SPE welcomes 261 members into the Legion of Honor recognizing 50 years of consecutive membership in the Society.
Members in the Legion of Honor are exempt from membership 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.
Aberdeen Section
Alan Johnson
Roger L. Fretwell
Michael George T. Baker
Henk J. Wilms
Alaska Section
Robert Marty Lemon
Amarillo Petroleum Section
Gary Don Bagwell
Appalachian Section
Theodore Michael Streit
Argentine Petroleum Section
Mirta Beatriz Galacho
Alejandro P. Bulgheroni
Thomas B. Murphy
Austin Section
David B. Voorhis
Gregory E. Waner
Laurence E. Parent
Richard E. Hart
Joseph I. Gasca
Balcones Section
Dennis G. Strauch
Eugene Scott Graef
Arthur Steven Metcalf
Billings Petroleum Section
Tim C. Lechner
Calgary Section
Joseph L. Cotterill
Nickolas C. R. van Regen
Abraham I. Khallad
Bernard William Goruk
Kenneth A. Shewan
Brian Douglas Weatherill
Louis Mattar
Robert W. Symonds
J. Michael Gatens III
Copenhagen Section
Even Krohg
Dallas Section
Tommy J. Drescher
Maurice P. Gaddis Jr.
John C. Mihm
Marcia R. Simpson
David R. Williams
Edward D. Burger
Frank E. Corts
Gerald K. Han
Jeoung Soo Kim
Michael L. Elliott
Patrick Joseph Handren
Sherry Reid-Carroll
Steven D. Crane
Harvey Lee Nirider
Donald E. Schultz
Jeffrey Don Bryant
Andrew Bryan Stringer
Delta Section
Donald A. Olson
Bernard C. Greive
Denver Section
Joseph J. Melvan
Thomas L. Blanton
James Carl Mack
Ray E. Jones
James Anthony Lillo
John Robert Dunleavy
Michael R. Ivy
Roger R. Reinmiller
David E. Pitzl
Richard D. George
Michael J. Uland
John P. de Wardt
William Jay O'Brien
Gregory Paul Womack
Gregory K. Wilcox
Talibuddin Syed
Craig Alan Williams
Steven Duane Gilbert
Rene Morin
H. J. Kagie
Mark G. Wagner
David C. Hobbs
East Texas Section
Bruce Leonard Veralli
Spencer Cotton
Walter F. Tehan
Jerry L. Hamilton
Eastern Venezuela Section
Paul Daniel Doyle
Evangeline Section
David F. McCutcheon
John R. Pere
Kenneth L. Bridges
Kim M. Hitt
Fort Worth Section
Dan M. Wilkirson
Avtar Singh Pabley
P. M. Odell
Eric E. Clum
Ross D. Murphy
Thomas R. Bates Jr.
Jeffrey L. Ventura
John E. Barnes
German Section
Manfred H. Akstinat
Golden Gate Section
Jacob M. Rudisill
Ray A. Missman
Henry S. More
Gulf Coast Section
Alexander Sas-Jaworsky II
Richard A. Werner
Rudy C. Wildenstein
Hans G. Blixt
Robert Dean Mccavitt Jr.
Carl W. Sandlin
Kaveh Dehghani
David L. Hayden
Charles E. Jacobs Jr.
Richard Douglas Perkins
Rick D. Watts
Mehdi Azari
Paul D. Moffitt
Nancy L. Renninger
Chadwick C. Deaton
Coby S. Osborne
Robert Quitzau
Brian Robert Stewart
James S. Kana
Leonard Vann Lee Ball
Walter R. Cook
Nobuo Morita
Andrew W. Stackel
Henry Eugene Cash
Brian Stephen Musso
Joseph Levin Savoy
Edward J. DiPaolo
John C. Luppens
George Amine Rizk
George R. Dyer
Lee Ramsey
Wes Vannatta
David D. Smith
John Bradley Browning
Richard Emil Dudek
L. W. Helms Jr.
Robert J. Paradiso
Randall G. Scott
Charles E. Taylor
Robert W. Young
Kevin Gene Watts
Larry L. Rankin
Edward M. Braun
John Edgar Hodgin
Lyle Vaughan Lehman
Roger W. Neal
Paul Fraser Simpson
Randall D. Stilley
M. Hunter Watkins Jr.
Michael Kent Hauser
James Harmon Etherton
Richard Donald Hutchins
George H. Medley Jr.
