The MAPS Exceptional Service Award is given to planetarium staff who have gone “above or beyond the call of service” in work related to the planetarium field. Colleagues and co-workers may nominate candidates for the MAPS Exceptional Service Award.
MAPS Exceptional Service Award – Criteria & Nomination Form
Year | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | April Whitt |
| 2022 | Shawn Laatsch |
| 2019 | Jerry Vinski Francine Jackson |
| 2018 | Brian Koehler Jessica Leedy |
| 2016 | Kevin Williams Monique Wilson |
| 2015 | Jennifer Baxmeyer Kerri Kiker Tom Bruckner Alan Davenport |
| 2014 | Maryland Science Center staff: Dave Beam Samantha Blau Katie Feild Jesse Lorentson Shira Moskowitz Rich Stein |
| 2013 | Keith Johnson Mark Bowman Jeff Grills |
| 2011 | Rodney Martin |
| 2008 | Jan Russo |
| 2007 | Robert McCaskill Megan EM Dominguez Patty Seaton Steve Mitch |
| 2006 | Gloria Villalobos Paul Krupinski Sally Goff Donald Knapp |
| 2005 | Derrick Pitts Stephanie Parello Ted Williams |
| 2004 | Eric Melenbrink Joe Halley Jennifer Arruda Jessica Nunez |
| 2003 | Dennis Kurtz Patty Seaton |
| 2002 | Noreen Grice Pearl Reilly Juliann Gaydos Muller Kwadjo Denchi RuVaughn McDay Ed Frederick |