Biography
Steve Hill has a long record of SEG
contributions. He authors the Geophysics Bright Spots column in TLE, is
the Special Editor on the TLE Editorial
Board, an Associate Editor of Geophysics, and serves as editor of SEG's Geophysical Developments Series. He chairs
the Publications Policy Committee and
is a member of the Strategic Finance
Committee and Governance Review
Committee. Steve is also an instructor
in SEG's Continuing Education program. Steve was SEG's Secretary-Treasurer in 2003-04, and in that
role is proud that his white paper, coauthored with Brian Spies, became SEG's three-tiered dues structure. Steve served on the SEG Finance and Audit Committee, as chair of SEG's Ad Hoc Election
Procedures Committee, as chair of the Tellers Committee, as Section
Representative to the Council, on the Seismic Interpretation Pitfalls
Subcommittee, and as publicity chair for an SEG Midwestern Exploration meeting in Tulsa. In 2000, SEG honored Steve with its
Special Commendation Award.
After earning a bachelor's degree in physics (Iowa State University) and a doctorate in physics and astrophysics (University of
Colorado), Steve became a tenured faculty member at Michigan
State University. In 1976, he received the MSU Teacher-Scholar Award for his public service, teaching, and programming work in
telescope automation. Steve was a member of Conoco geophysics
organizations from 1978 until 2002--as a processing geophysicist,
manager of Conoco Seismic Processing, an interpreter of Oklahoma
and Gulf of Mexico seismic data, and technology consultant for
Conoco management. Steve is currently an active adjunct associate
professor at Colorado School of Mines.