Following a proposal from the Awards Committee, Council recommends two candidates for election to Honorary Fellowship at a future Ordinary General Meeting. Fellows may nominate candidates for Honorary Fellowship at any time. To find out how to do this, please go to
www.geolsoc.org.uk/ honoraryfellowship.
Professor Maria Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta
Professor Aguirre-Urreta is a leading Argentine specialist on Charles Darwin’s geological researches in Argentina. She has collaborated in research for over 25 years with Professor Rawson FGS both in Argentina and the UK, and particularly in relation to fundamental studies of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. This was significantly supported by two major research grants from The British Council. Professor Aguirre-Urreta spent six months at University College London in 1988, and has made frequent return visits to the UK. She has published in the Geological Society’s Special Publication 252 (on the Neuquén Basin) and served as a guest editor of Special Issue 42 of Geological Journal, and is an active contributor to several working groups of the International Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy and was a voting member of the Subcommission for nine years.