AAPG Receives Heroy Award for AGI Support
AAPG has been named the winner of this year’s William B. Heroy Jr. Award, presented by the American Geosciences Institute, for the Association’s generous financial support and leadership of AGI programs.
AAPG and the AAPG Foundation’s support can be seen in AGI’s Education and Outreach, Geoscience Policy, Environmental and Geoscience Community Building programs, AGI said in announcing the award – efforts that demonstrate a multifaceted service to the AGI mission.
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AAPG has been named the winner of this year’s William B. Heroy Jr. Award, presented by the American Geosciences Institute, for the Association’s generous financial support and leadership of AGI programs.
AAPG and the AAPG Foundation’s support can be seen in AGI’s Education and Outreach, Geoscience Policy, Environmental and Geoscience Community Building programs, AGI said in announcing the award – efforts that demonstrate a multifaceted service to the AGI mission.
The AAPG Foundation has supported Earth Science Week since its inception with both funds and kit materials, and contributed substantially to the formation of the education branch of AGI’s Center for Geoscience Education and Public Understanding.
Kit materials and general geoscience outreach has been further enhanced by a collaboration between AGI and the AAPG Youth Educational Activities Committee, which produced a “Handbook for Visiting Geoscientists.”
Collaboration between AAPG and AGI also resulted in two Environmental Awareness Series booklets. For the first, AAPG acted as a publishing partner and reviewer for the Petroleum and the Environment booklet; the second booklet, Meeting Environmental Challenges with Remote Sensing Imagery, was authored by AAPG Environmental Geoscience Advisory Committee member Rebecca Dodge.
AAPG also has supported more than 30 Geoscience Policy interns at AGI since 1998, many who continued to careers in public policy.
AGI also awarded AAPG for:
- Actively supplying members for many AGI committees.
- Providing time during its annual meeting opening session for the presentation of the AGI Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal.
- Working closely with AGI’s Information Services department to assist in comprehensive coverage of AAPG publications in GeoRef.
- Helping provide expertise for revisions to the Glossary of Geology.
The award is named after William B. Heroy Jr.’s exemplary service to the American Geosciences Institute.