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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


2007Robert 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

2006Mario 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

2005Patricia Allen, Boone, NC

George Amann, Rhinebeck, NY

David Maloney, Fort Wayne, IN

Robert H. Romer, Amherst, MA


2004Lila Adair, Monroe, GA
Jennifer Hickman, Boston, MA
Ruth Howes, Milwaukee, WI
James Watson, Muncie, IN
Nancy Watson, Muncie, IN

2003Patrick Callahan, Center Valley, PA
Wolfgang Christian, Davidson, NC
Alexander Dickison, Sanford, FL
Larry Martin, Chicago, IL (posthumously)
Richard C. Smith, Pensacola, FL

2002Joseph Drenchko, Syracuse, NY
John Fitzgibbons, Cazenovia, NY
C. Harry Knowles, Blackwood, NJ
David Ohlde, Pratt, KS
William Ploughe, Columbus, OH

2001Clarence 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

2000Ann Brandon, Chicago Heights, IL
William Franklin, Waco, TX
Sandra Harpole, Mississippi State, MS
Mary Mogge, Pomona, CA
Gerald Taylor, Harrisonburg, VA

1999Lisa Grable, Raleigh, NC
Robert Hilborn, Amherst, MA
Marsha Hobbs, Jackson, MS
H. Tom Hudson, San Antonio, TX
Gerard Lietz, Chicago, IL

1998Ralph 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

1997Clifton Bob Clark
J. David Gavenda
Betty Preece
David Sokoloff
Beverly A.P. Taylor

1996Gordon Aubrecht II
Mary Fehrs
Philip Johnson (posthumously)
Thomas Rossing
Robert F. Sears, Jr.

1995Charles Lang
Charles Robertson
James H. Stith
Jack M. Wilson

1994J. Richard Christman
Curtis J. Hieggelke
Thomas L. O'Kuma
Carol-ann Tripp
Demetrius D. Venable

1993Roland K. Thorton
James Cederberg
Carole A. Escobar
Judy R. Franz
Marvin L. Nelson
Frank C. Peterson

1992Lawrence J. Badar
Robert Beck Clark
W. Edward Gettys
Priscilla W. Laws
Richard W. Peterson
John S. Risley

1991Lee E. Larson
Milton M. Slawsky
Zaka I. Slawsky
Yvette A. Van Hise

1990John L. Hubisz
Karen L. Johnston
Philip C. Peters
Roger H. Stuewer
Howard G. Voss

1989John A. Davis
Arthur Eisenkraft
John S. Rigden
John R. Taylor
Sallie Watkins

1988Donna A. Berry
Delma Rae Carpenter, Jr.
Richard Bryant Minnix
Joe Pizzo
Robert F. Tinker

1987Richard A. Bartels
Marvin L. DeJong
Douglas R. Fox
Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.
Robert F. Neff
James H. Nelson

1986Ronald D. Edge
Robert G. Fuller
Russell K. Hobbie
Barbara Lotze
Betty Windham
Dean A. Zollman

1985Bruce G. Eaton
Roderick Grant, Jr.
Tim Ingoldsby
William H. Kelly
Katherine Mays

1984Carl O. Clark
Roland A. Hultsch
Julius Sumner Miller
Virginia Rawlings
John H. Sathoff
Cecil G. Shugart

1983Reuben E. Alley
Ronald R. Bergsten
George D. Freier
John Brayman Johnston

1982Lester I. Bockstahler
James B. Gerhart
Larry D. Kirkpatrick
Thomas J. Parmley

1981Jean H. Brattin
John Cameron
Donald F. Kirwan
Lillian C. McDermott
Herbert D. Peckham
Jearl D. Walker
Jack Willis

1980Janet Guernsey
Earl R. Pinkston
Roderick D. Riggs
Gerald F. Wheeler
Earl Zwicker

1979Albert V. Baez
Peggy A. Dixon
Lester Hirsch
J.N. Patterson Hume
Donald G. Ivey
Carl Spight
Edwin F. Taylor
Fletcher G. Watson

1978Harold Q Fuller
Simon George
Newell S. Gingrich
John W. Layman
Maria B. Penny

1977Monica E. Bainter
Alfred M. Bork
Ernest Coleman
Walter C. Connolly
Homer L. Dodge
Haym Kruglak
Joe P. Meyer

1976Walter Eppenstein
Kenneth W. Ford
Anthony P. French
Wallace A. Hilton
Melburn R. Mayfield
Betty L. Pollack
Frederick Reif
Julius H. Taylor

1975Bill G. Aldridge
Stanley S. Ballard
Phillip R. Brieske
Wilbur V. Johnson
Walter E. Massey
Lester G. Paldy

1974Irving E. Dayton
Halson V. Eagleson
Ronald Geballe
John M. Hunter
Robert N. Little
Buel C. Robinson
David B. Scott
Charles Weiner

1973Forrest Boley
F.E. Christensen
Guy Forman
Clifford E. Swartz

1972Robert Karplus
Morris R. Lerner
Frank Oppenheimer
Gerald Piel

1971Harold A. Daw
Herbert H. Gottlieb
Mario Iona
Arthur W. Luehrmann
F. James Rutherford
Matthew Sands

1970Earl G. Albert
Albert A. Barlett
E. Leonard Jossem
Ralph W. Lefler
J. Irvin Swigart
Elizabeth A. Wood

1969John H. Dodge
Bailey L. Donnally
Russell B. Hastings
Guenter Schwartz
J. Robert L. Sells
Arnold A. Strassenburg

1968S. Winston Cram
H. Richard Crane
Robert W. Detenbeck
James H. Werntz, Jr.

1967Paul M. Higgs
Harry F. Meiners
Vincent E. Parker
Robert Resnick

1966Abram Bader
Peter E. Fossum
Harald C. Jensen
James N. Mount
Ralph P. Winch
Benjamin F. Wissler
Karl S. Woodcock

1965William C. Elmore
Frank Verbrugge
Louis R. Weber

1964Arnold B. Arons
Malcolm Correll
R.I. Hulsizer, Jr.
Alfred Romer

1963C. Luther Andrews
Kenneth E. Davis
R. Bruce Lindsay
Melba N. Phillips

1962Donald S. Ainslie
Sanborn C. Brown
Gerald J. Holton
Thomas D. Miner
H. Victor Heher

1961Thomas B. Brown
Walter C. Michels
Eric B. Rodgers
Yale K. Roots

1960Harold K. Schilling
Ralph P. Winch

1959William C. Kelly
James D. Potter

1958Paul E. Klopsteg
E.C. Watson

1957Elmer Hutchison
M.N. States

1956Henry R. Barton
Raymond J. Seeger

1955William S. Webb
Mark W. Zemansky

1954Thomas D. Cope
Paul Kirkpatrick
Clarence J. Overbeck
M.H. Trytten

1953H.K. Hughes
Edwin C. Kemble
K. Lark-Horovitz
Thomas H. Osgood
R. Ronald Palmer
Marsh W. White


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