GSA Presidential Addresses
These papers are presented by the GSA President at each GSA Annual Meeting and later published in GSA Today.
Presidential address articles not listed here were published in GSA Bulletin and are listed on the GSA Past Presidents page.
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| Geology in an Online World J. Douglas Walker |
2020 Online |
Feb. 2021 | |||
| The Future for Geoscience in the Context of Emerging Climate Disruption Donald I. Siegel |
Video | 2019 Phoenix |
Feb. 2020 | ||
| Navigating "Me, too" in the Geosciences Robbie Gries |
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2018 Indianapolis |
Feb. 2019 | |
| “Mind the Gap”: GSA’s Role in an Evolving Global Society Isabel Patricia Montañez |
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2017 Seattle |
March 2018 | |
| The world is changing Jonathan G. Price |
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2015 Baltimore |
Jan. 2016 | |
| Mapping the Planets—Geology Stakes Its Claim Harry Y. McSween Jr. |
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2014 Vancouver |
Jan. 2015 |
| 125th anniversary of The Geological Society of America: Looking at the past and into the future of science at GSA Suzanne Mahlburg Kay |
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2013 Denver |
March 2014 | |
| Where Our Deepest Passions Intersect the World’s Compelling Needs George H. Davis |
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2012 Charlotte |
Jan. 2013 |
| The Importance of the Global Professoriate in the Geosciences — The Students We Are Teaching, and Learn from, Today May Represent the Last Great Hope John Geissman |
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2011 Minneapolis |
Jan. 2012 | |
| From the Core of the Earth to the Top of the Mountains: A Renaissance in Earth Sciences Joaquin Ruiz |
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slides only |
2010 Denver |
not printed | |
| O brave new world: Geoscientists in an emerging green economy Jean M. Bahr |
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2009 Portland |
Jan. 2010 | |
| A Field Geologist Looks at a Digital World Judith Totman Parrish |
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2008 Houston |
Jan. 2009 |
| There's Adventure in Geology John M. Sharp Jr. |
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2007 Denver |
Jan. 2008 | ||
| Tectonic Inheritance at a Continental Margin William A. Thomas |
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2005 Salt Lake City |
Feb. 2006 | ||
| Paleomagnetism, Oroclines, and Growth of the Continental Crust Rob Van der Voo |
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2004 Denver |
Dec. 2004 | ||
| New Technology; New Geological Challenges B. Clark Burchfiel |
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2003 Seattle |
Feb. 2004 | ||
| From Impact to Riches: Evolution of Geological Understanding as Seen at Sudbury, Canada Anthony J. Naldrett |
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2002 Denver |
Feb. 2003 | ||
| Plate Boundaries to Politics: Pursuing Passions in Science Sharon Mosher |
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2001 Boston |
Feb. 2002 | ||
| Grand Challenges in Earth and Environmental Sciences: Science, Stewardship, and Service for the Twenty-First Century Mary Lou Zoback |
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2000 Reno |
Dec. 2001 | ||
| Geologists Probe Hominid Environments Gail M. Ashley |
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1999 Denver |
Feb. 2000 | ||
| Geosemiosis Victor R. Baker |
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1998 Toronto |
May 1999 GSA Bulletin |
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| Deep Mantle Plumes and Geoscience Vision George A. Thompson |
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1997 Salt Lake City |
Apr. 1998 | ||
| Geology and Culture: A Call for Action Eldridge M. Moores |
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1996 Denver |
Jan. 1997 | ||
| If Geoscientists Went on Strike, Would Anybody Notice? David A. Stephenson |
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1995 New Orleans |
Jan. 1996 | ||
| The Times Are Always Changing: The Holocene Saga William R. Dickinson |
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1994 Seattle |
Jan. 1995 GSA Bulletin |
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| 1993 Presidential Address (no title) Robert D. Hatcher Jr. |
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1993 Boston |
Mar. 1994 | ||
| The Citizen-Geologist E-an Zen |
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1992 Cincinnati |
Jan. 1993 | ||
| Geology as an Agent in Human Welfare R.A.F. Penrose Jr. |
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1930 Toronto |
Mar. 1931 | |
| Our Society J.J. Stevenson |
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1898 New York, NY |
Feb. 1899 GSA Bulletin |
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