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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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The Maurice Ewing Medal Award was established as SEG's highest award in 1978.


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Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal

A fund has been established by Virgil Kauffman, former president of Aero Service Corporation, to encourage improvement in the science of geophysical exploration. The Kauffman Gold Medal is awarded to a person who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the science of geophysical exploration as manifested during the previous five years. The contribution may be of a technical or a professional nature.



1966
Cecil H. Green
1967
Lucien J. B. LaCoste
1968
Howard A. Slack
1969
Robert E. Sheriff
1970
Roy O. Lindseth
1971
Joseph Zemanek
1972
Nigel A. Anstey
1973
Samuel J. Allen
1974
David W. Strangway
1975
Stephen Chelminski
1976
Peter R. Vail
1977
Moses B. Widess
1978
William J. Zwart
1979
Carl H. Savit
1980
A. R. Barringer
1981
S. Norman Domenico
1982
J. T. Cherry
Kenneth H. Waters
1983
Sidney Kaufman
Jack E. Oliver
1984
Fred J. Hilterman
1985
William J. Ostrander
1986
John W. C. Sherwood
1988
Stuart Crampin
1989
Ira David Hale
1990
Richard A. (Rusty) Alford
1991
Ozdogan Yilmaz
1994
Davis W. Ratcliff
1995
Frederick J. Barr
Joe Iley Sanders
1996
Ilya D. Tsvankin
1997
George A. McMechan
1998
Michael S. Bahorich
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