The Francis G. Slack Award was created by the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society to honor Excellence in Service to Physics in the Southeast. The award is named for Francis G. Slack, a distinguished Vanderbilt University scientist who was a charter member of the Southeastern Section and who contributed significantly to its development. The award recognizes those who have worked unselfishly to a) bring about significant new research facilities in the region, b) significantly strengthen and raise the stature of particular departments of physics in the region, c) provide significant leadership and work to strengthen and build the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Sigma Pi Sigma, the Society of Physics Students and other regional organizations, d) develop physics consortia of universities and/or research institutions that have benefited the region and the nation, and e) carry out other service and administrative activities such as organizing major conferences held in the region, international exchanges, public outreach to K-12 and so forth.

Nomination Information

Nominations for each award should be sent to the award committee chair by August 3 (DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED TO AUGUST 17) in the form of a single pdf file. (If electronic submission is not possible, please send four copies of the nomination.) A complete nomination consists of a CV, a nominating letter and up to three supporting letters (a maximum of two pages each). At least one of the letters should be from an institution other than the nominee's home institution. No other supporting documents are needed, but may be included. 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 SESAPS Chair Roxanne Springer and Vice-Chair Mary Ellen Zvanut of the Section informing them of the submission.

Send Materials to: Kathy Whatley, Provost Berry College 2277 Martha Berry Hwy NW Mount Berry, GA 30149 Phone: (706) 236-2216 Email: kwhatley@berry.edu

Members of the Slack Award Committee: Chair: Kathy Whatley, Berry College Previous Year’s Award Winner: David Ernst, Vanderbilt 3rd Member: Kirby Kemper, 2010 Award winner, Florida State University The Vice Chair of SESAPS, Mary Ellen Zvanut, is an ex-officio member of the committee.

Recipients

2012	Hermann Grunder, emeritus director JLAB
2011	David Ernst, Vanderbilt University
2010	Kirby Kemper, Florida State University
2009	Eugen Merzbacher, University of North Carolina
2008	Laurence Cain, Davidson College
2007	Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta University
2006	Jerry P. Draayer, Louisiana State University
2005	Lee Riedinger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2004	Ernest Jones, Vanderbilt University
2003	William Hamilton, Louisiana State University Warren Johnson, Louisiana State University
2002	Myron S. McCay, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
2001	Howard E. Carr, Auburn University
2000	Joseph Hamilton, Vanderbilt University Worth Seagondollar, North Carolina State University