Background
Drahovzal, James Alan was born on February 13, 1939 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of John Blahoslav and Anna Elizabeth Drahovzal.
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James Alan Drahovzal
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, U. Iowa, 1957-1961; Master of Science, U. Iowa, 1961-1963; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Iowa, 1963-1966.
Career
Geologist, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, New Orleans, 1965-1966;
geologist, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1966-1976;
assistant state geologist, director, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1976-1978;
senior research geologist, Gulf Research and Development Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1978-1984;
research associate, Arco Oil and Gas Company, Plano, Texas, 1984-1988;
geologist and head petroleum and stratigraphy, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, 1989-1996;
geologist, head geological mapping and hydrocarbon resources, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, since 1996. Consultant geologist LaMoreaux and Associations, Tuscaloosa, 1974-1978. Lecturer geology U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1970.
Member geosat committee Coyanosa (Texas) Test Site Team, 1979-1981. Adjunct associate professor geology U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Elder Presbyterian Church, Iowa City, Plano, Tuscaloosa, Lexington, since 1963. Fellow Geological Society American (headquarters committee member 1983-1985, 92, nominating committee 1994). Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (delegate from Pennsylvania, 1983, Kentucky since 1991, chairman membership committee for Eastern section, member research committee), Alabama Geological Society (president 1973-1974), Eastern Oil Shale Symposium (advisory board, session chairman 1989-1991).
Interests
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Avocations: running, hiking, reading. E-mail: [email protected].
Connections
Married Rebecca Lee Barels, August 17, 1963. Children: Robert John, Elizabeth Marie, Sarah Annual.
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Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Democrat