2015 AIPG HONORS AND AWARDS
Peace Corp in the 1970s and has helped found schools for girls in Afghanistan). She has very useful and in-depth knowl- edge of Robert’s Rules of Order too.
Jane M. Willard, CPG-6979 Minnesota Section
I am nominating Jane Willard for the AIPG Section Leadership Award because of her outstanding service to the MN Section of AIPG, service to AIPG as a whole, and her commitment to the profession of geology.
Jane started attending AIPG meet- ings in the Twin Cities in 1981. At the time, there was no non-CPG mem- bership and the section was actually formally known as the MN-WI Section of AIPG. Jane became a CPG in 1984 with the sponsorship of some key section members. Jane has held a number of positions in the Section including but not limited to: President (twice), Director, Sponsorship Chair, and most currently, editor of our first Section newsletters. For our golf tournament fund raisers, she has organized some of the silent auc- tions. She helped organize the licensing committee in the early 1990s and was instrumental in helping make an estab- lished path for professional licensure of geologists in the state of MN. Jane also co-organized at least two half-day semi- nars on environmental issues including petroleum and assessment back in the 1990s.
At the national level of AIPG, Jane was on the education committee in the mid 1980s and valuated geology pro- grams in Minnesota. She was a director on the National Advisory Board in 2005, and she co-chaired and then chaired the 2006 convention committee from about 2003 to 2006. Jane was also on the Foundation board for a year around 2005.
I have personally enjoyed working with Jane to help organize many month- ly luncheons, golf tournaments, socials, and trainings. Her love of geology and pride for the profession is contagious. She has been very good mentor to me as I’ve taken on leadership roles in the Section. Jane is a joy to be around and she brings a wonderful world view on many matters (e.g. she also served in the
Jane has been so important to the MN Section of AIPG and has remained steadily involved through many changes of leadership, always maintaining at least one smaller role, and often larger ones. If it weren’t for Jane, the Section might not be as strong as it is today and geology might not be a licensed profes- sion in the state of MN. Thank you for the opportunity to nominate Jane Willard for the AIPG Section Leadership Award and recognize her for her many and on- going contributions to our Section.
Nominated by: Jake T. Dalbec, MEM-1599
firms throughout the United States and Canada. His career has represented the broad spectrum of the geosciences with his focus ranging from research on ground water supply, coal geology, and underground storage tank management, to detailed site assessment, remediation, and contaminant transport modelling. In addition to being a CPG, Curt is also a registered Professional Geologist in North Carolina, Kentucky and Alberta Canada.
Curtis J. Coe, CPG-6240 Ohio Section
I have prepared this letter of support to nominate Curtis (Curt) Coe, CPG- 06240, for the AIPG Section Leadership Award. Curt is currently serving the Ohio Section of AIPG in a dual capacity, both as past-President and President- Elect for 2016. I have served on the Executive Committee of the Ohio Section for the past 6.5 years, first as a Member- at-Large, and currently as the Section Treasurer. Over the past several years I have had the pleasure to work directly with Curt on the Executive Committee of the Ohio Section. Through our interac- tions, I have witnessed Curt’s unwaver- ing and selfless dedication to AIPG and the geologic profession first hand.
To give a bit of history of Curt, he began his career in geology after graduating from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geology/Earth Science in 1975, and furthered his academic aspirations with a Master of Science degree in Economic Geology and Mineralogy from Florida State University in 1978. Since graduating, Curt has had a long and diverse career that has included posi- tions as a geologist in private industry, government, and numerous consulting
Since 2011, Curt has been a bastion for geology in Ohio through his work as a hydrogeologist at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Soil and Water Resources. In this posi- tion, he has the unique opportunity to provide technical support to the public, government, consultants, and private industry. His involvement in the state government has allowed him to work on a variety of geologic and hydrogeo- logic issues that are of great importance to the protection of public interests and the economy of Ohio. Examples of issues include groundwater supply con- flict investigations, groundwater supply for Utica Shale oil and gas well drilling and coal mining, and involvement with groundwater potentiometric surface mapping and GIS Investigations for ground water supply exploration.
In terms of AIPG, Curt has been involved with the Ohio Section of AIPG for over 30 years. He joined the Ohio Section AIPG as a Certified Professional Geologist in 1983. Highlights of his early involvement with AIPG include his first term as Ohio Section President in 1986 and National Chairman for the AIPG Annual Meeting held in Columbus and hosted by the Ohio Section in 1996. Since starting at ODNR in 2011, Curt has reimmersed himself in AIPG, first as a member of ad-hoc committees, then as President again in 2014 and soon-to- be 2016.
Through his work within the Ohio Section Curt has provided the Membership with a wide variety of opportunities to further their knowledge of geology in Ohio. Curt has strived to obtain both entertaining and informa- tive guest speakers for Ohio Section meetings and has provided members with unique field trip opportunities including tours of active shale gas drill- ing sites and operating coal mines. Through the meetings and field trips, he has furthered our knowledge not only of Ohio geology, but of issues of economic and political importance. Curt has also
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