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ALEXOPOULOS PRIZE FOR 1985
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS
The ~ycological Society of America invites nominations by members for the annual
Alexopoulos Prize. Nominees are to have completed their last degree within the ten year
period immediately preceding January 1, 1985. Both nominee and nominator must be members of
the Mycological Society of America. Nominator should request the nominee to send a curriculum
vitae, a 1 ist of pub1 i cations, and a complete set of reprints to each member of the Awards
Committee, or the nominator may ask the Chairperson to request these documents from the nominee.
The recipient will be chosen on the basis of the originality, qua1 ity, and quantity of
published mycological work since the degree. Former winners are not eligible.
This prize was established by students and friends of Professor Constantine J.
Alexopoulos to honor him on the occasion of his retirement from teaching.
Documents should be sent directly to each member of the awards committee:
Dr. David Porter, Chairperson
Dept. of Botany
Uni versi ty of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Telephone: (404) 542-3732
Dr. Robert Gi 1 bertson
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Uni vers i ty of Ari zona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Dr. Michael Dykstra Dr. Kenneth E. Conway
Anatomy, Physiological Sciences & Radiology Dept. of Plant Pathology
School of Veterinary Medicine Oklahoma State University
North Carolina State University Sti 11 water, OK 74074
Raleigh, NC 27606
1984 Winner: Robert D. Fogel, University of Michigan Herbari um
Deadline for the receipt of complete nominations: March 15, 1985.
MSA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN MYCOLOGY FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1985-1986
Graduate students who wi 11 be candidates for the Ph. D. degree in the field of mycology
and are in residence during the academic year at an American or Canadian university are invited
to apply. In selecting the recipients of the Fellowships, consideration is given to scholastic
merit, research ability, and promise shown as future mycologists. Two stipends of $1,000 each,
intended as supplementary grants, will be awarded. The stipends may be used by the recipients
in any way to further their graduate studies and are awarded in addition to any fellowship, or
assistantship support from other sources. Former MSA Graduate Fellows are not eligible. Ap-
plication forms may be obtained from the chairperson of the Awards Committee.
1984-1985 MSA Fellows : Thomas Bruns , Dept. of Botany, University of Michigan
Thomas Chase, Dept. of Botany, University of Vermont
MSA DISTINGUISHED MYCOLOGIST AWARD FOR 1985
The Mycological Society of America invites nominations for the Distinguished Mycologist
Award for 1985. Each nominee must have received his or her degree at least twenty years prior
to the year in which the award is given (1965 or earlier for the 1985 award), and must have
been a member of MSA for at least five years. Past recipients of the Distinguished Mycologist
Award are not eligible. The nominee must be nominated by another member of the MSA; self-
nomination is prohibited. Members of the awards committee are not eligible to nominate or be
nominated for this honor.
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