OUTSTANDING GEOLOGIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
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YEAR RECIPIENT NAME AFFILIATION PHOTOS
2024 Diana Rast
and
Anna Watson
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Yes
2023 No nominations
2022 no nominations
2021 No nominations
2020 No nominations
2019 Daniel Phelps President, Kentucky Paleontological Society Yes
2018 Dr. Gary Stinchcom Murray State University Yes
2017 Michael Albright Department of Waste Management-UST Branch Yes
2016 Bill Brab AST Environmental Yes
2015 Paul Howell Natural Resources Conservation Service-Soils
United States Department of Agriculture
Yes
2014 James C. Currens Kentucky Geological Survey
Water Resources Section
Yes
2013 William M. Andrews Jr. Section Head-Geologigic Mapping
Kentucky Geological Survey

No
2012 Larry Hughes Division of Waste Management
Underground Storage Tank Branch
Yes
2011 Karen Thompson Smith Management Group No
2010 Gil Cumbee GeoScience Consultants Inc. No
2009 William M. Andrews Jr. Kentucky Geological Survey No
2008 Douglas Curl Kentucky Geological Survey No
2007 Daniel I. Carey Kentucky Geological Survey No
2006 Tom Spalding Department of Military Affairs No
2005 David A. Jackson Division of Waste Management No
2004 Daniel Phelps President, Kentucky Paleontological Society No
2003 Steven Cordiviola
and
Brandon Nuttall
Kentucky Geological Survey No
2002 David A. Williams Kentucky Geological Survey No
2001 James Conkin University of Louisville No
2000 James C. Cobb Kentucky Geological Survey No
1999 David R. Wunsch Kentucky Geological Survey No