W. Sweet Wins Paleontological Medal

PROFESSOR RECEIVES TOP PALEONTOLOGICAL AWARD

     COLUMBUS -- Walter C. Sweet of UPPER ARLINGTON, professor
emeritus of geological science at The Ohio State University, has
been named 1994 recipient of the Paleontological Society medal.
It was presented on Oct. 25 at the society's annual meeting in
Seattle.

     The award recognizes outstanding contributions in
paleontology -- the study of prehistoric animals from their
fossil remains.

     Sweet is the author of more than 150 articles and a recent
book on conodonts, a group of extinct marine animals used
worldwide to date petroleum and mineral-fuel deposits.  He is
past president of the Paleontological Society and of the Pander
Society, an international organization of conodont specialists.

     The Paleontological Society, the major organization of
specialists engaged in the study of fossil animals and plants,
has an international membership of about 1,600.  Its medal has
been presented annually since 1964.
                                
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Contact:  Walter C. Sweet (614) 292-2326 or (614) 451-3555


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