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Biographies of geophysicists that have lead the way in exploration geophysics
 Listing of awards from SEG and their recipients
 A gallery of past presidents of SEG
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In 1954, the SEG Executive Committee voted to separate the Annual Meeting from the AAPG.


SEG Awards \ 
Honorary Membership

Honorary Membership is conferred upon persons who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, have made a distinguished contribution, which warrants exceptional recognition, to exploration geophysics or a related field or the advancement of the profession of exploration geophysics through service to the Society.



1930
L. Mintrop
E. L. DeGolyer
1936
Wallace E. Pratt
L. P. Garrett
1940
Donald C. Barton
1950
J. Clarence Karcher
1952
Dr. E. A. Eckhardt
1954
Cecil H. Green
James B. Macelwane, S. J.
Paul Weaver
1956
Lewis L. Nettleton
1957
W. Maurice Ewing
1958
Burton McCollum
William Schriever
1959
W. T. Born
Frank Rieber
Louis B. Slichter
1960
M. King Hubbert
1962
Dave P. Carlton
Sigmund I. Hammer
1963
Roy L. Lay
Arthur A. Brant
1965
Ralph D. Wyckoff
1966
O. F. Ritzmann
L. Y. Faust
1967
Frank Goldstone
Paul L. Lyons
1968
Norman H. Ricker
J. P. Woods
1969
C. Hewitt Dix
Raymond A. Peterson
1970
F. A. Van Melle
1971
John C. Hollister
Eugene McDermott
H. B. Peacock
O. S. Petty
Henry Salvatori
G. H. Westby
1972
Frank Press
1973
Antonio Garcia Rojas
J. Tuzo Wilson
1974
Daniel Silverman
1975
Albert W. Musgrave
1976
Roland G. Henderson
James E. White
1977
Nigel A. Anstey
Bastiaan Baars
1978
Howard Breck
John M. Crawford
Milton B. Dobrin
Franklyn K. Levin
W. Harry Mayne
M. Turhan Taner
Sam P. Worden
1979
Sidney Kaufman
Thomas R. LaFehr
Robert E. Sheriff
Robert Van Nostrand
1980
Samuel J. Allen
Bimul K. Bhattacharyya
Kenneth E. Burg
Carl H. Savit
1981
Charles C. Bates
Santos Figueroa H.
Richard A. Geyer
Theodor C. Krey
1982
Klaus Helbig
William M. Rust, Jr.
J. Dan Skelton
Stanley H. Ward
1983
Michel T. Halbouty
Robert B. Rice
Enders A. Robinson
David W. Strangway
Sven Treitel
1984
Roy O. Lindseth
Aaron Seriff
Paul C. Wuenschel
1985
Jon F. Claerbout
Booth B. Strange
Peter R. Vail
Keeva Vozoff
1986
Allan V. Cox
S. Norman Domenico
Lucien J.B. LaCoste
1987
Craig Ferris
Albert A. Fitch
Misac Nobighian
1988
Milo M. Backus
Gu Gong Xu
1989
J. G. Hagedoorn
Fabio L. Rocca
Ethel Ward-McLemore
1990
Peter N. S. O'Brien
William A. Schneider
Sabba S. Stefanescu
1991
Gerald H. F. Gardner
Pierre L. Goupillaud
Gordon F. West
1992
Vlastislav Cerveny
Gerald W. Hohmann
John H. Hyden
1993
A. J. Berkhout
John W. C. Sherwood
James R. Wait
1994
Ernest Kanasewich
Johann Sattlegger
1995
Weng Wenbo
Robert J. Graebner
Fred Hilterman
Paul Newman
1996
Amos Nur
Roy E. White
1997
Anders Farestveit
Peter Hubral
Rudy Prince
1998
William S. French
Robert H. Stolt
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