Noted Petroleum Geologist John J. Amoruso Dies

Noted Houston geologist John J. Amoruso passed away Jan. 29 at age 87. The AAPG Foundation was scheduled to honor him later this year with its highest award—the L. Austin Weeks Memorial Medal—at its annual convention in Salt Lake City in May. Amoruso had previously served as AAPG president in 1982-83 and was awarded the Michel T. Halbouty Outstanding Leadership Award from the organization in 2007, among many other industry awards and recognition. He also received the Col. Edwin Drake Legendary Oilman Award from the Petroleum History Institute in 2013. Amoruso had a lifelong love of and career in geology after receiving his master’s degree in geology from the University of Michigan. He began his career with Pan American Petroleum (later it become Amoco), but went independent in 1969. He was active exploring in several states and discovered numerous fields.
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