Events
Duane Morris to Sponsor Inaugural Meeting of the Delaware Valley Marcellus Association
June 12, 2012 | Philadelphia
| The Union League - The Grant Room
Duane Morris will be one of the sponsors of the inaugural meeting of the Delaware Valley Marcellus Association, to be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. at The Union League in Philadelphia. The meeting will include an open-ended discussion led by keynote speaker Dr. Terry Engelder, professor of geosciences at Penn State University and a leading authority on the Marcellus Shale. Dr. Engelder, a leading authority on the Marcellus Shale, was among the first professionals in the world to identify the immense reserves and energy opportunities Marcellus presents.
About the Speaker
Terry Engelder, a leading authority on the recent Marcellus gas shale play, holds degrees from Penn State B.S. ('68), Yale M.S. ('72) and Texas A&M, Ph.D. ('73). He is currently a professor of geosciences at Penn State and has previously served on the staffs of the US Geological Survey, Texaco and Columbia University. Short-term academic appointments include those of Visiting Professor at Graz University in Austria and Visiting Professor at the University of Perugia in Italy. Other academic distinctions include a Fulbright Senior Fellowship in Australia, Penn State's Wilson Distinguished Teaching Award, membership in a US earth science delegation to visit the Soviet Union immediately following Nixon-Brezhnev détente, and the singular honor of helping Walter Alvarez collect the samples that led to the famous theory for dinosaur extinction by large meteorite impact. He has written 150 research papers, many focused on Appalachia, and a book, the research monograph "Stress Regimes in the Lithosphere." In the international arena, he has worked on exploration and production problems with companies including Saudi Aramco, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Agip and Petrobras.
To read the Delaware Valley Marcellus Association blog, please click here.
To RSVP for this event, please contact Margaret DeGennaro at Margaret@gregoryfca.org or 610.228.2149.
