2010 Award Information

Deadline for submissions: February 24, 2010

Introduction:

Life membership is a special category to which charter members, members, and associate members and international associate members, upon entering retirement, may be elected following nomination. Life members will not be required to pay any dues or assessments.

Qualification Criteria:

The following criteria must be fulfilled to be considered for election:

1)    The candidate must have been active in the field of poultry health for a minimum of 25 years.

2)    The candidate must have made significant contributions to the American Association of Avian Pathologists.  Examples of significant contributions are serving on the Board of Directors, and/or serving on committees of the AAAP such as the Editorial Boards associated with the AAAP (Diseases of Poultry, Avian Diseases, Isolation and Identification of Avian Pathogens, etc.), Awards Committee, and/or other committees essential for the AAAP.

3)    The candidate must have made significant contributions to the field of poultry health.

Equal weight will be given to criteria 2 and 3 in the decision to elect the candidate to life membership.  Retirement is interpreted to mean that the member or associate member has retired from major gainful employment.  Nominations will be accepted from AAAP members.  Nominations for election as life members will be submitted to the Awards Committee, approved by the Awards Committee, and approved by a two-thirds vote of the Governing Board.

Documents to be submitted for nominations:

1)    A cover letter is the letter of nomination.

2)    Submit evidence that the candidate fulfills all criteria (less than two pages total).  The following items should be included:

a)    Documentation that the candidate’s activity in the field of poultry health began at least 25 years prior to the year in which life membership is to be awarded.

b)    A list of the significant contributions made by the candidate to AAAP.

c)    A list of the significant contributions made by the candidate to the field of poultry health.

d)    Documentation that the candidate has retired from major gainful employment.

3)    Complete curriculum vitae.

Send nominations by mail, fax, or E-mail to:

Darrell R. KAPCZYNSKI, Ph.D.

Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases

Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, USDA, ARS

934 College Station Road

Athens, Georgia 30605

Phone: (706) 546-3471

FAX: (706) 546-3161

Email: darrell.kapczynski@ars.usda.gov

E-mail is preferred because it facilitates the distribution to committee members, saving secretarial work and mailing costs.

2009 Life Membership Award Winner

(Click name to view photo of award being presented by Bruce Stewart-Brown.)

Jack King