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Vol. 58 No. 6
June 2006
The Society welcomes 305 members to the 2006 Legion of Honor, celebrating 50 years of consecutive membership in SPE. Each honoree becomes dues exempt and receives a certificate honoring this milestone. Many of this year’s Legion of Honor inductees have made important contributions to the Society and the industry.
2005 Legion of Honor Award recipients and 2005 SPE President Giovanni Paccaloni (back row, fourth from left) at the Permian Basin and Trans-Pecos Sections’ co-meeting in Midland. Front row from left are Glenn Smith, Russell Estes, George Horst Sr., and Wendell Edgell. (Back row, from left) are Tim Thompson, Robert Benson, James Henry, Paccaloni, and Charles Fraser. Also receiving awards but not present were Wilbur Yeager Jr. and John Dorsey.
ALASKA PETROLEUM
Carrel R. Bryant
AMARILLO PETROLEUM
Harold B. Lawley
Alvin G. Weber
ANADARKO BASIN
Albert D. Rial
APPALACHIAN PETROLEUM
Duane T. Cable
ARKANSAS
Wesley W. Eckles Jr.,
1987 Distinguished Service Award; 2003–04 Section Director; 1982–83 and 1984–86
Dallas Section Director;
1986–87 Dallas Section Chairperson; Distinguished Member
Harold M. Hawkins
R.S. Lyons
AUSTIN
H. Duane Babcock
Jeff T. Boucher Jr.
Jack R. Gollnick
Gerald N. Hise
James R. Jorden,
1991 DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal; 1988 Distinguished Service Award;
1983–85 AIME Board of Directors; 1974–76 and 1978–79 Gulf Coast Section
Director; 1977–78 Gulf Coast Section Chairperson; Honorary Member;
Distinguished Member
Theodore R. Keprta
Martin McGarry
James C. Roe
BALCONES
Gilbert M. Andreen
James W. Dahline
Edward P. Miesch,
1979–80 Delta Section Director
Charles K. Orr
George P. Walker III
BARTLESVILLE
John N. Dew
E.W. Sutton,
1983–85 Northern Oklahoma Section Director
BILLINGS PETROLEUM
K.J. Feyhl,
1977–78 Section Chairperson; 1978–79 Section Director
Joseph V. Montalban
BOLIVIA
A.M. Vazquez
CALIFORNIA COASTAL
John H. Kramer
Arlie M. Skov,
1988 Distinguished Service Award; 1989–90 Gulf Coast Section AIME Board of
Trustees; Honorary Member; Distinguished Member
CANADIAN
Alex M. De Greeve
Jorgen Karberg
L.F. Maier
James D. Murdoch Jr.
Gijsbert van der Voet
C.M. Warke
DALLAS
Herbert L. Brewer
Donald D. Bruce
Charles L. Canfield
Albert C. Carnes Jr.
Jon F. Cobb
Charles R. Connaughton
H. Easterling
Billie R. Farris
John L. Fitch
Phillip B. Forbes
Forrest A. Garb,
1995 Economics and Evaluation Award; 1978–79 Section Director; Distinguished
Member
Robert T. Halpin
Paul E. Harrison
James N. Hicks
Stephen F. Hoss
Robert K. Johnson
John D. La Rue
Joe A. Marek
F.G. Martin
Loyle P. Miller,
1961–62 Lou-Ark Section Chairperson
John C. Minter
Joe K. Moore
William F. Morrison
Walter J. Newman
H.R. Parkison,
1975–76 Section Chairperson
Laurence E. Roberts
Billy J. Sanders
H.M. Staggs,
1974–75 Section Chairperson
Lyn T. Stanley
Donald E. Trott
Paul A. Tucker
G.C. Van Zelfden
Thomas E. Watkins
DELTA
James C. Evans Jr.
John P. Harlan
Byrle J. Ladd
Charles A. Lipari
Wilton J. Lowe Jr.,
1996 Drilling and Completion Award; 1985–86 Evangeline Section Chairperson;
1978–85 Evangeline Section Director
John C. Miller
Bob L. Paulsell
Dick H. Piner Jr.
Robert H. Williams,
1964–65 Lou-Ark Section Director
DENVER
W.R. Bixler
Theodore R. Blevins,
2001 DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal; 1986 Regional Service Award; 1990–93
Regional Director; 1990–92 San Joaquin Valley SPE Board Liaison
Arthur R. Briggs,
1986–87 Amarillo Petroleum Section Director
Robert Gale Daniel
Delmar D. Fyock
John D. Haley
Gilman A. Hill
Charles A. Kohlhaas
Donald I. Lawless
H.J. Lutz
William P. McKinnell Jr.
Edward E. Pugh Jr.
H.K. Van Poollen,
1966–67 Section Chairperson
W.A. Walther Jr.
