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.

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The AIPG-TX Webinar – February 17, 2026: Relationship Between East Texas Deltas and South Texas Eagle Ford Unconventional Production at the San Marcos Arc

Abstract Examination of cores from the Sabine Uplift, East Texas Basin, and outcrops and near-surface cores taken by the USGS from the north-central Texas outcrop belt identified four separate siliciclastic depositional systems during the Cenomanian-Turonian. Deposition during the lower Cenomanian Maness [...]

Geoscience Enrollment Down Nearly 30%: AAPG Launches New Student Campaign to Protect the Future Energy Workforce

As the world races to scale nuclear, geothermal, low-carbon and traditional energy systems, the pipeline of geoscientists needed to make that future possible is shrinking fast. U.S. geoscience enrollment has fallen by roughly 30% since its peak in 2015, according to [...]

The AIPG-TX Webinar – January 20, 2026: CIVILIZATION AND THE TECTONICS OF THE AEGEAN REGION

CIVILIZATION AND THE TECTONICS OF THE AEGEAN REGION: 12:00 Noon CST John Berry, P.G., C.P.G. member of the Board of Directors of the AIPG Texas Section will report on the Aegean area, the cradle of the European civilization. It is also [...]

AAPG Workshop on Energy Resources with AIPG-TX Representations

The AIPG-Texas Section was well represented at the recent, well-attended, AAPG Workshop on Energy Resources in Houston, Texas at the popular Norris Conference Center. Mr. Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of the AIPG-TX Section, reported that the Scholarship Awards Program recognized [...]

Applications for Foss and Shoemaker Scholarships Awarded by the AIPG-Texas Section are Due in by February 14, 2026

As a reminder to all qualified undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Texas universities/colleges to apply in early 2026 for either the Foss Scholarship (for undergraduates) and the Shoemaker Scholarship (for graduate students) before the deadline of February 14, 2026. If interested, [...]

The AIPG-TX Spring 2023 Field Trip Guidebook has been Released in Draft Version: Geology of Hudspeth County, Texas

The AIPG-TX Field Trip was led by Bruce Darling, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., serving as the AIPG-TX District II Representative, and others in the Spring of 2023, April 21 through 23 with Members of the Texas Board also attended, such as Henry M. [...]

AIPG-TX’s Vice President, Michael D. Campbell, Invited to Present at Local Houston AAPG Workshop Held in January 2026 Providing Student Mentoring Opportunities

Sponsored by the AAPG, and administered by Susan Nash, Ph.D., Director of Innovation and Emerging Science / Technology, the Subsurface Energy to Power Workshop is to be held January 7 & 8, 2026 at the Noris Conference Center, Houston. The workshop [...]

Texas Webinar Series – Dignity in Depth: Searching for Unmarked Burials in Historic Cemeteries Using Geophysics – November 18 – 2025

Robert R. Stewart, and 5 co-authors of the Allied Geophysical Lab, University of Houston, * Raptor Aerial Services in Houston contibuted this webinar. Abstract: Benjamin Franklin once said, “Show me your cemeteries and I will tell you what kind of people [...]