Originally known as the Distinguished Service Award, the award was renamed in honor of Dr. Mario D. Zamora, who was professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary until his untimely death in 1993. Zamora was born in the Philippines and earned his doctorate at Cornell University. In addition to serving on the William and Mary faculty, he was a University Scholar at the University of the Philippines, an Exchange Scholar at the Delhi School of Economics, a Fulbright/Smith Mundt Scholar at Cornell, a Graduate Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Cornell, and one of nine Adlai Stevenson Fellows to the United Nations selected from around the world. He served as President of the Virginia Social Science Association 1986-1987. The Mario D. Zamora Distinguished Service Award is presented to a VSSA member who has contributed to the Association in outstanding ways over a period of years. This award need not, but may be given every year (with a maximum of two such awards in any one year).
Nominee Criteria:
- Nominee should have demonstrated both quantity (minimum of two years) and quality of service/contributions to the VSSA.
- Recipients need not, but often will, be past or current VSSA officers or Board members.
- Nominees must agree to attend the annual spring meeting and awards luncheon.
RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Presented occasionally to residents of Virginia who have made outstanding contributions to the Virginia Social Science Association. In 1995 this award was named the Mario Zamora Distinguished Service Award.
1963 — William E. Garnett, Professor of Rural Sociology, Retired, Virginia Tech
1964 — Richard L. Morton, Chancellor and Professor Emeritus of History and Government, College of William and Mary
1967 — Hon. Colgate W. Darden, Jr., Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia and President Emeritus, University of Virginia
1969 — Robert D. Meade, Professor of History, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
1973 — Belle Boone Beard, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Sweet Briar College
1975 — Virginius Dabney, Editor Emeritus, Richmond Times-Dispatch
1977 — John Malcus Ellison, Chancellor and President Emeritus, Virginia Union University
1981 — Albert L. Sturm, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech
1982 — Curtis W. Macdonald, Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
1983 — Weldon Cooper, Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia
1984 — George T. Blume, Professor, Virginia Tech
1985 — Barbara B. Knight, Professor, George Mason University
1986 — Annie S. Barnes, Professor, Norfolk State University
1987 — Alice C. Andrews, Professor, George Mason University
1988 — Charles F. Lane, Professor Emeritus, Longwood College
1989 — James F. Herndon, Professor, Virginia Tech
1990 — John Ramsey, Professor, Old Dominion University
1991 — Mario Zamora, Professor, College of William and Mary
1992 — Catherine H. E. Seaman, Professor, Sweet Briar College
1993 — Gregory L. Weiss, Professor, Roanoke College
1994 — Carol Knight, Professor, Tidewater Community College
THE MARIO ZAMORA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
1995 — Vinson Sutlive, Professor, College of William and Mary
1996 — Peter Wallenstein, Professor, Virginia Tech
1997 — Bernard Levin, Professor, Blue Ridge Community College
1998 — David Wall, Christopher Newport University
1999 — Cecil Bradfield, James Madison University
2000 — Robert Durel, Christopher Newport University
2001 — Mary Ferrari, Radford University
2002 — John Tinkham, Virginia Beach
2003 — James T. Gire, Virginia Military Institute
2004 — Lea Pellet, Christopher Newport University
2007 — Don Zeigler, Old Dominion University
2011 – Shahid Shahidullah, Professor, Elizabeth City State University
2011 – Mary Stegmaier, Assistant Dean, University of Virginia
2012 – Kimberly Kinsler, Professor, Hunter College
2013 – Bruce Vlk, University of Virginia
2014 – C. Nana Derby, Professor, Virginia State University
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