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Presidents & Awards

Presidents of the Society

Millard, Frank S. (deceased)

(1958-60)

Belknap, William B.

(1960-61)

Blackburn, J. Henry

(1961-62)

Owen, Joe D.

(1962-63)

Sarmiento, Roberto (deceased)

(1963-64)

Messineo, Anthony V. (deceased)

(1964-65)

Johnson, Hamilton M. (deceased)

(1965-66)

Wheeler, Franklin (deceased)

(1966-67)

Timko, Donald J.

(1967-68)

Sanders, Elza M. (deceased)

(1968-69)

Carothers, James E. (deceased)

(1969-70)

Kennedy, Karl F.

(1970-71)

Duren, Jack D.

(1971-72)

Lucas, Dennis R.

(1972-73)

Hammack, Greg W. (deceased)

(1973-74)

Desai, Kanti P.

(1974-75)

Paschal, Jr., Elisha A. (Pat) (deceased)

(1975-76)

Grieves, William A. (deceased)

(1976-77)

Cooley, Beaumont B.

(1977-78)

Fertl, Walter H. (deceased)

(1978-79)

Lang, William H.

(1979-80)

King, Erwin E.

(1980-81)

Culligan, Leland B. (deceased)

(1981-82)

Wichmann, Paul A. (deceased)

(1982-83)

Souder, Wallace W.

(1983-84)

Breddin, Doris A.

(1984-85)

Worthington, Dr. Paul F. (deceased)

(1985-86)

Timur, Aytekin (deceased)

(1986-87)

Bigelow, Edward L. (deceased)

(1987-88)

Felder, Richard D.

(1988-89)

Pasternack, Eric S.

(1989-90)

Purdy, Cary C.

(1990-91)

Feather, Gilbert L. (deceased)

(1991-92)

McHattie, Colin M.

(1992-93)

Oliver, Donald W.

(1993-94)

Anderson, Barbara

(1994-95)

Jay, Karen

(1995-96)

Corea, William C. (deceased)

(1996-97)

Gould, Jr., John

(1997-98)

Gilchrist, W. Allen

(1998-99)

Beck, Gary F.

(1999-2000)

Theys, Philippe

(2000-01)

Merkel, Richard

(2001-02)

Alberty, Mark

(2002-03)

Georgi, Daniel

(2003-04)

Quirein, John

(2004-05)

Klein, James

(2005-06)

Horkowitz, Jack

(2006-07)

Terry, Robert

(2007-08)

Quinn, Terrence

(2008-09)

Elshahawi, Hani

(2009-10)

Bratovich, Matt

(2010-11)

Cooper, Randall

(2011-12)

Chemali, Roland

(2012-13)

Frost, Jr., Elton

(2013-14)

Kennedy, David

(2014-15)

Ramirez, Thaimar

(2015-16)

 Quintero, Dr. Luis

(2016-17)

Wendt, Brett

(2016-17)

 Liu, Zhipeng "Zach"

(2018-19)

Salazar, Jesús

(2019-20)

 Hemingway, James “Jim”

(2020-21)

Yared, Katerina

(2021-22)

 Perkins, Tegwyn

(2022-23)

Market, Jennifer

(2023-24)

Hulea, Iulian

(2024-25)

Gales, Robert (Bob)

(2025-26)

 Miranda, Javier

(2026-27)

Medal of Honor for 

Technical Achievement

(with Honorary Membership)


Doll, H. G. (deceased)

(1966)

Guyod, Hubert (deceased)

(1968)

Wyllie, M. R. J. (deceased)

(1968)

Tixier, M. P. (deceased)

(1970)

Hamilton, Robert G. (deceased)

(1971)

Pirson, Silvain, J. (deceased)

(1974)

Poupon, Andre (deceased)

(1975)

Archie, G. E. (deceased)

(1978)

Youmans, A. H. (deceased)

(1979)

Alger, R. P. (deceased)

(1981)

Fertl, Walter (deceased)

(1981)

Pickett, George R. (deceased)

(1984)

Waxman, Monroe H. (deceased)

(1985)

Caldwell, Richard L. (deceased)

(1987)

Hoyer, Wilmer A. (deceased)

(1988)

Clavier, Christian (deceased)

(1988)

Zamanek, Joseph

(1990)

Tittle, C. William (deceased)

(1991)

Moran, James (deceased)

(1992)

Tittman, Jay

(1993)

Patchett, Jay G. (deceased)

(1994)

Timur, Aytekin (deceased)

(1996)

Smith, Jr., Harry D.

