GSA Fellows Elected in 2009
Elected by Council 3 May 2009.
GSA’s newly elected Fellows will be recognized at the 2009 GSA Annual Meeting Presidential Address & Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 17 Oct., at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
Richelle M. Allen-King, University at Buffalo
GSA Affiliations: Northeastern Section and Hydrogeology Division
Richelle Allen-King, professor and chair of geology at the University at Buffalo, is a successful and highly admired educator. Her research has significantly advanced the understanding of reactive transport processes in the subsurface. Her excellence in research and her commitment to education and service have greatly enriched the geoscientific community.
Nominator: Robert W. Ritzi
Richard B. Alley, Pennsylvania State University
GSA Affiliations: Northeastern Section and Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 GSA Public Service Award recipient.
William M. Alley, U.S. Geological Survey–San Diego
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Hydrogeology Division
William M. Alley is nominated as Fellow for his distinguished contributions to public awareness of geology. Bill’s career has focused on groundwater sustainability, and he has worked to increase the public’s awareness of sustainability by briefing Congress, publishing research papers, and effectively administering groundwater programs across the country.
Nominator: Carol M. Wicks
Rolf Emmermann, GeoForschungsZentrum, Germany
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 Distinguished Career Award recipient.
J. Ramón Arrowsmith, Arizona State University
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Geoinformatics, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology, and Structural Geology and Tectonics Divisions
J. Ramón Arrowsmith is nominated for his major contributions to tectonic geomorphology, structure, and cyber-informatics, and his mentoring of students. Ramón’s research spans the world from applied geology in Arizona to the active tectonics of the Pacific–North America transform to oblique-rift boundary and the Asia continental collision belt.
Nominator: Paul J. Umhoefer
Robert L. Badger, State University of New York College at Potsdam
GSA Affiliations: Northeastern Section and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Robert Badger, longstanding chair at SUNY-Potsdam, has provided inspiration and training for hundreds of geologists. He is particularly well known for bringing dozens of students to GSA Northeastern Section meetings. Rob’s exceptional organizational skills have resulted in numerous field trips, meetings, and opportunities for colleagues and students alike.
Nominator: Jeffrey R. Chiarenzelli
David A. Benson, Colorado School of Mines
GSA Affiliations: Rocky Mountain Section and Hydrogeology Division
This nomination is based on Benson’s outstanding scientific leadership on fractional advection-dispersion equation, fractional Brownian motion, particle tracking algorithms, and random walk processes and their applications for simulating multi-rate, mobile-immobile chemical reactions and partitioning at highly heterogeneous field sites such as the MADE site.
Nominator: Hongbin Zhan
Robert J. Bodnar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
GSA Affiliations: Southeastern Section
Bodnar is one of the world’s leading experts on fluids in the crust and mantle, as well as in extraterrestrial environments. He is the world’s preeminent scholar in fluid inclusion research and has made seminal contributions in the fields of geology, geochemistry, physical chemistry, planetary materials, and environmental science.
Nominator: Michael F. Hochella Jr.
Raymond M. Burke, Humboldt State University
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Raymond M. “Bud” Burke is a truly outstanding educator and a Quaternary geologist of the Pete Birkeland tradition. He is a truly remarkable field scientist as well as an inspirational and influential teacher. His research focus is on Quaternary stratigraphic and soils geomorphic studies applied to paleoclimatic and paleotectonic questions.
Nominator: Alan R. Gillespie
William F. Cannon, U.S. Geological Survey–Reston
GSA Affiliations: Northeastern Section
William F. Cannon is being recognized for his many significant and lasting contributions to geology, particularly to the understanding of the Precambrian geology and mineral resources of the Upper Midwest region, his years of scientific leadership, and his other contributions to the profession.
Nominator: Klaus J. Schulz
Philip R. Christensen, Arizona State University
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Planetary Geology Division
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 G.K. Gilbert Award recipient.
Andrew Cooper, University of Ulster
GSA Affiliation: Southeastern Section
European coastal geologist Andrew Cooper’s research has involved studies of estuaries, beaches, the continental shelf, and fetch-limited barrier islands, often from a coastal management perspective. His influential work in Southern Africa and Ireland has been widely published and quoted, and he is frequently involved in the public debate on responses to sea- level rise.