John M. Simon
James R. Bruton
Joseph Gordon Tigner
Lawrence Oliver Brewer
Craig E. Page
Robert Dale Rosensteel
Jeannine Boubel Smith
Janeen Judah
Kenneth Joe Baker
James Roland Deaver
Dan Leigh Dickson III
Keith A. Froebel
Dale S. Janik
Duane A. McVay
Gary W. Owen
Dale A. Renz
Jerome Jacob Schubert
Marilyn Wilson
Marcus L. Winkler
Bradley P. Hansen
David C. Douglas
Rick A. Wright
Olusegun B. Omidele
Michael James Patin
Suzanne Milner
Steven R. Hill
Japan Section
Takeshi Maki
Ryuzo Kaneda
Java Indonesia Section
John H. Lawrence
Hendrik Van Der Weerd
Kuala Lumpur Section
Mohamed Sabri Zain
Kuwait Section
Mohammad S. Abdul-Wahab
Lagos Section
Osamudiamen M. Otabor
London Section
William R. McNeary
Los Angeles Basin Section
Jeffery William Brienen
Marc T. Wakatake
Mexico Section
Fco Javier Luna-Melo
Michigan Section
Richard A. Sandtveit
Mid-Continent Section
Jerry R. Schuyler
Dan Morgan Slagle
David Kenneth Olsen
Doug Norton
Thomas R. Redman
Steven Reed Hash
David M. Hester
Robert O. Berry
Roger C. Dickerson
Mississippi Section
Jane A. Moring
New Delhi Section
Shiv L. Goyal
New South Wales/Australian Cap Section
William Guy Allinson
New York and New England Petroleum Section
Kenneth C. Ogle
James W. Trenz
New Zealand Section
James W. Patek
No Established Section-Eastern North America Region
Kate Hadley Baker
Malcolm I. Partridge
No Established Section-Mid-Continent Region
Carl T. Montgomery
No Established Section-Middle East and North Africa Region
Bipin Chandra Joshi
No Established Section-Rocky Mountain Region
Daniel J. Krause
No Established Section-Western North America Region
Wayne L. Laufer
Peter D. Pomeroy
North Texas Section
John E. Rhoads
Marke D. Ginnings
Patrick A. Canan
Northern Michigan Section
Craig Jay Tester
Oklahoma City Section
Stan D. Nickel
Bradley A. Aman
Jesse J. Allen
J. Craig Northcutt
David C. Williams
John A. Vance III
Permian Basin Section
William R. Huck
David A. Higgins
Norman W. Hein Jr.
Gregory Neal Fitzgerald
Blain K. Lewis
Ben A. Strickling III
James J. Osborne
Billy Wayne Harris
Donald W. Tally Jr.
James A. Nicholson
James Michael Reeves
Pittsburgh Section
Wesley D. Nelson
Neil R. Greenly
Jonathan M. Benesch
Gregory R. King
William Edward Roach
Port Harcourt Section
Cyril Oranye Onodugo
Portugal Section
Simon V. Jakeman
Raman Isa Berent
Queensland Section
Stephen C. Davidson
Roswell Section
Paul L. Ragsdale
San Joaquin Valley Section
David Frederick Mayer
Harold P. Bopp
Brad Standley
David Joseph Wagner
Richard J. Yoch
Richard L. Williams
Eric James Solum
Robert L. Barnett
Singapore Section
Arthur I. Burke Jr.
David S. Ahye
Anthony S. K. Low
South Australian Section
Robert James Hoff
Henry T. Pecanek
Southwest Oklahoma Section
Michael Ray Berry
Stavanger Section
Scott I. Kerr
Ole Kristian Paulsen
Johannes Sorvang
Trinidad and Tobago Section
Lugard E. Layne
Western Australian Section
Thomas Roger Brand
Umberto Filippi
Michael J. Utsler
Wichita Petroleum Section
Leon W. Rodak
Wyoming Petroleum Section
Richard A. Bonander
Richard L. Vine
Joe M. Rochelle
Leo A. Giangiacomo