(1997)

Dewan, John T (deceased)

(1998)

Desbrandes, Robert

(1999)

Gianzero, Stanley

(2000)

Shen, Liang (deceased)

(2001)

Thomas, E.C.

(2004)

Coates, George

(2005)

Anderson, Barbara

(2007)

Vinegar, Harold

(2009)

Barber, Tom (deceased)

(2011)

Worthington, Paul (deceased)

(2012)

Woodhouse, Richard (Dick) (deceased)

(2013)

Torres-Verdin, Carlos

(2014)

Mullins, Oliver

(2015)

Quirein, John

(2016)

Tabarovsky, Leonty (Lev) 

(2017)

Flaum, Charles (deceased)

(2020)

Sondergeld, Carl (deceased) 

(2022)

Wang, Hanming

(2023)

Bittar, Michael (Mike)

(2024)

Badruzzaman, Ahmed

(2025)

Chen, Songhua (2026)

 

Medal of Honor for Career Service

(with Honorary Membership)

Millard, Frank S. (deceased)

(1989)

Messineo, Anthony V. (deceased)

(1990)

Brown, Harry D. (deceased)

(1991)

Wichmann, Paul A. (deceased)

(1992)

Verdier, Maurice G. (deceased)

(1995)

Owen, Thomas

(1996)

Caskey, Thomas L.

(1997)

Grieves, William A. (deceased)

(1998)

Souder, Wallace W.

(2000)

Breddin, Doris A.

(2001)

Pasternack, Eric

(2002)

Boyeldieu, Claude (deceased)

(2004)

Anderson, Barbara

(2005)

Worthington, Paul (deceased)

(2006)

Beck, Gary

(2009)

Gilchrist, Jr. Dr. W. Allen

(2010)

Theys, Philippe

(2011)

Prensky, Stephen

(2012)

No award given

(2013)

Quintero, Dr. Luis F.

(2014)

Quinn, Terrence (Terry)

(2015)

Frost Jr, Elton

(2016)

Georgi, Daniel (2017) 
Elshahawi, Hani (2018)

Yared, Katerina

(2024) Perkins, Tegwyn (2026)

 

Pioneer Award

Schlumberger, Conrad and Marcel

(1995)

 Gearhart, Marvin
(2016)
 Gianzero, Stanley (2017)
 Prof Weng Chew (2024)

 

Honorary Members

Millard, Frank K. (deceased)

(1960)

Ransom, Robert C.

(1976)

Glanville, C. Richard (deceased)

(1977)

Gartner, J. E. (deceased)

(1982)

Gearhart, Marvin (deceased)

(1985)

Bateman, Richard 

(2014)

 

Distinguished Technical Achievement

Gianzero, Stan

(1989)

Keys, W. Scott and Smith, Harry D

(1990)

Dewan, John T. (deceased), Goetz, Joseph F., and Swanson, Ben

(1991)

Vinegar, Harold

(1992)

Barber, Thomas D

(1993)

Allen, L. Scott and Mills, William R. (deceased)

(1994)

Bigelow, Edward (deceased) and Flaum, Charles

(1995)

Ellis, Darwin and Peeters, Maximillian

(1996)

Anderson, Barbara I., Chemali, Roland, and (Shen, Liang C.(deceased))

(1997)

Coates, George R. and Neuman, Charles H

(1998)

Gonfalini, Mauro, Kennedy, W. David and Reeves, Dick

(1999)

Prammer, Manfred G., Thomas, E. C., and Wiley, Ralph

(2000)

Klein, James D

(2001)

Herrick, David C. and Peveraro, Roberto

(2002)

Strack, Kurt M. and Tabarovsky, Leonty A

(2003)

Woodhouse, Richard and Worthington, Paul F.

(2004)

Rosthal, Richard A., Schon, Jurgen H., Theys, Phillippe P.

