Evidence of Stan Ward's contributions to the earth sciences is all around us in his students, his published research and his professional service. The reasons given by the Society for Stan's selection for Honorary Membership are "his many contributions to exploration geophysics as researcher, writer, educator, and pioneer in the development of multidiscipline, hybrid techniques for new exploration applications, and advancement of the profession through service to the Society." Those of us who have the privilege of knowing Stan appreciate that this award is richly deserved.
     Stan hails from Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied at the University of Toronto, obtaining a B.A.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics, and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Geophysics. From 1949 through 1958 he was managing director and chief geophysicist for McPhar Geophysics Ltd. During this duty, he became well acquainted with the difficult problems of minerals exploration and embarked on a career of solving those problems. Stan served as Professor of Geophysical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley from 1959 until 1970. In 1970 he was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah, a post which he served for 10 years. In 1980 he stepped down as department chairman, but he still retains his professional title in the department.
     Although his specialty is electrical methods, Stan is a complete scholar who can speak with authority on nearly any topic in the earth sciences and many other subjects as well. His research has made substantial contribution to the earth sciences and has been published in well over 100 journal articles, 42 of which have appeared in the pages of Geophysics. Stan served as Special Editor of three issues of Geophysics and as an editor and a substantial contributor for Mining Geophysics, Volumes I and 2. He was Associate Editor of Geophysics during the years 1969-71, 1972-74 and 1975-77. He served as Vice-President of the Society during 1961-62 and as Second Vice-President during 1979-80. He is a fellow or member of more than a dozen professional societies. He has been a Distinguished Lecturer for the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Thayer Lindsley Distinguished Lecturer for the Society of Economic Geologists.
     In my opinion, Stan's greatest contribution to the earth sciences has been in his role as an educator for, through the students, he has nourished his research ideas and successfully pursued them at a much faster pace than one individual could have done alone. Stan takes his teaching duties very seriously. His courses are updated every year and each lecture is preceded by hours of thought and preparation. Quality is the watchword. He has supervised the education and graduation of 34 masters degree students and 17 Ph.D. students all of whom have become highly successful and respected scientists, and has counseled many other students as well. During the past 20 years, Stan and his students have published articles in a total of 50 issues of Geophysics so historically there is a 1 in 3 chance that a given issue will contain an article by Stan or one of his students. Several of his students have become noted educators and researchers in their own right.
     Another of Stan's many strengths is his ability to coordinate and manage multidisciplinary scientific work. He exudes an enthusiasm which is both contagious and motivating. He seeks and considers the opinions of others and delegates authority and responsibility as only a confident manager is able to do. Using these talents, he and his large, diverse team of scientists and engineers made important contributions to lunar exploration with an orbital radar sounding experiment which operated successfully on Apollo 17. In 1977 Stan founded and became Director of the Earth Science Laboratory of the University of Utah Research Institute. Under his leadership a group of geologists, geochemists, and geophysicists was assembled, and ESL has since become a center of excellence for research in exploration and assessment of geothermal and mineral resources.
     Stan's success must surely be due in part to support from his lovely wife, Shirley. They work together as a team. And when there is a break in the work, Stan and Shirley can be found on their boat, bearing northward out of Seattle to explore ports and fishing spots in Washington and British Columbia.
     If history can be used to predict the future, the scientific world will continue to benefit from the work of this talented man for many years to come.

     Phillip Michael Wright