Aronow, Saul
May 16, 1998
Branson, John W.
June 12, 1998
Carsey, J. Ben, Jr.
March 30, 1998
Cernock, Paul John
March 15, 1998
Cratsley, Dennis Wayne
May 9, 1998
Crawford ,Frank C.
December 5, 1998
Hayes, James Frederick
June 23, 1998
Fritz, Duane C.
March 2, 1998
Gardemal, J.M. "Micah"
July 21, 1998
Johansson, Folke C.
November 28, 1998
Raible,Leonard John "Len"
October 19, 1998
Simnacher, Faroy "Roy"
October 5, 1998
Sneed, Edmund David
January 8, 1998
Stevenson, W. L. "Steve"
February 7, 1998
Hutchison, Tom G.
July 1, 1998
Wendling, Neil A.
May 22, 1998
Woodside, Philip R.
August 15, 1998
Saul Aronow died May 16, 1998 at the age of 73. Dr. Aranow received a B.S. from Brooklyn College in 1945, an M.S. from the University of Iowa in 1946, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1955, all in Geology. Dr. Aronow was a Professor of Geology at Lamar University for 37 years, inspiring hundreds of students to seek professional careers in geology. He was especially well known for his field trip leadership as the expert on Pleistocene-age geology of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas. A donation will be made to the Department of Geology at Lamar University.
John W. Branson died June 12, 1998. Mr. Branson graduated from Kansas State University in 1941 with a B.S. in Geology and from Oklahoma in 1948 with a M.S. in Geology. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1941-1945. Mr. Branson was a Consulting Geologist and a member of the AAPG. A donation will be made to the Undergraduate Scholarship Fund of the HGS.
J. Ben Carsey, Jr. died March 30, 1998 at the age of 64. Mr.Carsey was a 1956 graduate of the University of Texas with a B.S. in Geology. He worked as a consulting Geologist and was a member of the AAPG and the HGS. A donation will be made by the HGS to the American Cancer Society in his memory.
Paul John Cernock died March 15, 1998 at the age of 55. Mr. Cernock graduated from DePauw University in 1964 and from Texas A&M in 1970 with a Masters and a Doctorate in Geological Oceanography. He started his career with Texaco in New Orleans. Dr. Cernock was the founder, President, and CEO of Reservoirs, Inc. and an active member of the HGS and AAPG. A donation will be made to the YMCA of Greater Houston Camping Services.
Dennis Wayne Cratsley died May 9, 1998 at the age of 50. Mr. Cratsley was a 1971 graduate of Youngstown State University with a B.S. in Geology and a 1975 graduate of LSU with a M.S. in Marine Science. In his career as an Exploration Geologist, he worked for Amerada Hess, ODECO, Texas Eastern, the MMS, and most recently, Petrobras America. A donation will be made to the Undergraduate Scholarship Fund of the HGS.
Frank C. Crawford died December 5, 1998, at the age of 73. Mr. Crawford received a B.S. in 1948 from Centenary College and a M.S. in 1950 from LSU, both in geology. Well known in the geological profession, Mr. Crawford was an active member of the HGS, a member and past vice-president of the AAPG, a member and past president of the Shreveport Geological Society, and an honorary member and past president of the New Orleans Geological Society. He most recently worked as the president of Crawford and Associates. A donation will be made to St. Paul's Episcopal Church in New Orleans.
Duane C. Fritz died March 2, 1998 at the age of 65. Mr. Fritz graduated from Texas Tech University in 1953 with a B.S. in Petroleum Geology. He served as President of D.C. Fritz & Associates and was an active member of the HGS. A donation will be made to the Building Fund of the Northwest Bible Church.
J.M. "Micah" Gardemal died July 21, 1998 at the age of 34. Mr. Gardemal graduated in 1986 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana with a B.S. in Geology and in 1989 from the University of North Carolina with a Masters in Geology. He began his career with Amoco and most recently was a Senior Geologist with BHP Exploration. Mr. Gardemal was a member of the HGS and the AAPG.