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Donald Joe Benson

726 Cambridge Lane

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35406

(205)345-7162

PERSONAL

Born - Jan. 13, 1946, Canton, Ohio

Married to the former Beverly Gundlach

2 children – Susan Crow (34) and Megan Davis (27)

EDUCATION

B.A. - 1968 - College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

M.S. - 1971 - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Ph.D. - 1976 - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

2012-Present – Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

2009-Present - Vice President for Research and Vice Provost, University of Alabama

2007 to 2009 - Interim Vice President for Research and Vice Provost, University of Alabama

2001 to 2007 - Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Alabama

1998 to 2001 - Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Alabama

1990 to 1998 - Chairman, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama

1978 to Present - Assistant, Associate, and Professor of Geology, University of Alabama

1973 to 1978 - Research Geologist, Lake Erie Section, Ohio Division of Geological Survey

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Geo 101 - Physical Geology

Geo 102 - Historical Geology

Geo 223 - Basic Field Methods

Geo 314 - Sedimentary Petrology

Geo 367 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentology

Geo 400 - Recent Marine Sedimentation (Summer - Dauphin Island Sea Lab)

Geo 495 - Field Geology (Summer Field Course - Team Taught)

Graduate Courses Taught

Geo 403 - Pleistocene and Recent Carbonate Environments of the Florida Keys

Geo 512 - Sedimentary Petrology - Carbonates

Geo 513 - Sedimentary Petrology - Clastics

Geo 567 - Sedimentology

Geo 669 - Carbonate Depositional Environments

THESES/DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED

1. Andronaco, Peter (M.S.) - Lithofacies and depositional environments of the Bangor Limestone

(Mississippian) in Blount County, North-central Alabama (1986)

2. Batchelder, Eric (M.S.) - Lithofacies, depositional environments, and diagenesis of the Knox

Group exposed along Alligator Creek, Bibb County, Alabama (1984)

3. Crow, Chris (M.S.) - Sedimentology and paleontology of Middle Ordovician bioherms of the

Valley and Ridge Province of Alabama (1989)

4. Cunningham, Alan (M.S.) - Deposition and diagenesis of Smackover carbonates in the Manila

Embayment of South Alabama (1984)

5. Fisher, Ramsey (M.S.) - Diagenesis of the Tuscumbia Limestone (Mississippian) in Alabama

(1987)

6. Fowler, Heather (M.S.) - Reservoir Characterization of the Smackover Reservoir, Chatom

Field, Washington County, Alabama (2000)

7. Hooks, David (M.S.) - Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and silica diagenesis of the

Knox Group in Alabama (1985)

8. Jenkins, Christine (M.S.) - Depositional environments of the Greensport Formation and Colvin

Mountain Sandstone in the Coosa Synclinorium (1984)

9. Laird, John (M.S.) - Reservoir characteristics of the Norphlet Sandstone, Escambia County,

Alabama (1985)

10. Lee, Alison (M.S.) - Lithofacies and depositional environments of the Chickamauga Group in

Jefferson County, North-central Alabama (1983)

11. Markland, Lisa (M.S.) - Depositional setting of the Smackover Formation, Appleton Field,

Escambia County, Alabama (1992)

12. McKee, Don (M.S.) - Structural controls on deposition and diagenesis in the Smackover

Formation, Choctaw County, Alabama (1990)

13. Moss, Neil (M.S.) - Petrology and reservoir characteristics of the Smackover Formation in

the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin, Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington Counties, Alabama

(1988)

14. Murray, Brian (M.S.) - Characterization of the Smackover Reservoir, Hatter's Pond field,

Mobile County, Alabama (1991)

15. Nolte, Ralph (M.S.) - Silica diagenesis of Mississippian limestones in Alabama (1988)

16. Roberson, Keith (M.S.) - The post-Knox unconformity, Alabama Appalachians (1988)

17. Tew, Nick (Ph.D.) - The Arcola Limestone and cyclicity in Cretaceous chalks of the Eastern

Gulf Coastal Plain (1999)

18. Vaughn, Lee (M.S.) - Reservoir characteristics of the Norphlet Sandstone, Mobile County,

Alabama (1985)

19. Walls, Ian (M.S.) - Provenance of the Norphlet Sandstone in southwest Alabama (1985)

20. Ward, Wendi (M.S.) - Lithofacies and depositional environments of a portion of the Stones

River Formation in Etowah and DeKalb Counties, Northeast Alabama (1983)

21. Webb, Kathy (M.S.) - Characteristics of depositional environments in a microtidal barrier

system, Santa Rose Island, Florida (1985)

22. Zhang, Xiaodong (M.S.) - Log Identification of Pore Types in Smackover Carbonates of South

Alabama (1994)

PUBLICATIONS

Articles and Reports

1. Mancini, E.A., Aurell, M., Llinas, J.C. Parcell, W.C., Badenas, B., and Benson, D.J., 2004,

Upper Jurassic thrombolite reservoir play, northeastern Gulf of Mexico, American

Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 88, 1573-1602.

2. Mancini, E.A. Blasingame, T.A., Archer, R. Panetta, B.J., Haynes, C.D., and Benson, D.J.,

2004, Improving hydrocarbon recovery from mature oil fields producing from carbonate

facies through intergrated geoscientific and engineering reservoir characterization and

modeling studies, Upper Juarassic Smackover Formation, Womack Hill Field (Eastern Gulf

Coast, USA), American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 88, 1629-1651.

3. Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., and Benson, D.J., 2003, Upper Jurassic

(Oxfordian) Smackover carbonate petroleum system characterization and modeling,

Mississippi Interior Salt Basin, northeastern Gulf of Mexico, USA, Carbonates and

Evaporites, v. 18, p. 125-150.

4. Crow, C.J.,Brnade, S., Turner, M.E.,Stock, C.W., and Benson, D.J., 2001, Random sampling

of carbonate mounds: an example from the Upper Ordovician of Alabama: Sedimentary

Geology, v. 145, p. 173-187.

5. Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Hart, B.S., Balch, R.S., Parcell, W.C., and Panetta, B.J., 2000,

Appleton Field case study (Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain): field development model for Upper

Jurassic microbial reef reservoirs associated with paleotopographic basement structures:

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 84, 1699-1717.

6. Benson, D.J. and Mancini, E.A., 1999, Diagenetic influence on reservoir development and

quality in the Smackover updip basement ridge play, southwest Alabama: Transactions Gulf

Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 49

7. Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Hart, B.S., Chen, H., Balch, R.S., Parcell, W.C., Wang, W-T.,

and Panetta, B.J., 1999, Integrated geological, geophysical, and computer approach for

predicting reef lithofacies and reservoirs: Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Appleton

Field, Escambia County, Alabama: in Tyler, N.P. and Major, R.P., (eds.), Advanced Reservoir

Characterization for the Twenty-First Century, Gulf Coast Section, Proceedings, 19th Annual

Research Conference, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, p. 235-

8. Mancini, E.A. and Benson, D.J., 1998, Upper Jurassic Smackover carbonate reservoir,

Appleton Field Escambia County, Alabama, 3-D seismic case history study: in J.L. Allen,

T.S. Brown, C.J. John, and C.F. Lobo (eds.), 3-D Seismic Case Histories from the Gulf

Coast Basin, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Special Publication, p. 1-14.

9. Nolte, R.A. and Benson D.J., 1998, Silica diagenesis of Mississippian carbonates of Northern

Alabama: Transactions Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 48, p. 301-310.

10. Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Benson, D.J., Chen, H., and Yang, W-T., 1998, Geological and

computer modeling of Upper Jurassic Smackover reef and carbonate shoal lithofacies, Eastern

Gulf Coastal Plain: Transactions Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 48, p.

225-234.

11. Mancini, E.A., and Benson, D.J., 1998, Fracture Porosity and Stylolites in Upper Jurassic

Norphlet Sandstone and Smackover Carbonate Deep Gas Reservoirs, Northeastern Gulf of

Mexico: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Fractured Reservoirs: Practical

Exploration and Development Strategies Symposium, p. 365-368.

12. Carlson, E. C., Benson, D. J., Groshong, R. H., And Mancini, E. A., 1998, Improved Oil

Recovery from Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoirs Associated with Paleotopographic

Basement Structures: Appleton Field, Alabama: SPE/DOE Eleventh Symposium on Improved

Oil Recovery, p. 99-105.

13. Benson, D.J., Schroeder, W.W., and Shultz, A.W., 1997, Sandstone hardbottoms along the

western rim of DeSoto Canyon, northeast Gulf of Mexico: Transactions Gulf Coast

Association Geological Societies, v. 47, p. 43-48.

14. Benson, D.J., Groshong, R.H., Fang, J.H., Pultz, L.M., Mancini, E.A., and Carlson, E.S.,

1997, Petroleum Geology of Appleton Field, Escambia County, Alabama: Transactions Gulf

Coast Association Geological Societies, v. 47, p. 35-42.

15. Benson, D.J., Pultz, L.M., and Bruner, D.D., 1996, The influence of paleotopography, sea

level fluctuation, and carbonate productivity on deposition of the Smackover and Buckner

Formations, Appleton field, Escambia County, Alabama: Transactions Gulf Coast Association

Geological Societies, v. 46, p. 15-23.

16. Benson, D.J., Carlson, E., Clark, P., and Fang, J.H., 1991, Characterization of heterogeneity

in Smackover Reservoirs, Southwest Alabama: Technical Report submitted to Geological

Survey of Alabama, 274 p.

17. Benson, D.J., 1990, review of Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity by C.H. Moore, in

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 74, p. 1769.

18. Benson, D.J., and Murray, B.S., 1990, Recognition of Heterogeneities in the Smackover

formation of Southwest Alabama: contract report submitted to Geological Survey of Alabama,

79 p.

19. Benson, D.J., and Murray, B.S., 1990, Characterization and Ranking of Heterogeneities in the

Smackover Formation, Southwest Alabama: contract report submitted to Geological Survey

of Alabama, 187 p.

20. Benson, D.J., 1988, Depositional history of the Smackover Formation in Southwest Alabama:

Transactions Gulf Coast Association Geological Societies, v. 38, p. 197-205.

21. Vaughan, R.L., and Benson, D.J., 1988, Diagenesis of the Upper Jurassic Norphlet

Formation, Mobile and Baldwin Counties and offshore Alabama: Transactions Gulf Coast


22. Benson, D.J., 1986a, Structural and stratigraphic setting of the Middle Ordovician of

Alabama: in Benson, D.J., and Stock, C.W., Shelf to basin transition in Middle Ordovician

carbonates of the Alabama Appalachians: Field Trip Guidebook, American Association of

Petroleum Geologists, 1986 Annual Meeting, p. 2-15.

23. Benson, D.J., 1986b, Depositional setting and history: in Benson, D.J., and Stock, C.W.,

Shelf to basin transition in Middle Ordovician carbonates of the Alabama Appalachians: Field

Trip Guidebook, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1986 Annual Meeting, p.

38-58.

24. Benson, D.J., 1986c, Development of a predictive model for porosity distribution in the

Smackover Formation of southwest Alabama (Final Report): Research Report 76, School of

Mines and Energy Development, University of Alabama, 76 p.

25. Benson, D.J., and Stock, C.W., 1986, Shelf to basin transition in Middle Ordovician

carbonates of the Alabama Appalachians: Field Trip Guidebook, American Association of

Petroleum Geologists, 1986 Annual Meeting, 79 p.

26. Rheams, L.J., and Benson, D.J., 1986, Pottsville Formation in Alabama: Geological Society

of America Centennial Field Guide-Southeastern Section, p. 185-190.

27. Benson, D.J., 1985, Diagenetic controls on reservoir development and quality, Smackover

Formation of southwest Alabama: Transactions Gulf Coast Association Geological Societies,

v. 35, p. 317-326.

28. Benson, D.J., 1984a, Lithology: in LaMoreaux, P.E. et al., (eds.) Guide to the hydrology of

carbonate rocks: Studies and Reports in Hydrology No. 41, UNESCO, p. 21-30.

