Bill Clendenin retires as South Carolina State Geologist

Charles William (Bill) Clendenin, Jr. has completed 25 years as South Carolina State Geologist. He holds a B.S. degree from Southeast Missouri State University, an M.S. from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, and a Ph.D. from University of the Witwatersrand. His geological expertise is in structural styles of faulting and reactivation, depositional systems and sequence stratigraphy, regional basin analysis and studies of syndepositional tectonics with emphasis on rifting and basin inversion, as well as movement of fluids in sedimentary basins.

Vicki McConnell named an AAAS Fellow

Vicki McConnell, Executive Director of the Geological Society of America, has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, in recognition of outstanding research, leadership, project management and service to the community in geology and volcanology. Vicki was State Geologist of Oregon from 2003 to 2015. She was AASG Secretary from 2007 to 2009, VP in 2009/2010, President Elect in 2010/2011, President in 2011/2012, and Past President in 2012/2013. Vicki received her Ph.D. in geology/volcanology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1995.  She has also been a Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an Adjunct Professor of Geology at Eastern Oregon University.