The Coleopterists Society Honorary Membership
Recognizing devotion to the Society and dedication to the discipline.
Eligibility
Nomination criteria include the following required attributes:
- Sustained, active membership in The Coleopterists Society.
- Past service to The Coleopterists Society (elected, delegated, or voluntary).
- Advancement of coleopterology nationally and/or internationally.
- Sustained history of publication in The Coleopterists Bulletin and/or other Society publications.
Additional, non-required criteria that strongly support selection are:
- Contributions to public collections of Coleoptera.
- Development of research resources on Coleoptera.
- Substantive development of teaching on Coleoptera.
- Training of future coleopterists.
- Promoting appreciation of beetles to the public through popular books and articles, museum exhibitions, public lectures, etc.
Award
The awardee will also be recognized at The Coleopterists Society annual general meeting. Honorary Members will have their names listed on the inside cover of the The Coleopterists Bulletin in perpetuity. The Society will waive membership dues and the Honorary Members will receive the print edition (if desired) of The Coleopterists Bulletin for the remainder of their respective lives.
Applications
Include:
- A letter of nomination detailing how the nominee satisfies the required nomination criteria and any of the non-required criteria.
- At least two letters of support for the nomination by colleagues, including members of the Society.
Receipt of nominations is due by 1 March of each year. Send nominations to the President of The Coleopterists Society.
List of Honorary Members of The Coleopterists Society
(1909-1982)
Member
Benefactor
(1925-2014)
President 1968, 1969
(1923-2008)
President 1972
Editor 1982-1990
(1926-2019)
President 1973
(1927-2016)
President 1983
(1947-2005)
President 1990
President 1991-1992
Nominating Committee, 1981, 1984, 1993 (Chair), and 1994 (Chair)
Councilor, 1986-1988, 2011-2012
Lacodaire Prize Selection Committee (Chair) 1995-2003
Chair, Zimmerman Project Committee, 2000-2002
J. Gordon Edwards Prize Committee (Chair, 2007)
Member since 1978
President 1984
Secretary 1995-2010
Councilor 1989-1990
Monograph Co-editor 2005-2006
Member since 1963
President 1994
Councilor 1984-1986 and 2002-2004
Editorial Board 1997-1999
Awards Committee 1997-2004
Nominations Committee 2008-2009
Member since 1980
(1951-2013)
President 2003-2004
Councilor 1993-1994
Investment officer 2010-2012
Website coordinator 2006-2008
Book review editor 1993-2002
Editor of the monograph series 2009-2012
Member 1973-2013
(1926-2016)
President 1979
Councilor 1974 and 1983-1985
Chair Editorial Board 1988-1990
Member since 1969
Treasurer 1972-1986
Newsletter editor 1978-1981
Councilor 2000-2001
Member since 1964
Treasurer – 1987-1991
President-Elect, President, Past President, 1993–1998
Nominating Committee, 2013
Member since 1976
President-Elect, President, Past President, 2013-2018
Editor, 1999-2004
Member since 1980
Editorial Board Member (2009-2019)
President-Elect, President, Past President, 2003 – 2008
Open Access Committee, Chair (2008-2009)
Councilor, (1992-1995, 1999-2001)
Youth Incentive Award Committee Member (1994-2017)
Education Committee Member (1995-2017)
Membership Directory editor and compiler (1995)
Member since 1986
Councilor 2003–2004
Managing Editor of the Coleopterists Bulletin 2009–2019
Member for 45 years
Councilor, 2007–2008
President sequence, 2011–2016
Creator of The Coleopterists Society Booth at the Entomological Society of America in 2013.
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