Each year the Distinguished Education Service Award (DESA) is awarded to an individual who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the American system of electronic media education by virtue of a singular achievement or continuing service for or in behalf of electronic media education. Awards are presented at a ceremony during the BEA annual conference in Las Vegas each April.

33rd Annual Distinguished Education Service Award (DESA)
Call For Nominations

Deadline: January 5, 2015

Each year the Distinguished Education Service Award (DESA) is awarded to an individual who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the American system of electronic media education by virtue of a singular achievement or continuing service for or in behalf of electronic media education.  The recipient will be recognized at the BEA 2015 Awards Ceremony held in Las Vegas, NV at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort on April 13, 2015.  BEA encourages those whose are nominated to attend the BEA2015 Annual Convention April 12 - 15, 2015.

You must be a 2014 or 2015 BEA individual, institutional or associate member in order to be eligible.

Criteria for nomination and selection for award:
1. The person should have made a significant and lasting contribution to the American system of electronic media education by virtue of a singular achievement or continuing service for or in behalf of electronic media education.
2. Materials may include contributions in research, pedagogy, curriculum development fundraising support, consulting service and participation in BEA and other media education and professional associations.

Please send a nominating letter to the DESA Committee Chair, John Allen Hendricks.  Include your name and contact information, the nominee’s name, address, phone, position now held, and a description of the contribution(s) for which the candidate is nominated.

Nominations should include a detailed statement describing the nominee’s contributions to electronic media education plus a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae or professional resume.

Multiple nominations will carry no additional weight in the committee’s deliberations.

Please note: Materials can be mailed or sent electronically as attached as a Word document or PDF.
Please send your nomination letter and support materials, by Monday, January 5, 2015 to:
John Allen Hendricks
Stephen F. Austin State University
Box 13048, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, Tx 75962
(936) 468-4001
jhendricks@sfasu.edu

 

Previous Winners

2014 Dr. Douglas A. Boyd, University of Kentucky
2013 Dr. Robert K. Avery, University of Utah
2012 Dr. William Christ, Trinity University
2011 Diana King, The Charles and Lucile King Foundation
2010 Louisa Nielsen, Former BEA Executive Director 
2009 Michael D. Murray, UM Board of Curators Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis 
2008 Donald G. Godfrey, Professor, Arizona State University
2007 Dan Rather, Dan Rather Reports, HD.Net
2006 Mike Donovan, Professor, Rowan University & King Foundation 
2005 W. Lawrence Patrick, Media Broker, Broadcaster & Professor
2004 Herbert "Herb" Zettl, Emeritus Professor, San Francisco State University
2003 Joyce Tudryn, Broadcast Association Professional
2002 Norman J. Pattiz, Broadcaster
2001 Peter Orlik, Professor
2000 Herbert Howard, Professor
1999 Joe S. Foote, Professor
1998 Lawrence Lichty, Professor
1997 Lynne Shafer Gross, Professor
1996 Lewis Klein, Broadcaster
1995 Stanley Donner, Professor
1994 Patricia Cranston, Professor
1993 Rebecca Hayden, Publishing Professional
1992 Christopher H. Sterling, Professor
1991 Stan McKenzie, Broadcaster
1990 John Michael Kittross, Professor
1989 Wally Dunlap and Clark Pollack, Broadcasters
1988 Bruce Linton, Professor
1987 Erwin Krasnow, Communications Attorney
1986 Ken Harwood, Professor
1985 Thomas Bolger, Broadcaster
1984 Vincent Wasilewski, Broadcaster
1983 Sydney Head, Professor
1982 Harold Niven, Broadcast Association Professional