Annual Meeting
Honorary Membership Awards
In recognition of distinguished contributions to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology.
Submission Guidelines
Use the electronic online submission system for the Honorary Membership Award nominations and most other SVP awards. See "What to Submit" for the link.
Do NOT e-mail, fax or mail nomination materials to the committee chair. Any materials sent by e-mail, fax or mail will NOT be reviewed.
Nominees do not have to be a member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
What to Submit
Information to be submitted online:
1. A letter of nomination.
2. At least three (3), but no more than four (4) letters of support
- All letters of support should be compiled into one electronic file
- Each letter of support must bear the contact information of the person providing the letter (name, institution, phone and e-mail address).
3. A curriculum vitae is not required. However, one may be submitted through the online award submission system.
Visit the SVP online award submission system site.
Any questions regarding the Honorary Membership Award may be directed to Membership Committee Chair Lawrence J. Flynn.
Lawrence J. Flynn
Harvard University
Assistant Director
Peabody Museum Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge , MA 02138 USA
E-mail: ljflynn@fas.harvard.edu
Submission Period
Opens at 12:00 NOON, Central Time Zone USA, on Monday, February 1, 2010
Closes at 12:00 NOON, Central Time Zone USA, on Thursday, April 1, 2010
Past Honorary Membership Award Recipients
| Name | *Charter Member | Elected SVP Member | Elected Honorary Member |
| E. C. Case | n/a | 1951 | |
| C. Christman | n/a | 1951 | |
| O. Falkenbach | n/a | 1951 | |
| W. K. Gregory | n/a | 1951 | |
| Charles R. Knight | n/a | 1951 | |
| Charles Lang | n/a | 1951 | |
| R. S. Lull | n/a | 1951 | |
| Barnum Brown | n/a | 1952 | |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | n/a | 1952 | |
| F. von Huene | n/a | 1952 | |
| Elmer S. Riggs | n/a | 1952 | |
| D. M. S. Watson | n/a | 1952 | |
| Serafino Agostini | n/a | 1953 | |
| Norman Boss | n/a | 1953 | |
| John German | n/a | 1953 | |
| Erik Stensio | n/a | 1955 | |
| Harold Cook | n/a | 1956 | |
| Samuel Schaub | n/a | 1958 | |
| C. Arambourg | n/a | 1959 | |
| Charles L. Camp | n/a | 1960 | |
| Prof. Jean Piveteau | 1948 | 1960 | |
| Alexander Wetmore | n/a | 1961 | |
| Chung-chien Young | n/a | 1962 | |
| Alfred S. Romer | * | 1941 | 1968 |
| George Gaylord Simpson | n/a | 1969 | |
| Leroy Kay | n/a | 1970 | |
| Nelda E. Wright | * | 1941 | 1971 |
| Rachel H. Nichols | n/a | 1972 | |
| F. R. Parrington | 1946 | 1972 | |
| George E. Untermann | n/a | 1972 | |
| Billie Untermann | n/a | 1972 | |
| Edwin H. Colbert | * | 1941 | 1973 |
| Hildegarde Howard | * | 1941 | 1973 |
| Johannes Hurzeler | 1947 | 1973 | |
| Emil Kuhn-Schnyder | 1946 | 1973 | |
| C. Bertrand Schultz | * | 1941 | 1973 |
| Miriam Schwartz | 1971 | 1974 | |
| Raymond Alf | 1949 | 1974 | |
