2015 AIPG HONORS AND AWARDS
been the primary contributor to the Ohio Section website blog, and success- fully led the process of revising the Ohio Section bylaws as part of his presidency in 2014. Curt also serves as the Chair of the Ohio Section Awards Committee, dedicating his personal time each year to identify and recognize Ohio CPGs who have shown strong dedication to geology and AIPG.
At the AIPG National level, Curt has spear-headed the organization of the past three AIPG National shale gas con- ferences held in Ohio, using his extensive contacts to assist AIPG National with arranging vendors, guest speakers, and other conference details.
Throughout his career, Curt has demonstrated a selfless dedication and commitment to the furthering of the profession and the Ohio Section of AIPG. Therefore, it is my honor as his colleague and friend to nominate him for the Section Leadership Award.
Nominated by: Brent R. Smith, CPG-11130
Michael served as a catalyst by helping to train and provide encouragement for many geologists faced with making a career change within the wide variety of aspects in the geologic profession. Michael is an unusual leader because he not only identifies goals and people capable of achieving common goals, he participates in making them happen.
Michael D. Campbell, CPG-3330 Texas Section
Michael Campbell truly deserves rec- ognition from the American Institute for Professional Geologists for his efforts on behalf of all Texas and professional geologists nationwide. Michael has been a member of American Institute of Professional Geologists since the 1970s. He has brought the strength of his com- mitment to the professional over the last several decades through his actions of volunteering and mentoring. In his work life, Michael personifies what it means to be a professional geologist because he has served as a mentor to generations of geologists, including me. Michael is an innovator: when many geologists were caught by a downturn in the oil and gas industry several decades ago, he developed a low-cost training program in Houston to introduce them to the fun- damentals of the environmental arena. I attended part of that training when I was unemployed in the Houston area.
Michael is an early adopter when it comes to technology as he volunteered to develop and host the American Institute of Professional Geologists Texas section web pages in the mid 1990s. When the Texas section of the American Institute for Professional Geologists devolved over the past ten years, he drew on his vast network of geologists he had mentored over the decades and committed to kick starting the section back into existence and it is thriving once more. Michael called upon me to serve as a leader in Texas as well as devoting his own time over the past several years. Even now, Michael steps up to identify opportuni- ties for the section and volunteers him- self for tasks and gets them done, such as outreach to start or revitalize our commitment to student sections at the major Texas universities with geoscience programs. Inevitably, during our month- ly teleconference meetings he guides the discussion with parry and thrust of an expert fencer; he knows when to talk about past efforts, to prod action, and when to move us on in our discussions to make our time spent productively and efficiently. He generates genuinely help- ful ideas, suggestions, and plans to make the section move closer towards the level it should be performing.
I hope that you can see now that Michael is an exceptional personal in every task and job he takes on. These examples listed are only a few of the extraordinary efforts Michael has gone to in support of the geologic profession in Texas, the United States, and osten- sibly, worldwide. I believe you will find Michael Campbell worthy of national- level American Institute for Professional Geologists recognition.
Nominated by: Rima Petrossian, CPG-10038
Christine F. Lilek, CPG-10195 Wisconsin Section
Like some of the other sections, the Wisconsin Section had the same leader- ship for many years, resulting in a re- hashing of the same ideas and a decrease in enthusiasm for advancing them. Since Christine has become involved, she has re-invigorated our section, bringing new energy and new ideas. A few of the items she is responsible for include:
the development of a student section at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater;
a partnership for the AIPG Wisconsin Section with the Annual Student Research Symposium at the Riveredge Nature Center in Newburg Wisconsin (each year, she also serves as a judge of the student presentations);
a partnership with the Ice Age Trail Alliance including volun- teer hours building and main- taining trails; and
the sponsorship of a very well attended Frac Sand Webinar in 2014, co-sponsored with the Minnesota AIPG Section, the Wisconsin Ground Water Association, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, and the American Geosciences Institute.
Nominated by: Jayne A. Englebert, CPG-8907
Presidential Certificate of Merit
Each year, the AIPG President may award one or more certificates of merit to individuals who, through dedicated and meritorious service, have made an out- standing contribution to the Institute. J. Foster Sawyer, 2015 National President.
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