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Members

Kelly Dalton
Executive Director, Board on Health and Human Sciences
(202) 465-8533
kdalton@aplu.org

Susan Thomas
Associate, Board on Health and Human Sciences
(202) 478-6031
sthomas@aplu.org

Lifetime Achievement Award

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 Smith
2022
Bea Litherland
Smith
University of Missouri
Dean Emeritus
Former College of Human
Environmental Sciences
Linda Kirk Fox
2021
Linda Kirk Fox
University of Georgia
Dean Emeritus
College of Family and
Consumer Sciences 
Virginia Clark Johnson
2020
Virginia Clark
Johnson
Dean Emeritus
College of Human Sciences
and Education at North
Dakota State University and
former BHHS Chair 
June Henton
2019
June Henton
Former Dean
College of Human Sciences
at Auburn University and
former BHHS Chair
Virginia Moxley
2018
Virginia M. Moxley
Kansas State University
Dean Emerita
College of Human Ecology,
Kansas State University 
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2017
Pamela White
Iowa State University
Dean Emerita
College of Human Sciences
Virginia Caples
2016
Virginia Caples
Alabama A&M University
Professor and 1890
Administrator

College of Agricultural, Life
and Natural Sciences
Pat Knaub
2015
Pat Knaub
Oklahoma State University
Regent’s Professor & Dean
Emerita

College of Human Ecology
David Edgell
2014
David Edgell
East Carolina University
Professor
School of Hospitality
Leadership, College of
Human Ecology
Billie Collier
2013
Billie Collier
Florida State University
Dean
College of Human Sciences
Francille Firebaugh
2012
Francille Firebaugh
Faculty Emerita 
Consumer Sciences,
The Ohio State University
Professor & Dean Emerita 
The College of Human
Ecology, Cornell University
Penny Ralston
2011
Penny Ralston
Florida State University
Professor, Dean Emeritus,
and Director
 of the Center
on Better Health and Life
for Underserved Populations
Sharon Nickols
2010
Sharon Nickols
University of Georgia
Janet M. Barber
Distinguished Professor

College of Family and
Consumer Sciences
Colien Hefferan
2009
Colien Hefferan
U.S. Department of
Agriculture
Advisor to the Director
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture

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