Nominator: Orrin H. Pilkey
Derek H. Cornforth, Cornforth Consultants Inc. (retired)
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Engineering Geology Division
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award recipient.
Salvatore Critelli, Università della Calabria, Italy
A distinguished and prolific sedimentary petrologist, Critelli has made important contributions by applying sandstone petrography to paleogeographic and paleotectonic reconstructions of several orogenic belts and associated sedimentary basins, ranging from Pakistan-Nepal to the Apennines of Italy, from the Rhodope Massif of Bulgaria-Greece to the Los Angeles Basin of California. He also tackled fundamental issues in the interpretation of volcanic detrital grains, as well as in the fields of weathering and diagenesis.
Nominator: William Cavazza
William M. Dunne, University of Tennessee–Knoxville
GSA Affiliations: Southeastern Section and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
William Dunne has a distinguished record of scholarship in structural geology, particularly in the brittle realm. He has advanced our understanding of strain, grain-scale deformation, and fluid flow in sandstones. He has been an officer in the Structure and Tectonics Division and an editor for the Journal of Structural Geology.
Nominator: Charles M. Onasch
Todd A. Ehlers, University of Michigan
GSA Affiliation: North-Central Section
Todd Ehlers is nominated for his unusually productive research program dealing with earth surface processes and geodynamics, and his highly energetic service to the geologic community through short courses, special theme sessions, and overall leadership in research.
Nominator: Stephen E. Kesler
W. Crawford Elliott, Georgia State University
GSA Affiliation: Southeastern Section
Crawford Elliott has extensive research accomplishments in the diagenesis and metamorphism of clays; tectonically-driven, continental-scale crustal fluid movements, tracing of lead and radioisotopes in the environment, K-Ar geochronology, and Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary events. He has effectively served the profession as an associate editor of journals, as convener of an important NSF workshop, and serves currently as academic department chair.
Nominator: Samuel M. Savin
Lisa Ely, Central Washington University
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology and International Divisions
We nominate Ely for research and service. She has written 13 articles, 11 book chapters, and contributions to proceedings, and has investigated flood hydroclimatology and global change. Lisa has served on the GSA Joint Technical Program Committee and award selection panels and chaired the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, and has served AMQUA, NSF, and AWG, and advised 60+ students.
Nominator: Ellen E. Wohl
Kenneth A. Farley, California Institute of Technology
GSA Affiliation: Cordilleran Section
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 Arthur L. Day Medalist.
Alan J. Gallegos, U.S. Department of Agriculture–Forest Service
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Engineering Geology, Limnogeology, and Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Divisions
This nomination is in recognition of Gallegos’ mentoring of young geoscientists in applied geology through his efforts resulting in the USDA Forest Service becoming a partner in GeoCorpsTM America and his personal commitment to participants in this program.
Nominator: Jerome V. DeGraff
Cynthia A. Gardner, U.S. Geological Survey–Vancouver
GSA Affiliation: Cordilleran Section
Cynthia Gardner is nominated for GSA Fellowship for her research on volcanic eruptive processes and history, leadership of the Cascades Volcano Observatory and USGS response to the 2004–2008 eruption of Mount St. Helens, and contributions to mitigating volcanic risk and communicating information on volcanic hazards in the Cascades and elsewhere.
Nominator: Richard M. Iverson
Ervan G. Garrison, University of Georgia
GSA Affiliations: Southeastern Section and Archeological Geology and Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Divisions
Ervan (Erv) Garrison is a leader in applying shallow geophysical methods in archaeological surveys, working in the U.S. and Europe. He has excelled as an author, teacher, and mentor. He served as the first marine archaeologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1990–1992, where he promoted marine geoarchaeological research in the northern Channel Islands (California) and Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (Georgia).
Nominator: Norman Herz
Gregory A. Good, American Institute of Physics
GSA Affiliations: Southeastern Section and History of Geology Division
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 Mary C. Rabbitt History of Geology Award recipient.
Laurel B. Goodwin, University of Wisconsin–Madison
GSA Affiliations: North-Central Section and Hydrogeology and Structural Geology and Tectonics Divisions
Laurel B. Goodwin has conducted substantive research on deformation of materials leading to numerous significant scientific publications, has been an inspirational teacher and effective mentor of geologists at the undergraduate and graduate level, and has performed unusual service to the earth sciences community.
