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 Arizona's Oldest Mineral Society

Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Educational Organization 


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2026 CLUB OFFICERS


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Chris Whitney-Smith

President

As president, Chris makes sure MSA keeps working for its members and community, just as you've come to expect from this great society.

CHRIS: "Every day, I get to offer help and support to mineral and gem enthusiasts through networking, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Plus, our club is an amazing community!"

As Arizona's oldest mineral society, MSA crystallized Chris's passion for service in earth science, finding ways to inspire others to explore worlds most people never knew existed, and mentoring Rockhounds of every age in the beauties and mysteries of the Mineral Kingdom.

Chris had the privilege of helping MSA spearhead the "Wulfenite is Love" campaign with Dr. Alexander Schauss, which helped make wulfenite Arizona's official state mineral in 2017, proving that Wulfenite Is Loved.

We live in a golden age of exploration, with clubs like MSA and resources like Mindat.org and Google Earth at our fingertips. Here's to the adventure of the hunt, the thrill of a new discovery, and the friends we meet along the way.

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Steve Kaminski
Vice President


Wendy Brodhagen
Secretary


Dr. Nathan Scholten
Treasurer


Dr. Raymond Grant 

Immediate Past President


BOARD OF GOVERNORS Term Ending

Dr. Mike Williams 2026

Carlie Murphy 2026

Evan A. Jones 2027
Julia Galvan 2027

Bob Holm 2028

Tess Garvey 2028


COMMITTEES

Statutory Agent - Dr. Mike Williams

Editor, Newsletter - OPEN
Associate Editor, Newsletter - Cameron Reichert

Chair, Bulletin - Chris Whitney-Smith

Curator, Mineral Collection - Chris Whitney-Smith EMAIL
Chair, Field Trip Committee - OPEN 

Chair, Programs - Chris Whitney-Smith 

Chair, Membership - Julia Galvan EMAIL
Chair, Junior MSA/FRA - OPEN 
Webmaster - Anna Seedhill EMAIL

Chair, Awards Committee - Chris Whitney-Smith

Coordinator, Education & Outreach - Lynne Dyer EMAIL
Coordinator, Social and Refreshment - OPEN 
Coordinator, Hospitality - Bob Holm EMAIL
Chair & Associate Videographer - Steve Kaminski EMAIL
MSA Program Preservation Video Archive (PPVA) Committee: Chris Whitney-Smith, Dr. Shirley Fiske, Steve Kaminski

Show Chair, Phoenix Heritage Mineral Show - Chris Whitney-Smith

Exhibits Chair, Phoenix Heritage Mineral Show - Les Presmyk

Curator, 2035 Centennial - Chris Whitney-Smith EMAIL



1935 - PRESENT


  1. 1935-1950 Arthur L. Flagg
  2. 1951 Milford (Ben) Benham
  3. 1951-1952 E. R. Blakey
  4. 1952-1954 Floyd Getsinger
  5. 1955-1956 Katherine (Katy) Trapnell
  6. 1957-1958 Bill Reed
  7. 1959 Moulton Smith
  8. 1960-1962 Fred Burr
  9. 1963 Harold Lamb
  10. 1964 Robert (Bob) Jones
  11. 1965 Bill Reed
  12. 1966-1967 Walter Peck
  13. 1968-1969 Cy Hartman
  14. 1970-1971 Leo Langland
  15. 1972-1973 Perry Stufflebeam
  16. 1974 Marion Sterner
  17. 1975 Bob Goodrich
  18. 1976-1977 Dr. Raymond W. Grant
  19. 1978 Marc Watson
  20. 1979-1982 Al Toberman
  21. 1983-1984 Alice Smith
  22. 1985 Jeffrey A. Scovil
  23. 1986 Joe McIntosh
  24. 1987-1988 Sarah Foster
  25. 1989-1990 Les Presmyk
  26. 1991 Jeffrey A. Scovil
  27. 1992-1993 Dr. Shirley Fiske
  28. 1994 Paul Flores
  29. 1995 Dr. Shirley Fiske
  30. 1996-1997 Gilbert Flores
  31. 1998-1999 Lois Splendoria
  32. 2000 Dr. Shirley Fiske
  33. 2001-2002 Tom Horton
  34. 2003-2004 Gilbert Flores
  35. 2005 Dr. Shirley Fiske
  36. 2006 Gilbert Flores
  37. 2007 Betty Deming
  38. 2008 Ed Nichols
  39. 2009 Lois Splendoria
  40. 2010-2011 Roger Deming
  41. 2012-2013 Dr. Raymond W. Grant
  42. 2014 - Present Chris Whitney-Smith


 

HALL OF FAME 

HONORING CONSPICUOUS SERVICE TO MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ARIZONA

2022 CHRIS WHITNEY-SMITH

2014 BETTY DEMING

2014 ROBERT (BOB) JONES

2014 DR. CARLETON B. MOORE

2014 GILBERT FLORES JR.

2014 JEFFREY A. SCOVIL

2014 LES PRESMYK

2014 LOIS SPLENDORIA

2014 LYNNE DYER

2014 DR. RAYMOND W. GRANT

2014 DR. SHIRLEY FISKE

2014 FLAGG MINERAL FOUNDATION



ROCKHOUND OF THE YEAR 

IN RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEERISM TO MSA AS VOTED BY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP

2013 Lois Splendoria

2014 Joseph Philpott Jr.

2015 Lynne Dyer

2016 Dr. Nathan Scholten

2017 Don Boushelle

2017 Maggie Lyons (Junior)

2018 Steve Kaminski

2018 David Tibbits (Junior)

2019 Bob Holm

2019 Wyatt Busby (Junior)

2020 Anna-Lena Seedhill

2020 Colton Kalina (Junior)

2021 Stan Celestian

2021 Elyse Campbell (Junior)

2022 Chris Whitney-Smith

2022 Hannah Brodhagen (Junior)

2023 Carlie Murphy

2023 Nathanael Brodhagen (Junior)

2024 Wendy Brodhagen

2024 Jesse Brodhagen (Junior)

2025 Bill Freese




AWARDED AFTER 25 YEARS

OF ACTIVE MSA MEMBERSHIP

*Mary Bishop

*Shirley Croegaert

Don Cross

*Betty Deming

Lynne Dyer

Terry Dyer

Dr. Shirley Fiske

*Richard Flagg

*Marjorie Flagg

Gilbert Flores Jr.

