2008 Midwest Archaeology Conference Distinguished Career Award
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Nominations are being solicited for the 2008 Midwest Archaeological
Conference, Inc. (MAC) Distinguished Career Award.  The award recognizes an
archaeologist who has demonstrated excellence and contributed significantly
and regularly to the advancement of Midwestern archaeology.  This award is
the highest one made by MAC and truly honors someone with lifetime
commitment to Midwestern archaeology and achievement in areas such as
research, publication, collection and site preservation, program
development, and education.  We encourage everyone to consider and nominate
those senior archaeologists who have participated in archaeology for a
substantial part of their career and contributed significantly to Midwestern
archaeology. The nominee must be alive at the time of nomination and does
not have to be a member of the MAC.  The award winner will be recognized at
the 2008 MAC Annual Business Meeting and will be invited to comment on
his/her career.  An award citation will be published on the MAC Web site and
in *Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology*.  To nominate an archaeologist,
please send a letter outlining why the nominee is qualified for the
Distinguished Career Award and forward his/her current CV.  All nominees are
retained as active candidates for three years.  Please send your nominations
by September 15, 2008 to Bonnie Styles, MAC President, Illinois State
Museum, Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield,
IL 62703-3500, [log in to unmask] E-mail submissions are preferred.
The MAC Executive Committee will make the final selection.