Nominator: Steve F. Wotjal
Deborah Reid Harden, San José State University (retired)
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Harden is nominated for outstanding contributions to the science of geology through research and publications in geomorphology and Quaternary geology, innovative education and mentoring of young geologists, publication of educational geological materials, establishment of an organization to help K–12 teachers teach geology, and sustained service to the Society.
Nominator: Marith C. Reheis
Robert N. Harris, Oregon State University
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Geophysics Division
Robert Harris is a distinguished, productive, and internationally-recognized leader in the use of thermal and other methods to quantify climate change and map patterns of groundwater flow in geologic systems, working both on land and at sea. He is a versatile, innovative researcher and an excellent communicator.
Nominator: Andrew T. Fisher
Stephen Tom Hasiotis, University of Kansas
GSA Affiliation: North-Central Section
Steve is an international leader in ichnology and the world’s authority on continental ichnology. His papers on continental ichnology and its application to understanding organism behavior in modern and ancient settings have been chosen for several awards, such as most-cited paper for 2003–2007 (Elsevier).
Nominator: William C. Johnson
M. James Hendry, University of Kansas
GSA Affiliation: North-Central Section
M. James (Jim) Hendry is recognized for the breadth and depth of his research in hydrogeochemistry (including solute transport in aquitards, impact of mining on groundwater quality, microbial carbon cycling in the vadose zone, and nonpoint-source pollution in surficial aquifers and soils) and for service to the hydrogeologic profession.
Nominator: Alan E. Fryar
John L. Isbell, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
GSA Affiliations: North-Central Section and Coal Geology, Geoscience Education, Planetary Geology, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology, and Sedimentary Geology Divisions
A distinguished sedimentologist and teacher, Isbell has contributed much to the understanding of Gondwanan glaciations and Permian and Triassic sedimentary rocks in Antarctica. His research findings have challenged the traditional view that Pennsylvanian-Permian cyclothems were solely the result of the waxing and waning of glaciers in Gondwanaland.
Nominator: James W. Collinson
Scott E. Johnson, University of Maine–Orono
GSA Affiliations: Northeastern Section and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Scott E. Johnson is nominated for his outstanding work as a structural geologist. He has published over 55 papers on a wide range of topics including the interpretation of microstructures in a kinematic framework, magma transport phenomena, the growth of arcs, and the rheology of crustal materials.
Nominator: Daniel R. Lux
Paul A. Kapp, University of Arizona
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) recipient.
David A. Kring, Universities Space Research Association, Lunar & Planetary Institute
GSA Affiliations: South-Central Section and Planetary Geology Division
David Kring is a pioneer exploring the environmental effects of impact cratering, notably Chicxulub and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary mass extinction, other Earth impacts, and impact-generated hydrothermal systems. His studies of asteroids, the moon, and Mars have revealed new evidence for 3.9–4.0 Ga cataclysmic bombardment of the inner solar system.
Nominator: James Wright Horton
Victoria E. Langenheim, U.S. Geological Survey–Menlo Park
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Geophysics and Structural Geology and Tectonics Divisions
Langenheim’s research ranges from investigations in Sardinia and Antarctica to the deserts of the Southwestern United States. Most notably, she has led a number of fault investigations that integrated complex geologic, isotopic, and seismologic data with potential field data. She has successfully modeled extremely complicated tectonic areas of California.
Nominator: Douglas M. Morton
R. Mark Leckie, University of Massachusetts–Amherst
GSA Affiliations: Northeastern Section and Geobiology & Geomicrobiology and Geoscience Education Divisions
Mark Leckie has elevated our understanding of micropaleontology, oceanography, and paleoecology. He is one of the nation’s great teachers who has spread the message of geology to students, teachers, and to the public. Mark Leckie has strengthened and enriched GSA through his contributions to meetings, publications, committees, and outreach.
Nominator: Michael L. Williams
Chusi Li, Indiana University
GSA Affiliation: North-Central Section
I have known Chusi Li since 1988. Over the years, he has developed into an outstanding researcher, combining a natural curiosity and research ability with enormous energy and the desire to teach others. I would place him amongst the seven current most influential leaders in research on magmatic (Ni-Cu-PGE) deposits.
Nominator: Anthony J. Naldrett
Jacob B. Lowenstern, U.S. Geological Survey–Menlo Park
GSA Affiliation: Cordilleran Section
Lowenstern is nominated for insightful publications on volcanic and hydrothermal systems, leadership in volcano hazard studies, and communication of science to the public.
