Bureau Director Scott W. Tinker (center) receives the Don R. Boyd Medal for Excellence in Gulf Coast Geology from GCAGS President Charles A. Sternbach (right) while former Bureau JSG Director William L. Fisher looks on.
Bureau of Economic Geology researchers received some prestigious honors at the recent 2016 Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS) Annual Convention held in Corpus Christi. Bureau director Scott W. Tinker was awarded the 2016 Don R. Boyd Medal for Excellence in Gulf Coast Geology, the organization’s highest award. Dr. Tinker was recognized with the Boyd Medal for his professional leadership in GCAGS and for his years of involvement in Gulf Coast Basin geological research.
From left to right: Charles M. “Chock” Woodruff, Jr., Shirley Dutton, Robert G. Loucks, and William A. Ambrose
Charles M. “Chock” Woodruff, Jr., received a 2016 Outstanding Educator Award “in recognition of outstanding contributions to the education and training of geologists.” The award also recognizes those who have inspired students and whose publications have exhibited creative thinking and analysis.
Shirley Dutton, Robert G. Loucks, and William A. Ambrose shared the 2015 GCAGS Journal President’s Award for Outstanding Paper for “Factors Controlling Permeability Variation in Onshore, Deep Paleogene Wilcox Sandstones in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin: Targeting High-Quality Reservoirs” (GCAGS Journal, v. 4).
Please join all of us at the Bureau in congratulating these distinguished geologists.
