AACS Alumni Association

Life Achievement Award

Background on AACS Alumni Association Life Achievement Award

The AACS Alumni Association Board of Directors have established the AACS Life Achievement Award to honor those members who have distinguished themselves in service to the Association by devoting many hours, days and years to making the Association one of the best going. The express purpose of this program is to recognize and to hold in high esteem those individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary and inordinate service to the Association and/or in other activities that are noteworthy. .   The Board of Directors will solicit from the membership those individuals who may qualify for this high honor on an annual basis. Member input for nominations (electronic format acceptable) with justification, should be sent to the Executive Director for consideration, not later than July 15th of each year. This is a way for us to highlight the accomplishments of so many of our members who have demonstrated outstanding service/performance to the Association and/or other notable contributions that are considered noteworthy. This program is not an annual award, but one that will be presented on a "as justified basis". The first AACS Alumni Association Life Achievement Award was presented to Ted V. Carlson at the 25^th AACS Annual Reunion in Knoxville, Tennessee on September 22, 2001. Ted was honored for his long and dedicated service as the Director for Membership and Editor/Publisher of the Alumni Newsletter.  SEE LIFE ACHIEVEMENT POLICY BELOW.

Richard W. "Dick" Frye

Executive Director

AACS Alumni Association
Nominating & Selection Policy
for the
AACS Alumni Life Achievement Award

(Revised:  December 15, 2007)

I. Purpose: To establish an award to recognize AACS Alumni Association members who have distinguished themselves over a long period of time by outstanding service to our Association or in other activities that are considered noteworthy.  Members must have consistently demonstrated outstanding service and/or performance.

II. Criteria for Nomination: The AACS Alumni Board of Directors will solicit from Alumni Association members the names of those members who have distinguished themselves and meet the purpose of this award.

III. Selection Criteria: Members who have been identified as meeting the criteria for nomination contained in Paragraph  I & II above will be evaluated by the Board of Directors and voted on for selection. All members who are nominated for the AACS Life Achievement Award, will be selected on merit only.

IV. Format for Submission of Nominees: Alumni members or members wishing to nominate a member for the AACS Life Achievement Award, will submit written justification  (electronic format is acceptable) containing the rationale for the nomination. There is no specific format for these nominations except that the justification must be specific and contain the basis for the Board of Directors to make a selection for this high and prestigious award.  The award is not considered as an annual award and will only be presented on a "when justified basis". Nominations and justification should be made to the Executive Director of the AACS Alumni Association at any time, but in order to announce and make presentations to a recipient(s) at our annual convention, nominations should be submitted no later than July 15th of each year.

S/T

Stanley J. Phillips

Executive Director

Original approved: February 1, 2002