Katharine Lee Avary
West
Virginia Geological & Economic Survey, Morgantown, West
Virginia
Born 1955, Atlanta.
Academic Training:
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1976 — Emory University, Atlanta, B.S., geology
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1977 — University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, M.S.,
geology
Experience:
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1978-present — West Virginia Geological & Economic
Survey, Morgantown, W.Va. (Petroleum Geologist, 1978;
Assistant Head, Oil and Gas Section, 1992-97; Head, Oil
and Gas Section, 1997-present)
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1982-present — West Virginia University, Department of
Geology and Geography (Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1982-92;
Adjunct Associate Professor, 1992-98; Adjunct Faculty
Member, 1998-present)
AAPG Activities:
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Member since 1984; member of EMD
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1978-1984 — Co-coordinator, Appalachian Basin, COSUNA
(Correlation of Stratigraphic Units of North America)
project
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1982-1989 — Committee on Statistics of Drilling
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1997-2003 — House of Delegates
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1999-2000 — HoD Nominations Committee
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2000-2002 — HoD Honors and Awards Committee
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2002-2003 — HoD secretary-editor
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2000-2003 — Youth Education Activities Committee
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2000-2003 — Mentoring Committee
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1999-present — Faculty Sponsor, West Virginia University
Student Chapter
Affiliated and Associated Societies and Sections:
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1996 — Technical Program chair, Eastern Section meeting
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1996-2000 — Eastern Section Officer
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2001 — Eastern Section Nominations Committee chair
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2002-present — Eastern Section Honors and Awards Committee
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1998 — Logistics and Special Events Coordinator, Southeastern
Section Geological Society America Meeting
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Member: Geological Society of America, SEPM, Appalachian
Geological Society, Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum
Geologists, Pittsburgh Geological Society, Society of
Petroleum Engineers
Other Professional Affiliations:
Honors and Awards:
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Eastern Section Distinguished Service Award
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Eastern Section Special President's Award
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Eastern Section Certificate of Merit
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Eastern Section Public Service Award
Community and Civic Affairs:
Publications:
Why
I Accepted the Invitation To Be a Candidate for AAPG Office
I
consider it an honor to be asked to run for AAPG secretary.
I believe that I can contribute to the organization from which
I have received so many benefits, and welcome the opportunity
to do so.
AAPG
has provided me with many resources both tangible and intangible
over the last 18 years I have been a member, and before that
as a student and early in my working career. The publications,
short courses, field trips, meetings, distinguished lecturers,
Web site and the digital library are all tangible benefits
that I have used. The intangible benefits are the connections
I have made over the years with other like-minded people in
our international organization.
I
have been involved in local societies, AAPG committees, Section
meetings, Section offices, the House of Delegates as a delegate,
committee member and as secretary-editor, but I think the
most rewarding activity for me in recent years has been as
a student chapter faculty advisor. Students are the future
of our organization and our profession, and I encourage all
members to locate a student chapter near you and volunteer
or contact a university or college about starting a student
chapter near you if there isn't already one in place.
If
elected, I intend to do what I can to assist in continuing
development of programs for all members, with a particular
emphasis on those for students. I believe that AAPG is providing
more and more benefits to every member, from undergraduate
student members to emeritus members. Access to the digital
library is a remarkable asset to all members wherever they
are located if they have access to the Internet. I believe
communication is the key to any group's success, and I think
that an important part of the role of the AAPG secretary is
to foster communication among members of the Executive Committee
as well as between the Executive Committee and the membership
of the AAPG. The increased ability to communicate electronically
and reach every corner of the globe rapidly provides tremendous
opportunities to all members of AAPG, and I want to continue
to use this resource as effectively as possible.
I
think my experience as an officer of a Section and the House
of Delegates will be beneficial to me if I am elected secretary.
As I attend various meetings in the next year, I look forward
to expanding my network of AAPG members.