EAST TEXAS SECTION
George A. Adams
Donald L. Barkman,
1976–77 Section Chairperson;
1978–79 Section Director
W.N. Bledsoe
Sam T. Boltz Jr.
Harlin M. Dees,
1959 Section Director
Roy E. Devlin,
1968–69 Lou–Ark Section Chairperson
Martin T. Farrell,
1965–66 Mississippi Section Chairperson; 1979–80 Oklahoma City Section
Director
R.W. Hall Jr.
Carl L. Hefner
Jack F. Lyle Jr.
B.C. Spradlin
Seymour Van Os
Leland E. Wilson
EVANGELINE SECTION
William S. Akers
Jack R. Eaton
O.G. Gage Jr.
Jack M. Holt
Raymond C. Jackson
C.F. Kimball III
Robert D. Lowe
Frank Perkins Jr.
Merle H. Ruff
FORT WORTH
Emmet H. Balch Jr.
Bobby E. Carpenter
Robert L. Casey Jr.
David E. Gore
Dale C. Hendricks
Thomas W. Morris
George W. Slaughter,
1978–79 Permian Basin Section Director; 1989–91 Republic of Yemen Section
Chairperson
Neil F. Toler,
1978–79 Section Chairperson; 1979–81 Fort Worth Section Director
James E. York,
1976–78 Northern Michigan Section Director; 1980–81 Permian Basin Section
Director;
1982–83 Permian Basin Section Chairperson; 1983–86, 1986–87, and 1987–88
Trans-Pecos Section Director
FOUR CORNERS PETROLEUM
Samuel Ballen
H.C. McLaughlin
Fred G. Williams
GOLDEN GATE SECTION
C.L. De Priester,
1983–84 Section Chairperson; 1984–89 Section Director
Michael Gondouin
William J. Joslin,
1963 Caracas Petroleum Chairperson
Thomas C. McLean,
1983–84 Santa Maria Section Chairperson; 1984–85 Santa Maria Section
Director
GREAT YARMOUTH PETROLEUM
A.G. Cox
GULF COAST SECTION
Joe Allen
E.J. Anderson
Lester C. Arnwine
Paul Bail
Larry Barnett
Wylie R. Barrow Jr.
Jack H. Bayless
S.C. Berry
William A. Blackwell,
1964–65 Western Venezuela Petroleum Section Chairperson
R. William Bowdon
Robert Burwell
Carter Robinson
Jim Curry
Robert L. Dalton Jr.
C. Dardenne
Donovan W. Darsey
J. Dozier
Edward L. Ebbs
Floyd E. Ellis
Kenneth R. Evans
Eugene Ford
Joe B. Foster,
1965–66 Evangeline Section Chairperson
Milden Fox
Bryant C. Frihart,
1960–62 New York and New England Petroleum Section Chairperson
Roy Gould
Donald P. Harlan
Don V. Hester
Grady L. Hillman
Kenneth Hodges
John Hooper
Billy P. Huddleston,
2001 Economics and Evaluation Award
R.L. Johnson Jr.
Dare K. Keelan
W.F. Krause Jr.
Ronald A. Lenser
Doyle W. McClennen
R. McCleskey
Harry O. McLeod Jr.,
1989 Production Engineering Award
James W. Meek,
1970–71 Fort Worth Section Chairperson
Curtis Mills
B.L. Moore Jr.
Laszlo Nemeth
L.O. Petty
Nolan O. Pierson
Joseph Reid
G. Riddle
Glenn Scott
John N. Sicking
W. Slick
Charles R. Smith
P. Staats
T.D. Stacy,
1983 SPE President; 1982–85 Gulf Coast AIME Board of Directors; 1986
Distinguished Service Award; 1998 Public Service Award; Distinguished
Member
Patrick H. Sumbera
George Sutphen
A. Swift
Gordon Talk
Marion Tebbs
James F. Templeton
David F. Tharp
James E. Thomas,
1961–62 South Plains Section Chairperson
Robert Thomas
Lawrence Turner
Turgut Ulug
William H. Wantuck,
1971–72 Gulf Coast Section Chairperson
Joseph L. Ward
Robert A. Wattenbarger
Monroe H. Waxman,
1993 Formation Evaluation Award
D. Whitten
Everett Wilson
Howard C. Worzel
Arthur Youmans
ILLINOIS BASIN
Bernard Podolsky,
1992 Regional Service Award; 1981–82 and 1982–84 Section Director
H.E. Quellhorst
Charles A. Robinson,
1992 Regional Service Award;
1964–65 Section Chairperson
Ralph O. Wilson II
LOS ANGELES BASIN
Charles D. Babcock,
1975–76 Section Chairperson
W.J. Baker
W.C. Barton Jr.,
1982 SPE President; 1985 Distinguished Service Award; 1977–80 Los Angeles Basin
SPE Board of Directors;
