The SMA Sustained Outstanding Service Award recognizes continued service to the SMA. The award is keyed to the SMA’s goals and mission and complements the SMA’s long-held policy of recognizing outstanding research contributions through best paper and best reviewer awards.

The SMA Sustained Outstanding Service Award recognizes an individual who has consistently helped the SMA reach its goals and mission over a period of years. The individual recognized must have made important and sustained contributions to the SMA, including, but not limited to, sustained elected, appointed (e.g., track chairs, committees) and volunteer (e.g., paper reviewers, session chairs and discussants) service as well as extraordinary contributions to the SMA (e.g., local arrangements, financial contributions). The award winner will be recognized at the 2008 SMA meeting with a plaque and $500. A notice with the winner's photo and contributions will be featured in the SMA newsletter.

Previous winners of this prestigious award include:

• 2003 – Jerry Hunt, Texas Tech
• 2004 – Art Bedeian, LSU
• 2005 – David Van Fleet, ASU West
• 2006 – Bob Ford, UCF
• 2007 – Jack Duncan, UAB

Nominations will be accepted via email and U.S. mail, with email the preferred method. An acknowledgment of receipt of the nomination materials will be sent to the primary nominator. Self-nominations will be accepted. All nominators and nominees must be SMA members and the award winner must accept the honor in person at the 2008 SMA Annual Conference. The primary nominator must submit the following materials to the committee chair: (1) a list of the nominee's SMA activities and the dates in which they occurred, and (2) three letters of nomination (including a letter from the primary nominator plus two others).

Nominations must be received prior to April 1, 2008.

Email nominations should be sent to David Allen, committee chair, at dallen@memphis.edu.

U.S. mail nominations should be sent to:

David G. Allen
Department of Management
Fogelman College of Business
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152

Please contact David Allen (dallen@memphis.edu, 901.678.4729) with any questions.