The Donald L. Katz Award is named in honor of the highly esteemed Professor Emeritus of the University of Michigan.

It was initiated in 1985 to recognize outstanding accomplishments in midstream research and technology, or for excellence in engineering education. Dr. Katz has been closely associated with GPA Midstream and the natural gas and gas industry throughout his long and distinguished career. He and his students developed much of the classic data and many of the correlations essential to understanding the science and engineering of light hydrocarbon production and processing. He was the 1950 recipient of the GPA Midstream Hanlon Award, the first of some 21 major scientific honors and awards received during his career.

The award, symbolized by a wall plaque bearing an engraved likeness of Dr. Katz is conferred as deemed appropriate by GPA Midstream research leaders and the Awards Committee. It is presented at the GPA Midstream Convention.

GPA Midstream awarded its first Katz recipients in 1985. For recipients between 1985-90, contact GPA Midstream.

  • 2025

    Christophe Coquelet, IMT Mines Albi

  • 2024

    Karl Gerdes, PetroSkills

  • 2023

    Eric W. Lemmon, National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Mark O. McLinden, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • 2022

    Wolfgang Wagner, University of Bochum

  • 2021

    Carolyn Ann Koh, Colorado School of Mines

  • 2020

    Dr. Jürgen Gmehling, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

  • 2019

    Robert A. Hubbard, Petroskills/John M. Campbell

    D. John Morgan, Petroskills/John M. Campbell

    Dr. Larry Lilly, Larry Lilly Consulting

  • 2018

    Dr. James C. Holste, Texas A&M University

  • 2017

    Dr. Kraemer Luks, University of Tulsa

  • 2016

    Dr. David F. Bergman (posthumous)