Ceremonies

(Front Row; Left to Right: Barbara Luke, John Hart, Mary Ellen Bruce, Nathan Whetten, Kristoff Fabian, Robert Thompson, III, John Peirce - Second Row; Left to Right: Robert Gilbert, Austin Huang, Shamsher Prakash, Siva Sivathasan, Arvind Kumbhojkar, Tracy Brettmann - Back Row; Left to Right: Conrad Felice, CK Satyapriya, Stein Sture, John Lommler, Jeffrey Dunn, Jeffrey Keaton, Soheil Nazarian, Bruce Bailey, Ryan Berg, Kenneth Bell)

AGP's latest ceremony was held in conjunction with Geo-Institute's Annual Conference, GeoFrontiers, in Dallas, Texas on March 13th at 7:00 PM Central. The ceremony, which was the Academy's fifth, was the first held in 2011. About 25 Diplomates were in attendance at this event, bringing the total number of Diplomates to over 200!

(Left to Right: Jesus Gomez, Dwarika Mallick, Donald Anderson, Richard Finno, Eric Bahner, Harvey Parker, Frank Pita and Thomas Richards, Jr.)

The Academy held its fourth induction ceremony, the first on the west coast, on August 1, 2010 in Bellevue, Washington. The ceremony was right before the opening reception of Earth Retention 3, a conference held every 20 years. This class of inductees included those who weren't able to attend any of the first three ceremonies, as well as a few new Diplomates. The next ceremony will be held at GeoFrontiers in Dallas, TX next March. More information on that ceremony will be forthcoming. For more information about GeoFrontiers, please click here.

(Back Row, Left to Right: Timothy Siegel, Melvin Esrig, John Wolosick, Thomas Zimmie, Kenneth Stokoe, II, Roberto Sanchez, Marco Boscardin, Allen Cadden, Thomas Witherspoon, Daniel Pradel, Edward Ulrich, Jr., Robert Lukas; Front Row, Left to Right: Peter Nicholson, Derek Cornforth, Don Dotson, Larry Jedele, Delon Hampton, Joram Amir, Anand Puppala, Larry Madrid, Ivan Contreras, Craig Benson, Tuncer Edil)

The Academy of Geo-Professional (AGP), held its 3rd induction ceremony on February 21st in West Palm Beach, Florida at the GeoFlorida 2010. If you have at least 8 years (post-licensure) in the geotechnical field, a P.E., and a Masters or equivalent, then you may qualify to become a Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering (D.GE). To the left is a picture of the Diplomates who were present to receive their certification plaque and pin.

(Back Row, Left to Right: Richard Curtis, J. Andrew Steele, Jonathan Bennett, Robert Alperstein, Eric Klein, Paul Schmall, Rupert Tart, George Burke, John Kovacs, Mehmet Tumay; Middle Row, Left to Right, David Pezza, Robert Koerner, W. Allen Marr, Jr., Stanley Merjan, Vincent Drnevich, Richard Kessler, Hugh Lacy, Lee Abramson; Front Row, Left to Right: Christopher Ryan, Michael Byle, Alejandro Acosta, Soheila Rahbari, James McKelvey, III, Alan Esser)

The Academy of Geo-Professional (AGP), held its second induction ceremony on November 2, 2009 in Hershey, PA at the 24th Central Pennsylvania Geotechnical Conference. To the left is a picture of the Diplomates who were present to receive their certification plaque and pin.

(From L to R: Walter Jaworski, Alfred Brand, George Goble, John Schmertmann; Edward Rinne, Robert Thompson, Fred H. Kulhawy; Philip King; Garry Gregory; Steven Thorne; Thomas Krzewinski; Harvey Wahls; Alan Macnab; Raymond Krizek; Warren Kent Wray; Moustafa Gouda; Ronald Smith; Richard Gray; Robert Patton; Blaine Leonard; Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.; Arlan Rippe; Arthur Hoffmann; Jean-Louis Briaud; Robert Holtz; William Marcuson; Richard Reynolds; William Brumund; John Anderson; Douglas Hermann; T. Michael McMillen)

The Academy of Geo-Professionals (AGP) kicked off its certification program by holding its inaugural induction ceremony in Orlando, Florida at the Buena Vista Palace Resort on March 18th at the International Foundation Congress & Equipment Expo '09 (IFCEE). Over 30 Diplomates were inducted with the Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering (D.GE) credential. Another 30 achieved the credential but were unable to attend the ceremony.

Four Honorary Diplomates were recognized at the event and you can read more about them at the following links: John Focht, Jr., Delon Hampton, Priscilla Nelson and Harvey Wahls.

G.Wayne Clough, the Academy's 5th Honorary Diplomate, was intereviewed by AGP staff. Click here to read his responses.