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Distinguished Service Award
The SSA’s Distinguished Service Award is presented to a member who has made significant contributions to the society and the wider archival profession. In 1996 Hollinger Metal Edge, Inc., graciously began sponsoring the award.
The Distinguished Service Award recipient is chosen by the Executive Board based on recommendations made by a committee chaired by the Immediate Past-President.
We invite you to learn more about this award and its past honorees by visiting the Scholarships and Awards page.
Nominations for the Distinguished Service Award should be sent to the Immediate Past-President at ipp@southwestarchivists.org. Include a letter that covers the contributions the nominee has made to SSA and to the profession. To strengthen the nomination, letters of support are encouraged.
Past Distinguished Service Award Recipients
2025 Mike Miller
2024 Jennifer Hecker
2023 Claudia Rivers
2022 Brenda McClurkin
2021 Kristy Sorensen
2020 Katie Salzmann
2019 Pati Threatt
2018 Amanda Focke
2017 Ann Hodges
2016 John Slate
2015 Carol Bartels
2014 Laura McLemore
2013 Tim Blevins
2012 Gerrianne Schaad
2011 Ellen K. Brown
2010 Shelly Kelly
2009 Brenda Gunn
2007 Kathlene Ferris
2006 Paul Scott
2005 Carol Mathias
2004 Kinga Perzynska (posthumously)
2003 Cindy Smolovik
2002 Michael McColgin
2001 Kim Allen Scott
2000 Alfred Lemmon
1999 Robert Schaadt
1998 Kent Keeth
1997 Cynthia Martin
1996 Nancy L. Boothe
1995 Leon C. Miller
1994 Toby Murray
1993 Robert S. Martin
1990 Jane Kenamore
1989 Janet Neugebauer
1988 David Murrah
1986 Patricia Meador
1985 Jack Haley
1984 Charles Schultz
1983 Audray Bateman
1982 Samuel L. Sizer
1981 V. Nelle Bellamy & Marietta Malzer
1978 David B. Gracy II
1977 A. Otis Hebert, Jr. (posthumously)