Nominator: Charles R. Bacon
Maria Mastalerz, Indiana Geological Survey
GSA Affiliations: North-Central Section and Coal Geology Division
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 Gilbert H. Cady Award recipient.
Larry D. McKay, University of Tennessee–Knoxville
GSA Affiliations: Southeastern Section and Hydrogeology Division
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer.
Donald F. McNeill, University of Miami
GSA Affiliations: Southeastern Section and Sedimentary Geology Division
Donald McNeill’s significant accomplishments in research, applied geology, teaching, service to societies, and editing well-qualifies him for GSA Fellowship. Notable are his juried publications that have gained him peer recognition. He consults widely, has chaired Florida’s Board of Professional Geologists, has served on several societal committees, and has had editorial responsibilities.
Nominator: Robert N. Ginsburg
Roberto S. Molina-Garza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico–Juriquilla
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
The nomination of Roberto Molina-Garza to Fellowship recognizes his important contributions in the field of paleomagnetism to translation and rotation of Mexican terranes, Triassic magnetostratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau, and the Mesozoic apparent polar wander path of North America.
Nominator: Timothy Lawton
Randall R. Parrish, University of Leicester
GSA Affiliation: Cordilleran Section
Parrish is nominated for innovative development and application of geochronology and geochemistry to tectonics and crustal evolution.
Nominator: P. Jonathan Patchett
Brian R. Pratt, University of Saskatchewan
GSA Affiliations: Rocky Mountain Section and Sedimentary Geology Division
Brian Pratt is an outstanding scholar and educator and an excellent researcher who provides most valuable service to the scientific community.
Nominator: Nora K. Noffke
Lisa M. Pratt, Indiana University
GSA Affiliations: North-Central Section and Geobiology & Geomicrobiology, Limnogeology, Planetary Geology, and Sedimentary Geology Divisions
Lisa Pratt’s research has evolved from investigations of global biogeochemical cycles of carbon and sulfur in sedimentary rocks to focus on integrated geochemical and microbiological recognition and characterization of biota in extreme environments. Her current research concentrates on evidence that can help answer fundamental questions about the origin and extent of life on Earth and the potential for life to exist on Mars.
Nominator: Chen Zhu
Gary D. Rosenberg, Indiana University–Purdue University
GSA Affiliations: North-Central Section and Geobiology & Geomicrobiology, Geoscience Education, and History of Geology Divisions
Gary D. Rosenberg is a very innovative scholar whose research on the history of art and geology has shone light on cultural influences on the visual perception of the Earth. Especially significant is his editorship of GSA Memoir 203, The Revolution in Geology from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.
Nominator: Stephen M. Rowland
Darrel W. Schmitz, Mississippi State University
GSA Affiliations: Southeastern Section and Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology Divisions
Darrel Schmitz exceeds the requirements for election as a Fellow to GSA for his outstanding accomplishments as an officer in important geological organizations. He has served effectively as president of both the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists and the National Association of State Boards of Geology.
Nominator: John W. Williams
Madeline E. Schreiber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
GSA Affiliations: Southeastern Section and Hydrogeology Division
Madeline Schreiber’s research is critical to understanding microbially mediated contaminant transport in aquifers and the biodegradation of BTEX. Her research is vital in understanding the fate of arsenic in groundwater and applying geophysical characterization methods in groundwater studies. She has also researched student learning behavior and developed innovative instructional methods.
Nominator: F. Edwin Harvey
Sheila J. Seaman, University of Massachusetts–Amherst
GSA Affiliation: Northeastern Section
Sheila Seaman makes significant contributions to the study of silicic rocks, granites to rhyolites, and to studies of water in minerals. She is a superb teacher and a devoted GSA volunteer, chairing the 2002 Northeastern Section meeting, serving on the management board, and serving two terms on the GSA Research Grants committee.
Nominator: Laurie L. Brown
James W. Sears, University of Montana–Missoula
GSA Affiliations: Rocky Mountain Section and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Professor James W. Sears has established a distinguished record of sustained research achievement in structural geology and tectonics as a productive, wide ranging, insightful, and innovative research scientist addressing local, regional, and global questions. He also has been an outstanding teacher and mentor of undergraduate and M.Sc. students.
