Contact: Phil Hearn
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State University geosciences department head Darrel Schmitz is the new president of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists.
A Eupora native, 1980 MSU geology graduate and geology professor, Schmitz was installed as the international organization's new leader during its recent annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nev. He succeeds David Bieber of Rancho Cordova, Calif.
AEG serves as the premier industry resource for professionals in the fields of environmental and engineering geology. Based in Denver, Colo., the association currently serves more than 3,000 members in the U.S. and abroad.
Schmitz, who joined the faculty in 1990, is a researcher in the field of hydrogeology, the science of groundwater's physical, chemical and biological properties.
He also received a master's degree in engineering science from the University of Mississippi in 1985 and a doctorate in geology from Texas A&M University in 1991.
NEWS EDITORS/DIRECTORS: For more information, contact Dr. Schmitz at (662) 325-3915 or Schmitz@ra.msstate.edu.
----------------------------------
LOCAL EDITORS: Schmitz is the son of Ullin and Dorothy Schmitz and a 1973 Eupora High School graduate.