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Lee Allison began his career in the oil industry but soon transitioned to a career in public service. Before his life was tragically cut short in August 2016, Lee served with distinction as State Geologist in Utah, Kansas, and Arizona, successively. A dynamic and visionary leader and a gifted mentor, Lee combined innovative scholarship and consummate people skills with enthusiasm and optimism to drive his passion for making geologic information available to the public and for rendering it understandable. He was an articulate spokesman on scientific issues of societal importance and was dedicated to communicating their significance and impact in ways that resonated locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. As a measure of his far-reaching public service efforts, Lee was honored by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Association of Women Geologists, and the American Institute of Petroleum Geologists. In recognition of his many contributions, the Arizona Geological Society Geosciences Scholarship was renamed in Lee’s honor following his death. Fittingly, the M. Lee Allison Scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate exceptional achievement in pursuit of degrees in the earth sciences and who show balanced records exhibiting academic excellence, a passion for research, outstanding professional and general community involvement, and leadership in all of these areas. For more details about this scholarship visit our Student Outreach Page.
Jacqueline Giblin Arizona State University 2025 M. Lee Allison Scholarship Jacqueline Giblin is clearly an impressive early career scientist with a bright future ahead of her. In keeping with the focus of the M. Lee Allison Scholarship’s emphasis on leadership potential, Jacqueline has received numerous institutional and professional awards, and is involved with numerous institutional, community, and public leadership and mentoring activities including GSA Division involvement, outreach and education within K-12 public schools, indigenous communities, and even incarcerated people. Jacqueline’s research is focused on the thermochronologic record of orogenesis. Specifically, she is employing a multi-chronometer approach to resolve ongoing debates about the paleotopographic and exhumation history of the Sierra Nevada. This award will help her finish the final year of her Ph.D. and help her begin a career in academic research, education, and outreach.
Emma Boeman University of Arizona 2025 M. Lee Allison Scholarship Emma Boeman is evidently a very promising graduate student with an impressive list of awards and outreach activities for such an early career stage. Emma’s application details leadership activities beginning with undergraduate Teaching Assistant and research experience, numerous institutional scholarships, and a wide range of outreach activities in the public and academic realms. Her research interests include paleontology and the tectonic evolution of forearc basins, which is the focus of her M.Sc. work. Despite being early in her graduate education, Emma clearly demonstrates a strong potential for academic excellence and leadership potential. This award will help support fieldwork for her M.Sc. studies in British Columbia.
Bennett Greenfield University of Arizona 2025 M. Lee Allison Scholarship Bennett Greenfield demonstrates a strong potential for academic excellence and leadership potential despite his very early career stage. Already as a junior at the University of Arizona, Bennett has received institutional merit-based scholarships, is involved with undergraduate research, and participates in public outreach at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show and in the field during paleontological fieldwork in Wyoming. Bennett plans to continue his education at the graduate level when his undergraduate studies are concluded, and his interests lie at the intersection of paleontology and geomorphology. |
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