The Southern Lepidopterists’ Society’s Annual John Abbot Award

 

The Abbot Award is intended to recognize an individual or group which exemplifies the highest standards in lepidopterology, in academic work and/or service to the Society and advancement of its goals. The Award is conferred at irregular intervals, but typically no more than one time per year. Preference shall be given to candidates whose involvement in lepidopterology has emphasized the U.S. Southeast.

Nominations shall be invited year-round from the Society’s membership. For consideration in any particular year, names must be submitted no fewer than 90 days before the next-subsequent Annual Meeting of the Society. A person need not be a member of the Society to be eligible for the Award. Nominees shall be vetted by the Board of Directors and by a Nominating Committee, and one candidate will be selected as the winner. The winner’s name shall be announced at the Annual Meeting and in the newsletter of the Society.

 

2005 Abbot Award Recipeints Lee Miller (left) and Jacqueline Miller (right), with Jeff Slotten (middle)

Past Recipients of the Abbot Award:

 

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2015

Charles P. Kimball Charles V. Covell, Jr. Bryant Mather Roy Kendall Andre Blanchard Ed Knudson, M.D. Dale H. Habeck Richard Heitzman (None) Tom Emmel Howard V. Weems Douglas C. Ferguson (None) (None) (None) (None) John Heppner Jeffrey R. Slotten, D.D.S. Marc Minno Vernon Brou Leroy C. Koehn James Adams and John Calhoun Irving Finkelstein Lee Miller and Jackie Miller (–) (–) (None) (None) J. Barry Lombardini Richard L. Brown

The 2001 Abbot Award,
Awarded to Leroy Koehn