Frank J. Goodnow Award

The Frank Johnson Goodnow Award was created by the APSA Council in 1996 to honor service to the community of teachers, researchers, and public servants who daily toil in the many fields of politics. Frank J. Goodnow, the first president of the American Political Science Association, a pioneer in the development of judicial politics, and former president of Johns Hopkins University is an exemplar of the public service and volunteerism that this award represents.

Each year the Associations solicits nominations from members of the Council, former winners, and members of the Association. Nominations are then considered by the APSA Development Committee, who in turn selects a slate of nominees to be approved by the APSA Administrative Committee. Award winners are recognized at the annual Awards Ceremony and Luncheon, held as part of the APSA Annual Meeting.

The 2008 award will be presented at the Annual Meeting in Boston.

2007 Winners

List of All Winners

2008 Nomination Information

The APSA Development committee is soliciting nominations for the 2008 Goodnow Award, to be presented at the Annual Meeting in Boston.

The Goodnow Award was designed to recognize distinguished service to the profession and the Association, not necessarily a career of scholarship. This service may be by individuals, groups, and public and private organizations who have played a role in the development of the political science profession and the building of American Political Science Association.

The deadline to have sent letters of nomination was May 31, 2008. Letters of nomination, including (if possible) a curriclum vita, should have been sent to the following address:

Goodnow Award
APSA
1527 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036