EARLE R. GREENE MEMORIAL AWARD

The Earle R. Greene Memorial Award was instituted in1975 to recognize outstanding achievement in ornithology or for service to GOS. Mr. Greene was active in GOS at the time of our founding in 1936, and served as the second GOS president, 1938-1939. He worked for a time as a refuge manager for the US Biological Survey at the Okefenokee and other refuges. He was also an avid birder and lister. He kept careful field notes of birds seen in Atlanta in the 1920s and 1930s. From these records he wrote one of the first annotated checklists printed in the state – “Birds of the Atlanta, Georgia, Area” – in 1933. He was a co-editor and a major contributor to the first annotated checklist of Georgia birds published by GOS in 1945. When he passed away in 1975, this award was established in his memory.

These awards depend on nominations, your nominations, of individuals you think deserve consideration for the award. The nomination parameters are quite simple. A person may be nominated for service to GOS either over a long period of time, or for a specific project or accomplishment. A person may be nominated for outstanding achievement in ornithology with the additional stipulation that the person has a “Georgia connection.” That connection might be membership in GOS, a Georgia native, working in Georgia, etc. In addition, their achievement in ornithology can be as a professional ornithologist or as a non-professional field ornithologist.

The award selection committee consists of John Swiderski, chair, Giff Beaton and Terry Moore. Nominations should be sent to Mr. Swiderski. All nominations received are kept in the pending file and are evaluated by the committee each year.

John Swiderski
P O Box 5707
Valdosta, GA 31603-5707
(229) 242-8382