The purpose of the Board on Health and Human Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award is to honor a nationally recognized leader who has a significant history of promoting and advancing the Human Sciences. Nominees for the BHHS Lifetime Achievement Award are individuals who serve or have served in significant faculty and/or administrative roles in higher education. Also, candidates will be individuals who earned recognition for advancing the mission of the Human Sciences and related disciplines in colleges and universities.
Eligibility and Nominations
Leaders who have earned recognition as Human Sciences leaders and administrators are eligible to be nominated for the Board on Health and Human Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award. Each BHHS member unit (college or university) is eligible to submit one nominee each year. Nominators shall submit a letter of nomination with a rationale for the candidate to be considered for the award. In addition to the letter, nominators are asked to provide a curriculum vita of the nominee. Former recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award are ineligible for this award. The award will be presented at a special breakfast hosted by the Board on Health and Human Sciences at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ annual meeting. The award winner must be available to attend the meeting and speak to the organization. BHHS will provide travel expenses and appropriate recognition.
Procedure
College and universities shall implement their own procedure for identifying nominees. Each BHHS member institution may nominate only ONE candidate for the BHHS Lifetime Achievement Award. The Nomination Letter for the award shall be submitted electronically to bhhs@aplu.org as a single PDF document that includes: 1) a nomination letter detailing the nominee’s outstanding achievements and contributions to advancing the Human Sciences; and, 2) the nominee’s vita. A BHHS review panel will evaluate and rank the nominees and recommend a recipient to the BHHS Board of Directors. Applications for 2023 BHHS awards are due September 1, 2023.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

Bea Litherland
Smith
Former College of Human
Environmental Sciences

Linda Kirk Fox
College of Family and
Consumer Sciences

Virginia Clark
Johnson
College of Human Sciences
and Education at North
Dakota State University and
former BHHS Chair

June Henton
College of Human Sciences
at Auburn University and
former BHHS Chair

Virginia M. Moxley
College of Human Ecology,
Kansas State University

Pamela White
College of Human Sciences

Virginia Caples
Administrator
College of Agricultural, Life
and Natural Sciences

Pat Knaub
Emerita
College of Human Ecology

David Edgell
School of Hospitality
Leadership, College of
Human Ecology

Billie Collier
College of Human Sciences

Francille Firebaugh
Consumer Sciences,
The Ohio State University
The College of Human
Ecology, Cornell University

Penny Ralston
and Director of the Center
on Better Health and Life
for Underserved Populations

Sharon Nickols
Distinguished Professor
College of Family and
Consumer Sciences

Colien Hefferan
Agriculture
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
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