Ludlow Griscom Award

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The Ludlow Griscom Award for Outstanding Contributions in Regional Ornithology is an award bestowed by the American Birding Association upon individuals who are determined to have "dramatically advanced the state of ornithological knowledge for a particular region," through long-term studies of status and distribution, the writing and/or publication of field guides to birds of a certain area, work as part of a breeding bird atlas project, through the publishing of academic papers on regional ornithology, or through their efforts in inspiring and teaching about the subject of birding. [1]

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One of five awards presented by the ABA for contributions to ornithology, the award is named after Ludlow Griscom, considered the "Dean of the Birdwatchers", [2] a pioneer in field ornithology, and one of the first ornithologists to stress the importance of identification of birds in the field as opposed to the collection of specimens. The Ludlow Griscom Award was first presented to Roger Tory Peterson, considered the father of the modern field guide, [3] in 1980. In its early years, the award was more broadly designated to recognize "outstanding contributions to excellence in field birding." [4] After being awarded in 1981, it was awarded biennially from 1984 to 1998; since then, it has been awarded on an annual basis.

List of winners

Since the award's inception in 1980, there have been 34 recipients, including several years in which more than one award was given. [5]

YearNameNotes
1980 Roger Tory Peterson ABA also grants the Roger Tory Peterson Award
1981 Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr.
1984 Chandler Robbins ABA also grants the Chandler Robbins Award
1986Jim Lane
1988Susan Roney Drennan
1990Guy McCaskie [6]
1992 Kenn Kaufman Youngest award winner [7]
1994 Theodore A. Parker III Posthumous award
1996 Richard Pough
1998Claudia WildsPosthumous award; ABA also grants the Claudia Wilds Award
1999 Stuart Keith First president of the ABA [8]
2000W. Earl Godfrey [9]
2001Peter Pyle
2002Rich Stallcup [10]
2003Bob and Martha Sargent [11]
2004Bret Whitney [12]
2005Wayne R. Petersen [13]
2006James Dinsmore [14]
2007Ruth Green [15]
2008Bill Fenimore [16] [17]
2009Jim McCormac [18]
2010Joseph Morlan [19]
2011Tom Rusert [20]
2012Mark Lockwood [21]
2012Ian A. McLaren [22]
2013Geoffrey Williamson [23]
2014Kenneth Brock [24]
2014Tom Kent [25]
2015Dale Zimmerman [26]
2016 Keith Russell [27]
2018Debra Love ("Debi") Shearwater [28]
2018Alan R. Smith [29]
2018Daphne Gemmill [29]

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