Donald C. Stone Practitioner Award

The ASPA Section on Intergovernmental Administration & Management (SIAM) is soliciting nominations for the section’s annual Donald C. Stone Practitioner Award. Since 1981, SIAM has recognized outstanding practitioners for their contributions to intergovernmental management. The award will be presented at the 2020 annual ASPA meeting in Anaheim, CA. The principle criteria for the Practitioner award include:

• Significant contributions to the practice of intergovernmental relations over a substantial period of time.
• Contributions that have made an impact on the practice of intergovernmental management as a whole rather than only on a specific organization, institution, or function.

Donald C. Stone (1903-1995) was a major and beloved figure in twentieth-century public administration. He was the founder of the American Public Works Association (APWA), served as the first Director of the Public Administration Service, and was a principal architect of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) in 1939 based on the 1937 recommendations of the Brownlow Commission. He was the first Director of the Division of Administrative Management of the Bureau of the Budget within the EOP, worked as Director of Administration of the Marshall Plan in 1948, helped found the National Academy of Public Administration in 1967, and served as Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

Nominations should include the name and institutional affiliation of the nominee and of the nominator, a short statement explaining the nominee’s contributions to intergovernmental management commensurate with the criteria for the award, and contact information for both the nominee and the nominator. Nominees and nominators need not be members of SIAM.

Please submit your nominations electronically to award committee chair Todd Ely at todd.ely@ucdenver.edu. Any questions may also be directed to Dr. Ely. For the nomination to be considered by the committee, please submit your nomination before 5:00 pm, February 7, 2020.

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Donald C. Stone Distinguished Scholar Award

The ASPA Section on Intergovernmental Administration & Management (SIAM) is soliciting nominations for the section’s annual Donald C. Stone Distinguished Scholar Award. Since 1981, SIAM has recognized distinguished scholars for their contributions to intergovernmental management. The award will be presented at the 2020 annual ASPA meeting in Anaheim, CA. The principle criteria for the Distinguished Scholar Award include:

• Significant contributions to the study of intergovernmental relations over a substantial period of time.
• Contributions that have made an impact on the study of intergovernmental management as a whole rather than only on a specific organization, institution, or function.

Nominations should include the name and institutional affiliation of the nominee and of the nominator, a short statement explaining the nominee’s contributions to intergovernmental management commensurate with the criteria for the award, and contact information for both the nominee and the nominator. Nominees and nominators need not be members of SIAM.

Please submit your nominations electronically to award committee chair Todd Ely at todd.ely@ucdenver.edu. Any questions may also be directed to Dr. Ely. For the nomination to be considered by the committee, please submit your nomination before 5:00 pm, February 7, 2020.

Click here for a full list of past awardees.

Donald C. Stone Best Student Paper Award

The ASPA Section on Intergovernmental Administration & Management (SIAM) is soliciting nominations for the section’s annual Donald C. Stone Best Student Paper Award. The award recognizes the best paper on federalism and intergovernmental relations written by a graduate student in the last year (2019). The award will be presented at the 2020 annual ASPA conference during the SIAM Business Meeting in Anaheim, CA. The award comes with $250 to support travel to the ASPA conference (April 3-7, 2020).

Nominations should include the name and institutional affiliation of the nominee and of the nominator and an electronic copy of the nominated paper (no more than 25 pages, double-spaced). Nominees and nominators need not be members of SIAM.

Please submit your nominations electronically to award committee chair Todd Ely at todd.ely@ucdenver.edu. Any questions may also be directed to Dr. Ely. For the nomination to be considered by the committee, please submit your nomination before 5:00 pm, January 3, 2020.

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