SEPM Past Science Award Winners
BEST JOURNAL PAPER AWARDS
- Best Journal Paper Award (2004 - present)
- Best Journal Paper Award (1978 - 2003)
- Best Journal Paper Award (1952 - 1977)
TWENHOFEL MEDALISTS
A Career of Excellence in Sedimentary Geology
Note: As the Twenhofel is the highest medal of recognition, recipients are not eligible for the Moore, Shepard, Pettijohn, or Wilson Medal.
Year - Recipients
2024 - John Grotzinger
2023 - Gail Ashley
2022 - David Bottjer
2021 - Terry Jordan
2020 - Philip Allen
2019 - S. George Pemberton
2018 - Donald R. Lowe
2017 - Judith A. McKenzie
2016 - Ronald Steel
2015 - Robert W. Dalrymple
2014 - John Southard
2013 - Paul Enos
2012 - John C. Harms
2011 - Walter E. Dean, Jr.
2010 - William Galloway
2009 - Eugene Shinn
2008 - Steve Stanley
2007 - John Warme
2006 - William Hay
2005 - Wolfgang Schlager
2004 - Emiliano Mutti
2003 - Gerard Middleton
2002 - Noel P. James
2001 - William L. Fisher
2000 - William R. Dickinson
1999 - Lloyd C. Pray
1998 - Erle Kauffman
1997 - Gerald M. Friedman
Year - Recipients
1996 - Grover E. Murray
1995 - Robert J. Weimer
1994 - Harold G. Reading
1993 - Robert H. Dott, Jr.
1992 - Peter R. Vail
1991 - John Imbrie
1990 - James Lee Wilson
1989 - Kenneth O. Emery
1988 - Hans E. Reineck
1987 - John R. L. Allen
1986 - Franklyn B. Van Houten
1985 - Robert N. Ginsburg
1984 - Kenneth J. Hsu
1983 - Robin G. C. Bathurst
1982 - Alfred G. Fischer
1981 - Walter D. Keller
1980 - Laurence L. Sloss
1979 - Robert L. Folk
1978 - Carl O. Dunbar
1977 - William C. Krumbein
1976 - Robert R. Shrock
1975 - Edwin D. McKee
1974 - Francis J. Pettijohn
1973 - Raymond C. Moore
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS
(Given by the SEPM Council)
Year - Recipients
2013 - John Snedden
2011 - Christopher Clement St. George Kendall
2009 - John Southard
2008 - Robert Gastaldo
2008 - Charles Savrda
2008 - Antonius (Tom) Van Loon
2006 - Roderick Tillman
2003 - Anthony Reso
2003 - Gordon W. Fielder III
2001 - Gail M. Ashley
1999 - Carla Moore
1997 - Peter Scholle
HONORARY MEMBERS
Year - Recipients
2024 - M. Gabriela Mangano
2023 - Evan Franseen
2022 - Lesli Wood
2021 - Kitty Milliken
2020 - Norman Rosen
2019 - David A. Budd
2018 - Charlie Kerans
2017 - Donald McNeill
2016 - Christopher R. Fielding
2015 - Steven G. Driese
2014 - Mary Kraus
2013 - Dale Leckie
2010 - J.F. (Rick) Sarg
2012 - Richard (Skip) Davis
2011 - Dag Nummedal
2009 - William Morgan
2008 - Brian J. O'Neill
2007 - Arnold Bouma
2006 - Gail M. Ashley
2005 - Robert W. Scott
2004 - John Armentrout
2003 - Edward B. Picou, Jr.
2002 - Paul M. Harris
2001 - John B. Southard
2000 - Philip W. Choquette
2000 - William Winn Hay
1999 - Léo F. Laporte
1998 - Frank Ethridge
1998 - Bob Perkins
1997 - William Berggren
1997 - Noel James
1997 - Eugene Shinn
1996 - Daniel F. Merriam
1995 - Peter Scholle
1995 - Rod Tillman
1995 - John L. Wray
1994 - John Warme
1993 - Charles A. Ross
1992 - Raymond L. Ethington
1992 - Orrin H. Pilkey
1992 - Roger G. Walker
1991 - H. Edward Clifton
1991 - John C. Harms
1990 - Raymond Siever
1989 - German Muller
1989 - M. Dane Picard
1988 - Gerard V. Middleton
1987 - Robert H. Dott, Jr.
1987 - Donn S. Gorsline
1987 - Theodore R. Walker
1986 - Earle F. McBride
1986 - James A. Peterson
1986 - Robert H. Shaver
1985 - Francis W. Beales
1985 - Charles W. Collinson
1984 - Gerald M. Friedman
1984 - Alfred R. Loeblich, Jr.
