." Suzanne Mahlburg Kay and Mark Cloos, coorganizers.
Cosponsors International Division, U.S. National Committee on the Geological
Sciences, Circum-Pacific Council, and GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division.
International Division Activities in 2003
A principal activity of the International Division this year is to provide travel awards to young
international scientists to attend the GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle. Following the Division's
by-laws, an awards committee was appointed by the division president to select the recipients of
these awards. The committee consists of First Vice-President, Mark Cloos, University of Texas,
Austin, Texas and Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. The charge to the committee
is to select awardees to receive partial support from the International Division Award Fund and
the Charles Lum Drake International Grant Fund, which the International Division oversees.
Recipients of awards from the Drake Fund and other Drake-type funds are required to be under
40 years old and to be non-citizens of the United States.
The management board gratefully acknowledges the donations made by our membership to assist
students and young scientists from outside North America to attend the GSA Annual Meeting in
Seattle. The donations were made and are still being received in response to a letter of appeal by
the ID President. These funds go into the ID Awards Fund and will help support the many
requests we have received from overseas. So far we have 15 requests.
In addition, to help raise funds for international travel requests, “International Travel Grants”
was approved by Council to be put on the “GSA Greatest Needs List”. This action through a
trustee subcommittee identifies potential donors, corporations, foundations, and individuals for
raising the needed financial base.
The GSA Council acted in 2002 to sunset the Globalization Review Board and to add a member
of the International Division to the current Annual Program Committee. Being no other
volunteers, Dean Kleinkopf will fill the 3-year appointment, with approval of Council.
The International Division’s Bruce Molina is a candidate for Councilor (2004-2006) in the GSA
election being held this August.
Please visit our web page at
for additional International Division information.
Respectfully submitted,
Dean Kleinkopf and Bruce Molnia, on behalf of the ID Management Board
20 July 2003
Important – Please Vote!
The ballot for 2003-04 officers for the International Division is on the following pages. You may
print this ballot and return it to GSA by September 30, 2003, or if you prefer, you may vote
online at by September 30, 2003. Thank
you for taking part in the election of your Division officers.

TO ALL VOTING MEMBERS OF GSA’S INTERNATIONAL DIVISION:
This is the ballot for 2003-2004 officers for the International Division. Please vote by marking your ballot and returning it
to GSA no later than September 30, 2003. Biographical data for the candidates follow. Please note that may vote online
by September 30 at: if you prefer. At that site, you can access
the electronic ballot using your GSA member number (or your e-mail address if it is in your GSA records). For help,
please contact GSA Services or (303) 447-2020 ext 3, or tollfree at (888) 443-4472.
President: Mark P. Cloos. Structural geology and tectonics. Educ: BS, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; PhD,
UCLA. Prof Exp: Univ of Texas at Austin, Dept of Geol Sci, Prof (81-pres), Dept Chr (96-00). Prof Affil: GSA Sr
Fellow (mbr since 84; Flw 89); AGU, MSA. GSA Service: Geology, assoc edtr (87-95); SGT officer (89-91, Chair 91-
92); JTPC rep (89-92); Comm on Nominations (91); Programs Comm (93-95); GSA Councilor (93-95); Donath Comm,
(95-97, Chr & 01-04, Chr 02-03); South-Central Sctn Vice-Chr (95-96), Chr (96-97); Comm on External Awards (99);
GSA Foundation Dvpt Comm (99); 1999 Cordilleran Sctn Mtg field trip co-leader; Globalization Rvw Brd, Intnl Div rep
(02-03). Addtnl Service: Member, Board on Earth Sci & Resources, Natl Rsrch Cncl (92-97); Mbr, US Geodynamics
Comm (93-97). GSA Honors: Donath Medalist, 1989. Rsrch Int: All aspects of subduction zone evolution, porphyry
copper ore formation; major field programs in California and New Guinea.
First Vice-President: Pinar O. Yilmaz. Petroleum geology, basin analysis, structural analysis. Educ: BA,
Kirkland/Hamilton Coll; MA, Bryn Mawr College; PhD, UT Austin. Prof Exp: Mobil Oil Corp, Exploration & Production
(80-84); Exxon Production Rsrch Co, Geologist (84-95); Exxon Explrtn Co, External Tech Coord (95-99); ExxonMobil
Explrtn Co, External Tech Coord (99-pres). Prof Affil: GSA (mbr since 77), AAPG, SEG, EAGE, AGU, AWG, Assoc
Brazil Petrol Geol, Nigerian Assoc Petrol Geol. GSA Service: GSA Intnl Div VP (93-95), Pres (95-96), Secty-Treas (01-
02); GSA Comm on Honorary Flws (93-95). Addtnl Service: AAPG Intnl Liaison Comm Chr (98-00); mbr numerous
AAPG committees; Assoc Edtr AGU Tectonics; Assoc Edtr Basin Research.
Second Vice-President: Yildirim Dilek. Tectonics, structural geology. Educ: BS and MS Geological Engineering, Univ
of Istanbul; PhD Geology, Univ of California (Davis). Prof Exp: The Getty Conservation Inst, Sr Rsrch Fellow (80-90);
Vassar College, Dept of Geol & Geog, Asst Prof (90-96); Miami Univ, Oxford, Dept of Geology, Asst Prof (98-03), Prof
(03-pres). Prof Affil: GSA (mbr since 82; Fellow 02); Geol Soc of London, Fellow (95); AGU, AAS, The Sigma Xi,
NAGT. GSA Service: Penrose Conf co-convener (98); GSA Bulletin Assoc Ed (00-03), Edtr (03-pres). Addtnl Service:
Council on Undergrad Rsrch, Councilor (94-00); NAGT, Councilor (96-00); Ofioliti, Assoc Ed (98-pres); Journal of
Geosci Educ, Assoc Ed (00-pres); Jour of the Geol Soc of London, Assoc Ed (01-pres). Honors/Awards: Miami Univ
Disting Rsrch Scholar (03); Miami Univ CELT Teaching Excellence Award (02). Rsrch Int: Structure & tectonics of
ophiolites and oceanic crust; geodynamic evolution of the Alpine, Caledonian, Cordilleran & Himalayan orogenic belts.
Ballot for the Election of 2003-2004 Officers for the GSA International Division
Vote for no more than one candidate for each office by checking the appropriate box or by filling in the write-in space to
vote for an individual not listed on this ballot. Your ballot must be returned to GSA by September 30, 2003, must be
signed in the space provided on the reverse side of this page, and must include your GSA member number in order to be
valid. (Your GSA member number is printed near the top of your GSA Today label.) Please return your ballot to the
address below. Thank you for participating in your International Division election.
President:
� Mark P. Cloos
First Vice-President:
� Pinar O. Yilmaz
Second Vice-President:
� Yildirim Dilek
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