Mark N. Varhaug, P.G., C.P.G., Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
The Austin Geological Society is pleased to present Mark Varhaug who will give a talk titled "Doing the Right Thing: Ethics and Geoscience Practice in Texas". This is Austin Geological Society’s annual ethics meeting, and also kicks off the AGS monthly technical series. Mark will discuss ethics concepts, the Code of Professional Conduct for Texas geoscientists, and some examples of ethical dilemmas. The talk will conclude with some historical ethical dilemmas, and their consequences, which should be especially interesting to professional geoscientists from central Texas.
Biographical Info
Mark Varhaug has served as an appointed member of the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists since 2018. He is a Licensed Professional Geoscientist in Texas and Louisiana and he is an AAPG Certified Geologist.
Mark graduated from SMU with a BS in Geology in 1974 and worked in Houston before returning to Dallas in 1987. He was associated with majors, independents, partnerships, and family companies until 1998, when he joined DeGolyer and MacNaughton in Dallas. With D&M, he made geological and reserves evaluations of fields around the world, evaluating onshore and offshore fields in Mexico, Brazil and South America, Indonesia and the South Pacific, China, India, Russia, East and West Africa, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. He retired from D&M in 2020.
Mark currently chairs the Application Review and Continuing Education Committee of TBPG and is very interested in ethics and geoscience practice in Texas.