Awarded in odd-numbered years

Deadline: EXTENDED TO April 15, 2011

The ACSP Distinguished Educator Award is presented in appreciation of service and contribution to the field of planning. The awardee is selected from candidates who are nominated by ACSP members. Nominations must come from chairs or members of the faculty of ACSP member schools. The nominations should include the following: CV and nomination letter from the nominator(s) responding to the specified criteria with supporting letters from at least two persons not within the candidate's own institution. Members of the ACSP Distinguished Award Committee will then rank these nominees.

The criteria for nominations to the ACSP Distinguished Educator Award are:

• Scholarly Contributions: Publications and presentations, seminal work, research grants, etc.
• Teaching Excellence: Awards, teaching evaluations, reference of colleagues, and student community, etc.
• Service: Ranging over twenty years or more; contributions to APA, AICP, and ACSP, state chapters of APA, and other professional and academic organizations; role in local, state, federal commissions and agencies as policy advisors; contributions to one's university.
• Significant Contributions: Contributions that have made a significant difference to planning education and/or practice.

Deadline for applications: Send electronically to the chair by April 15, 2011.

For further information contact the committee chair:

Daphne Spain,
James M. Page Professor and Chair
Department of Urban and Environmental Planning
Campbell Hall, PO Box 400122
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4122
434-924-643
434-982-2678 (F)
spain@virginia.edu

Distinguished Educator Award Committee Roster

Daphne Spain, Chair
2008-09
Department of Urban and Environmental Planning
Campbell Hall
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400122
Charlottesville VA 22904-4122
434-924-6430
434-982-2678 (F)
spain@virginia.edu

Lawrence E. Susskind
2008-09
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
9-332
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
617-253-2026
434-982-2678 (F)
susskind@MIT.EDU

Martin Wachs
2008-2011
RAND Corporation
P.O. Box 2138
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138
310-393-0411 ext. 7720
Martin_Wachs@rand.org

Lewis D. Hopkins, UIUC
2008-2013 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts
Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Room 111, Temple Buell Hall
611 Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-3890
217-244-1717 (F)
l-hopkins@illinois.edu