b'ASEG Honours and AwardsFeatureHe is also a graduate of the NSW Government Premiers Senioras extensive ground-based and helicopter-supported regional Executive Development Programme (2001). gravity and other exploration surveying programmes.Ted joined GSNSW as a Geophysicist in 1971, with a focusDuring his seven years in industry with CGG Geoterrex and on field investigations and research in electrical andEncom Technology, Ted was actively involved at operational electromagnetic exploration geophysics. He also took on aand leadership levels in large-scale international airborne parallel role as Lecturer in Geophysics UNSW (1984-86) duringgeophysical projects for government and industry. This included his final PhD research. Ted was appointed Principal Geophysicista leading role in the 19961998 airborne magnetic survey in 1988, and led the Geophysics Branch in GSNSW until 1993and geological mapping interpretation project in northwest when he joined CGG Geoterrex in Sydney to manage theBotswana (a 300 000 line-km survey), supported by the airborne geophysics data processing and interpretation teams.Botswana and Canadian Governments.Ted moved to Encom Technology in Sydney in1997 as Manager, Business Development. Ted has contributed to and been actively involved in the ASEG for over five decades. He has supported and presented at many In 1999 Ted re-joined GSNSW as Assistant Director RegionalASEG Conferences, specialist workshops, State Branch technical Geology and Geophysics and in 2002, he was appointedmeetings and education and training programmes. He has held Director GSNSW and Chief Government Geologist. In 2005, Tednumerous roles on State and Federal Executive Committees, decided to take on new opportunities, moving to Adelaide toConference Organising Committees and Standing Committees.join the Government of South Australia to head up the Mineral Resources Division in Primary Industries & Resources SA. He wasHe was a member of the Federal Executive from 1978-1980, co-responsible for leading the full range of government mineralconvenor of the 1st ASEG Conference & Exhibition in Adelaide in services across the State, a position he enjoyed enormously1979, compiled the 1st ASEG Directory of Australian Geophysical until his retirement in 2017. Services, co-Chair of the Technical Programme Committee for the 8th ASEG Conference and Exhibition in Sydney in 1991, Over a 50-year career, Ted has been a leading supporter of theincluding Guest Editor, with Keeva Vozoff, for the Conference Australian exploration industry and a prominent championissue of Exploration Geophysics. In 2018, Ted again joined the of innovation and practice in exploration geophysics andFederal Executive Committee as an ASEG Director and ASEG exploration geoscience technologies. He has also been aPresident Elect, as well as Co-Chair of the ASEG Publications proactive leader and strong advocate for investment in stateCommittee. As Co-Chair with Danny Burns, he negotiated new and national government exploration initiatives, mineralpublishing contracts for Exploration Geophysics and Preview, and energy resource development programmes and next- leading to considerable cost savings and increased exposure for generation public geoscience mapping coverages. ASEG publications.He is widely known as a successful multi-disciplinaryTed was elected ASEG President in April 2019. This was the collaborator in his initiatives and achievements across Australiabeginning of an exceptional period of leadership of the ASEG. and internationally in exploration geoscience mapping,His tenure as President included the Societys 50th Anniversary airborne, ground and borehole exploration geophysics, andcelebrations in 2020 and, despite the challenges posed by in leading major government exploration geoscience andCOVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, Ted championed several investment attraction programs, geoscience education andspecial events and activities that showcased the Society. During training, and collaborative industry research and miningthis time, he was also ASEG representative to the Australian development programs. Geoscience Council, SEG Council and Co-Chair ASEG Publications Ted is well known for his high-level leadership of StateCommittee. In 2020, working closely with the Executive, he Government exploration initiatives, including the NSWundertook a comprehensive rewrite and update of the ASEG Government Discovery 2000 and Exploration NSW initiativesOperations and Procedures Manual. He continued as Co-Chair and the internationally recognised South Australian Planand then Chair of the ASEG Publications Committee through to for Accelerating Exploration (PACE) which received the SA2022, at which time he stepped down from the Executive, but Premiers Award for Economic Prosperity in 2007. Ted also hadremains on the ASEG Publications and History Committees.a lead role in establishing Adelaides state-of-the-art SouthTed has received many accolades over the years for his service Australia Drill Core Reference Library and Geoscience Centreto the profession and the ASEG. He has received awards for Best which opened in 2016. Presentations at the 1985 and 1997 ASEG conference, and the In the final phase of his 12-year stint as head of Mineral ResourcesLaric Hawkins Award in 1995. In 2000, he received an ASEG Service in the Government of South Australia, Ted championed theCertificate for his distinguished contributions to the Society.concept, funding proposal and foundational planning for the PACETed has used his time in numerous high-profile positions in Copper initiative. With the support of his Minister and teams fromgovernment and in the ASEG to great effect in promoting the South Australian Mineral Resources and Geoscience Australia,exploration geophysics, fostering collaboration between Ted instigated the development of the largest governmentindustry and government, and facilitating cooperation amongst airborne exploration geophysics survey ever undertaken ingeophysicists and other Earth scientists. Ted is a champion for Australiathe South Australian Gawler Craton Magnetic andequity, diversity and inclusion and has selflessly devoted his time Radiometric Airborne Survey (20162021), which comprised 1.6to encouraging and mentoring younger scientists to advance million line-km of data acquisition at 200 m line spacing. their career in geophysics, and actively contribute to the ASEG.Teds initiatives and contributions to Australias state andIt is very fitting that the ASEG now recognises Teds outstanding national public precompetitive exploration geoscience dataand distinguished contributions over many years to the and mapping coverages have resulted in the acquisition ofprofession, and to the ASEG, with the award of Honorary more than 3.5 million line-km of airborne survey data as wellMembership of the ASEG.51 PREVIEW APRIL 2023'