Awards & Fellows: The Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award

The Division 16 of the American Psychological Association presents an annual award in honor of Jack Bardon, whose professional contributions broadly spanned a conceptual framework for the training, role and definition of school psychology and growth of the profession in consultation and organizational issues (Eidle, Hyman & Meyers, 1997). He helped bring the profession to maturity during a major expansion period. The Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award is given to mature professional and academic school psychologists who have continued this important work through voluntary professional service that goes above and beyond the requirements of the position the person holds and who has demonstrated an exceptional program of service across a career that merits special recognition. A sustained program of service to the profession of school psychology throughout one's career is the primary consideration in making the award.
The recipient of the Jack Bardon award is a distinguished figure within the profession with a history of sustained contributions and accomplishments. They should meet both criteria I and II.
I. Major leadership in the development, delivery or administration of innovative psychological services or development and implementation of policy leading to psychologically and socially sound preservice and/or CPD training and practice in school psychology; and sound evaluation of such training and service delivery models and policies. II. Sustained professional organization contributions including holding offices and committee memberships in state and national professional organizations such as Division 16 and significant products from those contributions that further the profession of school psychology. Examples include creation of and revisions to policy and practice manuals based on innovative guidance; guiding major policy or legislative initiatives; mentoring of new professionals into organizational contributions; administering dissemination of professional materials through such publication editing or convention programming; and representing psychology to the public and government through service on boards and commissions. The Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award is to be given for sustained service to the profession across a number of years and not for service in one office or a major task force.

Nominees must be either 20 years past the granting of their doctoral degree or at least 50 years old by December 31 in the year nominated and a Fellow, Member, or Associate of Division 16 of the American Psychological Association. Anyone, including a candidate him or herself, may nominate a school psychologist for the award. Five sets of materials should be submitted for each nominee, including a vita, supporting letters (minimum of three signed letters), and other supporting materials relevant to the criteria for the award. In order for nominators and those providing supporting documentation to be notified of results along with those nominated, please submit full contact information for all involved on a contact sheet included with the application portfolio. For this purpose, it is preferred that you use the Excel sheet available at http://www.indiana.edu/~div16/Nominator_Nominee_contact_sheet.xls. The complete sets of materials should be sent as a hard copy portfolio or on CD only.
All nominations and related materials should be submitted by March 15, 2008 to Linda Reddy, Chair Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Committee, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8085 (LReddy2271@aol.com).



Past Recipients

1970 Edward French
1971 Frances Mullen
1972 Maria Skodak Crissey
1973 Boyd V. McCandless
1973 David Wechsler (Special Award)
1974 Mary Alice White
1975 T. Ernest Newland
1976 Jack I. Bardon
1977 Virginia Bennett
1978 Beeman Phillips
1979 Rosa A. Hagin
1980 Nadine Lambert
1981 Gilbert O. Trachtman
1982 C. Edward Meyer
1983 Susan Gray
1984 Seymour Sarason
1985 Joseph L. French
1986 John H. Jackson
1987 Calvin L. Dyer
1988 Irwin Hyman
1989 Judith L. Alpert
1990 Thomas Oakland
1991 Thomas K. Fagan
1992 (No Award)
1993 (No Award)
1994 Sylvia Rosenfield
1994 Walter Pryswansky
1995 Jane C. Conoley
1996 Joel Myers
1997 Stephen DeMers
1998 Jan Hughes, Ronda C. Talley
1999 James Barclay
2000 Deborah Tharinger
2001 Roy Martin
2002 Jon Sandoval
2003 Mark Shinn
2004 (no award)
2005 Cindy Carlson, Thomas Kratochwill
2006 Patti L. Harrison, LeAdelle Phelps
2007 Jack A. Cummings