29. Benson, D.J., 1984b, Book Review - Sedimentary Petrology : Chemical Geology, v. 45, p.

179-180.

30. Benson, D.J., and Mancini, E.A., 1984, Porosity development and reservoir characteristics of

the Smackover Formation in southwest Alabama: Jurassic of the Gulf Rim, Proceedings GCS-

SEPM 3rd Research Conf., p. 1-17.

31. Benson, D.J., 1984c, Development of a predictive model for porosity distribution in the

Smackover Formation of southwest Alabama (Progress Report): Research Report 63, School

of Mines and Energy Development, University of Alabama, 54 p.

32. Benson, D.J. and Mink, R.M., 1983, Depositional history and petroleum potential of Middle

and Upper Ordovician strata of the Alabama Appalachians: Transactions Gulf Coast


33. Rheams, L.J., and Benson, D.J., l983, Depositional setting of the Pottsville Formation in the

Black Warrior Basin: Guidebook, 19th Annual Field Trip, Alabama Geological Society, 99 p.

34. Clancy, T.A. and Benson, D.J., l983, Refractory dolomite raw materials: Ceramic

Engineering and Sciences Proceedings, v. 4, p. 119-139.

35. Benson, D.J., 1982a, Depositional environments of coal-bearing strata in the Warrior Basin:

in Rheams, L.J. and Benson, D.J., Depositional setting of the Pottsville Formation in the

Black Warrior Basin: Guidebook, 19th Annual Field Trip, Alabama Geological Society, p. 15-

26.

36. Benson, D.J., 1982b, Coal geology of the Warrior Coal Field: an annotated bibliography: in

Rheams, L.J., and Benson, D.J., Depositional setting of the Pottsville Formation in the Black

Warrior Basin: Guidebook, 19th Annual Field Trip, Alabama Geological Society, p. 47-53.

37. Benson, D.J. and Mancini, E.A., 1982, Petrology and reservoir characteristics of the

Smackover Formation, Hatter's Pond Field: implications for Smackover exploration in

southwestern Alabama: Transactions Gulf Coast Association Geological Societies, v. 32, p.

67-76.

38. Carter, C.H., Benson, D.J., and Guy, D.E., 1982, Man-made structures and geomorphic

changes since 1876 along the Ohio shore of Lake Erie: in Craig, R.G. and Craft, D.E. (eds.)

Applied Geomorphology, Allen and Unwin, London, p. 148-164.

39. Stock, C.W., and Benson, D.J., l982, Occurrence and distribution of fossils within and

adjacent to Middle Ordovician bioherms in the southern Appalachians of Alabama:

Proceedings 3rd North American Paleontological Convention, v. 2, p. 517-524.

40. Benson, D.J., 1981a, Textural analysis with Texas Instruments 59 programmable calculator:

Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 51, p. 641-642.

41. Benson, D.J., 1981b, Porosity reduction through ductile grain deformation; an experimental

assessment: Transactions Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 31, p. 235-237.

42. Carter, C.H., Benson, D.J., and Guy, D.E., 1981, Shore protection structures: effects on

recession rates and beaches from the 1870's to the 1970's along the Ohio shore of Lake Erie:

Environmental Geology, v. 3, p. 353-362.

44. Mancini, E.A., and Benson, D.J., 1981, Smackover carbonate petroleum geology in

southwest Alabama: Oil and Gas Journal, v. 79, no. 52, p. 266-275.

44. Benson, D.J., 1980, Smackover petrography: in Wilson, G.V., Wang, G.C., Mancini, E.A.,

and Benson, D.J., Assessment of the geothermal/geopressure potential of the Gulf Coastal

Plain of Alabama: U.S. Department of Energy Contract Report DE-AS05-79ET27015, p. 57-

71 and p. 146-169.

45. Mancini, E.A., and Benson, D.J., l980, Regional stratigraphy of Upper Jurassic Smackover

carbonates of southwest Alabama: Transactions Gulf Coast Association Geological Societies,

v. 30, p. 151-165.

46. Benson, D.J., 1978, Lake Erie shore erosion and flooding, Lucas County, Ohio: Ohio

Division of Geological Survey, Report Investigation 107, 99 p.

47. Benson, D.J., 1975, Maumee Bay erosion and sedimentation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Contract Report DACW 35-75-C-0038, 200 p.

48. Carter, C.H., Benson, D.J., and Guy, D.E., 1975, Shoreline and bathymetric changes in and

around upper Sandusky Bay since 1905: Proceedings Sandusky River Basin Symposium,

International Joint Commission, p. 336-357.

Refereed Abstracts

1. Fowler, H.E., and Benson, D.J., 2000, Characterization of the Smackover reservoir: Chatom

Field, Washington County, Alabama: Program and Abstracts Volume, AAPG/EAGE

International Research Conference, p. 27.

2. Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., and Hart, B.S., 2000, Integrated geoscientific study of Upper

Jurassic Smackover reef and carbonate shoal reservoirs associated with a paleotopographic

basement structure: Appleton Field, South Alabama, carbonate reservoir characterization and

modeling for enhanced hydrocarbon discovery and recovery: Program and Abstracts Volume,

AAPG/EAGE International Research Conference, p. 44.

3. Benson, D.J., and Mancini, E.A., 1999, Diagenetic influence on reservoir development and

quality in the Smackover updip basement ridge play, Southwest Alabama: (Abs.) American

Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 83, No. 8, p. 1348.

4. Benson, D.J., and Mancini, E.A., 1999, Influence of microscopic heterogeneity on

reservoir quality in carbonate reservoirs: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum

Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, vol. 8, p. A12.

5. Benson, D.J., and Mancini, E.A., 1999, Diagenesis of passive margin carbonate reservoirs,

Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: (abs.) Geological

Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 31, no. 3, p. A-5.

6. Mancini, E.A., and Benson, D.J., 1999, Integration of 3-D seismic reflection data with 3-D

geologic visualization modeling for petroleum reservoir and trap delination, Eastern Gulf

Coastal Plain, USA: (Abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol.

83, No. 8, p. 1327.

7. Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., and Benson, D.J., 1999, Key to exploration

in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin and related sub-basins, Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain:

(abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume,

vol. 8, p. A87.

8. Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Parcell, W.C., and Puckett, T.M., 1999, Upper Jurassic

Smackover carbonate exploration strategies in the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: (abs.)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, vol. 8, p.

A87.

9. Benson, D.J., Mancini, E.A., Groshong, R.H., Fang, J.H., and Carlson, E.S., 1998,

Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Management: Key to Improved Oil Recovery at

Appleton Oil Field, Escambia County, Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum

Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, vol. 7, p. 57.

10. Benson, D.J., and Mancini, E.A., 1998, Paleotopographic Controls on Jurassic Smackover

Carbonate Reservoir Distribution and Quality in the Updip Basement Play of Southwest

Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract

Volume, vol. 7.

11. Benson, D.J., and Mancini, E.A., 1998, Diagenesis of Passive Margin Reservoirs - Upper

Jurassic Smackover Formation of the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA: (abs.) Extended

Abstracts Volume, American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1998 International

Conference & Exhibition, p. 166.

12. Benson, D.J., and Mancini, E.A., 1998, Diagenesis of Passive Margin Reservoirs - Upper

Jurassic Smackover Formation of the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA: (abs.) American

Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, p. 1892.

13. Nolte, R.A., and Benson, D.J., 1998, Silica Diagenesis of Mississippian Carbonates of

Northern Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, p.

1788-1789.

14. Mancini, E.A., Chen, H., and Benson, D.J., 1998, Geologic and Computer Modeling of

Upper Jurassic Smackover Reef and Carbonate Shoal Lithofacies, Eastern Gulf Coastal

Plain: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, p. 1786-87.

15. Mancini, E.A., and Benson, D.J., 1998, Sequence Stratigraphic Controls on Carbonate

Shoal and Reef Reservoir Architecture and Heterogeneity: Upper Jurassic Smackover

Formation, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum

Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, p. 1938.

16. Mancini, E.A., and Benson, D.J., 1998, Sequence Stratigraphic Controls on Carbonate

Shoal and Reef Reservoir Architecture and Heterogeneity: Upper Jurassic Smackover

Formation, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum

Geologists 1998 International Conference & Exhibition, p. 50.

17. Parcell, W.C., Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Chen, H., and Yang, W., 1998, Geologic and

computer modeling of 2-D and 3-D carbonate lithofacies trends in Upper Jurassic

(Oxfordian) Smackover Formation, Northeastern Gulf Coast: Geological Society of

America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 30, no. 7, p. A-338.

18. Benson, D.J., Schroeder, W.W., and Shultz, A.W., 1997, Sandstone hardbottoms along the

western rim of DeSoto Canyon, northeast Gulf of Mexico: (abs.) American Association of

Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 81, p. 1571.

19. Benson, D.J., Schroeder, W.W., and Shultz, A.W., 1997, Cementation in sandstone

hardbottoms, outer continental shelf, northeast Gulf of Mexico: (abs.) Geological Society of

America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 3, p. 5.

20. Benson, D.J., Groshong, R.H., Fang, J.H., Pultz, L.M., Mancini, E.A., and Carlson, E.S.,

1997, Petroleum Geology of Appleton Field, Escambia County, Alabama: (abs.) American


21. Schroeder, W.W., Benson, D.J., Fleischer, P., and Gittings, S., 1997, The role of

geomorphology, boundary layer processes, and fluvial influence in structuring continental

shelf hard bottom habitats in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: (abs.) Geological Society of

America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29, no. 6, pg. A-257.

22. Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Pultz, L.M., Fang, J.H., and Groshong, R.H., 1997, Upper

Jurassic Smackover Underdeveloped Reef Play, Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA: (abs.)

Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists/Society of Economic Paleontologists &

Mineralogists Joint Convention, Program with Abstracts, p. 181.

23. Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., and Fang, J.H., 1997, Controls on Oxfordian reef growth and

development in a carbonate ramp setting: Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, eastern

Gulf Coastal Plain: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29,

no. 6, p. A-42.

24. Hancock, K.M., Schroeder, W.W., and Benson, D.J., 1997, Paleoecology of Late

Pleistocene carbonate buildups on the Mississippi-Alabama continental shelf: Geological

Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29, no. 3, pg. 21.

25. Benson, D.J., Pultz, L.M., and Bruner, D.D., 1996, The influence of paleotopography, sea

level fluctuation, and carbonate productivity on deposition of the Smackover and Buckner

Formations, Appleton field, Escambia County, Alabama: American Association of

Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 80, p. 1495.

26. Benson, D.J., 1996, Classification of heterogeneities in Smackover reservoirs, Southwest

Alabama, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28, no. 2, pg. 3.

27. Schroeder, W.W., Benson, D.J., Pearce, P.J., Shultz, A.W., and Jacobs, G.W., 1996,

Sandstone hardbottom along the western rim of the De Soto Canyon, Northeast Gulf of

Mexico, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28, no. 2, pg. 42.

28. Schroeder, W.W., Benson, D.J., Pearce, P.J., Hancock, K.A., Sager, W.W., Howard, R.O.,

and Shultz, A.W., 1996, Composition and morphology of Late Quaternary carbonate

deposits, outer continental shelf, northeast Gulf of Mexico (abs.) American Association of

Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Program, v. 5, p. A127.

29. Hancock, K.M., Schroeder, W.W., Benson, D.J., and Pearce, P.J., 1996, Late Quaternary

organic buildups, outer continental shelf, Northeast Gulf of Mexico: Geological Society of

America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28, no. 2, pg. 14.

30. Benson, D.J., Pultz, L.M., Bruner, D.D., and Lu, G., 1996, Depositional history of the

Smackover Formation, Appleton Field, Escambia County, Alabama: (abs.) American

Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Program, v. 5, p. A14.

31. Benson, D.J., Batchelder, E.C., and Hooks, J.D., 1993, Deposition and diagenesis of the

Knox Group in the Southernmost Appalachians: American Association of Petroleum

Geologists, Abstracts with Programs, p. 74-75.

32. Benson, D.J., 1992, Tectonic vs. eustatic controls on Ordovician deposition in the Alabama

Appalachians: Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, v. 63, no. 2, p. 94.