| D. H. Dunkle | n/a | 1974 | |
| Tokio Shikama | 1951 | 1974 | |
| C. M. Sternberg | n/a | 1974 | |
| Theodore E. White | n/a | 1974 | |
| Rainer Zangerl | * | 1941 | 1975 |
| Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska | 1964 | 1975 | |
| C. Lewis Gazin | * | 1941 | 1975 |
| Bryan Patterson | n/a | 1975 | |
| Paul O. McGrew | n/a | 1976 | |
| T. Stanley Westoll | 1943 | 1976 | |
| Albert E. Wood | * | 1941 | 1977 |
| Robert H. Denison | n/a | 1977 | |
| Loris S. Russell | * | 1941 | 1977 |
| Robert W. Wilson | * | 1941 | 1978 |
| Rene Lavocat | 1945 | 1978 | |
| Minchen Chow | 1950 | 1979 | |
| Joseph T. Gregory | * | 1941 | 1980 |
| Everett C. Olson | * | 1941 | 1980 |
| John A. Wilson | * | 1941 | 1986 |
| Morris F. Skinner | * | 1941 | 1986 |
| W. E. Swinton | 1948 | 1986 | |
| Errol I. White | n/a | 1986 | |
| Bobb Schaeffer | * | 1941 | 1987 |
| Wann Langston, Jr. | 1943 | 1988 | |
| Frank C. Whitmore, Jr. | * | 1941 | 1989 |
| Donald E. Savage | 1946 | 1989 | |
| Heinz Tobien | 1950 | 1990 | |
| Samuel P. Welles | 1987 | 1990 | |
| Donald Baird | 1949 | 1991 | |
| Richard Dehm | 1951 | 1991 | |
| Rosendo Pascual | 1964 | 1992 | |
| Herbert R. Axelrod | 1988 | 1992 | |
| Theodore Downs | 1948 | 1992 | |
| James W. Kitching | n/a | 1993 | |
| John A. White | 1957 | 1993 | |
| Chuan Kuei Li | 1980 | 1993 | |
| Charles A. Repenning | 1952 | 1994 | |
| Percy M. Butler | 1966 | 1994 | |
| Arnold D. Lewis | 1951 | 1995 | |
| Colin Patterson | 1995 | 1995 | |
| Stanley J. Olsen | 1946 | 1996 | |
| Richard H. Tedford | 1950 | 1996 | |
| John S. McIntosh | 1957 | 1996 | |
| Mee-man Chang | n/a | 1997 | |
| William D. Turnbull | 1946 | 1997 | |
| Donald E. Russell | 1954 | 1997 | |
| Peter Robinson | 1951 | 1998 | |
| J. Alan Holman | 1957 | 1998 | |
| Nicholas Hotton, III | 1947 | 1998 | |
| James H. Madsen, Jr. | 1960 | 1998 | |
| Mary R. Dawson | 1954 | 1999 | |
| A. L. (Alec) Panchen | 1957 | 1999 | |
| Dong Zhiming | n/a | 2000 | |
| Elaine Anderson | 1962 | 2000 | |
| Robert L. Carroll | 1957 | 2001 | |
| Ernest L. Lundelius | 1948 | 2001 | |
| Philipe Taquet | 1973 | 2001 | |
| Valentina Karatajute-Talimaa | n/a | 2002 | |
| Richard C. Fox | 1961 | 2002 | |
| William A. Clemens | 1953 | 2002 | |
| Ashok Sahni | 1965 | 2002 | |
| Michael Voorhies | 1963 | 2003 | |
| Halszka Osmolska | 1998 | 2003 | |
| Charles Richard Harrington | 1966 | 2003 | |
| Jason Lillegraven | 1961 | 2004 | |
| Michael Woodburne | 1957 | 2004 | |
| David S Berman | 1964 | 2005 | |
| Everett Lindsay | 1965 | 2005 | |
| Charles "Rufus" Churcher | 1960 | 2006 | |
| S. David Webb | 1993 | 2006 | |
| Wighart v. Koenigswald | 1977 | 2007 | |
| Chris McGowan | 1969 | 2007 | |
| Michel Brunet | 2008 | 2008 | |
| James A. Hopson | 1957 | 2008 | |
| Paul Martin | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Margarita Erbajeva | 1998 | 2009 | |
| Oldrich Fejfar | 1997 | 2009 | |
| Jerry Hooker | 1992 | 2009 | |
| Wolfgang Maier | 2009 | 2009 |