Harold Williams (geologist) award received Logan Medal
Career
He thereafter joined the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), where he gained the reputation of being an expert field geologist and outstanding scientist. He left the GSC in 1968 and joined the faculty at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he was the first to receive the prestigious title of University Research Professor (1984) and the first to be appointed Alexander Murray Professor (1990). He was the first to win both the Past President’s Medal and the Logan Medal of the Geological Association of Canada.Awards
Governor General's Medal, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1956)
Dominion Command Scholarship, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1956,1957)
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (1972)
Past Presidents Medal, Geological Association of Canada (1976)
Izaak-Walton-Killam Research Fellowship (1976, 1978)
R. J. W. Douglas Medal, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, First Recipient (1980)
University Research Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, First Recipient (1984)
Miller Medal, Royal Society of Canada (1987)
Logan Medal, Geological Association of Canada (1988)
James Chair Professor, St. Francis Xavier University (1989)
Alexander Murray Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1990–1995)
Honorary Research Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2005–2010)
Member, Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (2017)
received an award given an award won an award received a prize awarded with