2003 Member Remembrances
Allin, Philip R.
March 9, 2003
Cantrell, Ralph B.
January 27, 2003
Grocock, Gerald R. (Jerry)
March 28, 2003
Hardy, Major General Hugh W.
April 2, 2003
Harle, Wiley B.
December 7, 2003
Kemp, Malcolm Walter
April 5, 2003
Moore, Homer G.
May 14, 2003
Rabenold, John Kuhnast
January 17, 2003
Richards, George L. (Jack)
April 5, 2003
Tucker, Paul McClure
April 1, 2003
Ward, Ronald Wayne
November 2, 2003
Weems, John Howell
April 1, 2003
Winborn, Stephen A.
November 11, 2003
Philip R. Allin, 88, passed away on March 9, 2003, at his home in Lafayette, LA. Philip earned a BS in geology in 1940 from the University of Houston. He worked for Gulf Oil in Houston, New Orleans, and Lake Charles. He later worked for Union Texas as Chief Geologist. Philip was a member of the AAPG and an emeritus member of the HGS, serving as first vice-president in 1960-1961. A memorial donation will be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Lafayette.
Ralph B. Cantrell, 92, passed away on January 27, 2003. Ralph earned a BS in Geology in 1934 and a MS in Petroleum Engineering in 1937 from Texas Tech University. During WWII he served in the US Navy. Ralph was an independent geologist and petroleum engineer, specializing in Gulf Coast salt dome geology. He was revered as an expert on the Boling and Damon fields. He was a past president (1951) and Honorary Life Member of the Houston Geological Society and a member of the AAPG. A memorial donation will be made to the HGS Undergraduate Scholarship Fund.
Gerald R. (Jerry) Grocock died March 28, 2003, at the age of 53. Jerry earned a BS in geology from the University of Washington in 1973 and an MS in geology from the University of Colorado in 1975. He was employed as the Vice President of Exploration/Exploitation at Ensign Oil and Gas in Denver, CO. Jerry was previously Vice President of Exploration for Ocean Energy in Houston. Jerry had remained an active member of the HGS and GSH. A memorial donation will be sent to the University of Colorado Foundation for the Bruce Curtis Graduate Student Fellowship.
Major General Hugh W. Hardy passed away April 2, 2003, at the age of 78. Hugh enlisted in the U.S. Marines in December 1942. Following active duty in 1945, he joined the Marine Reserves. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1947 with a BS in geological engineering and accepted employment with Humble Oil on a Galveston-based offshore seismic crew. Hugh was currently serving as the Chair of the Houston Geological Society Foundation and as the Office Chair and Membership Chair for the Geophysical Society of Houston. An expanded article on General Hardy’s contributions is in this Bulletin on page 8. A memorial donation will be made to the HGS Undergraduate Scholarship Fund.
Wiley B. Harle, 79, passed away December 7, 2003. Wiley served with the Army Air Corps during WWII. In 1950 he earned a B.S. in Geology from the University of Texas. Wiley was an Emeritus Member of the HGS. A memorial donation will be made to the HGS Undergraduate Scholarship Fund.
Homer G. Moore passed away on May 14, 2003 at the age of 85. Homer earned a BS in Geology from the University of Oklahoma in 1941. He served in the US Navy as a fighter pilot and flight instructor during WWII. He was employed by Louisiana Land and Exploration as their Chief Geologist bef