Awards and Service

AWARDS

• New Mexico Mining Association Hall of Fame 2023
• SME/AIME Environmental Distinquished Service Award 2020
• GSA fellow 2019

• SME/AIME Environmental Stewardship Distinguished Service Award 2018

• Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Charles J. Mankin Memorial Award 2018 for McLemore, V.T., Timmons, S., and Wilks, M., eds., 2017, Energy and Mineral deposits in New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Memoir 50 and New Mexico Geological Society, Special Publication 13

• NMGS Life Member Award 2016

• NMT Physical Recreation Department “Honor and Appreciation presented to Ginger and Jim McLemore for your decades of Outstanding Service and Mentorship to NMT Shooting Sports; presented by New Mexico Tech Sports Club Program April 23, 2015”

• SME (Society Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration) Environmental Division 2014-2015 Chair Award

• American Institute of Professional Geologists—Recognition Award for service to AIPG Annual Meeting 2008

• New Mexico Mining Association, Appreciation Award for Teacher Mentor for the NM Mining Assocaition Teachers Workshop Dig It, 2007
• New Mexico Mining Association, Appreciation Award for Teacher Mentor for the NM Mining Assocaition Teachers Workshop Dig It, 2006
• Geological Society of America, Certificate of appreciation for mentor for the Roy Shlemon mentors in applied geology April 1, 2005
• New Mexico Mining Association, Appreciation Award for Teacher Mentor for the NM Mining Assocaition Teachers Workshop Dig It, 2005
• Utah Engineering Experiment Station, Team of Excellence Award for contributions to the Molycorp project, 2004
• New Mexico Mining Association, Appreciation Award for service and participation at the 65th annual meeting, 2004
• American Institute of Professional Geologists—Presidential Certificate of Merit, 2003 (dedication above and beyond the call of duty as AIPG Editor-for-Life, and for motivational efforts leading to the revitalization of the New Mexico Section)
• American Institute of Professional Geologists, Appreciation award for Editor in 2002
• Best Guidebook Award—Geoscience Information Society (GIS) for 2001
• Lawton, T. F., McMillan, N. J., McLemore, V. T., Austin, G., and Barker, J. M. eds., 2001, Southwest Passage, A Trip through the Phanerozoic: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 51
• Best Student Paper—New Mexico Mining Association , October 1990
•           Mineralization and alterations of the Center-Carlisle mine area, Steeple Rock district, Grant County, New Mexico:  Preliminary observations
• Best Student Paper—New Mexico Mining Association , September 1992
•           Alteration and mineralization of the Steeple Rock district, New Mexico
• Best Student Paper—New Mexico Mining Association ,October 1993
•           Geology and Geochemistry of the Mineralization and Alteration in the Steeple Rock district, New Mexico and Arizona
• International Mining Days Scholarship—University of Texas at El Paso, 1990-1992

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (current in bold)

• New Mexico Geological Society
  • Secretary 2011, Treasurer 2012, Vice-president 2013, President 2014 , Past President 2015
  • Fall Field Conference Committee 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016
  • Field trip leader NMGS Fall meeting 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2012
  • Registration chairman NMGS Spring Meeting April 1989, 1990, Co-chairman 1999, 2000, 2017
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
  • SME Publications Committee (now Information Publishing Comittee-1989-1993, 2010-present)
  • Research Committee (vice chairman, 2018-present)
  • Education Committee (vice chairman 1993-1994, chairman 1994-1997, past-chairman 1998-2000)
  • Central New Mexico Section, Program chair and Vice-president, 2002-2003; President 2003-2004
  • Environmental Division—program committee, 2002-present
  • Environmental Division Program Chairman, 2012
  • Environmental Division—Chairman 2014
• American Institute of Professional Geologists
  • New Mexico AIPG Section—executive committee, 2001-2013
  • AIPG Editor, 2001-2003, 2012-2013
  • AIPG Vice-president, 2007
  • AIPG Annual Meeting Committee, 2008
• Society for Applied Geochemistry
  • Coming Events Editor (1996—2003)
  • Program committee, 2013-2015
• ADTI-MMS (Acid Drainage Technology Initiative-Metals Mining Sector)
  • Chairman Sampling and monitoring committee (1998-2014)
  • Chairman of the Steering Committee (2003-2005)
• American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation
  • Organizing committee, annual meeting, June 2001
  • National Executive Committee, 2004-2005
• Geological Society Penrose Conferences
  • Penrose Conference on Fractures and Fluid Flow, September 1997 in New Mexico (presented a poster).
  • Penrose Conference on Anorthosites, August 1988 in Wyoming (presented a poster)
• Judged
  • New Mexico State Science Fair (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003)
  • Regional Science Fair (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
  • Socorro Science Fair (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998)
  • Magdalena Fair (1993)
  • NM Junior Academy of Science Papers (2002-2015, 2017, 2018)

Updated September 26, 2023