1981–84 Los Angeles Basin AIME Board of Directors; 1985–87 SPE Foundation
Executive Committee Member; Distinguished Member
B.P. Bayliss
Martin J. Garrity
J.F. McGouldrick,
1962–63 Evangeline Section Chairperson
Robert S. Miller,
1978–79 Section Director
Allen C. Nelson
Leo J. O’Brien
David S. Rowley
Carl E. Vogelsang
Sherwin D. Yoelin
LONDON
S.E. Churchfield
George N. Harrop
LOU-ARK
David L. Billingsley,
1963–64 Section Chairperson
Henry C. Coutret Jr.,
1966–67 Section Chairperson
Marcus L. Millican,
1978–79 Section Chairperson
Bobby E. Pettitt
B.E. Yester
MID-CONTINENT
Joseph D. Alcott
William M. Ayers,
1963–64 Section Director
G. Barnett
John A. Brock
Lloyd S. Elliott
Robert A. Gaskill
Dwayne E. Godsey,
1982 Distinguished Service Award; 1978–82 Regional Director; 1975–76 Section
Chairperson; Distinguished Member
C.D. Hatfield
Sam S. Mabry Jr.,
1987 Regional Service Award;
1964–65 Bartlesville Chairperson; 1978–79 Section Director; 1982–85 Regional
Director; 1984–85 Section Chairperson; Distinguished Member
A.D. McCall,
1976–77 Section Chairperson
Robert E. McCluskey Jr.,
1991 Regional Service Award; 1966–67 California Coastal Chairperson; 1969–70
Fort Worth Chairperson; 1982–83 Section Director; 1987–88 Section
Chairperson
Joe Wanenmacher Jr.,
1970–71 Section Chairperson
B.H. Waychoff Jr.
Harold D. Zimmerman
MIDWEST GAS STORAGE
Richard D. Stauffer,
1978–79 Michigan Section Chairperson; 1979–82 Michigan Section Director
MISSISSIPPI
Harold R. Mayer,
1989–90 Section Director
NATIONAL CAPITAL
A.J. Di Salvo
Ramon A. Omana H.,
1972–73 Caracas Section Chairperson
Lynn Walker
NORTH TEXAS
Arville P. Clark Jr.
F.T. Johnson Jr.
James Nash
W.T. Sanders Jr.
James E. Skidmore
OHIO PETROLEUM
S.C. Sandusky
OKLAHOMA CITY
Roy T. Clayton
S.D. Farrar
John I. Fisher
Ralph B. Hammond
Ralph S. Jones
Charles G. Massey
Harold J. Reedy
Robert D. Tibbs
L.O. Ward
PAKISTAN
Mohammad A. Khan
PERMIAN BASIN
Robert L. Benson
John B. Dorsey
Wendell R. Edgell
Russell G. Estes
Charles D. Fraser
James C. Henry
George F. Horst Sr.
Tim C. Thompson
Wilbur Yeager
PITTSBURGH PETROLEUM
Allan A. Coburn
David M. Ellington
Robert M. MacFarlane
Roland C. Reynolds
Herbert A. Schueltz,
1980–83 Section Director
SALT LAKE PETROLEUM
Robert W. Keener
Thomas O. Mohr
Kenneth J. Stracke,
1961–62 San Joaquin Valley Section Chairperson; 1979–80 Section Director
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
William L. D’Olier
Robert Douglass
SANTA MARIA
Robert F. Meldau,
1981–82 Section Director
Harry C. Wiese,
1959–60 San Joaquin Valley Section Director
SOUTHEASTERN
Norton E. Fincher,
1979–80 Section Chairperson; 1978 and 1980–81 Section Director
J.C. Putman Jr.
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
Thomas H. McCasland Jr.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS
Baxter D. Honeycutt
Melvin Klotzman
John L. Minter
Warren A. Rees Jr.,
1966–67 Section Chairperson
Tommy W. Tucker
TRANS-PECOS
Glenn R. Smith
UINTAH BASIN PETROLEUM
Alan M. Bieber
UNASSIGNED
Ernest Allen Jr.
R.S. Hebberd
Robert W. Howard
William R. McElroy,
1966–67 California Coastal Section Chairperson
Chester A. Nenney
Walter B. Reinhold
George M. Susich
WICHITA PETROLEUM
F.D. Fair
George R. Kelsey
James R. Line
Stephen A. Park,
1972–73 Section Chairperson
Charles T. Slack,
1967–68 Section Chairperson
Clifford M. Smith
WILLISTON BASIN
Russell D. Evitt,
1964–65 Section Chairperson
WYOMING PETROLEUM
Rowan E. Cecil
Don M. Madden
Robert H. Rector,
1973 East Kentucky Section Chairperson; 1979–80 Egyptian Section
Chairperson
