The Donald L. Katz Award is named in honor of the highly esteemed Professor Emeritus of the University of Michigan.
It was initiated in 1985 to recognize outstanding accomplishments in midstream research and technology, and/or for excellence in engineering education. Dr. Katz has been closely associated with GPA Midstream and the natural gas and gas industry during all of his long and distinguished career. He and his students developed much of the classic data and many of the correlations that are essential to understanding the science and engineering of light hydrocarbon production and processing. He was the 1950 recipient of the GPA Midstream Hanlon Award, the first of some 21 major scientific honors and awards received during his career.
The award, symbolized by a wall plaque bearing an engraved likeness of Dr. Katz, is not an annual event, but is conferred as deemed appropriate by GPA Midstream research leaders and the Awards Committee. It is given out at the opening General Session of the GPA Midstream Convention.
Donald L. Katz Award Recipients |
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| 2020 Dr. Jürgen Gmehling, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg |
| 2019 Robert A. Hubbard, Petroskills/John M. Campbell D. John Morgan, Petroskills/John M. Campbell Dr. Larry Lilly, Larry Lilly Consulting |
| 2018 Dr. James C. Holste, Texas A&M University |
| 2017 Dr. Kraemer Luks, University of Tulsa |
| 2016 Dr. David F. Bergman (posthumous) |
| 2015 Dr. Ralph H. Weiland, Optimized Gas Treating Inc. |
| 2014 Dr. William R. Parrish, Phillips Petroleum Co. (retired) |
| 2013 Dr. Arthur Kidnay, Colorado School of Mines |
| 2012 Dr. John J. McKetta, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2011 Dr. Gary Rochelle, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2010 Dr. Walter G. Chapman, Rice University |
| 2009 Dr. James F. Ely, Colorado School of Mines |
| 2008 Peter Clark, Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd. |
| 2007 Ken Marsh, University of Canterbury |
| 2006 Ding-Yu Peng, University of Saskatchewan |
| 2005 Dr. Heng-Joo Ng, P.E., Oilphase - DBR |
| 2004 Dr. Jerry Bullin, Texas A&M University |
| 2003 Dr. Kenneth E. Starling, University of Oklahoma |
| 2002 Dr. P.R (Raj) Bishnoi, University of Calgary |
| 2001 Professor Dominique Richon, Ecole des Mines in Paris |
| 2000 D. E Dendy Sloan, Colorado School of Mines |
| 1999 Dr. Orville Sandall, University of California |
| 1998 Dr. Fred D. Otto, University of Alberta, Dr. Alan Mather, University of Alberta |
| 1997 Dr. Kenneth Hall, Texas A & M University |
| 1996 Dr. John Erbar (posthumous) |
| 1994 Dr. K. C. Chao, Purdue University |
| 1993 Fred Poettmann, Colorado School of Mines |
| 1992 John Prausnitz, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1990 Dr. Frank Dotterweich, Texas A & I University |
| GPA Midstream awarded its first Katz recipients in 1985. For recipients between 1985 - 1990, contact GPA Midstream |
