FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (12/05)
Contact: Lynn Stewart or Kelsey Johnson, Centenary News Service, 318-841-7265

Centenary Professor Mary Barrett Earns Geology Award

	Dr. Mary L. Barrett, Professor of Geology at Centenary College.

SHREVEPORT, LA— Dr. Mary L. Barrett, professor of geology at Centenary College, will be recognized by the Division of Environmental Geosciences of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists at the AAPG's annual convention in April 2006.

Dr. Barrett, a Centenary faculty member since 1992, is the recipient of the DEG Certificate of Merit, which honors outstanding contributions to and meritorious service for the betterment of the Division and its membership.

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