texas a&m geosciences announces 2019 distinguished achievement awards the awards will be presented to four outstanding geoscientists at the distinguished achievement awards gala oct 11sep 12 2019each individually renowned for their geosciences expertise service to the aggie family and legacy contributions to science four exemplary award recipients have been named by the texas a&m university college of geosciences the recipients will be celebrated and receive their respective awards oct 11 at the college of geosciences distinguished achievement awards gala which will be held at 6:30 pm at the georges statesman ballroom in college stationdr inda immega 71colonel david e bacot '90dr inda immega 71 dr inda immega 71 the first woman to graduate from texas a&m with an undergraduate geology degree is being honored with the michel t halbouty geosciences medal after graduating from texas a&m with a bachelors degree in geology in 1971 immega earned her masters in 1973 and phd in 1977 both from indiana university a trailblazing mineralogist immega retired from shell e&p international ventures in 1999 after decades of service since then she has donated countless hours volunteering for the houston geological society and as a docent for the houston museum of natural science leading tours and sharing her passion for geology with thousands of visitors over the years from kindergarteners to heads of state colonel david e bacot 90 colonel david e bacot '90 commander of the air force reserve officer training corp detachment 330 at the university of maryland has been awarded the geosciences distinguished alumni award col bacot enlisted in the air force in 1984 graduated from the air force rotc program at texas a&m university in 1990 and earned his bs in meteorology from texas a&m in 1990 in 1999 he earned a masters in meteorology from the air force institute of technology today col bacot chairs the department of aerospace studies and directs and administers an officer training program to provide the united states air force with high-quality officers and leaders of character he is a command meteorologist with diverse assignments supporting defense strategic space policy fighter and bomber operations tactical and operational command and control centers us army aviation and maneuver and global weather operationsdr dawn wrightdr elizabeth satterfielddr dawn wright 86 (ms) dr dawn wright chief scientist of esri has been awarded the geosciences innovator award wright aids in strengthening the scientific foundation for esri software and services while also representing esri to the national and international scientific community she also maintains an affiliated faculty appointment as a professor in the college of earth ocean and atmospheric sciences at oregon state university wright holds an individual interdisciplinary phd in physical geography and marine geology from uc-santa barbara an ms in oceanography from texas a&m and a bs cum laude in geology from wheaton college a specialist in marine geology wright has authored and contributed to some of the most definitive literature on marine gis she is a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science the geological society of america and stanford university's leopold leadership program and she holds lifetime achievement awards from the american association of geographers and the geological society of america dr elizabeth satterfield 10 (phd) dr elizabeth satterfield has been awarded the geosciences young alumni award satterfield serves as a meteorologist at the us naval research laboratory (nrl) in monterey california she also serves as editor of the monthly weather review and chair of the american meteorological society (ams) committee on probability and statistics satterfield earned her phd in atmospheric science from texas a&m in 2010 and then joined the nrl marine meteorology division in july 2010 as a postdoctoral national research council research associate she became a meteorologist at nrl in october 2012 satterfield actively contributes to the us and international meteorology and atmospheric sciences communities through ams editorships ams committees and organizing conferences and symposiums for more details on the colleges awards program read about our awards and recognitions by leslie lee 09