(2005)

Beard, David, Bittar, Michael, and Torres-Verdin, Carlos

(2006)

Hagiwara, Teruhiko and Hashem, Mohamed

(2007)

Citerne, Alain (deceased), Mollison, Richard, Proett, Mark and Tabanou, Jacques

(2008)

Freedman, Robert, Meador, Richard and Serra, Oberto

(2009)

Hossin, Andre, Mullins,  Oliver C., and Yin, Hezhu

(2010)

Jacobsen, Larry, Passey, Dr. Quinn and Zhou, Dr. John Qiang

(2011)

Elshahawi, Hani and Loermans, A.M. (Ton)

(2012)

Grau, Jim and Homan, Dean

(2013)

Wang, Hamming and Evans, Mike

(2014)

Cheng, Arthur C.H., Elkington, Peter and Market, Jennifer

(2015)

Cheshire, Stephan, Frost Jr, Elton and Thang, Xiao Ming

(2016)

Arns, Christoph, Kittridge, Mark, and Galford, Jim

(2017)

Georgi, Daniel, Rai, Chandra, and Rasmus, John

(2018)

Chen, Songhua, Badruzzaman, Ahmed, and Page, Geoff

(2019)

Fitz, Dale, Seydoux, Jean, and Pop, Julian

(2020)

Cao Minh, Chanh, Venkataramanan, Lalitha and Heidari, Zoya 

(2021)

Omeragic Dzevat , Alberty, Mark and Ma, S.Mark 

(2022)

Akkurt, Ridvan, Liu, Chengbing (CB) and Sun, Boquin

(2023)

Allen, David, Balliet, Ron and Yang, Tao

(2024)

Xu, Chicheng, Shrivastava, Chandramani (Chandra), and Jones, Christopher

(2025) 

Xie, Harry and Bonnie, Ron

(2025) 

Distinguished Service

Evans, Hilton B (deceased)

(1980)

Brown, Harry (deceased), Hoyer, Wilmer A. (deceased), and Wichmann, Paul A (deceased)

(1981)

Hallenburg, James K., Lang, William H., and McAdams, Joseph B

(1982)

Price, James M. and Lebreton, Francisque

(1985)

Gearhart, Marvin Messineo, Anthony V. (deceased)

(1986)

Paschal, Jr., Elisha A. (Pat)

(1988)

Owen, Thomas E

(1989)

Mathews, Mark A., Souder, Wallace W., and Verdier, Maurice

(1990)

Barlai, Zolton and Grieves, William A

(1991)

Breddin, Doris A

(1992)

Davis, Donald G

(1993)

Asquith, George B

(1994)

Feng, Lin and Pasternack, Eric

(1995)

Boyeldieu, Claude (deceased), Brami, Jeffrey, and Worthington, Paul

(1996)

Beck, Gary

(1997)

Oliver, Donald W. and Purdy, Cary C

(1998)

Cluff, Robert M., Elphick, Robert Y, and Woodhouse, Dick.

(1999)

Anderson, Barbara and Rafdal, Jan

(2000)

Prensky, Stephen

(2001)

Crocker, Hugh and Goldberg, David

(2002)

Kennedy, W. David

(2004)

Okitsu, Fumio and Skelt, Christophe

(2005)

Gould, John Gyllensten, Asbjorn, and Martell, J. Bernado

(2006)

Ostermeier, Richard

(2007)

Lovell, Mike

(2008)

King, Vicki and Quintero, Luis

(2009)

Petricola, Mario and Sakurai, Shinichi

(2010)

Roche, Jeffrey

(2011)

Quirein, John

(2012)

Al Arfi, Saif

(2013)

Seifert, Douglas J. and Riepe, Dr. Lutz

(2014)

Borbas, Timothy

(2016)

Cuddy, Steve

(2018)

Perkins, Tegwyn

(2019)

Ramirez, Thaimar and Storey, Martin

(2020)

Claverie, Michel, Ma, Shouxiang (Mark) and Neville, Tom

(2021)

Hulea, Iulian, Salazar, Jesus and Liu, Zach

(2022)

Horstmann, Mathias, Liang, Lin and Morgan, Abbie

(2023) 

Bize-Forest, Nadege, Goenawan, Fransiska and Page, Geoffrey (Geoff)

(2024)

Finlay, Sharon

(2025)

Meritorious Technical Achievement Award

Hutchinson, Mark

(1991)

Prensky, Stephen

(1993)

Luffel, Donald L.

