2016 AIPG HONORS AND AWARDS
made things look easy when in actual- ity they were not. Current national officers including Helen Hickman, Adam Heft, David Pyles, Douglas Bartlett, Keri Nutter, Jean (Neubeck) Patota, and national Advisory Board mem- bers Jeffrey Frederick, Kevin Gooding, Donald Lumm, and Shanna Schmitt have made contributing to AIPG an enjoyable endeavor shared among friends and respected colleagues. Pillars of the AIPG community such as David Abbott, Pat Leahy, Gail Siok, Lawrence Austin, James Burnell, Tom Cavanaugh, and too many others to mention also provided continuous support and input to the Institute along the way. To all of these wonderful people and many others I owe my deepest gratitude and offer my sincere thanks.
It has been an honor and a pleasure to have been involved with AIPG since the early 90s. In 2008 and 2009 I served as President of the South Dakota AIPG Section, and in 2010 I was elected to serve on AIPG’s national Executive Committee. As a national board mem- ber from 2010-2016, I was fortunate enough to serve as an Advisory Board member, and as national Secretary, Vice President, President Elect, President, and Past President. In 2012 it was my great pleasure to Co-chair the AIPG annual conference in Rapid City, South Dakota, which is one of my fondest pro- fessional memories. Some of the signifi- cant developments within AIPG over the past seven years have included a greater focus on student participation, changes in leadership at the headquarters office, and most recently there have been pro- ductive discussions regarding the value of AIPG and potential enhancements to strengthen the Institute. Throughout all of the various activities and issues that have come before AIPG over the past seven years, it has been my goal to respond in a balanced, proactive man- ner, and to provide suggestions and solu- tions that would promote and advance the cause of AIPG and the pursuance of professional geology in the United States and internationally.
Finally, although this award recog- nizes service to the Institute, I would like to recognize what AIPG has done for me. AIPG has provided me with opportunities that simply are not avail- able elsewhere. Opportunities to lead and to serve at a national level and to represent American geoscientists on an international stage. Opportunities to give something back to my chosen
profession and to make a difference for future generations of geoscientists. And perhaps most significant of all: opportu- nities to meet and interact with some of the most impressive, hardworking, gen- erous, kind-hearted people that I could ever imagine. Thank you all so much for this award and for these wonderful opportunities with AIPG.
defining moment; life as an employee with a paycheck was shifted to the rear- view mirror until 2006, when employ- ment and a paycheck again ruled the day. During those years he worked as a consulting petroleum geologist and independent after a brief stint with Apache Corp as an employee in 1988. He greatly appreciates individual com- panies who kindly offered employment, benefits, training, and access to capital. From 2006 to 2012, Logan worked for Western Gas Resources, which merged into Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
Logan T. MacMillan CPG-4560 2016 Recipient of the AIPG John T. Gayley, Sr., Memorial Public Service
Logan MacMillan received Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degrees in Geologic Engineering & Geology, respectively, from Colorado School of Mines in the early 1970s, and an MBA from University of Colorado Denver fol- lowing the crude oil crash of 1986. He was exposed to public service by a number of the faculty at CSM, known at that time as ‘The World’s Foremost School of Mineral Engineering.’ Prominent among the voluntary efforts of the faculty were appointments made by the Governor to the state’s regulatory agencies, like those of Dr. John D. Haun, professor of petroleum geology, who was appointed to the state’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in the 1970s. Professor Haun has served as a mentor for many successful students through his con- tributions to the professional societies, his teachings, and his contributions to society as a whole.
Logan defines his work experience in three sections: Early Employment (1974 – 1986), Consulting (1986 – 2006), and Late Employment (2006 – 2012). From 1974 to April 1986, he was employed as a petroleum geologist for Amoco Production Company; Petroleum, Inc.; Kerr & Associates; Bass Enterprises Production Company; and Axem Resources. Logan joined AIPG in 1979. The 1986 crude oil price crash was a
Logan’s involvement with profes- sional societies started while at CSM and was enhanced by volunteer activi- ties through AIPG, among others, from early employment and continues today. He became a member of Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, in 1973 and of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, in 1975. In 1992, Logan was appointed by Governor Roy Romer to the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, where he served until 1997. He has been an active member of, in some cases held leadership positions in, and received awards for public service to AIPG, the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG), Denver Desk & Derrick (DDD), and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).
Post-work activities might be consid- ered by some as ‘retirement.’ Starting in a rather leisurely fashion, Logan returned to a challenge offered by one of those CSM profs way back in undergrad days – ‘learn the geology of where you live.’ He has been – back in Jefferson County, CO – where Mines is. With recent publications from Colorado’s state agencies assisting in his own recent pub- lications, Logan has been impressed with the possible resource potential underly- ing the greater Denver-metro area. Who owns the mineral estate? Why isn’t it being developed?
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Thank you to David Abbott who made the recommendation for this award and to the Institute for promoting the honor of a Public Service Award in John Galey Sr.’s name.
I am very honored & humbled to be considered amongst the previous awardees and the many of you who give tirelessly of your time, energy and exper- tise to support our profession and the industries that contribute so positively to our society and way of life.
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