The George B. Pegram Award, first awarded in 1971, was created by the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society to honor “Excellence in the Teaching of Physics in the Southeast.”  The Award is named for George Braxton Pegram, a native of Durham, NC and a graduate of Duke University who was for many years Chairman of the Department of Physics and Dean of the Graduate School at Columbia University.  While he was Treasurer of the American Physical Society, Dr. Pegram played an important role in the formation of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society.  The Award recognizes college physics teachers who have demonstrated outstanding ability as undergraduate teachers in at least one of the following ways: (a) by producing a number of majors who have continued in a career in physics, (b) by authoring an undergraduate physics textbook which has received national recognition for its excellent quality, or (c) by  having an outstanding record of service in teaching as determined by the physics faculties at his own and other institutions.

Nomination Information

Nominations for each award should be sent to the appropriate award committee chair by July 15. Four copies of each nomination, consisting of a nominating letter and up to three supporting letters (a maximum of two pages each), should be sent. No other supporting documents are needed.  Nominations will be considered active for three years, though updating materials for nominees not chosen in the prior year is encouraged. Past winners are listed below.  The nominator is also asked to send an email to the Chair (dghaase@ncsu.edu) and Vice-Chair (cottle@phy.fsu.edu) of the Section informing them of the submission.

Send Materials to: Chair: Professor Chaden Djalali Carolina Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Physics and Astronomy University of South Carolina 712 Main Street Columbia, SC 29208 Phone: 803 777 4318 Fax: 803 777 3065 Email: djalali@sc.edu

Members of the Pegram Award Committee: Chair: Chaden Djalali, University of South Carolina Previous Year's Award Winner: Robert R. Marchini, University of Memphis 3rd Member: David Peterson, Francis Marion University The Vice-Chair of SESAPS is an ex-officio member of the committee.

Recipients

2007	Robert R. Marchini, University of Memphis
2006	Robert Beichner, North Carolina State University
2005	William Brantley, Furman University
2004
2003	John T. Foley, Mississippi State University
2002	Paul Cottle, Florida State University
2001	Lewis Bloomfield, University of Virginia David Haase, North Carolina State University
2000	Bascom Deaver, University of Virginia
1999	Kian Dy, UNC-Chapel Hill
1998	L. D. Hendrick, Francis Marion University E. Irl Howell, Mississippi State University
1997	Ray Hefferlin, Southern College
1996	Wendall Holladay, Vanderbilt University
1995	Joseph Ferguson, Mississippi State University
1994	Lawrence Akers, Univ. of Tennessee, Chattanooga
1993	Worth Seagondollar, North Carolina State University
1992	Marllin Simon, Auburn University
1991
1990	Wayne Bowers, UNC-Chapel Hill
1989	Richard Patty, North Carolina State University
1988	Joseph Hamilton, Vanderbilt University
1987	Walter Connolly, Appalachian State University
1986	D. Ray Carpenter, VMI  Richard Minnix, VMI
1985	Dan Cross, King College
1984	Donald Edwards, North Carolina A&T Univ.  Peyton Rhodes, Southwestern Univ. at Memphis  Craig Whitlock, Mississippi College
1983	William Alford, Auburn University
1982	Paul Shearin, UNC-Chapel Hill  Robert Greg Hussey, Louisiana State University
1981	William Pollard, ORAU  Stanley Ballard, University of Florida
1980	Rose Mooney-Slater, University of Florida  Alvin Nielsen, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
1979	Ron Edge, University of South Carolina D. C. Swanson, University of Florida
1978	Eric Rodgers, University of Alabama  Jack Taylor, Rhodes College
1977	Ernest Jones, Vanderbilt University Robert Lagemann, Vanderbilt University
1976	E. Scott Barr, University of Alabama Myron McCay, Univ. of Tennessee, Chattanooga
1975	Karl Maring, Loyola University Nelson Fuson, Fisk University
1974	Earl Pinkston, US Naval Academy  Howard Carr, Auburn University
1973	Francis Slack, Vanderbilt University  Edward Burke, Jr., King College
1972	Guy Foreman, University of South Florida  Joe Straley, UNC-Chapel Hill
1971	Fred Allison, Auburn University  Frederick Brown, University of Virginia Lawrence McAllister, Berry College  Frank Robeson, Virginia Tech