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Distinguished Career Award
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| Nomination DEADLINE: 1 April
The following text establishing the Distinguished Career Award was approved “The Distinguished Career Award will be open to all Quaternary geologists and geomorphologists who have demonstrated excellence in their contributions to science. The winner need not be a member of The Geological Society of America or the QG&G Division. This award would be given annually when deemed appropriate by the Division Management Board upon recommendation of the members of the Award Committee. The award will consist of a plaque inscribed with the name of the winner, the name of the award, and the name of the Division. The award will be presented at the annual Awards Ceremony of the QG&G Division.” |
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How to nominate someone for the Distinguished Career Award.
“The nominator should assemble the following for the candidate: (1) a brief biographical sketch, which may be photocopied from American Men and Women of Science, (2) a statement of no more than 200 words describing the candidate's scientific contributions to Quaternary geology and geomorphology, and (3) a selected bibliography of no more than 20 titles. [At least four letters from colleagues supporting the nomination should also be included.] The names of unsuccessful candidates proposed for this award will remain open to consideration without renomination for three years. Further consideration after this period will require renomination. Nominations for the award will be accepted at any time during the year.” Please note: Nomination packages (preferably as PDF attached to email) are to be submitted electronically. Paper submissions of nomination packages will be accepted ONLY by permission of the QG&G Division Officer who handles the award. Nomination packages for the DCA should be sent to the Division Secretary. |
The Selection Committee for the Distinguished Career Award consists of the Management Board and the Division Panel. The Secretary is the de facto chair of the Selection Committee because he or she handles all correspondence related to selection of the winner. Each committee member ranks the nominees and the Secretary compiles the rankings and determines the winner of the award. The Secretary asks the nominator to be the citationist at the Awards Ceremony (or to find another citationist). The First Vice Chair oversees preparation of the Distinguished Career Award, which consists of an engraved bronze plate bearing the name of the winner and the date of the award, and a bronze emblem of The Geological Society of America. The bronze plate and emblem are attached to a momento of special significance to the award winner. The winner of the Distinguished Career Award does not present a special lecture at an Annual Meeting technical session, as do the winners of some of the other awards. |
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Recipients of the Distinguished Career Award
Year: Recipient (Citationist(s)) 1986 Richard P. Goldthwait ( D.M. Mickelson ) 1987 Aleksis Dreimanis ( S.R. Hickock, P.F.Karrow) 1988 A. Lincoln Washburn ( S.C. Porter) 1989 Clyde Wahrhaftig ( R. Janda) 1990 John T. Hack ( M.G. Wolman) 1991 Luna Leopold ( M.G. Wolman) 1992 Herbert E. Wright, Jr. ( A.F. Schneider) 1993 Victor K. Prest ( D.A. St. Onge) 1994 William C. Bradley ( J. Andrews, P. Birkeland, N. Caine, J. Pitlick) 1995 David M. Hopkins ( J. Brigham Grette) 1996 Robert P. Sharp ( A. Gillespie, D. Easterbrook) 1997 Stanley A. Schumm (E. Wohl) 1998 Dale F. Ritter (J. Miller) 1999 Troy Péwé (J. Westgate, R. Updike) 2000 Peter W. Birkeland (Don J. Easterbrook) 2001 Award not given (no nominations received) 2002 William B. Bull (Les McFadden & Peter Knuepfer) 2003 Nat Rutter (Peter Brobrowsky) 2004 Derek C. Ford & William B. White (Russell Harmon) 2005 Stephen C. Porter (Alan Gillespie) 2006 John W. Hawley (Marith Reheis) 2007 John Andrews (Giff Miller, P. Thompson Davis, Peter Clark) 2008 Rich Madole (Janet Slate) |
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