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Association for Social Economics Presented Awards
Presented three per year
Presented three per year
THOMAS F. DIVINE AWARD
Named for one of the founding fathers of the Association for Social Economics, the Thomas F. Divine Award is presented annually to an Association member who over a lifetime has made important contributions to social economics and the social economy. A $1,000 cash stipend is included. The Award is formally presented by the Association at its annual meetings.
The Award was presented for the first time in 1986 to William Waters of DePaul University. Since then recipients are:
1987Franz Mueller
1988 Joseph Solterer
1989 Peter Danner and George Rohrlich
1990 Joseph Becker
1991 John Elliott
1992 Kendall Cochran
1993 Stephen Worland
1994 Wallace Peterson
1995 Walter Adams and Lewis Hill
1996 John O'Brien and Richard Mulcahy
1997 Warren Samuels and Sister Catherine Knoop, CSJ
1998 Hans Jensen
1999 Severyn Bruyn
2000 Mark Lutz
2001 Bill Dugger
2002 Ron Stanfield
2003 Ed O'Boyle
2004 Daniel R. Finn
2005 Ingrid H. Rima
2006 Charles K. Wilber
2007 John B. Davis
2008 Jon D. Wisman
The 2009 recipient is John P. Tiemstra of the Calvin College for his lifetime contributions to Social Economics.
LUDWIG MAI SERVICE AWARD
Since 1983, the Ludwig Mai Service Award has been presented periodically to a person who has rendered exceptional service to the Association. The recipients are:
1983 Leo Ryan
1987 Al Clay
1989 Kay Danner
1990 Robert Deans
1991 Sister Yolande
1992 Hans Jensen
1993 Thomas Bausch and Lewis Hill
1994 John Conway O'Brien
1995 Kishor Thanawala
1996 Anthony Scaperlanda
1998 Edward O'Boyle
1999 John B. Davis
2000 Patrick J. Welch
2001 Edward Fitzsimmons
2002 James Henderson
2003 Elba Brown-Collier
2004 Jane Clary
2005 Jon D. Wisman
2006 Ellen Mutari
2007 David George
2008 Frederic Lee
The 2009 recipient is Bruce E Collier of Education Management Information Systems for his service to the Association for Social Economics.
HELEN POTTER AWARD
The Helen Potter Award was created and endowed in 1975. It is presented each year to the author of the best article in the Review of Social Economy by a promising scholar of social economics. Award recipients receive a plaque and a $500 prize. Past recipients are:
1975 Ron Stanfield
1976 Rita Maldonado-Bear
1977 Robert Clark
1978 Jon Wisman
1979 Lowell Dunlap
1980 Jonathan Boswell
1981 Elba Brown-Collier
1982 Carol Anderson
1983 Bruce McDaniel and John Silvia
1984 David Ellerman
1985 Douglas Booth
1986 Raymond Benton, Jr.
1987 Kenneth Stikkers
1988 Frederic Lee
1989 David George
1990 Roger Johnson
1991 Michael Lawlor
1992 Morris Altman
1993 Stephen Medema
1994 Gail Summerfield
1995 Bruce Pietrykowski
1996 Paul Wojick
1997 Metin Cosgel
1998 John Berdell
1999 Lanse Minkler
2000 John E. Murray
2001 Wilfred Dolfsma
2002 Stephen T. Ziliak
2003 Geoffrey E. Schneider
2004 Ellen Mutari
2005 Benedetta Giovanola
2006 Mark Hayes
2007 Nuno Martins
2008 Sebastian Berger
The 2009 recipient is Huascar F. Pessali of the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil, for his article "Metaphors of Transaction Cost Economics" in Volumn 67, No. 3, September, 2009, issue of the Review of Social Economy.
SPRINGER BEST PAPER AWARD
Annually the Editor-in-Chief will select the best paper submitted to the Forum for Social Economics, and the author of that article is granted the “Springer Best Paper Award” and a financial contribution of US $500.
Past recipients are:
The 2009 recipient is Charles J. Whalen of Cornell University for his article "Toward Post-Keynesian Institutionalism and the Creative State 'Wisely Managed' Capitalism" in Volumn 37, 2008, issue of the Forum for Social Economics.
Annually the Editor-in-Chief will select the best paper submitted to the Forum for Social Economics, and the author of that article is granted the “Springer Best Paper Award” and a financial contribution of US $500.
Past recipients are:
2008 John Henry
The 2009 recipient is Charles J. Whalen of Cornell University for his article "Toward Post-Keynesian Institutionalism and the Creative State 'Wisely Managed' Capitalism" in Volumn 37, 2008, issue of the Forum for Social Economics.
