NEWS
AND PRESS RELEASES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 27, 2006
The SIPES Foundation, administering the scientific, educational and charitable
programs of the Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, is very
pleased to announce that eight outstanding earth science students have been
selected to receive scholarship awards this year. Applications were accepted
from upper-division or graduate students in any field of earth science who had
a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
Receiving $2,000 awards from the Marvolene Speed Bennett and Carleton
D. Speed, Jr. Endowed Fund, the Stephen E. Collins Memorial Scholarship
Fund, and the Edward A. McCullough Endowed Fund are Michael
B. Lichtenwalter, a master’s degree
student in geology at Wichita State University; Lauren E.
Seidman, a master’s
degree student in geology at Baylor University; and Matthew
D. Boyce, a master’s
degree student in geology at the University of Oklahoma.
$1250 scholarship awards were presented to Jennifer D. Eoff, a Ph.D. candidate
in geology at the University
of Oklahoma; David Joseph Hansen, a Ph.D. candidate in geology at Texas A&M
University; Daryl A. Lederhos, a master’s degree student in geology at
Wichita State University; Renee L. Vardy, an undergraduate student in
geology at Wichita State University; and Shelby L. Walters, a master’s
degree student in geology at the University of Kansas.
Since its establishment in 1981, the SIPES Foundation has awarded scholarships
to more than 151 promising earth science students. Funding for the 2006 awards
was made available through donations from SIPES members;
a bequest from the estate of Marvolene Speed Bennett, widow of the society’s
founding member, Carleton D. Speed, Jr.; the Stephen E. Collins Memorial Scholarship
Fund; and the Edward A. McCullough Endowed Fund. The SIPES Foundation also conducts
and films educational seminars, contributes funding to earth science publications
and
continuing education programs, and also maintains an extensive library of earth
science films.
The Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists is a national organization
of more than 1250 self-employed geologists, geophysicists and engineers engaged
primarily in domestic energy exploration and development. SIPES has fourteen
chapters located in oil and gas centers of the United States.
Diane Finstrom
Dallas, Texas
Telephone:
(214) 363-1780
Dallas, Texas
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