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The LSU Department of Geology & Geophysics wants to congratulate Ed Picou (B.S. 1955) who was recently recognized by the LSU Alumni Association and inducted into their 2009 Hall of Distinction.
Louisiana State University has a tradition of graduating students who go on to achieve national and international prominence. The LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves and LSU through their careers, their personal and civic accomplishments, their volunteer activities and their loyalty to their alma mater. |
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Edward Beauregard Picou, Jr., graduated from Louisiana State University in 1955, with a degree in Geology, and was commissioned in the U.S. Army that same year. He served two
years on active duty, including an eighteen month assignment in Korea. His plans to pursue a master’s degree upon discharge were sidelined by an encounter with Shell Oil Company recruiters at LSU.
Picou, a Baton Rouge native, joined Shell in 1957 and enjoyed a successful forty-five year career in the petroleum industry. He rose through assignments of increasing responsibility and was promoted in 1989 to exploration consultant, Shell Exploration’s highest technical rank. He retired from Shell Offshore, Inc., in November 1991 but continued his involvement with the industry as a paleontological consultant. He retired from consulting in 1998.
Throughout his career, Picou maintained personal contact with LSU’s geology faculty and the University. Ed was a charter member of the LSU Geology Alumni Advisory Council and chaired the group more than ten years. He has been a member of the College of Basic Sciences Dean’s Development Council, recently renamed the Dean’s Circle, since 1994 and chaired the council from 2004-08.
Picou was actively involved with and served as an officer of numerous professional organizations, and his awards are many. He was named to the College of Basic Sciences Hall of Distinction in 2007, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1981and holds honorary membership in the Society for Sedimentary Geology, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, New Orleans Geological Society, and Gulf Coast Section Society of Sedimentary Geology.
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