The Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy
is the earth science unit at the University
of Oklahoma in Norman.
Currently, the school has an enrollment of
931 students, of which 728 are undergraduates
and 203 are graduates.
The College was chartered on January 1, 2006
under a reorganization.
The College includes two schools: the Mewbourne
School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
and the ConocoPhillips School of Geology and
Geophysics, and the Oklahoma Geological Survey
(a state agency mandated by the Oklahoma Constitution).
The main offices for the College are located
in Sarkeys Energy Center on the northeast
corner of campus.
On November 2, 2007, it was announced that
the College would be renamed the Mewbourne
College of Earth and Energy in order to honor
Curtis Mewbourne, a resident of Tyler, Texas,
a 1958 OU graduate in petroleum engineering
and one of the college's most prolific donors
(he is the namesake for the School of Petroleum
and Geological Engineering).
In 1982, he had endowed the Curtis Mewbourne
Professorship in Petroleum Engineering.
Then he made a $6 million gift in 2000 to
the School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering.
OU renamed the college in recognition of Melbourne's
support.
In November 2000, he challenged other alumni
and supporters of the college to endow undergraduate
scholarships and graduate fellowships for
students in petroleum engineering, geological
engineering, geology and geophysics.
He said he would match the gifts made between
then and March 2008.
== Academic programs ==
Geology
General
Petroleum Geology
Paleontology
Geophysics
General
Exploration
Petroleum Engineering
== Notable Faculty ==
David Deming, professor at the University
of Oklahoma, and global warming critic, later
was transferred to the College of Arts and
Sciences.
== Notes ==
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External links ==
University of Oklahoma College of Earth and
Energy
