Who's Who In Egyptian Sedimentology

Prof. Dr. Soliman Mahmoud Soliman

Born: January 4, 1930, Cairo

Degrees:
B.Sc., Sp. Geology, Excellent with First Class Honors, Fouad I Univ., 1951; M.Sc. geology, Ain Shams Univ., 1954; Ph.D. geology, Stanford Univ., Calif., USA, 1958; other certificates of study and recognition.

Career organizations:
Ain Shams Univ., since 1951; Ass. lecturer, lecturer, Ass. Prof., Professor, Chairman of Geology Dept., Prof. Emeritus; Qatar Univ., Chairman Geol. Dept. (1973-1977, a.o.)

Scientific works:
Published about 48 researches on sedimentary rocks, sediments, sedimentation, applications in prospecting and exploration for petroleum, geochemical prospecting for ores in arid regions, economic sedimentary deposits, geology of Africa; researches cover most Egypt. stratigraphic column and include researches on USA, Qatar, Lebanon, Red Sea, ... etc.; Author of Books "Mineral wealth of Africa" 1961; "Model United Nations" 1964; "White Arabian Oryx, past and present" 1976, "Scientific and technologic bibliography on Western Desert, Egypt" 1982 Arabic geologic terms, 1982; co-translator of books, "Principles of Petrology", "Field Geology", etc.

Other related activities:
Expert, General Petroleum Corp. (1959-60), Expert and member National Science Missions Comm. (1958-68); Member of several scientific committees of Acad. Sc. and Tech. (1960-now); High Education Development committees (1959-1978); professorial promotion committees in Egypt and Arab countries; member of Higher Council for Egyptian monuments (1979-80); supervising several M.Sc. and Ph.D. researches and other national projects; member of editorial boards of two intern. scientific journals; partly lecturing in other Egypt. universities and consultant for other institutions; Consultant (Deputy-Minister status) to Minister of Youth Affairs (1970-71); Head (advisor and supervisor) of Science Student Union Ain Shams Univ. (1966-71); Expert in Arab-language Organization, Egypt (1977-88); etc.

Past and present member of:
Geol. Soc. of Egypt (founder, member of board, co-editor); Sedimentological Society of Egypt (founder, member of board); Soc. Geographique d'Egypte; Egypt. Organization of Scientific Culture; Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists; Soc. Economic Paleont. and Mineralogists (USA); Intern. Association of Sedimentology; Geochemical Soc.; Deutsche Gesellsehaft; Geologisehe Vereinigung; Egypt. Science Alumi Assoc.; Stanford Alumni Assoc.; etc. Attendance of numerous scientific international, regional and national (including ALECSO and UNESCO) congresses, meetings and seminars held in different countries.

Honors, awards and research fellowships:
Recipient of "Order of Republic" Egypt, 1959, for distinctive excellent university services; "Order of Science and Arts of First Degree" Egypt, 1973, for excellent researches and achievements in geology; "State (Egypt) Award" for distinguished geologic researches, 1971; Fulbright Scholarship, Smith-Mundt grant (1955-56), Shell Grant for Research (USA) ; Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Research Fellowship (1965-1966); other recognition certificates; etc.

Address: Dept. of Geology, Fac. Sciences, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt.

(Nominated & Elected by the Society Executive Board, January, 1993)