33. Benson, D.J., 1992, Tectonic vs. eustatic controls on Ordovician deposition in the Alabama

Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p.

A141.

34. Nolte, R.A., and Benson, D.J., 1992, Genesis of cherts in Upper Mississippian Carbonates

of Northern Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.

24, n. 2, pgs. 55-56.

35. Benson, D.J., Markland, L.A., and Powers, T.J., 1991, Paleotopographic Control on

Smackover Reservoir Evolution: Southwest Alabama: (abs.) American Association of

Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, p. 740-741.

36. Benson, D.J., 1990, Origin of Smackover dolomites: southwest Alabama: (abs.) American


37. Benson, D.J., 1990, Petrography and genesis of Smackover dolomites, southwest Alabama:

(abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, n. 4, p. 2-3.

38. Powers, T.J. and Benson, D.J., 1990, Effects of paleotopography and eustatic sea level

fluctuations on Smackover deposition - Vocation Field, Monroe County, Alabama: (abs.)

Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, n. 4, p. 57.

39. Murray, B.S. and Benson, D.J., 1990, Characterization of the Smackover Reservoir in

Hatter's Pond Field, Mobile County, Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society of America,

Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, n. 4, p. 52

40. Markland, L.A., and Benson, D.J., 1990, Effects of paleotopography on Smackover

reservoir evolution: Appleton Field, Escambia County, Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society

of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, n. 4, p. 24.

41. Benson, D.J., 1988, Depositional history of Smackover Formation in Southwestern

Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 72, p. 1109.

42. Benson, D.J., 1988, Diagenetic history of the Smackover Formation in southwest Alabama:

(abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, n. 4, p. 254.

43. Vaughan, R.L., and Benson, D.J., 1988, Diagenesis of Upper Jurassic Norphlet Formation,

Mobile and Baldwin Counties and Offshore Alabama: American Association of Petroleum


44. Reid, E.J., and Benson, D.J., 1988, Slope and basin deposits in the Middle Ordovician of the

Alabama Appalachians: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Midyear

Meeting Abstracts, v. 5, p. 44.

45. Benson, D.J., 1987, Pore systems in the Smackover of Southwest Alabama: Abstracts,

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Annual Midyear Meeting, v. 4, p.

7.

46. Benson, D.J., 1987, Experimental assessment of porosity reduction through ductile grain

deformation in sandstones: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin,

v. 71, p. 529-530.

47. Benson, D.J., 1986, Shelf to basin transition in Middle Ordovician carbonates in the

Alabama Appalachians: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.

70, p. 563-564.

48. Benson, D.J., 1986, Burial cementation in the Smackover Formation (Jurassic) of southwest

Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 3, p.

117.

49. Benson, D.J., 1985, Diagenetic controls on reservoir development and quality, Smackover

Formation of southwest Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Bulletin, v. 69, p. 1417.

50. Benson, D.J., 1985, Smackover reservoirs in southwestern Alabama: (abs.) American


51. Benson, D.J., and Cunningham, A.E., 1985, Paleotopographic control on deposition and

diagenesis of Smackover carbonates in southwest Alabama: (abs.) S.E.P.M. Annual

Midyear Meeting, Volume II, p. 10.

52. Cunningham, A.E., and Benson, D.J., 1984, Paleotopographic control on the deposition of

Smackover carbonates in the Manila embayment of south Alabama: (abs.) Geological

Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 3, p. 132.

53. Cunningham, A.E., and Benson, D.J., 1984, Depositional history of Smackover carbonates

in Manila Embayment of south Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum


54. Benson, D.J., Bearden, B.L., and Mancini, E.A., 1984, Porosity/depth relations in

Smackover Formation, Southwest Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum


55. Batchelder, E.C., and Benson, D.J., 1984, Lithofacies and depositional environments of the

Copper Ridge and Chepultepec Formations (Cambro-Ordovician) exposed along Alligator

Creek, Bibb County, Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with

Programs, v. 16, no. 3, p. 124.

56. Benson, D.J., and Mink, R.M., 1983, Depositional history and petroleum potential of

Middle and Upper Ordovician of Alabama Appalachians: (abs.) American Association of

Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 67, p. 1461-1462.

57. Stock, C.W., and Benson, D.J., 1983, Comparison of fossil assemblages in Middle

Ordovician bioherms in Alabama with Ordovician carbonate buildups in North American

and Scandinavia: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 15, no.

2, p. 113.

58. Benson, D.J., 1982, Depositional history of Middle and Upper Ordovician strata in the

Alabama Valley and Ridge: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with

Programs, v. 14, no. 7, p. 442.

59. Benson, D.J., 1982, Late-stage moldic porosity in the Smackover Formation of Alabama:

(abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 14, no. 1, p. 4.

60. Benson, D.J. and Mancini, E.A., 1982, Porosity development and reservoir characteristics of

the Smackover Formation in South Alabama: (abs.) Gulf Coast Section, Society of

Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 3rd Annual Research Conference, p. 11-12.

61. Benson, D.J. and Mancini, E.A., 1982, Petrology and reservoir characteristics of the

Smackover Formation, Hatter's Pond Field - implications for Smackover exploration in

southwestern Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.

66, p. 1424-1425.

62. Stock, C.W., and Benson, D.J., 1982, Occurrence and distribution of fossils within and

adjacent to Middle Ordovician bioherms in the southern Appalachians of Alabama: (abs.)

Journal of Paleontology, v. 56, no. 2, p. 27.

63. Lee, A.M., and Benson, D.J., 1982, Depositional history of the Chickamauga Limestone

(Middle Ordovician) in Jefferson County, Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society of America,

Abstracts with Programs, v. 14, no. 1, p. 34.

64. Benson, D.J., Mancini, E.A., and Wilkerson, R.P., 1981, Hatter's Pond Field: complex

combination trap in the Smackover and Norphlet Formations (Upper Jurassic) of southwest

Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 65, p. 899.

65. Benson, D.J., and Stock, C.W., 1981, Growth history of a Middle Ordovician bryozoan-

algal bank complex in central Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts

with Programs, v. 13, no. 7, p. 407.