Nominator: Raymond A. Price
Bruce W. Selleck, Colgate University
GSA Affiliation: Northeastern Section
Bruce Selleck has been a masterful teacher, a highly successful Dean of Faculty, and an inspirational departmental chairman. His research on Adirondack tectonics, Lower Paleozoic sediments, and fluid flow are highly regarded in the field. He is a man for all seasons and an extraordinary leader beloved by colleagues and students alike.
Nominator: James M. McLelland
Allen M. Shapiro, U.S. Geological Survey–Reston
GSA Affiliations: Northeastern Section and Hydrogeology Division
Allen Shapiro has made pioneering contributions to theoretical and applied aspects of fractured-rock hydrogeology. His design and application of new borehole packer equipment links theory with field investigation and data collection. He has advanced the state of the art in conducting tracer tests, and his work makes fractured-rock hydrology a more tractable problem.
Nominator: Leonard F. Konikow
Joann M. Stock, California Institute of Technology
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Geophysics, International, and Structural Geology and Tectonics Divisions
Joann Stock is a modern earth scientist, for whom the words geologist and geophysicist make no distinction; she is a leader in plate reconstructions and their application to tectonic problems, an expert on rifting, in particular, as it pertains to the Gulf of California, and a general geological virtuoso.
Nominator: Peter H. Molnar
Chi-Yeung John Suen, California State University–Fresno
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Hydrogeology Division
During the past two decades, John Suen has brought to the field of hydrogeology an outstanding intellect, a capacity for hard work, and a passion for teaching and research that has inspired his students and imbued both his scholarly research and his community service with integrity.
Nominator: Seymour Mack
Mohamed I. Sultan, Western Michigan University
GSA Affiliation: North-Central Section
Mohamed Sultan is nominated for scientific leadership in the United States and on the world stage and for outstanding research contributions to our understanding of natural and man-made environments in arid and semi-arid regions.
Nominator: Robert J. Stern
Donald C. Thorstenson, U.S. Geological Survey–Denver (retired)
GSA Affiliations: Rocky Mountain Section and Hydrogeology Division
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 O.E. Meinzer Award recipient.
Alison B. Till, U.S. Geological Survey–Anchorage
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Alison B. Till has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the tectonic and geologic history of northern Alaska that link metamorphism, deformation, and orogenesis. She also is recognized for exemplary science leadership in the USGS Minerals Program and in committee work and editorship for GSA.
Nominator: Cynthia Dusel-Bacon
Wendy Van Norden, Harvard–Westlake School
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Geoscience Education Division
Wendy Van Norden is richly deserving of Fellowship based on her steadfast efforts to improve the teaching of geology. Her efforts enrich all members of GSA by bringing greater visibility and stature to the field of geology at the national level.
Nominator: Raymond V. Ingersoll
C. Geoff Wheat, University of Alaska–Fairbanks
GSA Affiliation: Cordilleran Section
C. Geoff Wheat deserves the honor of GSA Fellowship because of his remarkable record of grants and publications in marine geochemistry, his expertise in design and deployment of borehole observatories (CORKs, osmotic fluid samplers), and his numerous contributions to scientific ocean drilling, including the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment.
Nominator: Michael B. Underwood
Lisa D. White, San Francisco State University
GSA Affiliation: Cordilleran Section
Elected to Fellowship as the 2008 Randolph W. “Bill” and Cecile T. Bromery Award for the Minorities recipient.
Nicholas B. Woodward, U.S. Department of Energy
GSA Affiliations: Rocky Mountain Section and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Nicholas Woodward is nominated for service to the geologic community as program manager of the Geoscience Research Program of the DOE Office of Science. Woodward helped develop research priorities in geochemistry, geophysics, and hydrogeology, and promoted the role of geosciences in energy research. He has also made noteworthy research contributions to tectonics and structural geology.
Nominator: Donald J. DePaolo
Dongxiao Zhang, University of Southern California
GSA Affiliations: Cordilleran Section and Hydrogeology Division
Dongxiao Zhang is nominated for GSA Fellowship for his outstanding contributions to stochastic analysis of groundwater flow and contaminant transport processes and for development of multi-scale modeling and simulation approaches for fundamental understanding of flow and transport in porous media.
Nominator: Chunmiao Zheng