SPE welcomes 199 members into the Legion of Honor recognizing 50 years of consecutive membership in the Society.
Members in the Legion of Honor are exempt from dues. They also receive a commemorative certificate and lapel pin in honor of their achievement, free registration for all SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibitions, and recognition in the Journal of Petroleum Technology.
The honorees are listed below under their respective sections.
Amarillo Petroleum Section
Wayne T. Lovett
Balcones Section
R.C. Stiernberg
Daniel L. Wilson
Billings Petroleum Section
William M. Belden
Calgary Section
Robert Mansell Pearson
Jong I. Lee
Thomas B. Tan
Antonin Settari
James D. McFarland
Karim T. Mitri
Debi P. Mukherjee
Ronald James Cargo
Michael Kamis
Colombia Section
Stephen Thomas Newton
Humberto Antonio Mendoza
Copenhagen Section
Stein H. Christiansen
Dallas Section
John M. Cherry Sr.
B.N. Teague
Charles D. Lucas
Nicholas C. Duane
Randall L. Rudolf
James Henry Henderson
Wei-chun Chu
Mark S. Malinowsky
William W. Jackson
Bradley Mason Robinson
Scott D. Sheffield
Darrell Stephen Lohoefer
Larry T. Tenison
Dennis A. Dronzek
Myung Kyu Hwang
Michael L. Wiggins
Delta Section
Gary L. Smith
Gary E. Roebke
Terry L. Hurst
Denver Section
George M. Carlstrom
Gbolahan O. Lasaki
Kurt T. Nelson
Terrell Allen Dobkins
Douglas M. Boone
John C. Magill
Grant E. Robertson
Archie Ray Taylor
David O. Ogbe
Kevin Preston
Kevin Michael Fitzgerald
William S. Donovan
Frederick W. Obernolte Jr.
East Texas Section
Don E. Hennig
John Durst Hills
Kenneth Ray Pittaway
Bobby W. Roundtree
Ecuador Section
Luis Alberto Villao
Evangeline Section
Daniel G. Richardson
Herb C. Vickers Jr.
Virgil L. Dover Jr.
Everett Earl Daigle
David C. Moore
Stephen Franklin Hennigan
Fort Worth Section
Thomas William Zadick
Julie Marie Heusser
James Howard Wilkes
German Section
Joachim Wallbrecht
Rainer Wilhelm
Manfred G.W. Heintze
Golden Gate Section
James H. Horne
Great Yarmouth Petroleum Section
Mark A. Hewett
Gulf Coast Section
Miguel A. Saldana
Gary E. Christman
Patrick Lawrence Coyne
Vernon H. Goodwin III
Raymond Sid Yee
Christopher David Boyce
Robert W. Rasor
Walter A. Palen
Glenn H. Warner
Scott H. Walker
Robert H. Arisman
Charles T. Harbin III
Mohamad Ghasem Bayat
Michael A. Huhnke
Robert A. Joseph
Randall S. Shafer
William Johann Rapp
Marion P. Wright
D. Nathan Meehan
Roy C. Long
Joachim K. Leicht
John E. Walthour
Floyd Bone Jr.
George E. King
Douglas L. White
Buford Ray Koehler Jr.
Mark Josiah Ichara
Mike S. Engle
Gary Lynn Arrington
Ronald H. Carter
John Edward Jochen
Rod Kirkpatrick
Michael J. Zak
Robert Wallace Lannom
Carl Fredrick Pomeroy
Harold M. Korell
Layne L. Puls
Neil Vaughan Humphreys
John S. Nikonchik
Fred P. Brinkman
Aniekan Willie Iyoho
Van E. Butler
Glenn D. Hart
Stephen R. Horn
Mitchell C. Reece
Clint D. Smith
Charles Russell Vanorsdale
John Anthony Massoth
James W. Jennings Jr.
John L. Perkins Jr.
Illinois Basin Section
S.C. George
L.D. Witt
Japan Section
Shoichi Tanaka
Java Indonesia Section
Rachmat Sudibjo
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Section
Ali H. Dogru
Muhammad Ali Al-Marhoun
Kuala Lumpur Section
Chuin Y. Huang
London Section
Morten Frisch
Richard Alan Dawe
Peter R. Clutterbuck
Tim Hanson
Steven J. McTiernan
Marcel Attard
Simon William McDonald
Los Angeles Basin Section
Francis H. Roth
Philip Scott Hara
Marina M. Voskanian
Mexico Section
Fernando Rodriguez de la Garza
Michigan Section
Michael D. Martin
Mid-Continent Section
Betty Jean Felber
Marcus O. Durham
Bruce E. Galbierz
Steven P. Kohler
Paul K. Travis
Midwest Gas Storage Section
David Kenan
Mississippi Section
Zeb F. Reeves
Kenneth Reagan Magee
National Capital Section
Vello A. Kuuskraa
Netherlands Section
Frank R. Choufoer
New Zealand Section
Champak K. Bhaumik
No Established Section-Eastern North America Region
Gordon L. Smith III
Sonny W. Pearson
Jerry F. Wolz
W.D. Jaap
Fareed Ahmed
Jaime H. Florez
No Established Section-Mid-Continent Region
James M. Andress
No Established Section-Northern Asia Pacific Region
David Tai Wai Ip
No Established Section-Southwestern North America Region
Vernon Mallu
North Texas Section
J.I. Ginnings
William Guy Womble
Northern Emirates Section
David R. Barker
Oklahoma City Section
Paul L. Caldwell Jr.
Loren Bruce Heath III
William G.F. Ford
Andrew C. Jackson
Richard Keith Newville
Elizabeth P. Richards
Delois J. Harris
Steven Charles Holmes
David R. Zornes
Kevin T. Smith
Carol Ann Gonzalez
Pacific Northwest Section
Gerard J. Tolentino
Thomas K. Sanders
Permian Basin Section
James C. Swetnam
Dennis B. Vrooman
Calvin J. Serpas
Robert James Boomer
Syed Javaid Anwar
Randy A. McClay
Fred G. Walsh
Ray F. Martin
Mark A. Philpy
Robert F. Campbell
John C. McDermett
Carl Wayland Brown
Burel T. Wells
Pittsburgh Section
Mark V. Leidecker
Powder River Basin Section
Steven T. Hardy
San Joaquin Valley Section
William R. Berry
Singapore Section
Karen Nielsen Bailey
Stavanger Section
John Thomas Pogue Jr.
Emile Leporcher
Swiss Section
Vance B. Querio
Trondheim Section
Tor Andersen
Michael Golan
Turkey Section
Noaman A.F. El-Khatib
Vancouver Section
Goksenin Sarioglu
Warri Nigeria Section
Albert Dere Aramabi
Alexander A. Neyin
Wyoming Petroleum Section
James M. Hebrlee