66. Benson, D.J., 1981, Porosity reduction through ductile grain deformation: an experimental

assessment: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 65, p. 1681.

67. Benson, D.J., 1981, Experimental simulation of porosity loss through ductile grain

deformation in sandstones: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs,

v. 13, no. 1, p. 2.

68. Stock, C.W., and Benson, D.J., 1981, Lithologies and organisms of a Chickamauga

Limestone (Middle Ordovician) bioherm and associated strata in the Birmingham, Alabama

area: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 13, no. 1, p. 36.

69. Ward, W.I., and Benson, D.J., 1981, Tidal flat deposits in the Middle Ordovician

Chickamauga Limestone in northeastern Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society of America,


70. Benson, D.J., 1980, Non-tectonic deformation structures in delta-front sediments in the

Pottsville Formation of the Warrior Coal Field: (abs.) Geological Society of America,


71. Benson, D.J., 1980, Diagenetic influence on reservoir development in the upper Smackover

Formation of southwestern Alabama: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with

Programs, v. 12, no. 4, p. 171.

72. Mancini, E.A., and Benson, D.J., 1980, Regional stratigraphy of Upper Jurassic Smackover

carbonate rocks of southwest Alabama: (abs.) American Association of Petroleum


73. Benson, D.J., 1979, Diagenetic alteration of grainstones and packstones from the Salem

Formation (Mississippian), southern Indiana and central Kentucky: (abs.) Geological

Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 11, no. 4, p. 170.

74. Benson, D.J., 1978, Cementation history of Osagean and lower Meramecian carbonates -

southern Indiana, central and eastern Kentucky: (abs.) Ohio Journal of Science, v. 78, p. 32.

75. Benson, D.J., 1978, Lithofacies and depositional environments of Mississippian (Osagean-

Meramecian) platform carbonates - southern Indiana, central and eastern Kentucky: (abs.)

Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 10, no. 6, p. 246-247.

76. Benson, D.J., 1978, Clay mineralogy of Pleistocene and Holocene sediment of a portion of

the western basin of Lake Erie: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with

Programs, v. 10, no. 6, p. 246.

77. Benson, D.J., 1976, Sediment accumulation in an open embayment - Maumee Bay, Ohio:

(abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 8, no. 4, p. 463.

78. Benson, D.J., 1975, Shore protection structures along the south shore of western Lake Erie:

(abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 7, no. 6, p. 721-722.

79. Benson, D.J., 1974, Shore erosion along a low-lying shoreline, western Lake Erie: (abs.)

International Association for Great Lakes Research, Abstracts 17th Conference on Great

Lakes Research, p. 219.

80. Benson, D.J., 1974, The effects of shoreline physiography and composition on shore erosion

in northwestern Ohio: (abs.) Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 6,

no. 6, p. 490.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

1974 - North-Central Section, Geological Society of America

International Association for Great Lakes Research



1978 - North-Central Section, Geological Society of America (2)

Ohio Academy of Science

1979 - Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America

1980 - Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America (2)


Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

Geological Society of America, National Meeting

Petroleum Geology of Alabama Conference (2)

1982 - Northeastern-Southeastern Sections, Geological Society of America

Geological Society of America, National Meeting


Energy in Alabama Conference

Jurassic of the Gulf Rim Conference

Appalachian Basin Industrial Associates, Fall Meeting

1983 - Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America (2)


Alabama Geological Society, Field Conference

Mississippi Geological Society

1984 - American Association of Petroleum Geologists, National Meeting (2)

1985 - American Association of Petroleum Geologists, National Meeting

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Midyear Meeting



American Association of Petroleum Geologists, National Meeting


Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Midyear Meeting

1988 - Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies


Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America


American Association of Petroleum Geologists, National Meeting


1992 - Alabama Academy of Science





Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America (2)



New Orleans Geological Society

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (2)

1998 - American Association of Petroleum Geologists, National Meeting (2)

Southeast Gulf Region, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (3)

Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies




2001 - American Association for Higher Education

2002 - Center for Academic Transformation

Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences

2003 - Project Kaleidoscope

14th

International Conference on College Teaching and Learning

2004 - Southern Regional Education Board Online Learning Task Group

2006 - National Center for Academic Transformation – Course Redesign Workshop

National Association of System Heads/Education Trust Conference (2)

2007 - National Center for Academic Transformation – Redesign Alliance Conference (2)

National Center for Academic Transformation – Course Redesign Workshop

National Center for Academic Transformation – Disciplinary Workshop

Association of American Colleges & Universities

2008 - National Center for Academic Transformation – Redesign Alliance Conference (2)

National Center for Academic Transformation – Disciplinary Workshop

Kentucky Board of Regents – Redesign for 2009

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

1. Maumee Bay erosion and sedimentation - funded by U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers - $36,000

(Principal Investigator)

2. Criteria for the recognition of depositional environments of coal-bearing strata in the Warrior

Basin - Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Mining and Minerals Resources

Research Institute Program - $6,900 (Principal Investigator)

3. Porosity types and development in the Jurassic Smackover Formation of Mobile County, Alabama

- funded by the Research Grants Committee, University of Alabama - $2,600 (Principal

Investigator)

4. Assessment of porosity reduction through ductile grain deformation in sandstones - funded by the

Venture Fund, University of Alabama - $4,450 (Principal Investigator)

5. Magnetic resonance characterization and geologic setting of Alabama coals - funded by the School

of Mines and Energy Development, University of Alabama - $26,763 (Principal Investigator)

6. Magnetic resonance characterization and geologic setting of Alabama coals - funded by the School

of Mines and Energy Development, University of Alabama (continuation) - $22,217 (Principal

Investigator)

7. Late-stage porosity development in the Smackover Formation of south Alabama - funded by the

Tenneco Foundation - $6,500 (Principal Investigator)

8. Development of a predictive model for porosity distribution in the Smackover Formation of south

Alabama - funded by the School of Mines and Energy Development, University of Alabama -

$17,880 (Principal Investigator)

9. Reservoir characteristics of the Smackover Formation in Clarke and Choctaw Counties, Alabama -

funded by the Tenneco Foundation - $6,500 (Principal Investigator)

