awards
PBS-SEPM has had the great honor of working with some amazing individuals over its history. It has been our pleasure to acknowledge a few of those "Pillars of the (Geoscience) Community," especially those who have contributed to our understanding of the Permian Basin, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, or geosciences in general. We recognize these people through various awards. Many of our awardees are dedicated individuals who have contributed their time and service to the section, volunteers who have helped the society in all manner of undertakings over the years, and companies who have contributed their service and support to the Section. The awards are as follows: Honorary Life Membership Award, Dedicated Service Award, Volunteer of the Year, and The Perryman Award. You can read a little more about each one and see the awardees, below.
Geology, Paleontologists & Mineralogists
Honorary Life Membership Award
The Honorary Life Award is the highest award of the Section. Recipients shall be elected on the basis of their recognized contributions to the geologic sciences in the Permian Basin. The awardee need not be a member of the Section, but must be living at the time of nomination.
Honorary Life Members become perpetual members of the Section, but will not be charged dues.
Year Recipient
1960 L. Frank Brown, Jr
1961 Hugh N. Frenzel
1962 Philip B. King
1963 Garner L Wilde
1963 John Emery Adams
1964 ---
1965 ---
1966 John E. Galley
1967 ---
1968 Richard D. Jons
1969 ---
1970 John Skinner
1971 ---
1972 Harold L. Willams
1973 Robert J. Dunham
1974 Mary Louise Rhodes
1975 ---
1976 Wendell J. Stewart
1977 Lloyd C. Pray
1978 Earl McBride
1979 Theodore S. Jones
1980 Jerry F. Sides
1981 Karl Klement
1982 Charles (Gene) E. Mear
1983 Gordon P. Graig
1984 Ed H. McGlasson
1985 John M. Cys
1986 Cyril M. Gallick
1987 Charles Ross
1988 Richard V. Hollingsworth
1989 Wm. G. Thorsen
1990 David V. Lemone
1991 Salvatore J. Mazzullo
1992 Grover Murray
1993 Alastair Reid
1994 James Lee Wilson
1995 Mary Van Der Loop
1996 Frederick (Rick) Sarg
1997 George E. Moore
1998 Frank Kottlowski
1999 Robert F. Lindsay
2000 Charles Kerans
2001 Sue Tomlinson Reid
2002 Robert 'Bob' Ward
2003 F. Jerry Lucia
2004 ---
2005 Emily Stoudt
2006 Stephen C. Ruppel
2007 Robert Loucks
2008 Robert C. Trentham
2009 George Asquith
2010 Willis Tyrrell Jr.
2011 Paul M. Harris
2012 Paul H. Pausé
2013 Greg Wahlman
2014 Fred Behnken
2015 Peter Scholle
2016 David Rohr
2017 Merlynd Nestell
2018 ---
2019 ---
2020 ---
2021 Carol Ann Hill
2022 J.P.F. (Pat) Welch
dedicated service award
The Dedicated Service Award will be granted to honor an individual member in good standing who, in whatever capacity, has made outstanding contributions of time and service to the Section.
Year Recipient
1988 Brenda K. Cunningham
1989 Carroll L. Hedrick
1990 David W. Cromwell
1991 Paul H. Pausé
1992 Sara L. Robbins
1993 Louis Mazzullo
1994 J. Michael Party
1995 Sally Meader Roberts
1996 Wm. L. Basham
1997 Gardner L. Wilde
1998 Robert F. Lindsay
1999 Denise M. Cox
2000 ---
2001 ---
2002 ---
2003 Stephen Ruppel
2004 Charlie Kerans
2005 J.F. 'Pat' Welch
2006 Alvin 'Al' H. Smith
2007 Fred Behnken
2008 Samuel M. Samford
2009 David J. Entzminger
2010 Teri McGuigan
2011 Wendy Savage
2012 George F. 'Rick' Doehne
2013 Cory J. Hoffman
2014 Robert Campbell
2015 ---
2016 ---
2017 ---
2018 ---
2019 ---
volunteer of the year
The Executive Committee does, from time to time, recognize individuals who have been particularly helpful to the Section. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and effort the following individuals have expended on behalf of the Section:
Year Recipient
1989 J. Michael Party
1990 Vincent F. Scury
1991 Samuel M. Samford
1992 Richard Blackwell
1993 Michael Rose
1994 ---
1995 ---
1996 Jim W. Adams
1997 Cathie Party
1998 Robert L. 'Lee' Sanders
1999 Robert F. Ward
2000 ---
2001 ---
2002 Alvin 'Al' H. Smith
2003 Dr. George Asquith, Cynthia Welch, and Cory J. Hoffman
2004 ---
2005 ---
2006 ---
2007 Hollie Lamb
2008 Gilbert Barragan
2009 Cathie Party and Erin Van Evera
2010 Samuel M. Samford
2011 Chris Fling and Robert Campbell
2012 Curtis Helms, Jr.
2013 Teri McGuigan
2014 Curtis Helms, Jr.
2015 Ben Davis
2016 ---
2017 Frank A. Fullbright
2018 ---
2019 ---
2020 ---
2021 Alexis Iwasiw
perryman award
The Section may, from time to time, grant the Perryman Award, named in honor of the late Don Perryman. The Perryman Award will be granted to a company or institution on the basis of exceptional contribution of services or support to the Section.
Year Recipient
1987 Welex
1988 Core Laboratories, Inc.
1989 Petroleum Information
1990 Schlumberger Well Services
1991 Midland Reporter Telegram
1992 ---
1993 Midland Energy Library
1994 ---
1995 ---
1996 Austin Weeks and Roy Huffington
1997 Chevron USA (Midland)
1998 Marathon Oil Co.
1999 ---
2000 Texaco, Inc.
2001 ---
2002 ---
2003 ChevronTexaco and Suttles Logging
2004 Western Geco and Dawson Geophysical
2005 Pure Resources
2006 ---
2007 Whiting Petroleum
2008 Whiting Petroleum
2009 Weatherford Labs
2010 Schlumberger
2011 ---
2012 ---
2013 Suttles Logging
2014 ---
2015 Weatherford Labs
2016 ---
2017 Concho Resources
2018 ---
2019 ---
