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Hanlon Award
The HANLON AWARD is the most prestigious recognition and highest honor of the gas processing industry, and is one of the ranking awards of the petroleum industry.
It was initiated in 1937 by the late E. I. Hanlon, who was a pioneer in the early gas processing industry of West Virginia. Later, Mr. Hanlon founded the Hanlon Companies in the Mid-Continent oil fields and became Chairman of the National Bank of Tulsa. The Award has been continued in Mr. Hanlon's name since his death in 1984.
The Hanlon Award is conferred annually on an individual whose career includes prominent achievement and outstanding contributions to the gas processing industry. Such contributions may include, but is not limited to, technical services, business accomplishment, education, research, or other outstanding leadership that has materially advanced the welfare of the gas processing industry. Prior recipients have included engineers, research scientists, business leaders, educators, journalists, and virtually every other discipline associated with the industry.
The Award, consisting of a modest wall plaque and a gift of the recipient's choice, is not necessarily an annual event, but is conferred as deemed appropriate by the GPA Awards Committee. It is given out at the Opening General Session of GPA's Annual Convention.
Hanlon Award Recipients
2008 Allen Tarbutton, Devon Gas Services, L.P.
2007 Mike Panatier, GPM
2006 Boyd Anderson, BP
2005 Jim Mogg, Duke Energy
2002 J.P. Herrin, Valero (Retired)
2001 Dan Duncan, Enterprise Products
2000 Dr. A. H. Younger, Solex Energy
1999 Fred G. Russell, Hudson Products Co.
1998 Jack Trench, Mafi-Trench (Retired)
1997 Tom Russell, T. H. Russell Company
1996 R. W. Hankinson, Phillips
1995 Gustavo J. Inciarte, PDVSA
1994 Lyman Yarborough, Amoco Production Research Co.
1993 Daniel W. Kemp, Trident NGL, Inc.
1992 Earl Kirk, CSX (Retired)
1991 Bill Randall, The Randall Corp.
1990 Bruce M. Withers, Jr., Mitchell Energy Corp.
1988 Charles R. Perry, Perry Management Co.
1987 Dr. John M. Campbell, John M. Campbell Co.
1986 William R. Lund, Consultant, (Retired from Gulf Oil Corp.)
1985 Dr. R. N. Maddox, Oklahoma State University
1984 Mel A. Albright, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1983 George Mitchell, Mitchell Energy Corp.
1982 Ronald E. Cannon, Gas Processors Association
1981 William F. "Dink" Dalton, (Retired in '77 from Placid Oil Co.)
1980 W. LeRoy Culbertson, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1979 Fred H. Ramseur, Jr., Cities Service Co.
1978 Kenneth Vaughan, (Retired - Union Oil Co. of California)
1977 Max R. Lents, Miller & Lents, Ltd.
1976 Robert E. Thomas, Mapco, Inc.
1975 Philip A. Arnold, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1974 Dr. Judson S. Swearingen, Rotoflow Corp.
1973 George H. Webber, Oil & Gas Journal
1972 Carl Ritter, Conch Methane Services, Ltd.
1971 Stanley Learned, (Retired - Phillips Petroleum Co.)
1970 Laurance S. (Bud) Reid, Laurance Reid Associates
1969 Kenneth Eilerts, U.S. Bureau of Mines
1968 Sydney S. Smith, (Retired - Formerly Shell Oil Co.)
1967 Gerald W. McCullough, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1966 Wayne C. Edmister, Oklahoma State University
1965 Alvin J. Miller, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1964 Elmer G. Hammerschmidt, Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
1963 Dr. William H. Carson, University of Oklahoma
1962 Dr. Fred E. Frey, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1961 John C. Diehl, American Meter Co.
1960 Karl H. Hachmuth, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1959 William F. Lowe, NGAA Executive Director
1958 Clare D. Gard, Union Oil Company of California
1957 Charles E. Webber, Sun Oil Co.
1956 W. H. Vaughan, Tidewater Associated Oil Co.
1955 Henry N. Wade, Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co.
1954 George P. Bunn, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1953 D. E. Buchanan, Hiwan Oil & Gas Co.
1952 T. W. Legatski, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1951 Dr. Walter J. Podbielniak, Podbielniak, Inc.
1950 Dr. D. L. Katz, University of Michigan
1949 F. E. Rice, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1948 Colonel George A. Burrell, Atlantic States Gas Co.
1947 William K. Warren, Warren Petroleum Co.
1946 William Noble Lacy, California Institute of Technology
1945 James E. Pew, Sun Oil Co.
1944 M. H. Kotzebue, Gasoline Plant Construction Corp.
1943 Franklin P.Peterson, (Retired in from Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.
1942 Edwin Oliver Bennett, Continental Oil Co.
1941 Alois Kremser, Standard Oil Co. of California
1940 George Granger Brown, University of Michigan
1939 George C. Oberfell, Phillips Petroleum Co.
1938 James W. Cowles, Shell Oil Co.
1937 Richard Champney Alden, Phillips Petroleum Co.
We're already planning for the 2011 GPA Convention. Mark your calendars!
April 3 - 6, 2011
San Antonio, Texas
If you are interested in being a speaker at next year's GPA Convention, please remember that the deadline to submit your abstract (to jdreyer@GPAglobal.org) for consideration is Sept. 1, 2010. Presentations will cover topics in gas processing, gas gathering, fractionation, storage and transportation. Learn more.