Wilson Award for Outstanding Service

In pursuit of its mission of disseminating knowledge and seeking new knowledge, the College promotes excellence in academic and professional activities on the part of students and faculty, staff and administration. A faculty award for excellence in service in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences honors exceptional achievement and expresses the gratitude and appreciation of the College for their achievements.

The award is given in recognition of meritorious service represented by a single contribution or a series of contributions around a coherent theme. The contribution may represent application of knowledge in the creation of an activity or service useful to society.

The award, provided from the Matthew and Anne C. Wilson Fund, consists of a bronze medallion in a cherry display case and a monetary award. A committee appointed by the Dean will review nominations.

Criteria and Eligibility

Members of the College faculty, as defined by the College Constitution are eligible.

The achievement for which the candidate is to be honored shall have occurred or culminated during the five years preceding the nomination for the award.

Nomination Procedure

Annually in February, the Dean will invite nominations from department heads in all units of the College. Suitable, but brief, biographical data must accompany each nomination. Of primary importance is a detailed description of the achievement itself together with documented evidence that substantiates the claim of commitment to excellence in service. Nominations received by the deadline will be assigned to the review committee. The committee will review the nomination materials, obtain additional information, if needed, and then make one of the following recommendations to the Dean:

  • Two or three names in priority-ranked order.
  • No award if suitable candidates are not available, in the judgement of the committee.
Awards Ceremony

The award will be presented annually during the Wilson Awards Banquet held each spring.

Previous Recipients of the Wilson Award for Oustanding Service

The following EMS faculty members have received the Wilson Award for Outstanding Service and are ineligible to receive it again.

1999
 Turgay Ertekin
2000
 C. Gregory Knight and Peter T. Luckie
2001
 Lakshman Yapa
2002
 Richard E. Tressler
2003
 Rudy L. Slingerland and Johannes Verlinde
2004
 Peter Deines and Alan W. Scaroni
2005
 Michael A. Arthur, Christopher Bise, and William H. Peterson
2006
 Richard R. Parizek and Dennis W. Thomson
2007
 Susan L. Brantley
2008
 Carlo G. Pantano