Senior Hydrogeologist
Senior Hydrogeologist
The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute has employed John on a part-time basis since 1997 when he retired from the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. John also operates HAWLEY GEOMATTERS, a consulting service in environmental and groundwater geology of the New Mexico region. John's work with the Institute involves development of GIS digital-hydrogeologic framework models that support state-of the-art water-resource management.
John received his B.A., cum laude, in Geology from Hanover College, Indiana in 1954 and his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1962. He is a Certified Professional Geologist #2309 by the American Institute of Professional Geologists.
John has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications on the environmental geology, hydrogeology, and geomorphology of arid and semi-arid parts of western North America. Areas covered include: The Humboldt River basin of Nevada; the Basin and Range province in the American SW and Mexico, including the Chihuahua Desert and the Rio Grande rift; and the Southern High Plains-Pecos Valley region of New Mexico and Texas.
Honors for published research and scientific-community service include awards from the Geological Society of America (Kirk Bryan Award for desert soil-geomorphic research), American Association for the Advancement of Science (Certificate of Merit for Arid Zone Research), State Commission on Higher Education (1989 New Mexico Eminent Scholar), and the US Geological Survey (1998). In 2001, John received an Alumni Achievement Award from Hanover College for outstanding career contributions to the science of geology.
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