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| − | '''Harold J. Kidder (1915-2002)''' served as the 1973-1974 [[SEG President]].
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| − | == Biography for SEG President Elect Candidacy ==
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| − | ''Geophysics'', Vol. 38, No. 2, April 1973
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| − | H.J. Kidder, candidate for President, was born in Galveston, Texas. He grew
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| − | up in Mexico City, Mexico, attending grade school and high school there.
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| − | Upon graduation from the University of Texas in 1932 with a B.A. degree in
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| − | physics, he went to work on a Geophysical Research Corporation (Amerada)
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| − | seismic crew. He worked on field crews in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and
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| − | Oklahoma progressing through the position of party chief. He was transferred
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| − | to Colombia, as a seismic supervisors for two years and in 1948, Mobil
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| − | transferred him to Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1952 to 1964. In 1964, he
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| − | transferred to Mobil's Exploration Services Center in Dallas where he is
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| − | presently employed as planning associate.
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| − | Mr. Kidder is a member of the SEG, AAPG, and DGS, and a charter member of
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| − | the CSEG. He served as treasurer, vice-president, and, in 1959, as president
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| − | of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He served as 2nd
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| − | vice-president, 1st vice-president, and in 1969-70, as
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| − | president of the Dallas Geophysical Society. He has served as
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| − | Co-Chairman of the Entertainment Committee for the 1965 SEG
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| − | Annual Meeting, chairman of the entertainment committee of
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| − | the DGGS Joint Activities Committee, on the entertainment
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| − | committee for the 1968 AAPG International Annual Meeting, a
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| − | member of the SEG Constitution and Bylaws Committee, and as
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| − | SEG 1st Vice-President for 1971-72. He is presently
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| − | Co-Chairman of the 1973 Annual International SEG Meeting in
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| − | Mexico City.
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| − | == Obituary ==
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| − | ''The Leading Edge,'' January 2004, Vol. 23, No. 1
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| − | Harold J. Kidder was born in Galveston, Texas, but he grew up in Mexico
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| − | City where his dad was an expatriate engineer. Jim attended both grade and
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| − | high school in Mexico City and became fluent in Spanish, which would serve
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| − | him well later in his career. He graduated from the University of Texas
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| − | with a BA in physics. After graduation, Jim went to work for Geophysical
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| − | Research Corporation, a subsidiary of Amerada, as a junior computer on a
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| − | seismic crew in Louisiana. He later joined Magnolia Petroleum Company
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| − | (Mobil Oil) in 1938. He worked on Magnolia seismic crews in Texas,
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| − | Mississippi, Louisiana, and Oklahoma progressing through the position of
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| − | party chief. He was transferred to Colombia in 1946 where he spent two
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| − | years as a seismic supervisor for Mobil. In 1948, he was transferred to
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| − | Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was appointed chief geophysicist of Mobil Oil
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| − | Canada in 1952 and served in that position until 1964 at which time he was
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| − | transferred to Mobil?s Exploration Services Center in Dallas. There he served
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| − | in several positions in planning and administration.
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| − | Jim's final position in Mobil, where he was responsible for the training of
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| − | most of Mobil?s newly hired geophysicists out of college, was one in which he
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| − | helped initiate and develop the careers of scores of young men and women.
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| − | He quickly became an important mentor to all of these young people, many of
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| − | who work in the geophysical industry today. Jim loved this job and found it
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| − | to be one of the more rewarding positions in his career. In fact, he
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| − | enjoyed it so much that he declined retirement at the normal retirement age
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| − | and stayed on a little longer to continue in the job that was so valuable
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| − | to so many. He finally retired after 42 years of service to Mobil. Jim was
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| − | very active in industry affairs and societies all through his career. He
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| − | was a member of SEG, AAPG, Dallas Geophysical Society, and a charter member
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| − | of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He served as
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| − | president of both the Dallas Geophysical and Canadian societies. In SEG, he
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| − | served as first vice president in 1971-72 and as president in 1973-74. He
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| − | was awarded Life Membership in SEG in 1986. Jim was also co-chairman of the
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| − | 1973 Annual Meeting in Mexico City where his personality and language
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| − | skills provided him with the tools to make a significant contribution to
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| − | the promotion of good will between the United States and Mexico. One of the
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| − | highlights of the meeting was his ability to address the convention in both
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| − | English and Spanish. Jim was a gracious, true gentleman in every sense of
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| − | the word. I can't remember him not having that contagious smile on his face.
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| − | His wife, Roberta, in Dallas; his daughter, Janet, in Edmonton, Alberta,
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| − | Canada; his son Robert in Dallas; and his son John in Boulder, Colorado,
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| − | survive Jim. As a personal comment, which I think personifies Jim?s life and
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| − | personality, was a final goodbye to me just a few days before he died. His
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| − | final words to me were: ?Give my best to Sidge and the kids.? These were words
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| − | that I had heard hundreds of times as Jim?s final words in a conversation on
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| − | the phone or in person. Jim was one who was
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