Dr. W. John Lee, Regents Professor and holder of the L.F. Peterson Endowed Chair in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, has been honored by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The award, the Law and Policy Award, was given to the Oil and Gas Reporting Rule Writing Team of which Lee was a member. In 2007, Lee was appointed an Academic Engineering Fellow by the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance where worked on various issues related to the disclosure of oil and gas reserves.

The SEC Law and Policy Award “recognizes individuals or groups who develop legal theories that respond to the nation’s changing capital markets, and who demonstrate dedication to the goals of the securities laws through their untiring efforts on legislative issues.”

Lee came to Texas A&M in 1977. He was the initial director of the Petroleum Engineering Department’s distance learning program. He received the Distinguished Achievement in Continuing Education Award in 2001 from the Texas A&M Association of Former Students. His areas of specialization include oil and gas reserves estimation procedures and unconventional resources.

Lee previously worked for Exxon where he focused on integrated reservoir studies and headed Exxon’s major fields study group. He also worked with S.A. Holditch & Associates, Inc. and retired in 1999 after serving as executive vice president.

He has been a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers for 46 years and has held numerous positions, including membership on the Board of Directors. From SPE, he has received many top honors, including Honorary Membership in 2001, the highest recognition awarded by the society; the Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal in 2003, the society’s top technical award; and the DeGoyler Distinguished Service Medal in 2004, the society’s top service award. He also received the SPE Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 1982 and the AIME Mineral Industry Education Award in 2002.

He was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering in 1993 and to the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in 2006. In 1994, he was elected to the Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni. In 2008, Lee was appointed to serve on the National Research Council Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the U.S. Helium Reserve.

Lee holds bachelor’s, masters, and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech.

Written by: Lesley V. Kriewald, lesleyk@tamu.edu

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