Request For Nominations
The 2022 AIPG Awards Committee is seeking nominations for future recipients of the Ben H. Parker Memorial Medal, the Martin VanCouvering Memorial Award, the John T. Galey, Sr. Memorial Public Service Award, and Honorary Membership. The qualifications for these awards can be found below. Nominations for these awards, accompanied by supporting state- ment, should be sent to AIPG Headquarters, c/o Honors and Awards Chair, 1333 W. 120th Avenue, Suite 211, Westminster, Colorado, 80234-2710.
BEN H. PARKER MEMORIAL MEDAL
The Ben H. Parker Memorial Medal is the Institute’s most distinguished award. It was established by the Executive Committee in 1969 in posthumous honor of a truly great leader, who devoted much of his life to improve the quality of geology and geologists and the services they provide. The medal is awarded to individuals who have long records of distinguished and outstanding service to the profession.
The most important criterion is a continual record of contribution to the profession of geology. A wide variety of contributions can be considered, such as (a) the education and training of geologists, (b) professional development of geologists, (c) services to the Institute, (d) leadership in the surveillance of laws, rules, and regulations affecting geology, geologists, and the public, and (e) activity in local and regional affairs of geologists.
MARTIN VAN COUVERING MEMORIAL AWARD
The Martin Van Couvering Memorial Award was estab- lished by the Executive Committee in 1979 in posthumous honor of the first president of the Institute. Martin Van Couvering made the presidency a full-time occupation for the first two years of the Institute’s history. His dynamic leader- ship, diplomacy, and organizational abilities established the solid foundation from which the Institute has grown. Few, if any, have given so much to the Institute.
The most important criterion for the Martin Van Couvering Memorial Award is service to the Institute. As in other awards, a wide-variety of contributions to the Institute may be consid- ered. By far the most important contribution a geologist can make to the Institute is that of time. It is the contributions by individuals to the Section, the committees, and special projects that enable the Institute to enhance the practice of geology.
AWARD OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
Since 1984, AIPG has conferred Honorary Membership to those who have an exemplary record of distinguished service to the profession and to the Institute.
JOHN T. GALEY, SR. MEMORIAL PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
The American Institute of Professional Geologists’ Public Service Award was established by the Executive Committee in 1982 in recognition of one of its primary purposes: service to the public. In 1992, it was renamed the John T. Galey, Sr., Memorial Public Service Award, in posthumous honor of our fourth President, whose long professional career was a con- tinuum of service to both the geological and the general public.
Recognition of public service is important because so many Members have distinguished themselves and the Institute by giving expert testimony to governmental commissions and committees, and by providing geological expertise where it was needed by the public at large.
The application of geology to the needs of the general pub- lic may be in many different forms. Recipients of this award have outstanding records of public service on the national, state, or local level well beyond their normal professional re- sponsibilities.
JOHN STEWART MEMORIAL EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONAL AWARD
The John Stewart Memorial Early Career Professional Award was established by the Executive Committee in 2019 in posthumous honor of John Stewart, who graciously gave his time and experience to AIPG and in encouraging geolo- gists in their early careers and professional growth. This award is to honor an Early Career Professional member who has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the geologic profession and AIPG at the section and/or national level, and in particular, to mentoring and aiding in the advancement of Early Career Professional members in their early careers and within AIPG.
This award is to assure that active and ambitious Early Career Professional member geologists are honored as the fu- ture of AIPG.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROFESSION
The Outstanding Achievement Award was established by the 1989 Executive Committee to honor a non-member of AIPG who is widely recognized as a major contributor to the profession of geology. The award is not necessarily given annually, but only when the Awards Committee recommends an outstanding candidate to the Executive Committee for their consideration.
In 2013, the Executive Committee voted to expand the scope of the award to include candidates engaged in all types of media that inform or enlighten the public on the roles of pro- fessional geologists and the geosciences in society. This award may be for work in any media that inform or enlighten the public on the roles of professional geologists and geosciences in society. This award may be for work in any media such as visual (television, film, webcasts), auditory (radio, pod casts) or printed (books, articles, websites). The work must have been completed within five years preceding the award nomination and the nominee may be an individual, a group, or a company.
Nominations may be made online, e-mail, or fax by January 15, 2022.
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