Charles G. Groat
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Charles G. "Chip" Groat is an American
United States
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 geologist
Geologist
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. He is a distinguished professional in the earth science
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 community with involvement in geological studies, energy and minerals resource assessment, ground-water occurrence and protection, geomorphic processes and landform evolution in desert areas, and coastal studies.

Education and career

Groat received a Bachelor of Arts
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 degree in Geology
Geology
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 (1962) from the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
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, a Master of Science
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 in Geology (1967) from the University of Massachusetts
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, and a Ph.D.
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 in Geology (1970) from the University of Texas at Austin
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.

Dr. Groat served as associate professor (1976-1978) at the University of Texas at Austin, in the Department of Geological Sciences, and as both Associate and Acting Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology. From 1978-1990, Dr. Groat held positions at Louisiana State University
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 including professor for the Department of Geology and Geophysics; and at the Louisiana
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 Department of Natural Resources including assistant to the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (1983-1988) and later as Director and State Geologist for the Louisiana Geological Survey.

Groat was Executive Director (1990-1992) for the American Geological Institute
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. He served as Executive Director (1992-1995) at the Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Resources, at Louisiana State University. From May to November 1998, he served as Associate Vice President for Research and Sponsored Projects at the University of Texas at El Paso
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, following three years as Director of the Center for Environmental Resource Management. He was also Director of the University's Environmental Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program and a Professor of Geological Sciences.

Dr. Groat became the 13th Director of the U.S. Geological Survey on November 13, 1998. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton
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 and retained by President George W. Bush
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. Groat resigned as Director on June 17, 2005.

After leaving the USGS, he returned to the University of Texas at Austin to direct the Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program and the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy In July 2008, the University of Texas at Austin named him interim dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences.

Among his many professional affiliations, Groat is a member of the Geological Society of America
Geological Society of America
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, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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, American Geophysical Union
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, and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
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. He has also served on over a dozen earth science boards and committees and has authored and contributed to numerous publications and articles on major issues involving earth resources and the environment.

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