The Distinguished Service to the SSA Award
The Distinguished Service to SSA Award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the work of the Society. This award is presented at the annual meeting following the year of the award.
Call for Nominations
Nomination Procedure
This award may be given to any person. Any member of SSA may nominate a candidate for this award. Nomination letters must be submitted to the Secretary of the Society on or before 15 February of each year. Please note that the principal nominator should integrate the nomination letters and send ONE nomination package to ensure that all letters of endorsement reach the decision makers on time. Questions may be directed to Brian Tucker, chair of the Honors Committee <tucker [at] geohaz [dot] org>.
Nominations for all SSA awards are solicited from the members to be sent to the SSA Secretary, by the due date of 15 February. Electronic submissions should be e-mailed in .TXT, .PDF or .DOC files to <awards [at] seismosoc.org>. While electronic submissions are encouraged, hard copies may be mailed to:
Secretary, Seismological Society of America
c/o Susan Newman
201 Plaza Professional Building
El Cerrito, California 94530
Fax: +1-510-525-7204
The Distinguished Service to the SSA Award Recipients
2006: Wilbur (Bill) Rinehart
Bill
Rinehart was selected by the Board at the 2006 Annual Meeting to receive the
award for Distinguished Service to the SSA, in thanks for his extraordinary
efforts to document and preserve the Society's history during our Centennial
Year. Bill will be honored at the luncheon of the 2007 Annual Meeting.
2003: John Ebel
John Ebel was selected by the Board at the 2003 Annual Meeting
to be the first recipient of the Distinguished Service to the SSA Award, in
thanks for his long and capable editorship of SRL from 1995, when the society
took over publication of the journal, until the end of 2001. John was honored
at the Luncheon of the 2004 Annual Meeting.