Past Honorees of Transactions Dedications
Year |
Host City |
Transactions Dedication |
1951 |
New Orleans |
none awarded |
1952 |
Corpus Christi |
none awarded |
1953 |
Shreveport |
none awarded |
1954 |
Houston |
none awarded |
1955 |
Biloxi |
Lloyd William Stephenson |
1956 |
San Antonio |
none awarded |
1957 |
New Orleans |
Henry Van Wagenen Howe |
1958 |
Corpus Christi |
none awarded |
1959 |
Houston |
Alexander Deussen* |
1960 |
Biloxi |
Honored five geologists** |
1961 |
San Antonio |
none awarded |
1962 |
New Orleans |
none awarded |
1963 |
Shreveport |
Clarence L. Moody* |
1964 |
Corpus Christi |
none awarded |
1965 |
Houston |
Henryk Bronislaw Stenzel |
1966 |
Lafayette |
Grover E. Murray |
1967 |
San Antonio |
John Roy Sandidge |
1968 |
Jackson |
GCAGS Steering Committee of 1949-1950*** |
1969 |
Miami |
none awarded |
1970 |
Shreveport |
C. O. “Clay” Durham |
1971 |
New Orleans |
Jules Braunstein |
1972 |
Corpus Christi |
Michel T. Halbouty |
1973 |
Houston |
Edward H. “Rainey” Rainwater* |
1974 |
Lafayette |
William R. Paine |
1975 |
Jackson |
William Maurice Ewing* |
1976 |
Shreveport |
Claude N. Valerius |
1977 |
Austin |
David Edward Frazier* |
1978 |
New Orleans |
M. Gordon Frey and Lesley W. Bowling |
1979 |
San Antonio |
Peter T. Flawn |
1980 |
Lafayette |
Seven founding GCAGS Members**** |
1981 |
Corpus Christi |
W. Armstrong Price |
1982 |
Houston |
Rufus J. LeBlanc, Sr. |
1983 |
Jackson |
Jules Braunstein* |
1984 |
Shreveport |
J. M. Forgotson, Sr., and William M. Plaster |
1985 |
Austin |
Lyman Dorgan Toulmin* |
1986 |
Baton Rouge |
Harold Veral Andersen |
1987 |
San Antonio |
M. O. Turner |
1988 |
New Orleans |
Lee Hilliard Meltzer |
1989 |
Corpus Christi |
William L. Fisher |
1990 |
Lafayette |
Frank W. Harrison |
1991 |
Houston |
James O. Lewis |
1992 |
Jackson |
Frederic Francis Mellen* |
1993 |
Shreveport |
C. Lane Sartor |
1994 |
Austin |
Don R. Boyd |
1995 |
Baton Rouge |
Harold N. Fisk* |
1996 |
San Antonio |
Don F. Tobin |
1997 |
New Orleans |
Thomas H. Philpott |
1998 |
Corpus Christi |
Paul M. Strunk |
1999 |
Lafayette |
Peter G. Gray |
2000 |
Houston |
Daniel L. Smith |
2001 |
Shreveport |
John T. Palmer and B. Ross White |
2002 |
Austin |
Robert E. Boyer and Birdena T. Schroeder |
2003 |
Baton Rouge |
Arnold H. Bouma, James M. Coleman, and Harry H. Roberts |
2004 |
San Antonio |
Edward W. Gordon, Jr. |
2005 |
New Orleans |
John C. Langford and Edward B. Picou, Jr. |
2006 |
Lafayette |
Brian E. Lock, Theodore M. Gard*, and Jack P. Shirley* |
2007 |
Corpus Christi |
Gloria Davis Sprague |
2008 |
Houston |
Paul E. Babcock |
2009 |
Shreveport |
Orville Roger Berg |
2010 |
San Antonio |
Edward C. Roy, Jr. |
2011 |
Veracruz |
Ernesto López-Ramos |
2012 |
Austin |
Robert L. Folk and Earle F. McBride |
2013 |
New Orleans |
none awarded |
2014 |
Lafayette |
Daniel J. Tearpock (deceased) |
2015 |
Houston |
John Amoruso |
2016 |
Corpus Christi |
Owen Hopkins |
2017 |
San Antonio |
Wilford Staff |
2018 |
Shreveport |
C. Ray Scurlock |
2019 |
Houston |
Kenneth E. Nemeth |
2020 |
Lafayette |
Mary Broussard |
2021 |
Austin |
Robert G. Loucks |
2022 |
No Convention |
none awarded |
2023 |
Houston |
Pete Rose and Mike Forrest |
2024 |
San Antonio |
Thomas E. Ewing |
* Deceased at time dedication was made. |
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** Paul Livingston Applin, Mrs. Esther Richards Applin, William Clifford Morse, Herman Gunter, and William Blapied |
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*** Leslie Bowling (New Orleans), R. W. Eaton (East Texas), Thomas H. Philpott (Shreveport), E. R. Earl (Houston), R. D. Sprague (Mississippi), W. R. Farley (South Louisiana), and W. H. Wallace (Corpus Christi). |
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**** Phillip R. Allin, Leslie Bowling, A. P. Claudet, W. B. Neal, Thomas Philpott, Francis Stein, and D. D. Utterback. |