Dr. David S. McKay, P.G. NASA

Dr. Ted H. Foss, P.G.*, Making Presentation of Award to Dr. David S. McKay, P.G. NASA, at AIPG Annual Conference, 1997, Houston, Texas. (Memorial) (OB)

* Note: Dr. Foss served as NASA Science Director and provided geological training to the original group of Astronauts in the mid to late 1960s, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey.

In The News

The Wise Report of Texas 2025 Legislature News – Updated to June 10, 2025

The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. June 10, 2025 The 2025 Texas legislative session. The following list contains 17 bills that I've been following based on their their geological impact, and those that were sent to the Governor for his [...]

New District I Representative Appointed to the AIPG Texas Board of Directors

Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G. announced today that he has appointed James Ridgway, P.G., C.P.G. as the new District I Representative covering West Texas, and to the AIPG Texas Section Board of Directors. Ridgway brings a diverse industrial geoscience background to his [...]

2025 AIPG-TX Section Scholarship Awardees

Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of the Texas Section of the AIPG, and Dr. Regina Capuano, P.G., C.P.G., Chair, AIPG-TX Scholarships Committee announced recently that: Anna Heikes at Trinity University has been awarded a Ted H. Foss Undergraduate AIPG-TX Scholarship ($1,000.00)….. Presentation [...]

The Texas GeoDayz 2025 Training Program Has Been Postponed to 2026

“Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of the AIPG Texas Chapter, announced today that the training program, GeoDayz 2025, scheduled for April 25 and 26 has been postponed to 2026 as a result of insufficient registration. Although the student fee for the [...]

The New President of the Texas-Statewide Virtual Student Chapter

Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of the AIPG Texas Section, announced the appointment of Roberto Reyna, a graduate student working on a masters degree in geology at the University of Houston Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, as the new Student Councilor-at-Large for [...]

AIPG-TX Section Webinar: GeoPolitics of Energy: Part 2: What Happened to Our Nuclear Waste Disposal Program?

OUR NOVEMBER SPEAKER: Dr. James Conca is a Trustee of the Herbert M. Parker Foundation at WSU in the Tri-Cities. He has worked on nuclear and energy issues for 40 years at NASA, Washington State University, New Mexico State University, Los Alamos [...]

The Wise Report – October 19, 2024

The Ecological Screening Benchmark Tables have been updated and posted to the TCEQ’s Ecological Risk Assessments webpage. The Ecological Screening Benchmarks are numeric values for surface water, sediment, and soil that can be used to screen non-bioaccumulative chemicals of concern from further [...]

AIPG-TX at the Hydro-Geo Workshop Near the Cave, Boerne, Texas

Dr. Roger Lee, P.G., and Bruce Handley, P.G. manned a table again at the recent Texas Hydro-Geo Workshop held near Boerne, Texas. They spoke to many students and young professionals about joining the AIPG and about the AIPG-TX Scholarship and Awards [...]

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