(2010)

Dong, Chengli

(2016)

Marsala, Alberto Francesco

(2017)

Lessenger, Margaret, Bonnie, Ron, Xiao, Lizhi, Newsham, Kent, and Chen, Jinhong

(2020)

Xu, Chicheng, Kowan, Julie and Guo, Pingjun

(2021)
 Misra, Siddharth
 (2022)

Garcia, Artur Posenato, Beneduzi, Carlos, Poitzsch, Martin, Denicol, Paulo Sergio and Beer, Rudolfo

 (2024)  Schoepf, Virginie and Crawford, Jeffrey  (2025)
Wang, Hua, Coman, Radu, and Clegg, Nigel  (2026)
 

 

Meritorious Service Award

Heysse, Dale

(2004)

Johnson, Sharon and Passey, Quinn

(2006)

Badruzzaman, Ahmed

(2009)

Malik, Mayank

(2017)

Xu, Chicheng and Borovskaya, Irina

(2019)

Wang, Hua

(2020)

Rocque, Thuy, Miranda, Javier, Yu, Yanxiang and O'Keefe, Michael 

 (2021) Evans, Lesley and Millar, Michael
 (2022)
Chen, JinHong, VanSteene, Marie and Bustos, Ulises D.
 (2023) Ruehlicke, Bernd, Caroli, Emmanuel, Goncalves, Leonardo, Abreu Blanes De Oliveira, Lucas, Cameron, Neal and Zhu, S. Sherry (2024)

Jiang, Tianmin, Hafez, Ahmed, and Serry, Amr

 (2025) Krizanic, Danijela, Rodriguez, Rubi, and  Suarez, Nelson (NSA) (2026)

 

Outstanding Chapters

Lafayette

(1977)

Paris

(1979)

Houston

(1981)

Tulsa

(1982)

London

(1984)

Lafayette

(1985)

Denver

(1986)

London

(1988)

Oklahoma City

(1989)

Society of Core Analysts

(1990)

Minerals & Geotechnical Logging Society

(1991)

International MWD Society

(1994)

London Petrophysical Society

(1995)

Permian Basin

(1996)

Houston

(1997)

New Orleans

(1998)

SAID

(1999)

Norwegian Formation Evaluation Society

(2000)

Denver

(2001)

Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society

(2002)

Argentina

(2003)

Abu Dhabi

(2004)

Formation Evaluation Society of Western Australia

(2005)

Formation Evaluation Society of Indonesia

(2006)

Luanda

(2007)

India

(2008)

Japan

(2009)

Houston

(2010)

Colombia Association of Formation Evaluation (CAFE)

(2011)

Society of Core Analysts (SCA)

(2012)

Denver

(2013)

The Formation Evaluation Society Malaysia (FESM)

(2014)

Abu Dhabi

(2015)

Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES)

(2016)

Bangkok Chapter (2017) 
Saudi Arabia Chapter (2018)
London Petrophysics Society (LPS) (2019) 
Tulsa Chapter (2020)

Boston Chapter

(2021) Norwegian Formation Evaluation Society
 (2022)

Saudi Arabia Chapter

(2023) Paris (2024)

Southwest China

(2025)  Houston Chapter  (2026)


Outstanding Student Chapters

University Federal Of Rio De Janeiro

(2017)

The University of Texas at Austin

(2018)

The University of Texas at Austin

(2019)

Texas Tech University

(2020)

Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) 
(2022)  Argentina Student Chapter
(2023)
Batangas State University (Philippines) (2024)  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (2025)
 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) (2026)  

 

Young Professional Technical Award

Wang, Haijing, Heidari, Zoya, and Misra, Siddharth 

(2020)

Dai, Bin, Chen, Huangye and Craddock, Paul

(2021)

Posenato Garcia, Artur, Zhang, Qiong and Perry, Stephanie

(2022)

Kelly, Shaina, Gupta, Ishank, Ijasan, Olabode (Bode), Se, Yegor and Newgord, Chelsea

(2023)

 Cely, Alexandra, Larson, Katy, Fu, Lei, Aljishi, Mohammad K. and Xiao, Wenlian

(2024)

 Pan, Wen, Yerkinkyzy, Gulnar, and Mohamed, Tarek S.

(2025)

 Nie, Xin and Saneifar, Mehrnoosh

(2026)

 


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