Introduction
Each year the Association may elect members as TAPPI Fellows, the candidate must have been a member of TAPPI for not less than ten years prior to nomination and have contributed meritorious service to the Association and/or to the industry. The ten years of TAPPI membership may have been in any membership class or combination of classes: member, associate, affiliate, retired, local section, student, or sustaining member representative. TAPPI Fellows may be automatically designated as in the case of the Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award recipients, TAPPI Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Awardees, and retiring TAPPI Directors. Past recipients of Division Awards, Division Leadership and Service Awards, and Certificates of Appreciation can be nominated. Incumbent members of the Board of Directors, however, will not be considered for nomination and may not sponsor a nominee for Fellow. The application will remain open for 5 years.
Deadline: August 1 for honors to be given the following year.
Instructions for Submission
Please complete the survey for submission. Questions can be sent to awards@tappi.org. If any forms lack sufficient room, please attach these on the supplemental data upload section with the nominee's name and question number. Sponsors can invite collaborators to contribute to applications.
At a glance, the following are required for submission:
- Common nomination form: sponsor and nominee contact information
- Biographical data form: nominee's employment history, education, etc.
- Service data form: offices held with TAPPI
- Supplemental data sheet
- Additional attachments
Selection
Once it has received all the necessary information, the TAPPI Board Nominating/ Honors Committee will review the data and submit a recommendation to the TAPPI Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may grant the award to the recipient if agreed upon by 2/3 of the members.
Multiple nominations by several individuals or groups for any one award for the awards is discouraged, since only one nomination per candidate is needed to assure full and careful consideration by the committee.
TAPPI Fellow
Introduction
Each year the Association may elect members as TAPPI Fellows, the candidate must have been a member of TAPPI for not less than ten years prior to nomination and have contributed meritorious service to the Association and/or to the industry. The ten years of TAPPI membership may have been in any membership class or combination of classes: member, associate, affiliate, retired, local section, student, or sustaining member representative. TAPPI Fellows may be automatically designated as in the case of the Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award recipients, TAPPI Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Awardees, and retiring TAPPI Directors. Past recipients of Division Awards, Division Leadership and Service Awards, and Certificates of Appreciation can be nominated. Incumbent members of the Board of Directors, however, will not be considered for nomination and may not sponsor a nominee for Fellow. The application will remain open for 5 years.
Deadline: August 1 for honors to be given the following year.
Instructions for Submission
Please complete the survey for submission. Questions can be sent to awards@tappi.org. If any forms lack sufficient room, please attach these on the supplemental data upload section with the nominee's name and question number. Sponsors can invite collaborators to contribute to applications.
At a glance, the following are required for submission:
- Common nomination form: sponsor and nominee contact information
- Biographical data form: nominee's employment history, education, etc.
- Service data form: offices held with TAPPI
- Supplemental data sheet
- Additional attachments
Selection
Once it has received all the necessary information, the TAPPI Board Nominating/ Honors Committee will review the data and submit a recommendation to the TAPPI Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may grant the award to the recipient if agreed upon by 2/3 of the members.
Multiple nominations by several individuals or groups for any one award for the awards is discouraged, since only one nomination per candidate is needed to assure full and careful consideration by the committee.