Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal
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The Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal is awarded to a person who, in the unanimous opinion of the SEG Honors and Awards Committee and the Board of Directors, has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the science of geophysical exploration as manifested during the previous five years. The contribution may be of a technical or a professional nature. Return to SEG Honors and Awards.
Recipients of the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal
- 2022 Xianhuai Zhu
- 2021 Joe Dellinger
- 2020 Carlos Torres-Verdín
- 2019 Mauricio D. Sacchi
- 2018 Mrinal Kanti Sen
- 2017 Manika Prasad
- 2016 R. Gerhard Pratt
- 2016 Laurent Sirgue
- 2015 H. Justus Rozemond
- 2014 Peter Duncan
- 2013 Serge A. Shapiro
- 2012 Yu Zhang
- 2010 Kees Wapenaar
- 2010 Gerard Thomas Schuster
- 2009 No award
- 2008 John T. Etgen
- 2008 Carl J. Regone
- 2007 Terje Eidesmo
- 2007 Svein Ellingsrud
- 2007 Leonard James Srnka
- 2006 Dirk Jacob (Eric) Verschuur
- 2005 Terry Fulp
- 2005 Robert J. Greaves
- 2004 N. Ross Hill
- 2003 Gregory A. Partyka
- 2002 Zhijing (Zee) Wang
- 2002 Michael L. Batzle
- 2001 Patrick Connolly
- 2000 No award
- 1999 James E. Martin
- 1999 Eivind W. Berg
- 1999 Bjørnar A. Svenning
- 1998 Michael S. Bahorich
- 1997 George A. McMechan
- 1996 Ilya Tsvankin
- 1995 Joe I. Sanders
- 1995 Fred J. Barr Jr.
- 1994 Davis W. Ratcliff
- 1993 no award
- 1992 no award
- 1991 Öz Yilmaz
- 1990 Richard M. Alford
- 1989 Ira David Hale
- 1988 Stuart Crampin
- 1987 no award
- 1986 John W. C. Sherwood
- 1985 William J. Ostrander
- 1984 Fred J. Hilterman
- 1983 Sidney Kaufman
- 1983 Jack E. Oliver
- 1982 Kenneth H. Waters
- 1982 J. T. Cherry
- 1981 S. Norman Domenico
- 1980 A. R. Barringer
- 1979 Carl H. Savit
- 1978 William J. Zwart
- 1977 M. B. Widess
- 1976 Peter R. Vail
- 1975 Stephen Chelminski
- 1974 David W. Strangway
- 1973 Samuel J. Allen
- 1972 Nigel A. Anstey
- 1971 Joseph Zemanek
- 1970 Roy O. Lindseth
- 1969 Robert E. Sheriff
- 1968 Howard A. Slack
- 1967 Lucien J. B. LaCoste
- 1966 Cecil H. Green
