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News and Notes (continued)Nominations Open Now for SSA AwardsSSA members are invited to submit nominations forthe following four SSA awards by 15 February 2011.Electronic submission is encouraged, though nominationsmay be submitted in hard copy.Please note that the principal nominator shouldintegrate the nomination letters and send one nominationpackage to ensure that all letters of endorsementreach the decision makers on time. Previousrecipients of all awards are listed on the SSA Website, www.seismosoc.org. No current member of theSSA Board of Directors shall be eligible for awardnomination.Electronic submissions should be e‐mailed in.TXT, .PDF or .DOC files to awards@seismosoc.org.Electronic submissions are encouraged, but hardcopies may be mailed or FAX’d to:Secretary, Seismological Society of Americac/o Susan Newman201 Plaza Professional BuildingEl Cerrito, California 94530 U.S.A.Fax: +1-510-525-7204You will receive a confirmation of receipt of yournomination. Names of the award winners will beannounced at the SSA Annual Meeting Luncheonin San Diego, California, 17 April 2012. The awardswill be presented at the 2013 SSA Annual MeetingLuncheon in Salt Lake City, Utah.Harry Fielding Reid MedalThe Harry Fielding Reid Medal of the SeismologicalSociety of America, formerly known simply as “TheSSA Medal,” is the Society’s highest honor. It isawarded for outstanding contributions in seismologyor earthquake engineering. A Reid Medal nominationpackage should include letters of nominationfrom at least two but no more than five Society members.Each nominating letter may have more than onesignatory, but each signatory should sign only oneletter. A single curriculum vitae and bibliography ofthe nominee may be included. To simplify communicationswith the Secretary, nominators of a particularnominee should select among themselves a chiefnominator for correspondence purposes. Submittingone integrated package insures that all endorsementletters will be included in the packet to the Board ofDirectors.For more information about the Reid Medalnomination process, contact Bob Engdahl, chairmanof the Reid Medal Subcommittee, at engdahl@colorado.edu.Charles F. Richter Early Career AwardThe Charles F. Richter Early Career Award honorsoutstanding contributions to the goals of the Societyby a member early in her or his career. A nomineemust satisfy the following criteria: 1) Regular orHonorary Member of the Society in good standing,2) the most recent academic degree must have beenawarded no more than six years prior to 18 April ofthe year that she or he is selected for the award, and3) not more than 40 years old on 18 April of the yearthat she or he is selected for the award.Any member of the SSA who is not on the RichterAward Subcommittee may nominate a candidate forthe Richter Award. A single nomination packagemust be submitted to the Secretary of the Societyat the above address no later than 15 February ofeach year. The package should contain 1) a letter ofnomination no more than 2 pages long summarizingthe nominee’s significant accomplishments, 2) a curriculumvitae including bibliography, 3) two to foursupporting letters no more than two pages long, atleast two letters of which must come from individualsnot currently employed at the nominee’s currentinstitution or the institution from which the nomineereceived her or his most recent degree, and 4)an eligible birth date and date of degree. Questionsmay be directed to Charlotte Rowe, chairman of theRichter Award Subcommittee, char@lanl.gov.Frank Press Public Service AwardThe Frank Press Public Service Award honors anyindividual, combination of individuals, or any organizationthat has served the profession of seismologyor the advancement of public safety or publicinformation relating to seismology. The Press AwardSeismological Research Letters Volume 82, Number 6 November/December 2011 761