PESA’s Board and Members at the Annual General Meeting in Canberra in March 2004 unanimously agreed to award Peter Baillie with PESA’s Meritorious Service Award in 2004. PESA’s WA Branch nominated Peter.

Meritorious Service:

Peter’s efforts as a PESA volunteer and professional are exemplary, expansive and are tough to keep to a single page!

• Over 70 authored or co-authored scientific publications.
• Influential as an ANZMEC sub-committee member in the refinement of the PSLA regime
• Invited university lecturer at the University of Tasmania, Curtin University, Gahja Mada University - Indonesia, Notre Dame University, and the University of WA
• Invited speaker to PESA, ASEG, FESWA, Geological Society of Australia and the Petroleum Club of Western Australia
• Valued referee of papers for APPEA Journal, PESA Journal, PESA Basins Symposiums, AGSO’s Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
• Trusted and invited referee for research grant applications to the Australian Research Council, WA Department of Commerce & Trade and MERIWA
  n Honorary Research Associate, University of Tasmania
• Fellow of the Geological Society of Australia in recognition of contributions to Australian geology
• Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Western Australia
• Inaugural Chairman, Curtin University Reservoir Geophysics Consortium
• Curtin University Department of Exploration Geophysics Joint Advisory Committee member
• Secretary, Geological Society of Australia (GSA)
• Convener, 10th Australian Geological Congress
• President, FESWA
• PESA Western Australian Basins Symposium Chair (WABS III) and Vice Chair (WABS II)
• PESA Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium Technical Editor (EABS II)
• Co Editor, 2003 Timor Sea Symposium
• Managing Editor of the PESA Journal
• Linchpin, AAPG International Conference 2006
• Long standing member, PESA Federal Publications Sub-committee

Peter has served for many years and continues to be an exuberant, valuable and respected volunteer for the Geological Society of Australia, the Formation Society of Western Australia and PESA. Since 1999, Peter has been an integral member of the PESA Publications Sub-committee, initially through his role as Managing Editor of the PESA Journal from 1999 to 2002, and now as Technical Editor for the Proceedings of PESA Basins Symposiums. Peter’s vision is to obtain for Australian geoscientists the international exposure that they deserve.