1984 - Heinz A. Lowenstam
1983 - Andrew D. Baillie
1983 - Robert N. Ginsburg
1983 - Robert J. Weimer
1982 - Ralph E. Grim
1982 - Kenneth J. Hsu
1982 - Grover E. Murray
1982 - Lloyd C. Pray
1981 - Alfred G. Fischer
Year - Recipients
1981 - Hans Fuchtbauer
1980 - Rufus J. LeBlanc
1980 - James Lee Wilson
1978 - Helen Tappan Loeblich
1977 - Robin G. C. Bathurst
1977 - Robert L. Folk
1977 - Franklyn B. Van Houten
1976 - Jules Braunstein
1976 - John C. Frye
1976 - Stanley G. Wissler
1974 - Samuel P. Ellison, Jr.
1974 - William M. Furnish
1974 - Howard R. Gould
1973 - Doris M. Curtis
1973 - Edward C. Dapples
1973 - Laurence L. Sloss
1972 - Jack L. Hough
1972 - M. L. Natland
1972 - R. Dana Russell
1972 - M. L. Thompson
1971 - Wilmot H. Bradley
1971 - Norman D. Newell
1971 - Gordon Rittenhouse
1970 - Esther R. Applin
1970 - Edwin D. McKee
1970 - J. Marvin Weller
1969 - Robert R. Shrock
1969 - Harold R. Wanless
1968 - J. Harlan Johnson
1968 - William C. Krumbein
1967 - Percival Allen
1967 - Carl W. Correns
1967 - Dirk J. Doeglas
1967 - A. Eisenack
1967 - Kotora Hatai
1967 - Philip H. Kuenen
1967 - R. Tavernier
1967 - A. O. Woodford
1966 - Katherine V. W. Palmer
1966 - Francis P. Shepard
1965 - Carl O. Dunbar
1965 - Shepard W. Loman
1964 - Kenneth E. Lohman
1963 - Francis J. Pettijohn
1962 - Merle C. Israelsky
1961 - Harold N. Fisk
1961 - A. K. Miller
1959 - A. I. Levorsen
1958 - Henryk B. Stenzel
1957 - Marcus A. Hanna
1957 - Charles C. Decker
1956 - Henry V. Howe
1957 - Hans E. Thalmann
1955 - Jesse J. Galloway
1955 - Raymond C. Moore
1949 - William H. Twenhofel
1937 - F. B. Plummer
1933 - Junius Henderson
1932 - Robert T. Hill
1930 - Karl Burkhardt
1930 - Johan A. Udden
1930 - Charles Schuchert
1930 - James P. Smith
MOORE MEDALISTS
Excellence in Paleontology
Year - Recipients
2024 - Shuhai Xiao
2023 - James MacEachern
2022 - Luis Buatois
2021 - Nigel Hughes
2020 - Mary Droser
2019 - Pamela Hallock Muller
2018 - William I. Ausich
2017 - Susan Kidwell
2016 - Anna K. Behrensmeyer
2015 - Ann Budd
2014 - David Bottjer
2013 - Kenton Stewart Wall Campbell
2012 - Carlton E. Brett
2011 - Barun K. Sen Gupta
2010 - Jere Lipps
2009 - Leo Hickey
2008 - Richard Fortey (NM)
2007 - Ray Ethington
2006 - Allison Palmer (NM)
2005 - Andrew H. Knoll
2004 - Isabella Primoli Silva
2003 - George Pemberton
2002 - Charles A. Ross
2001 - David L. Clark (NM)
Year - Recipients
2000 - William A. Berggren
1999 - Stig M. Bergström (NM)
1998 - Richard K. Bambach
1997 - Alan H. Cheetham
1996 - Alan B. Shaw (NM)
1995 - N. Gary Lane
1994 - Robert W. Frey
1993 - Reuben J. Ross, Jr. (NM)
1992 - Raymond C. Gutschick
1991 - Erle Kauffman (NM)
1990 - William A. Cobban
1989 - Derek V. Ager (NM)
1988 - Walter C. Sweet
1987 - Alfred R. Loeblich, Jr.
