Larry D. Woodfork, former West Virginia State Geologist, passed away on August 22, 2022, in Morgantown, at the age of 83.
Larry attended Indiana and WV Universities, joined the WV Survey in 1968, was appointed assistant state geologist in 1969, and was director and state geologist from 1988 until his retirement in 2002. Larry was AASG President in 1998-99, and he also served as President of AGI, and AIPG, as well as Chair of the 2007-2009 International Year of Planet Earth.
He received the AIPG Parker and Van Couvering Medals, the AGI Campbell Medal, and the AAPG Galey Medal. He will long be very well remembered by us all, for many reasons, including his role as the 'father of the Pick and Gavel'.
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