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Distinguished Service Citations

Established in 1953, the Distinguished Service Citations are presented to members in recognition of their exceptional contributions (e.g., committee, section, or editorial work) to physics teaching. As of the Winter 2008 Meeting, four to six individuals are recognized at the Summer and Winter Meeting with a plaque.

Nomination Form

Award Winners

Winter 2009

  • Paul Hickman, science education consultant, Andover, MA
  • Charles Holbrow, Dana Professor of Physics Emeritus at Colgate University and Adjunct Professor at MIT,Boston, MA
  • Bob Shurtz, Hawken School, Solom, OH
  • Gary White, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD
  • Courtney Willis, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Summer 2008

  • Dean Baird, Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, CA
  • Anne Cox, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
  • Karen Jo Matsler, Education, Assessment, and Training, Inc. and Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX
  • Harry Manos, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
  • Steve Shropshire, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
  • Richard Zitto, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

Winter 2008

  • Dewey Dykstra, Boise State University
  • Andrew Jackson Graham, Jr., Appalachian State University, deceased, March 2008
  • Tom Senior, New Trier High School, Illinois
  • Chuck Stone, Colorado School of Mines
  • Barbara Wolf and Jonathan Reichert, TeachSpin
  • Mike Wolter, Muncie Indiana Community Schools, deceased, September 2007

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

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