2008 ASPA Awards Honorees

Paul P. Van Riper Award for Excellence and Service
The Paul P. Van Riper Award for Excellence and Service will be awarded to an ASPA member who has made significant contributions to both the academic and practitioner communities of public administration. Awardees will have distinguished themselves through their current active engagement in and contributions to developing the public service of the future.

Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award
This annual award recognizes lifetime achievement and effort in the cause of social equity and is open to all nominees.

International Award
This award honors a distinguished foreign scholar or practitioner for significant contributions to public administration in other nations.

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

John W. Gaston, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service Management
This award is presented to a public manager for excellence in public service management, particularly in the areas of natural resource management or environmental protection. Selection criteria include demonstrated attention to strategy, structure, systems, shared values, and skills, but the bottom line criteria is the achievement of results that contribute to public safety, health, welfare, and the quality of the environment.

Conference Scholarship for Graduate Students
Each year, ASPA presents four student conference grants in the amount of $250 each. ASPA chapters are invited to nominate a student for this award. This year's recipients were selected based on their outstanding academic records and their commitment to a public service career in practice or research.

Wallace O. Keene ASPA Conference Scholarships
The Wallace O. Keene ASPA Conference Scholarships are awarded to students in the fields of public administration and public policy. The scholarships are intended to provide students financial assistance to attend the ASPA national conference, and thereby expand their knowledge of the field and their acquaintance with others in the field. The $250 scholarships are also intended to emphasize the impact of ethical leadership on the public's trust in government.

Walter W. Mode Scholarship
Managed by the ASPA Endowment, Inc., the Mode Scholarship is awarded out of a special fund named in honor of Walter W. Mode (the 30th National President of ASPA, with a distinguished record of public service at the federal and international levels). One $2500 scholarship is given each year for graduate study in public administration to a student who is an ASPA member and who demonstrates a commitment to a career in the public service.

Oveta Culp Hobby Training Award
This award recognizes chapters and sections that provide professional development to members through planned
activities.

Donald C. Stone Service to ASPA Award
The Stone Award pays tribute to ASPA members who have contributed outstanding services to the Society.

Presidential Citations 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. The ASPA President selects the recipients.

Chapter/Section Newsletter Awards
These awards are given annually to recognize newsletters as a vital means of communication and a valuable service offered to chapter and section members.

Annual Joseph Wholey Distinguished Scholarship Award
This award is presented for outstanding scholarship on performance in public and nonprofit organizations.

Harry Hatry Distinguished Performance Measurement Practice Award
This award is presented to an individual whose outstanding teaching, education, training and consultation in performance measurement has made a significant contribution to the practice of public administration. The award winner must have spent the primary part of his/her career in public service.

CAP Organizational Leadership Award
Awarded to an organization, it recognizes outstanding applications of a systems approach to performance measurement that has resulted in a culture change, sustained improvements, and demonstrated positive effects on government performance and accountability.

Public Administration Review (PAR) Awards
PAR awards honor various individuals for work that has been published during 2006 (Vol. 66).

Editor's Choice

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.

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

PA TIMES Award
PA TIMES presents an award for the outstanding article written during the previous calendar year.

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.