Service Award Winners

Distinguished Service Award

At the business meeting of the Southeastern Section in Knoxville, Tennessee, in April, 1989, the Section membership instituted the Section Distinguished Service Award. This award will be given by the Section to a member of the Section who has made outstanding contributions at the Section level. The Section Service Award Committee shall solicit nominations and shall select the recipient of the Section's annual Distinguished Service Award.

Year	Name	School
1990	Trevor Evans	Emory University
1992	Billy Bryant	Vanderbilt University
1994	James Ware	University of Tennessee
1996	Marcellus Waddill	Wake Forest University
1997	John Kenelly	Clemson University
1998	David Stone	Georgia Southern University
1999	Mary F. Neff	Emory University
2000	Tina Straley	Kennesaw State University
2001	Charles Cleaver	The Citadel
2002	Sharon Ross	Georgia Perimeter College
2003	Sylvia Bozeman	Spelman College
2004	Theresa Early	Appalachian State University
2005	W. Hugh Haynsworth	College of Charleston
2006	Stephen Davis	Davidson College
2007	Joel Brawley	Clemson University
2008	Benjamin C. Klein	Davidson College
2009	Walter M. Patterson	Lander University
2010	Ray E. Collings	Georgia Perimeter College
2011	Ellen E. Kirkman	Wake Forest University
2012	Charlotte Knotts-Zides	Wofford College
2013	Jim Vandergriff	Austin Peay State University
2014	John Mayer	University of Alabama at Birmingham
2015	Jeff Clark	Elon University
2016	Martha Abell	Georgia Southern University
2017	Virginia Watson	Kennesaw State University
2018	Pat Humphrey	Georgia Southern University
2019	Julia Barnes	Western Carolina University
2020	Jeff Knisley	East Tennessee State University
2021	Emily Hynds	Samford University
2022	Catherine Matos	Clayton State University
2023	Ron Taylor	Berry College

Meritorious Service Award

The Board of Governors of the Mathematical Association of America instituted the award of a Certificate of Meritorious Service at its meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, in January, 1984. This certificate will be awarded once every five years in each section to a member of the section who has made significant contributions to the Association at the national and/or the section level. The nomination for this award is proposed by the section and approved by the Board of Governors and is awarded at a national meeting of the Association.

This certificate is to be awarded every five years at a national meeting to a member of the Southeastern Section, beginning in 1984.

Year	Name	School
1984	John D. Neff	Georgia Institute of Technology
1990	Ivey C. Gentry	Wake Forest University
1994	Billy Bryant	Vanderbilt University
1999	Marcellus Waddill	Wake Forest University
2004	John Kenelly	Clemson University
2009	David Stone	Georgia Southern
2014	Tina Straley	Kennesaw State University
2019	Martha Abell	Georgia Southern University