Awards and Service

AWARDS (select)

2023        Honorary Member of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences
2018        SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology Raymond C. Moore Paleontology Medal
2017        Golden Crinoid Award  International Echinoderm Conference
2014        Ohio State University Emeritus Academy (Inaugural Class)
2013        Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award
2012        Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
2011         Gilbert Harris Award, Paleontological Research Institute
2011         Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State
University
2011         Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State
University
2010        Harlan Hatcher Arts & Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award
2007        Distinguished GraduateTeaching Award, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
2006        Research medal from Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
2005        Fellow, Paleontological Society (Inaugural Class)
2001         Richard Owen Award; Outstanding Alumnus, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana
University
2002-04  Paleontological Society President
2000        Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
2000        Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State
University
1997          Fellow, Geological Society of America
1992-93   Paleontological Society Distinguished Lecturer (first class)
1992         Ohio Distinguished Citizen
1992         Fulbright Fellowship, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
1991          Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
1990         Schuchert Award, Paleontological Society
1989         Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, The Ohio
State University
1980         S.E.P.M. Outstanding Journal of Paleontology Paper Award (1979 volume)
1979          E. R. Cummings Award, Department of Geology, Indiana University
1977          Estwing Outstanding Geology Graduate Student Award, Indiana University
1976          Sigma Xi (Full Member, 1985)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (select)

Paleontology consultant (gratis) for the Paleontology Museum in Uppsala, Sweden, 2023
Paleontology consultant (gratis) for the Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2023
Paleontology consultant (gratis) for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, 2023
Paleontology consultant for Mammoth Cave National Park, U.S. Park Service, 2021-2022
Paleontology consultant (gratis) for Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 2021
Paleontology consultant (gratis) for Museum of the Earth and online content for the Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York, 2020
Paleontology consultant (gratis) for Mammoth Cave National Park, U.S. Park Service, 2020
Paleontology consultant (gratis) for National Museum of Natural History, Paris, 2020
Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs, Emeritus Academy Steering Committee,
            Member, 2019-2023 (Steering Committee Chair 2021-2022 AY).Paleontological Society, Chair, Fund Raising Campaign, 2019
Paleontological Research Institute, Board of Trustees Member, 2015-2021; Trustee Emeritus. 2021 –
Paleontological Society, 2000-2002, President-elect; 2002-2004, President; 2004-2006,
past-President
Ohio State Chapter of Sigma Xi, 2009-2010 Vice President, 2010-2011 President, 2011-2013
past-President
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Midyear Meeting, Chairman, 1988, Columbus
North American Paleontological Conference 2009, Organizing Committee
Alumni Council, Department of Geology, Indiana University, 1984-87
Panelist, National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship, 1990-97, 1999-2001; (Chair,
1996-97, 2000-2001
Scientific Committee for: “Progress in Echinoderm Palaeobiology (PEP’15), Zargoza, Spain, June,
2015.