Harry T. “Bud” Holzman Jr. has experienced some real adventure in his life. A native Texan who grew up in California, Holzman left college to join the U.S. Marines in 1966 and later transferred to the Army to become a helicopter pilot, serving in Vietnam where he flew Huey helicopters and gunships. Holzman’s decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, two Purple Hearts, Bronze Star, 40 Air Medals, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and several others. He earned his Army Master Aviator Pilot Wings in 1976 and the Combat Action Badge in 2004. He left active duty in 1971 and joined the Texas National Guard.After graduating from Trinity University in 1974, he went to work for Geomap as a geologist and stayed with that company for the next 26 years, where he eventually became its president. He became an AAPG member in 1976. In 1978, he married Teresa, an A&M graduate. They have two daughters, Heather and Jessica. Heather graduated from Trinity University in 2010. She worked as a park ranger in Alaska and Big Bend and is now at the Yellowstone National Park. Jessica graduated from UTSA in 2013 and is a medical coding specialist at UT Health Center.Bud transferred from the Texas National Guard to the U.S. Army Reserves in 1976 in order to serve as a medical evacuation helicopter pilot in Houston. In 2000, Holzman was called to active duty, received special training and was deployed to Iraq in 2004. He also was assigned as the “Chief Analyst-Iraq Oil and Gas Infrastructure.”In that capacity Holzman authored numerous – mostly classified – papers on Iraq future reserves and exploration potential of the country. He also has worked with the Iraq Oil Ministry and government agencies to rebuild their infrastructure, and was involved in giving advice on several oil and gas articles of their constitution. He retired in 2008 from the Army after 41 years and works as a geological consultant in San Antonio, Texas.