September 15, 2003

SKIP HOBBS RECEIVES AAPG JOHN T. GALEY MEMORIAL AWARD

     Ammonite's Managing Partner, G. Warfield "Skip" Hobbs was awarded the prestigious John T. Galey Memorial Award at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists on September 7th in Pittsburgh. The Galey Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Eastern Section of the AAPG. The citation read "Imaginative international frontier petroleum geologist and financial consultant, in recognition of his visionary and vigorous leadership, distinguished service and manifold contributions to the advancement of the AAPG, its Eastern Section, and the geological profession."  Larry D. Woodfork, recently retired Director of the West Virginia Geological Survey,  was Hobbs's citationist. Skip gave the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the annual convention. His speech was titled "The Geologist as Entrepreneur".  John Galey, one of the founders of the AAPG Eastern Section, was a prominent petroleum geologist, businessman and civic leader in the Pittsburgh Region. His forbears were among the earliest drillers in the Appalachian Basin. Mr. Galey's grandfather developed the anticlinal theory of oil and gas accumulations, and the family were among the first to drill for oil in Texas. Hobbs is a past-president of the Eastern Section of the AAPG, a past-Secretary of the AAPG, and a past-president of the AAPG Division of Professional Affairs. He is the the eleventh recipient of the Galey Award.