Distinguished Service Citations These citations are presented to persons in recognition of their exceptional contributions (e.g., committee, section, or editorial work) to physics teaching. Typically, four to six individuals are recognized each year. A plaque is awarded annually at the AAPT Winter Meeting.
Established in 1953. Award Winners | 2007 | Robert Beichner, North Carolina State University | | Paul Stokstad, PASCO scientific | Christine and David Vernier, Vernier Software | | John Mallinckrodt, California State Polytechnic University | | Deborah Rice, Kirkwood High School, St. Louis, MO |
| | 2006 | Mario Belloni, Davidson, NC | Andria Erzberger, Oakland, CA | Steven Iona, Denver, CO | | Zigmund Peacock, Salt Lake City, UT | | Gregory Puskar, Morgantown, WV | | Frieda Stahl, Pasadena, CA |
| | 2005 | Patricia Allen, Boone, NC | George Amann, Rhinebeck, NY | David Maloney, Fort Wayne, IN | Robert H. Romer, Amherst, MA |
| | 2004 | Lila Adair, Monroe, GA | | Jennifer Hickman, Boston, MA | | Ruth Howes, Milwaukee, WI | | James Watson, Muncie, IN | | Nancy Watson, Muncie, IN |
| | 2003 | Patrick Callahan, Center Valley, PA | | Wolfgang Christian, Davidson, NC | | Alexander Dickison, Sanford, FL | | Larry Martin, Chicago, IL (posthumously) | | Richard C. Smith, Pensacola, FL |
| | 2002 | Joseph Drenchko, Syracuse, NY | | John Fitzgibbons, Cazenovia, NY | | C. Harry Knowles, Blackwood, NJ | | David Ohlde, Pratt, KS | | William Ploughe, Columbus, OH |
| | 2001 | Clarence A. Bakken, Palo Alto, CA | | Richard E. Berg, College Park, MD | | Jack G. Hehn, College Park, MD | | Evelyn T. Patterson, Colorado Springs, CO | | Richard J. Reimann, Boise, ID |
| | 2000 | Ann Brandon, Chicago Heights, IL | | William Franklin, Waco, TX | | Sandra Harpole, Mississippi State, MS | | Mary Mogge, Pomona, CA | | Gerald Taylor, Harrisonburg, VA |
| | 1999 | Lisa Grable, Raleigh, NC | | Robert Hilborn, Amherst, MA | | Marsha Hobbs, Jackson, MS | | H. Tom Hudson, San Antonio, TX | | Gerard Lietz, Chicago, IL |
| | 1998 | Ralph Baierlein, Middletown, CT | | Paul D. Lane, St. Paul, MN | | Harold Lefcourt, Rockaway, NJ | | Mary Beth Monroe, Uvalde, TX | | Dwight E. Neuenschwander, Bethany, OK | | Joe H. Pifer, Piscataway, NJ |
| | 1997 | Clifton Bob Clark | | J. David Gavenda | | Betty Preece | | David Sokoloff | | Beverly A.P. Taylor |
| | 1996 | Gordon Aubrecht II | | Mary Fehrs | | Philip Johnson (posthumously) | | Thomas Rossing | | Robert F. Sears, Jr. |
| | 1995 | Charles Lang | | Charles Robertson | | James H. Stith | | Jack M. Wilson |
| | 1994 | J. Richard Christman | | Curtis J. Hieggelke | | Thomas L. O'Kuma | | Carol-ann Tripp | | Demetrius D. Venable |
| | 1993 | Roland K. Thorton | | James Cederberg | | Carole A. Escobar | | Judy R. Franz | | Marvin L. Nelson | | Frank C. Peterson |
| | 1992 | Lawrence J. Badar | | Robert Beck Clark | | W. Edward Gettys | | Priscilla W. Laws | | Richard W. Peterson | | John S. Risley |
| | 1991 | Lee E. Larson | | Milton M. Slawsky | | Zaka I. Slawsky | | Yvette A. Van Hise |
| | 1990 | John L. Hubisz | | Karen L. Johnston | | Philip C. Peters | | Roger H. Stuewer | | Howard G. Voss |
| | 1989 | John A. Davis | | Arthur Eisenkraft | | John S. Rigden | | John R. Taylor | | Sallie Watkins |
| | 1988 | Donna A. Berry | | Delma Rae Carpenter, Jr. | | Richard Bryant Minnix | | Joe Pizzo | | Robert F. Tinker |
| | 1987 | Richard A. Bartels | | Marvin L. DeJong | | Douglas R. Fox | | Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. | | Robert F. Neff | | James H. Nelson |
| | 1986 | Ronald D. Edge | | Robert G. Fuller | | Russell K. Hobbie | | Barbara Lotze | | Betty Windham | | Dean A. Zollman |