1986 - Preston Cloud
1985 - Arthur J. Boucot (NM)
1984 - Helen T. Loeblich
1983 - Adolf Seilacher (NM)
1982 - Curt Teichert
1981 - G. Arthur Cooper (NM)
1980 - Norman D. Newell
SHEPARD MEDALISTS
Excellence in Marine Geology
Year - Recipients
2024 - Duncan FitzGerald
2023 - Philip Barnes
2022 - Lionel Carter
2021 - Stanley Riggs
2020 - Miriam Katz
2019 - Charles Kerr Paull
2018 - Peter Townsend Harris
2017 - Lynn Donelson Wright
2016 - Jaia Syvitski
2015 - Enrico Bonatti
2014 - Gerold Wefer
2013 - J. Casey Moore
2012 - James V. Gardner
2011 - Miriam Kastner
2010 - David J.W. Piper
2009 - Al Hine
2008 - Charles Nittrouer
2007 - John B. Anderson
2006 - Michael Sarnthein (NM)
2005 - William Normark
2004 - Richard Sternberg (NM)
2003 - Harry Roberts
2002 - James P. Kennett
2001 - Wolfgang Berger (NM)
2000 - Edward L. Winterer
1999 - Richard A. "Skip" Davis
1998 - Bilal Haq (NM)
1997 - Miles O. Hayes (NM)
1996 - Michael A. Arthur (NM)
1995 - I. Nicholas McCave
1994 - Maria Cita (NM)
Year - Recipients
1993 - William B. F. Ryan (NM)
1992 - John D. Milliman (NM)
1991 - Elazar Uchupi (NM)
1990 - Daniel J. Stanley
1989 - Donald J. P. Swift
1988 - Seymour O. Schlanger
1987 - Orrin H. Pilkey
1986 - Peter A. Rona (NM)
1985 - Nicholas J. Shackleton (NM)
1984 - Walter C. Pitman III (NM)
1983 - Donn S. Gorsline
1982 - Arnold H. Bouma
1981 - William W. Hay
1980 - James M. Coleman (NM)
1979 - Robert S. Dietz (NM)
1978 - Tjeerd H. Van Andel (NM)
1977 - Henry W. Menard
1976 - John I. Ewing (NM)
1975 - Bruce C. Heezen
1974 - Hans-Erich Reineck
1973 - W. Armstrong Price
1972 - L. M. J. U. Van Straaten (NM)
1971 - Philip Kuenen
1970 - Joseph R. Curray
1969 - Kenneth O. Emery
1968 - Alexander P. Lisitzin (NM)
1967 - David G. Moore (NM)
PETTIJOHN MEDALISTS
Excellence in Sedimentology
Year - Recipients
2024 - Kitty Milliken
2023 - Janok Bhattacharya
2022 - Gregor Eberli
2021 - Isabel Montañez
2020 - Gail Ashley
2019 - David Mohrig
2018 - Peter G. DeCelles
2017 - Stephan A. Graham
2016 - V. Paul Wright
2015 - Charles Kerans
2014 - Andrew Miall
2013 - J.A.D. (Tony) Dickson
2012 - Norman D. Smith
2011 - David M. Rubin
2010 - Donald Swift
2009 - Hugh Jenkyns
2008 - Henry Posamentier
2007 - J. Fred Read
Year - Recipients
2006 - Daniel Bernoulli
2005 - Fred MacKenzie
2004 - H. Edward Clifton
2003 - Lawrence Hardie (NM)
2002 - M. Dane Picard
2001 - Paul Enos
2000 - Robert E. Garrison
1999 - Raymond Siever
1998 - Eric Mountjoy
1997 - Roger G. Walker
1996 - Lynton S. Land (NM)
1995 - Earle F. McBride
1994 - Gerard V. Middleton
1993 - Charles Campbell (NM)
1992 - Paul Potter
William R. Dickinson Medal
Excellence in Sedimentary Geology by a Mid-Career Scientist
Year - Recipients
2024 - Michael Smith
2023 - Cornel Olariu
2022 - Barbara Carrapa
2021 - Cari Johnson
2020 - Carmala Garzione
2019 - Frank A. Corsetti
2018 - Brian K. Horton
JAMES LEE WILSON AWARD
Excellence in Sedimentary Geology by a Young Scientist
Year - Recipients
2024 - Miquela Ingalls
2023 - Emily Beverly
2022 - Christpher Lowery
2021 - Emily Smith
2020 - Lida Xing
2019 - Emmanuelle Ducassou
2018 - Sara B. Pruss
2017 - Jacob A. Covault
2016 - Stephen R. Meyers
2015 - Nathan D. Sheldon
2014 - Brian Romans
2013 - Kyle M. Straub
2012 - Shahin E. Dashtgard
2011 - Richard John Twitchett
2010 - Shanan Peters
2009 - Amy Draut
Year - Recipients
2008 - Timothy Naish
2007 - Nora Noffke
2006 - Gerilyn Soreghan
2005 - Paul Wignall
2004 - not awarded -
2003 - Sam Bentley
2002 - Paul A. Wilson (NM)
2001 - Maria Mutti
2000 - Steven M. Holland
1999 - Katherine H. Freeman (NM)
1998 - Carl Drummond (NM)
1997 - Salvatore Critelli
1996 - Isabel Montanez