The HL Award for Distinguished Service to Herpetology recognizes the lifetime contributions of senior herpetologists to both the Herpetologists' League in particular and to herpetology in general. Contributions include:
With this announcement, we seek nominations for the second HL Award for Distinguished Service to Herpetology, to be awarded in 2019. Nominations of candidates to the society must be made by a third party (i.e. self-nominations will not be accepted). Nominations must be accompanied by at least one letter of support from the nominator(s), addressing the candidate's suitability for the award in terms of the above criteria, as well as a current Curriculum vitae (or equivalent document providing details of the nominee's career highlights and accomplishments, including their publication record). Nominations should be sent by e-mail to the chair of the HL Distinguished Service to Herpetology committee (Patrick Gregory, [email protected]) by 31 March 2019.
Nominations normally will be kept confidential;...