| | 1985 | Bruce G. Eaton | | Roderick Grant, Jr. | | Tim Ingoldsby | | William H. Kelly | | Katherine Mays |
| | 1984 | Carl O. Clark | | Roland A. Hultsch | | Julius Sumner Miller | | Virginia Rawlings | | John H. Sathoff | | Cecil G. Shugart |
| | 1983 | Reuben E. Alley | | Ronald R. Bergsten | | George D. Freier | | John Brayman Johnston |
| | 1982 | Lester I. Bockstahler | | James B. Gerhart | | Larry D. Kirkpatrick | | Thomas J. Parmley |
| | 1981 | Jean H. Brattin | | John Cameron | | Donald F. Kirwan | | Lillian C. McDermott | | Herbert D. Peckham | | Jearl D. Walker | | Jack Willis |
| | 1980 | Janet Guernsey | | Earl R. Pinkston | | Roderick D. Riggs | | Gerald F. Wheeler | | Earl Zwicker |
| | 1979 | Albert V. Baez | | Peggy A. Dixon | | Lester Hirsch | | J.N. Patterson Hume | | Donald G. Ivey | | Carl Spight | | Edwin F. Taylor | | Fletcher G. Watson |
| | 1978 | Harold Q Fuller | | Simon George | | Newell S. Gingrich | | John W. Layman | | Maria B. Penny |
| | 1977 | Monica E. Bainter | | Alfred M. Bork | | Ernest Coleman | | Walter C. Connolly | | Homer L. Dodge | | Haym Kruglak | | Joe P. Meyer |
| | 1976 | Walter Eppenstein | | Kenneth W. Ford | | Anthony P. French | | Wallace A. Hilton | | Melburn R. Mayfield | | Betty L. Pollack | | Frederick Reif | | Julius H. Taylor |
| | 1975 | Bill G. Aldridge | | Stanley S. Ballard | | Phillip R. Brieske | | Wilbur V. Johnson | | Walter E. Massey | | Lester G. Paldy |
| | 1974 | Irving E. Dayton | | Halson V. Eagleson | | Ronald Geballe | | John M. Hunter | | Robert N. Little | | Buel C. Robinson | | David B. Scott | | Charles Weiner |
| | 1973 | Forrest Boley | | F.E. Christensen | | Guy Forman | | Clifford E. Swartz |
| | 1972 | Robert Karplus | | Morris R. Lerner | | Frank Oppenheimer | | Gerald Piel |
| | 1971 | Harold A. Daw | | Herbert H. Gottlieb | | Mario Iona | | Arthur W. Luehrmann | | F. James Rutherford | | Matthew Sands |
| | 1970 | Earl G. Albert | | Albert A. Barlett | | E. Leonard Jossem | | Ralph W. Lefler | | J. Irvin Swigart | | Elizabeth A. Wood |
| | 1969 | John H. Dodge | | Bailey L. Donnally | | Russell B. Hastings | | Guenter Schwartz | | J. Robert L. Sells | | Arnold A. Strassenburg |
| | 1968 | S. Winston Cram | | H. Richard Crane | | Robert W. Detenbeck | | James H. Werntz, Jr. |
| | 1967 | Paul M. Higgs | | Harry F. Meiners | | Vincent E. Parker | | Robert Resnick |
| | 1966 | Abram Bader | | Peter E. Fossum | | Harald C. Jensen | | James N. Mount | | Ralph P. Winch | | Benjamin F. Wissler | | Karl S. Woodcock |
| | 1965 | William C. Elmore | | Frank Verbrugge | | Louis R. Weber |
| | 1964 | Arnold B. Arons | | Malcolm Correll | | R.I. Hulsizer, Jr. | | Alfred Romer |
| | 1963 | C. Luther Andrews | | Kenneth E. Davis | | R. Bruce Lindsay | | Melba N. Phillips |
| | 1962 | Donald S. Ainslie | | Sanborn C. Brown | | Gerald J. Holton | | Thomas D. Miner | | H. Victor Heher |
| | 1961 | Thomas B. Brown | | Walter C. Michels | | Eric B. Rodgers | | Yale K. Roots |
| | 1960 | Harold K. Schilling | | Ralph P. Winch |
| | 1959 | William C. Kelly | | James D. Potter |
| | 1958 | Paul E. Klopsteg | | E.C. Watson |
| | 1957 | Elmer Hutchison | | M.N. States |
| | 1956 | Henry R. Barton | | Raymond J. Seeger |
| | 1955 | William S. Webb | | Mark W. Zemansky |
| | 1954 | Thomas D. Cope | | Paul Kirkpatrick | | Clarence J. Overbeck | | M.H. Trytten |
| | 1953 | H.K. Hughes | | Edwin C. Kemble | | K. Lark-Horovitz | | Thomas H. Osgood | | R. Ronald Palmer | | Marsh W. White |
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