Paul Flores

*Robert Goodrich

*Nancy Goodrich

Cynthia Grant

Dr. Raymond W. Grant

Lee Herk

*Joanne Hesterman

*Robert (Bob) Jones

Dr. Jeff Langland

*Wilma Michel

*Lois Nelson

*Sarah Pavlik

Ed Posser

Les Presmyk

Bill Robertson

Judy Robertson

Jeffrey A. Scovil

Leslie Scovil

Lt. CMDR Gary Sonnenberg

Lois Splendoria

Les Wagner

Dave Bishop

*Walter Johnson

Catherine Johnson

* = Deceased




AWARDED BY BOARD OF GOVERNORS

AWARDED TO HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

AWARDED TO MSA PRESIDENTS

*2012 John Weber

*2013 John Houzenga

2013 Patti Polk

*2013 Hon. Rose Mofford

*2014 Dr. Carleton B. Moore

2014 Phil Richardson

2014 Ed Nichols

2015 Ron Ginn

2015 Chris Whitney-Smith

2015 Dana Slaughter

2016 Bob Holm

* = Deceased




PURCHASED BASED ON AGE

AND FEE CHART FOR ONETIME FEE

2013 Glenn Cook

*2013 Linda Cook

*2013 Alice Held

*2013 Gordon Miner

*2013 Marjorie Miner

*2013 John Rusinek

*2013 Terry Ullery

*2014 Richard Brundige

2014 Shirley Cote

2014 Doug Duffy

*2014 Theodore Kappel

*2014 Robert Lagodny

2014 Tony Occhiuzzi

2014 Dr. Alexander Schauss

2015 Bob Evans

*2015 Katy Mendelson

2015 Maria Nichols

*2015 Hon. Joe A. Ruiz

2015 Brian Schwenk

2015 Cody Schwenk

2015 Dr. Mike Williams

*2016 Gene Groves

*2016 Larae Groves

2016 Diane Lockwood

2016 Dr. Nathan Scholten

2016 Jim Simpson

2016 William W. Warren

2016 Dr. John Weide

*2016 Gary Weyandt

2016 Genie Howell

2016 Pierre Cantou

2017 John Tibbits

2017 Ron Witter

2017 Dr. Bob Blake

2017 Stacey Somero

*2017 Barb Schischa

2017 James Robb

2017 Cherie Robb

2017 Joe Philpott Sr.

2017 Dan Janko

2018 Ken Moffitt

2018 Michael Anderson

2018 Jack Kepper

2018 David Tibbits

2019 James Armstrong

2024 Wolfgang Mueller

* = Deceased


MINERAL SPECIES NAMED IN HONOR OF

MEMBERS OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ARIZONA

BOBJONESITE

(V4+O)(SO4) · 3H2O

North Mesa No. 5 Mine, Emery

County, Utah, USA.

Robert (Bob) Jones

@MINDAT 
Photo courtesy of RRUFF.info 

RAYGRANTITE

Pb10Zn(SO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2

Evening Star Mine, Maricopa

County, Arizona, USA.

Dr. Raymond W. Grant

@MINDAT
Photo courtesy of Hon. Joe A. Ruiz 

RUIZITE

Ca2Mn3+2[Si4O11(OH)2](OH)2 · 2H2O

Christmas Mine, Gila County,

Arizona, USA.

Hon. Joe A. Ruiz

@MINDAT
Photo courtesy of Mr. Harvey Jong 

RONGIBBSITE

Pb2(Si4Al)O11(OH)

Evening Star Mine, Maricopa

County, Arizona, USA.

Ronald B. Gibbs

@MINDAT
Photo courtesy of RRUFF.info 

FLAGGITE

Pb4Cu2+4Te6+2(SO4)2O11(OH)2(H2O)

Grand Central Mine, Tombstone,

Cochise County, Arizona, USA.

Arthur L. Flagg

@MINDAT

Photo courtesy of Mr. Ron Gibbs

CARLETONMOORITE

Ni3Si

Meteorite Fall,

Texas, USA.

Dr. Carlton B. Moore

@MINDAT

Photo courtesy of Dr. Chris Emproto

EVANICHITE

Pb6Cr3+(Cr6+O4)2(SO4)(OH)7FCl

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine,

Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, USA.

Daniel J. Evanich

Photo courtesy of RRUFF.info


HYDROXYMCGLASSONITE-(K)

KSr4Si8O20(OH) · 8H2O

Wessels Mine, Northern Cape,

South Africa.

James (Jim) McGlasson

@MINDAT

Photo courtesy of RRUFF.info

ABOUT MSA

Mineralogical Society of Arizona's purpose is to promote interest and education in Earth Science, and related fields.

  • Field Trips
  • Monthly Meetings
  • Shows, Symposiums and Events

CONTACTS

MSAClub1935@msaaz.org
PO Box 54307
Phoenix, AZ 85078

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