Public Integrity Award
This award acknowledges an organization that has made outstanding contributions to responsible conduct in public service. The award will be presented to an organization that:

• Represents any domain of public service, local, state, national, international, or nonprofit.
• Presents evidence of accomplishing, or causing to accomplish, significant programs or projects benefiting the general public

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Dwight Waldo Award
Presented to persons who have made outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended career. To be eligible the nominee must have had at least one article published in Public Administration Review and a minimum of 25 years of active scholarship that has furthered the discipline of public administration. The name and career summary of the Waldo Award winner will be published in Public Administration Review.

Dwight Waldo Biography
Born in 1913 in DeWitt, Nebraska, Waldo earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska State Teachers' College, his master's from the University of Nebraska, and his doctorate from Yale. He taught for 21 years at the University of California (Berkeley) before joining the Syracuse University faculty in 1967. Waldo was one of the superstars of public administration. He served for many years as editor-in-chief of Public Administration Review, was president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration and was widely respected as an author, consultant, and scholar.

For an in-depth discussion of Dr. Waldo's scholarly work, look at two articles in PAR (May/June 1997, Vol 57, No 3., and June/July 1997, Vol 57, No 4.) entitled "Bureaucracy and Democracy: Essays in Honor of Dwight Waldo" and "Modern Comparative Administration: Essays in Honor of Dwight Waldo," both by H. George Fredrickson and Frank Marini. A third article from this series was printed in the June 1997 issue of JPART.

James E. Webb Award
This award is presented to the person(s) who gave the most outstanding paper at ASPA's National Conference.

James E. Webb Biography
James E. Webb had an illustrious federal government career, serving as Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, as an Under Secretary of State and as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Under his direction NASA undertook one of the most impressive projects in history, the goal of landing an American on the Moon before the end of the decade through the execution of Project Apollo.

Webb received an A.B. degree in Education in 1928 from the University of North Carolina. He also studied law at George Washington University and was admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia in 1936.

As an ASPA National Council member, Webb played an instrumental role in the Society's decision to move its headquarters from Chicago to Washington, DC in 1964 by arranging for ASPA to purchase a small row house as its office. He later served as ASPA's President from 1966 to 1967. While President, Webb led the efforts that resulted in the creation of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

For more information about Webb see the 1995 biography published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, issued in the "New Series in NASA History." Written by W. Henry Lambright of Syracuse University, Powering Apollo: James E. Webb of NASA, emphasizes the leadership style and method of management Webb brought to complex organizational issues.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice Award
Presented to individuals and organizations which have made outstanding contributions to a more equal society. Up to four awards may be presented to individuals and organizations representing the following categories: federal, state, or local government units, educational institutions, non-profit institutions, private sector organizations.

A narrative, not exceeding five pages in length, will provide the basis for the nomination. Emphasis will be on achievement and results, not simply effort. The following will also apply: complexity of the problems addressed and organizations directed; severity of the problems addressed; use of original/innovative/ effective approaches; impact of contributions; contributions to the attainment of the goals of ASPA's EO/AA national policy positions.

Marshall E. Dimock Award
This award is presented for the best lead article in Public Administration Review during a volume year.

Louis Brownlow Award
This award is presented for the best Public Administration Review article written by a practitioner.

Laverne Burchfield Award
The writer of the best book review or TOPS article in Public Administration Review is honored with this award.

Laverne Burchfield Biography
Burchfield (1900-1981) was managing editor of Public Administration Review from 1943 to 1958. She served as ASPA's secretary/treasurer in its formative years and wrote the proposal that funded the Society's first executive director position. Prior to her ASPA involvement, she was assistant editor of Social Science Abstracts, a staff member of the Social and Economic Research Division of the Tennessee Valley Authority, editor of the reports of the President's Committee on Administrative Management (Brownlow Committee), research associate of Public Administration Service and assistant to the director of the Rural Education Project at the University of Chicago.

After leaving ASPA, she returned to the Public Administration Service as director of publications and retired in 1965. Born on a farm near Holland, OH, Burchfield earned her bachelor's degree and her Ph.D. degree in political science at the University of Michigan.

William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award
This award is presented for the best Public Administration Review article written by an academician.

Chapter/Section Newsletter
These awards are given annually to recognize newsletters as a vital means of communication and a valuable service offered to chapter and section members. All chapters and sections are eligible. Chapters and sections wishing to be considered must submit three issues of their newsletters which were published between October 1, 2007 and July 31, 2008. The chapters and sections will be placed into categories by membership size and judged accordingly.