10. Development of a predictive model for porosity distribution in the Smackover Formation of south

Alabama - funded by the School of Mines and Energy Development, University of Alabama as a

continuation of 8 above - $17,825 (Principal Investigator)

11. Dolomitization mechanisms in the Smackover Formation of Southwest Alabama - funded by

School of Mines and Energy Development, University of Alabama - $15,640 (Principal

Investigator)

12. Geological evaluation of critical production parameters for coalbed methane reservoirs - Gas

Research Institute - $220,000 total budget (Co-Principal Investigator)

13. Establishment of oil and gas database for increased recovery and characterization of carbonate

reservoir heterogeneity - U.S. Department of Energy - $740,000 total budget (Co-Principal

Investigator)

14. Preparing students for careers in geology - Geological Survey of Alabama - $8,810

15. Petroleum Reservoir Characterization - U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR - $1,250,000 Total

Budget (Co-Principal Investigator)

16. Hardbottoms of the Mississippi-Alabama inner continental shelf: A geologic synthesis, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium - $9,952 (Co-Principal

Investigator)

17. Atlas of hardbottoms on the Mississippi-Alabama inner continental shelf, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium - $9,450 (Co-Principal Investigator)

18. Redesign of Intermediate Algebra at The University of Alabama - Pew Foundation through the

Center for Academic Transformation - $200,000 (Co-Principal Investigator)

19. Improvement of Precalculus Mathematics Instruction - U.S. Department of Education Directed

Grant - $1,300,000 (Principal Investigator)

SERVICE

University of Alabama

Faculty Governance

Faculty Senate - 1987-1989; 1990-1996, 1997-1998

President - 1993-94, 1994-95

Co-Chair Financial Affairs Committee - 1988-89

Co-Chair Academic Affairs Committee - 1991-93

Steering Committee - 1989-90, 1991-95

Academic Affairs Committee - 1991-93

Financial Affairs Committee - 1987-1989, 1990

Parliamentarian - 1996-97

Graduate Council - 1986-1989

Program and Degree Requirements Committee - 1986-89

University Standing Committees

Athletics and Academics Committee - 1991-92

Athletic Compliance Committee - 1996-Present

Core Curriculum Review Committee - 1987-1989

Writing Subcommittee - 1987-1989

Committee on Committees - 1995-98

Faculty Life Committee - 1990-91

Financial Aid Committee - 1979-1981

Health and Safety Committee - 2001-Present

Intercollegiate Athletics Committee - 1993-95

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee - 1998-2007

Institutional Effectiveness Committee – 2004-2007

Interim Program Coordinating Council - 2000-2007

Research Grants Committee - 1989-90

Resources & Priorities Committee - 1993-95, 1996-99

Resources & Priorities Executive Committee - 1993-95, 1996-98

Student Research Grants Committee - 1984-1986, 1991

Traffic and Parking Committee - 1988-91

University Library Committee - 1994-96

Undergraduate Programs & Services Committee - 1997-1998

University Recreation Committee - 1986-89

Ad Hoc Committees

Alabama Articulation & General Studies Discipline Committee - 1996-1999

Alabama Articulation & General Studies Enhanced Discipline Committee - 1997-1999

Athletics Certification Committee - 1995-1999

Academic Integrity Subcommittee - 1995-1999

Automotive Working Group – 2007-Present

Center for Freshwater Studies Advisory Committee - 1995-2007

Council for Community Partnerships – 2006-Present

Entrepreneurship Council – 2007-Present

Faculty Representative - University of Alabama Board of Trustees – 1993-1995

Goldwater Scholarship Selection Committee – 1998 - 2007

Grievance Tribunal – 1987

Intellectual Property Committee – 2007-Present

Journal of Community Engagement & Scholarship Planning Committee – 2007-Present

MINT Executive Committee – 2007-Present

MMRRI Fellowship Selection Committee - 1989-91

Parking Appeals Committee - 1988-91

SACS Accreditation Committee - 1992-94

Co-Chair Subcommittee on Compensation & Evaluation - 1992-94

SACS Leadership Team – 2003-Present

SACS Compliance Certification Team – 2003-2005

SACS Verify & Edit Team – 2003-2005

SOMED Fellowship Awards Committee - 1989-90

SOMED Grants Committee - 1998-2001

Task Force on University Committee Structure - 1992-94, 1996-97

Task Force on Department of Human Relations Reorganization - 1993-94

Traffic & Parking Board of Appeals - 1990-1992

Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Conference Planning Committee – 2007-08

Facilities Committees

AIME Building Committee - 1998-2007

Bevill Building Committee - 1990-2007

Bevill Addition Design Committee - 1993-95

Ferguson Center Renovation & Expansion Committee - 1993-95

Freshman Science Building Laboratory Programmer Selection Committee – 2004

Freshman Science Building Architectural Selection Committee - 2005

Interdisciplinary Science Building Architectural Selection Committee - 1999

Interdisciplinary Science Building Construction Project Committee – 1999 - 2004

Lloyd Hall Architectural Selection Committee – 2002

Lloyd Hall Renovation Project Committee – 2002 - Present

Science and Engineering Building Laboratory Programmer Selection Committee – 2005

