Berikut Obituary (~press release) dari ASEG untuk Peter Elliott:
It is with great sadness that I pass on to you news of Peter’s death as a result of an aircraft accident in Kalimantan on Friday 24th of August. Peter was actively involved in the ASEG and will be known to most of you. He served at State Branch level in Victoria (founding Secretary in 1977) and Western Australia (Treasurer 1981 and President 1982) before moving to Adelaide and joining the Federal Executive as Business Manager in 1984 when the Executive started its move away from Sydney. In 1985 he became Honorary Secretary and took on responsibility for publishing the newsletter which at the time was printed and distributed from Sydney, at considerable cost to the society. Seeing the inefficiency in this, Peter decided to change the format of the newsletter to qualify for periodical status with Australia Post and moved the printing to Adelaide thereby significantly reducing the cost of the Newsletter. In order to qualify for periodical status with Australia Post the publication had to have a name and thus in January 1986, Preview was born. Peter became the first editor of Preview and oversaw the production of the first 4 editions before becoming 1st Vice President of the Society, a position he held for two years until the executive moved to Perth. In 2004 after returning to Australia from living in Indonesia Peter rejoined the Western Australian Branch committee and held a number of roles before signing up for a second term on the Federal Executive in 2007, becoming Federal President the following year. He contributed significantly to the international linkages of the ASEG through his professional contacts with government bodies and geophysics societies in Indonesia and India. Peter not only gave his time, enthusiasm and energy to the society, he supported the ASEG through Corporate Membership, advertising and most recently, generation of promotional posters for display at overseas conferences where we were represented. Peter graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Melbourne (1976). He was later awarded an MSc from the University of Melbourne in 1984, and a PhD from Macquarie University in 1997. His PhD supervisor, Professor James Macnae said of him, "Peter managed to complete a PhD in airborne electromagnetics at Macquarie University in his "spare" time during the 1990's, with very little direct supervision from me . Despite all the full-time pressures of running a very successful business, Peter managed steady progress during the planning, research, data analysis and thesis writing, and easily met all the University deadlines. Peter had the ability, in business and research, to clearly grasp the essence of any problem, and find an efficient solution to it. Our interactions, before, during and after his part-time postgraduate student days were always a pleasure. Mining geophysics has lost an energetic and astute achiever." He started his profession as a Cadet Geologist with the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1975 working as a geologist in Regional Mapping for a couple of years and then as a Geophysicist with the newly formed Geophysics Section in the Dept. of Mines, Victoria (1977–1980). He later joined the Shell Company (Australia) Ltd. in 1981 where he worked as a Regional Geophysicist with the Metals Division (1981–1987). During this time he worked out of Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide. In 1987, Peter left Shell and with Alex Copeland established Search Exploration Services. Peter then moved to Indonesia to set up his own exploration services company, Elliott Geophysics International. The company now has offices in four countries: Australia, Indonesia, India and Philippines. In addition to setting up a multi-national geophysical contracting firm, Peter gave courses in Electrical Geophysics at the University of Adelaide and published more than 20 scientific papers. He held three patents, based around his FlairTem technology, in Canada, USA and Australia. Our thoughts are with his family as well as the families of the three other men killed in this tragic accident. The pilot, Marshal Basyir, EGI geophysicist, Muhammad Rizal and Air Force observer, Captain Suyoto. Peter was a caring and considerate person, always ready to assist family and friends in need. He enjoyed field work and it is perhaps of some small comfort that he died doing something he enjoyed, something we would all wish for. He will be missed by the exploration community and his many friends and acquaintances. Kim Frankcombe President of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PP-IAGI 2011-2014: Ketua Umum: Rovicky Dwi Putrohari, rovicky[at]gmail.com Sekjen: Senoaji, ajiseno[at]ymail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jangan lupa PIT IAGI 2012 di Jogjakarta tanggal 17-20 September 2012. Kirim abstrak ke email: pit.iagi.2012[at]gmail.com. Batas akhir pengiriman abstrak 28 Februari 2012. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: iagi-net-unsubscribe[at]iagi.or.id To subscribe, send email to: iagi-net-subscribe[at]iagi.or.id For topics not directly related to Geology, users are advised to post the email to: o...@iagi.or.id Visit IAGI Website: http://iagi.or.id Pembayaran iuran anggota ditujukan ke: Bank Mandiri Cab. 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