Geological Society of America

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The Geological Society of America (or GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. The society was founded in New York in 1888 by James Hall, James D. Dana, and Alexander Winchell, and has been headquartered at 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, Colorado since 1968. As of 2007, the society has over 21,000 members in more than 85 countries. The stated mission of GSA is "to advance the geosciences, to enhance the professional growth of its members, and to promote the geosciences in the service of humankind". Its main activities are sponsoring scientific meetings and publishing scientific literature, particularly the journals GSA Bulletin and Geology. Its newest publication endeavor is the online-only science journal Geosphere. GSA also publishes a monthly news and science magazine, GSA Today that is open access online.

The society has six regional sections in North America and seventeen specialty divisions.

GSA began with 100 members under its first president, James Hall. Over the next 43 years it grew slowly but steadily to 600 members until 1931, when a $4 million endowment from 1930 president R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. jumpstarted the GSA's growth.

1 Annual meetings
2 Past Presidents
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Annual meetings

The next GSA annual meeting will be held in Denver, Colorado on October 28-31 2007.

Future meetings will be as follows:

2008 Houston, Texas, October 5-8
2009 Portland, Oregon, 18-21 October
2010 Denver, Colorado, 31 October-3 November
2011 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 9-12 October

Annual meetings usually consist of presentations and talks about Geology, and have many booths from schools, companies, and other geological organizations.