Oveta Culp Hobby Training Awards
These awards recognize chapters and sections which provide professional development to members through planned activities. All chapter and section programs presented during the past year are eligible. Nominations should explain how the programs meet the following criteria:

• Is the program offered to ASPA members and transferable to other organizations?
• Is the program a vehicle for ensuring ethical practices in government?
• Does the program identify new topics and target audiences?
• Does the program promote knowledge and skills to be a creative, ethical, and responsible public manager?
• Does the program identify beliefs and practices to excel in the public service?

Oveta Culp Hobby Biography
Throughout her professional career, Oveta Culp Hobby held leadership positions, shaped major institutions and influenced large numbers of people. At 21, Hobby became an expert in the intricacies of parliamentary law, serving as parliamentarian for the Texas House of Representatives and composing a widely-read textbook on parliamentary law, Mr. Chairman, in 1937. She also rose through the ranks to become manager of the Houston Post, one of the nation's major newspapers.

In 1941, Hobby accepted a $1-a-year position as Director of the Women's Interest Section of the War Department. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall instructed her to organize a military unit for women. In 1942 Congress authorized the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAACS, later become the Women's Army Corps, WACS). Hobby became America's first woman Colonel. Her leadership and organizational skills were challenged by recruiting, organizing and training women in a military environment as often hostile as helpful. When she retired in 1945, she had commanded 100,000 women at more that 200 posts and in every theater of wartime operations.

After the war, Hobby returned to the Post, serving as co-editor. From 1952-1955 she played another pioneering role in government as the first Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. She was the only woman to serve in the Cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Donald C. Stone Service to ASPA
The Stone Award pays tribute to ASPA members who have contributed outstanding services to the Society. Any individual currently an ASPA member and who has been an ASPA member for three consecutive years is eligible for consideration. Current or former ASPA presidents, the current president-elect and the vice president are not eligible. Letters of nomination may be submitted by any current ASPA member on behalf of another member and should include a brief narrative of the nominee's services to ASPA. The award will be based on outstanding service as a member or former member of the National Council; major contributions to the success of national committees; excellence in the leadership of chapters and sections; outstanding contributions to the planning and conduct of national or regional conferences; sustained effort to enhance the image of the profession through ASPA; other distinguished service to ASPA.

Presidential Citation of Merit
The Presidential Citation of Merit recognizes the most effective activities by a chapter or section directed toward improved public perception of the public service and advocacy on behalf of public service. This award winner is chosen by the president, and no formal nomination is necessary.

The National Public Service Awards
ASPA and the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) have established the National Public Service Awards (NPSA) program to pay tribute to public service practitioners, to provide recognition for outstanding individuals, and to underscore the need to have creative and highly skilled individuals as career managers of complex and demanding government functions. There is a separate nomination procedure for these awards.

• Click here for more detailed information on the National Public Service Awards.
• Get details about the 2004 winners.
• View the NPSA Committee Members here.

A brochure with complete nomination information is available by contacting ASPA. Contact Patricia Yearwood at the ASPA office (202) 585-4309 for full information.

Charles H. Levine Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Administration
This award, presented by ASPA and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), recognizes a public administration faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in three major areas of the field of teaching, research and service to the wider community. Nominations must include a current curriculum vita of the nominee and a one-page statement on each of the following three criteria:

Research: The nominee should have publications in the public administration field which have made an impact on the field. The publications may include books, refereed journal articles, research notes, monographs, or book chapters.

Teaching: The nominee should have a demonstrated record of outstanding teaching. Teaching evaluations, awards and accomplishments of students may be submitted as evidence of teaching ability.

Community and Public Service: Service and contribution to the public sector or non-profit sector is an important factor in the award. Such activity may include service on boards and commissions, government service and service to professional organizations.

Charles H. Levine Biography
A native of Hartford, CT, Charles Levine graduated from the University of Connecticut. He received master's degrees in both public administration and business administration from Indiana University, where he also earned a doctoral degree in political science. When he passed away in 1988, he was a professor of public administration at American University and deputy director of the National Commission on the Public Service.

Levine, whose major contributions were in the areas of "cutback" management and federal civil service reforms, began his teaching career at Michigan State University in the late 1960s. He later taught at Syracuse and Cornell universities before joining the faculty at the University of Maryland in 1977. He taught at the University of Kansas for two years before returning to the Washington area in 1983 and joining the staff of the Brookings Institution.

Levine became a senior specialist with the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress in 1984 and joined the faculty at American University in 1987. His books include "Managing Fiscal Stress: The Crisis in the Public Service." published in 1980, and "The Politics of Retrenchment," published in 1981. He also was the founding editor of the journal Administration and Society.

He served on ASPA's National Council and received the Society's William E. Mosher Award for Scholarship.