Awards
2009 summit award® recipients
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP award
Dr. Gordon D. Williams, P.Geol.
The Council may confer Honorary Life Membership in APEGGA upon any Professional Member who has rendered eminent service to the Association.
Dr. Gordon Williams, P.Geol., has been a leader in the geoscience community and a key player in APEGGA’s regulatory functions. He was born and raised in a farming community in southwestern Manitoba, obtaining his B.Sc. from Brandon College (University of Manitoba) in 1955 and his PhD in geology in 1960 from the University of Alberta.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Williams has been active in the advancement of the profession and its future professionals. He taught geology and served as chair of the Geology Department at the University of Alberta. Dr. Williams also taught at the University of Queensland in Australia, served as dean of science and technology at Mount Royal College, and now operates his own consulting company.
Dr. Williams has been employed by oil companies in Western Canada and has worked on oil and gas, oil sands, oil shale and coal projects in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan. Dr. Williams is currently a sessional instructor in petroleum land management in the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Williams has been an active APEGGA volunteer for more than 30 years. He played a pivotal role in establishing the Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists (CCPG), is an honorary member and past-president of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) and a distinguished fellow of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC). Dr. Williams has been recognized by receiving APEGGA’s L.C. Charlesworth Professional Service Award, CCPG’s first-ever Canadian Professional Geoscientist Award, GAC’s J. Willis Ambrose Medal and CSPG’s President’s Award.
Professional Affiliations and Activities
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APEGGA
- President (2008-2009)
- President-Elect (2007-2008)
- Member, APEGGA Council (2007-present; 1989-1995)
- Member, Geoscience Committee (2006-present)
- Member, Aboriginal Affairs Committee (2005-present)
- Member, Nominating Committee (2001-2003; 1984-1985)
- Second Vice-President (1999-2001)
- Member, Discipline Committee (1994-1996)
- Member, Practice Review Board (1988-1992)
- Task Force on the Future Role of APEGGA (1988-1990)
- Member, CSEG/CSPG/APEGGA Liaison Committee (1985-1989)
- Member, Board of Examiners (1978-1987)
- Member (1969-present) -
President, CCPG (2003-2004)
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Chair, Board of Directors, CCPG (1997-1999)
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Chair, Geoscience Implementation Task Force, CCPE (1995-1997)
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Chair, Professional Registration Committee, Canadian Geoscience Council (1990-1995)
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Chair, Board of Directors, CSPG Educational Trust Fund (1986-1987)
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President, CSPG (1985-1986)
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Member, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1958-present)
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Member, National Association of Geoscience Teachers (1980-present)