The award recognizes members who have maintained active membership for at least seven consecutive years and meet one or more of the following additional criteria:
- Held an elective office or served on the MAPS Board
- Served as a conference host
- Provided significant service to the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society
- Made a significant contribution to planetarium methodology, technology or education.
Nominate A Member
A MAPS member can nominate another member or herself/himself for the award by completing the MAPS Fellow Award Nomination Form and submitting the form to the MAPS Awards Committee Chair. After review by the MAPS Board, those nominees completing the requirements will be given the award at the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society Annual Conference.
Past Recipients
2024
Tim Collins, Tony Kilgore
2023
Stephen Dubois, Mike Francis, Noreen Grice, Mark Percy, Carolyn Slivinski
2021
Brian Koehler, Talia Sepersky, Kevin Williams
2016
Amie Gallagher, Francine Jackson, Wendy Ackerman
April Whitt, Joanne Young, Kathy Michaels, John Meader
2014
April Whitt
2013
Joyce Towne, Scott Huggins, Kim Small, Lee Ann Hennig, John Hare
Susan Button, Keith Johnson, Alan Davenport, Dennis Kurtz, Pete Conners
Jeff Grills, Mark Bowman, Tom Stec, Jerry Vinski
2012
Megan Dominguez
2010
Steve Russo, Rodney Martin, Kevin Conod, Patty Seaton, Sam Storch, Theodore Williams
Paul Krupinski, Donald Knapp, Gloria Villalobos, Steven R Mitch