Presentation of the 2022 O.E. Meinzer award by Yu-Feng F. Lin (right) and John Cherry (left) to Beth Parker (middle).
The Award
The Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society of America invites nominations for the O. E. Meinzer Award. The award's namesake, Oscar Edward Meinzer (1876-1948), has been called the "father of modern groundwater hydrology." He served as chief of the Ground Water Division of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1912 to 1946. A short biography of Meinzer can be found in David Deming's Introduction to Hydrogeology (McGraw Hill, 2002), p. 86-87.
The Meinzer award recognizes the author or authors of a publication or body of publications that have significantly advanced the science of hydrogeology or a closely related field. There are no restrictions as to the publisher of the work(s) and the award is not restricted to members of the Hydrogeology Division or of the Society. Particular weight is given to contributions that can be shown to have strongly influenced subsequent hydrogeologic research. For additional guidance, it may be helpful to examine the list of previous Meinzer Award winning publications available on this Web site. Procedures for selecting award winners are codified in the Division's Rules and Regulations, which are also available on this Web site.
How to Nominate
Nominations for the Meinzer award must include 1) a nomination letter describing the role of the cited paper(s) in advancing hydrogeology or a closely related discipline, 2) at least two supporting letters, 3) the name of the nominee, and 4) the title(s) and citation information for the paper(s) constituting the basis for the nomination. It is also recommended that the nominee’s curriculum vitae with complete biography is included, and it is helpful to the Award Committee if electronic copies of the papers that are the basis for the nomination are included (in the case of a book, include a copy of the title page, table of contents, and introduction or another brief summary of the book). Nominations should not be revealed to anyone other than those providing supporting letters and the Award Committee, including the nominee. Nominations should be sent to gsa.hydro.nominations@gmail.com.
Submission Deadline
Nominations must be received by February 1.
O.E. Meinzer Award Recipients
Click here to see the O.E. Meinzer Recipient Data Base. The data base includes award year, award winner and award winner's paper(s).
Click here to see a list of archived PDFs of published award announcements and recipient responses.