Shelby Hall Building Manager – 2006-Present

Search Committees

Alabama State Geologist - 1996

Athletic Director, University of Alabama - 1996

Chairperson, Department of Biological Sciences - 1996-97

Chairperson, Department of Psychology - 1996-97

Chief Information Officer(Chair) – 2007-08

Dean, College of Education - 2003-04

Director of University Facilities - 1993

Director of University Relations - 1994

Executive Director, University of Alabama Museums - 1998

Interim State Geologist - 1995-96

MINT Director - 1999-2001

MINT Professor - 2001-2004

Ramsey Chair (Chemistry) - 2003-04

Vice-President for Financial Affairs – 2003

Vice Provost for Information Technology/CIO – 2007-08

Program Review Committees

Geography Program Review - 1989-90

History Program Review - 1995-96

Mineral Engineering Program Review (Chair) - 1992-93

College of Arts and Sciences

Ad Hoc Committee on Curriculum - 1997

College of Arts & Sciences Tenure & Promotion Committee - 1988-1990

Committee on Instruction - 1985-87

Faculty Workload Committee - 1993-94

Interdisciplinary Science Course Committee - 1991-93

Library Allocation Committee - 1995-96

Marine Science Advisory Committee - 1978-1993

Nominating Committee - 1985-1987

Student Academic Affairs Committee - 1982-1984

Teaching Fellows Selection Committee - 1988

Departmental Service

AAPG Distinguished Lecturer Coordinator - 1982-1998

Coordinator of Geology 101 Labs - 1978-1984, 1988, 1994, 1995-1998

Curriculum Review Committee - 1978-1980, 1984-1986

Department Tenure & Promotion Committee - 1984-1990

Faculty Recruitment Committee - 1980-1985

Geology Alumni Newsletter Editor - 1984-1998

Geology Club Advisor - 1983-1990

Graduate Admissions Coordinator - 1978-1980

Graduate Advisor - 1979-1981

Leadership Review Committee - 1984-1985, 1989-90 (Chair)

Marine Science Advisor - 1978-1993

Tenure and Promotion Guidelines Committee - 1983

Undergraduate Advisor - 1978-1998

Professional Service

Alabama EPSCoR

State Steering Committee 0 2007-Present

Alabama Geological Society

Vice-president - 1983-84

Field Trip Co-chairman - 1982

Field Trip Co-chairman - 1986

Alternate Delegate - AAPG House of Delegates -1982-1987

Delegate - AAPG House of Delegates - 1987-94

Nominating Committee - 1988, 1990

Alabama Mathematics, Science, Technology and Education Coalition

College of Arts & Sciences Representative

Alabama Science Olympiad

Regional Event Chairman - 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007

Regional Event Co-Chairman - 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Academic Liaison Committee - 1996-1999

Membership Committee - 1982-85, 1996-1998

Distinguished Lecturer Series Coordinator - 1981-1998

Matson Award Judge - 1983 National Meeting

Alternate Delegate - House of Delegates - 1982-1987

Delegate - House of Delegates - 1987-1993

Field Trip Co-leader - 1986 National Meeting

Session Chairman - 1986 National Meeting

Automotive Research Alliance

UA Administrative Representative – 2007-Present

Environmental Geology

Associate Editor - 1994-2005

Geological Survey of Alabama

State Map Oversight Committee - 1984-1988

Minority Scholarship Committee - 1993-1996

Geological Society of America

Board of Governors - Sedimentary Geology Division 1990-1992

Registration Chairman - Southeastern Section Meeting 1980

Session Chairman - Southeastern Section Meeting 1980

Session Chairman - Southeastern Section Meeting 1999

Technical Program Committee - Southeastern Section Meeting 1990

Manuscript Reviewer - Centennial Field Guide

Technical Program Committee - Southeastern Section Meeting 1990

Joint Technical Program Committee - 1990-1992 National Meetings

Geoscience Institute for Oil and Gas Recovery Research

Technical Program Committee

Chair - Field Reservoir Frameworks Subcommittee


Best Paper Judge - 1980 Meeting, 1981 Meeting

Session Chairman - 1985 Meeting

Gulf Coast Section - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

State Business Representative - 1983-1993

Nominating Committee - 1984, 1992 (Chair)

Research Grants Review Committee - 1984-1988

Legacy Alabama

Envirobowl Organizing Committee - 1993-97

Moderator - 1994, 1996, & 1997 Envirobowls

Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant

Board of Directors – 2007-Present

National Center for Academic Transformation

Redesign Scholar – 2007-Present

National Science Foundation

Proposal Reviewer - 1990-present

IGERT Workshop - 2008

National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges

Board on Natural Resources - 1997-present

Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Council of Sponsoring Institutions – 2007-Present

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

University Membership Representative - 1980-1998

Manuscript Reviewer - Journal of Sedimentary Petrology

Poster Session Judge - 1983 National Meeting

Society of Sigma Xi

Secretary - University of Alabama Chapter - 1986-1988

Southern Universities Research Alliance

Board of Trustees – 2007-Present

Coastal Research Committee – 2007-Present

Universities Research Alliance

Council of Presidents Alternate Delegate – 2007-Present

Consulting

ARCO Exploration - Sedimentary Petrology, Sedimentology

BP America - Sedimentary Petrology, Sedimentology

Champlin Petroleum - Stratigraphy

Chunchula Energy - Sedimentary Petrology, Petroleum Geology

Geological Survey of Alabama - Sedimentary Petrology, Sedimentology

Mobil Oil - Appalachian Stratigraphy

P.E. LaMoreaux and Associates - Sedimentary Petrology

Paramount Petroleum - Sedimentary Petrology, Sedimentology

Stone Petroleum - Sedimentary Petrology, Petroleum Geology

Sun Oil Company - Sedimentary Petrology, Sedimentology

T.J. Joiner and Associates - Sedimentary Petrology, Petroleum Geology

United States Bureau of Mines - Sedimentary Petrology

Warrior Drilling and Engineering - Sedimentary Petrology, Stratigraphy

Past or Present Professional Memberships

Alabama Licensed Professional Geologist #628 (Inactive)

Alabama Geological Society

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Association for Institutional Research

Geological Society of America

Gulf Coast Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

International Association of Sedimentologists

National Association of Geology Teachers

Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

Society of Sigma Xi

Honors and Awards

1981 - Best Paper Award (with E.A. Mancini)

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 30th Meeting

1981 - A.I. Levorsen Memorial Award (with E.A. Mancini)

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 30th Meeting

1983 - Second Best Paper Award (with E.A. Mancini)

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 32nd Annual Meeting

1985 - Honorable Mention - Matson Award

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting

1986 - Honorable Mention - Excellence of Presentation Award

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Annual Meeting

1987 - Outstanding Commitment To Teaching Award

University of Alabama National Alumni Association

1998 - Second Best Published Paper Award (with R. Nolte)

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 48th Annual Meeting

2004 – Outstanding Educator Award


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