Distinguished Service Citations
Established in 1953
Distinguished Service Citations are presented to AAPT members in recognition of their exceptional contributions to AAPT at the national, sectional or local level. A few individuals may be recognized at each Summer and each Winter Meeting with an Award Certificate and a copy of the citation. Self-nomination is not appropriate for this award.
Nomination Form
Award Winners
Listed below are previous recipients of Distinguished Service Citations, which were most recently given out at each meeting (denoted by Winter or Summer of that year)
Summer 2011
- Andrew C. Isola, Allegan High School, Allegan, Michigan
- Todd Leif, Cloud County Community College, Concordia, Kansas
- John L. Roeder, The Calhoun School, New York City, NY
- R Steven Turley, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Winter 2011
- Dwain M. Desbien, Estrella Mountain Community College
- Jane Bray Nelson, Santa Fe College
- Gordon Ramsey, Loyola University
- Sam Sampere, Syracuse University
Summer 2010
- Chris Chiaverina, New Trier High School
- Harvey Leff, Cal Poly State University
- Sanjay Rebello, Kansas State University
Winter 2010
- Karen Williams, East Central University
- Patrick Whippey, The University of Western Ontario
- Beverly T. Cannon, Highland Park High School
Summer 2009
- Alan Gibson, Connect2Science
- David Maiullo, Rutgers, The State University of new Jersey
- Bruce Mason, University of Oklahoma
- Mary Winn, Hillsborough County FL Schools
- Mel Steinberg, Smith College (posthumously)
- 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
- 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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