This award recognizes those individuals who have (1) Evidence of exceptional professional commitment to geography at any level, including service to professional organizations; colleges and universities; primary and secondary education; local, state, or national government; private business and industry; (2) Examples of worthy contributions include but are not limited to appointed or elected professional offices, journal editorships, professional organization committees, speaking or otherwise providing leadership in a variety of public forums, and publication in the popular press.
The following distinguished Geographers have been awarded the SEDAAG Outstanding Service Award since 1987
Year | Recipient | Institution |
1987 | Donald Patton | University of Florida |
Sidney Jumper | University of Tennessee | |
Harm de Blij | Miami University | |
1990 | Stephen S. Birdsall | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
1991 | Neal G. Lineback | Appalachian State University |
1992 | Stanley Brunn | University of Kentucky |
1993 | James O. Wheeler | University of Georgia |
1994 | J. Dennis Lord | University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
1995 | Janet E. Kodras | Florida State University |
1996 | Jesse O. McKee | University of Southern Mississippi |
David C. Weaver | University of Alabama | |
1997 | Dennis L. Spetz | University of Louisville |
1998 | Thomas Bell | University of Tennessee |
1999 | Howard G. Johnson | Jacksonville State University |
2000 | Truman Hartshorn | Georgia State University |
2001 | John J. Winberry | University of South Carolina |
2002 | Lizbeth Ann Pyle | West Virginia University |
2003 | Tyrel “Tink” Moore | University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
2005 | Kavita Pandit | University of Georgia |
2006 | Ron Mitchelson | East Carolina University |
2007 | Gerald Webster | University of Wyoming |
2008 | Donald Zeigler | Old Dominion University |
2009 | Laurence W. Carstensen | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
2010 | Jonathan I. Leib | Old Dominion University |
2011 | Derek Alderman | East Carolina University |
2014 | Hilda Kurtz | University of Georgia |
2015 | Doug Gamble | University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
2016 | David M. Cochran, Jr | University of Southern Mississippi |
Carl A. Reese | University of Southern Mississippi | |
2017 | Kathleen Schroeder | Appalachian State University |
2018 | Eric Fournier | Samford University |
2019 | Deepak Mishra | University of Georgia |
2020 | Katherine Hankins | Georgia State University |
2021 | Heidi Lannon | University of Florida |