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for Excellence in Snake Systematics
General Conditions of The Slowinski AwardBecause of a substantial contribution from Deutsche Bank (New York City), and the individual contributions by his many friends and colleagues (see below), this Award was established in 2002 by the Board of Directors of The Center for North American Herpetology (CNAH) as a trust in perpetuity in recognition of the scientific achievements of the late Joseph B. Slowinski, whose life-long study on amphibian, chelonian, and reptilian evolution, especially venomous snakes, was amply demonstrated in his extensive academic and popular writings, photography, and scholarship.
Specifications of The Slowinski Award
The Slowinski Award, shall be presented once each year provided a qualified recipient is identified. In the absence of a qualified recipient, no award will be given. The award may not be divided, but must be presented in full, to a single individual (in the case of multiple authors, the first author is automatically the recipient of the award). The recipient of The Slowinski Award will be chosen by a panel of at least three herpetologists, one of which will serve as chair, and which have been selected by the CNAH Board of Directors. The charge to this panel is to select the most significant published contribution to snake systematics worldwide for the award year.
Qualifications of The Slowinski Award
Eligibility for The Slowinski Award is automatic upon the publication of a qualifying manuscript in the previous calendar year. A qualifying manuscript must have undergone peer-review prior to its publication in an English periodical or book. Additionally, the content of the publication must examine the relationships or taxonomic status of any group of snakes. The Slowinski Award panel will have full discretion as to whether a manuscript meets the eligibility requirements.
Enough money has been raised to initiate an endowed trust in perpetuity, and a portion of the interest of the trust will be used to fund the award annually, while the remaining interest will be placed back into the fund.
Additional donations may be sent to:
The Center for North American Herpetology
1502 Medinah Circle
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
Make checks payable to CNAH, and indicate in the remarks section that the donation is toward The Slowinski Award.
Or a donation may be made on-line:
Recipients of
The Joseph B. Slowinski Award for Excellence in Snake Systematics
2003
for his published research paper entitled
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Dwarf Boas and a Comparison
of Bayesian and Bootstrap Measures of Phylogenetic Support
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25(2): 361-371 (2002)
co-authored with Derrick J. Zwickl, Tracy A. Heath, and David M. Hillis
A Commemorative Memento and $500.00
2004
for his published research paper entitled
Assessing the Phylogenetic Utility of Four Mitochondrial Genes and a Nuclear Intron in the Asian Pit Viper Genus Trimeresurus: Separate, Simultaneous, and Conditional Data Combination Analyses
Molecular Biology and Evolution 20(8): 1240-1251 (2003)
co-authored with Anita Malhotra and Roger S. Thorpe
A Commemorative Memento and $500.00
2005
for his published research paper entitled
Molecular Systematics of Racers, Whipsnakes and Relatives (Reptilia: Colubridae)
Using Mitochondrial and Nuclear Markers
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 42: 223-233 (2004)
co-authored with Robin Lawson, Ulrich Joger and Michael Wink
A Commemorative Memento and $500.00
2006
for his published research paper entitled
Modeling Nucleotide Evolution at the Mesoscale:
The Phylogeny of the Neotropical Pitvipers of the Porthidium Group (Viperidae: Crotalinae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(3): 881-898 (2005)
co-authored with Mahmood M. Sasa and Christopher L. Parkinson
A Commemorative Memento and $500.00
2007
for his published research paper entitled
Dispersal and Vicariance: The Complex Evolutionary History of Boid Snakes
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(2): 347-358 (2006)
co-authored with Paul T. Chippindale
A Commemorative Memento and $500.00
2008
for his published research paper entitled
How and When did Old World Rat Snakes Disperse into the New World?
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 173-189 (2007)
co-authored with Robin Lawson
A Commemorative Memento and $500.00
whose financial contributions made The Slowinski Award possible:
Corporate Contributors
Deutsche Bank - New York, New York
Kansas Herpetological Society - Topeka, Kansas
The Center for North American Herpetology - Lawrence, Kansas
The W. Richard & Winifred W. Bingham Foundation - San Francisco, California
Individual Contributors
Armitage, Steven T. - Kansas City, Missouri
Bales, W. Kenton - Omaha, Nebraska
Beaham, Robert B. - Kansas City, Missouri
Becker, Bryan N. & Yolanda T. - Madison, Wisconsin
Blitt, Rita - Leawood, Kansas
Collins, Jerry & Kay - Cincinnati, Ohio
Collins, Suzanne L. & Joseph T. - Lawrence, Kansas
Curry, William H. & Dorothy F. - Mission Woods, Kansas
DeLong, Lea Rosson - Des Moines, Iowa
Dieringer, Beverly - West Redding, Connecticut
Dillon, Robert and Marjorie - Thomas, West Virginia
Edgar, Howard & Betty - Hutchinson, Kansas
Edgar, Steven K. & Rosalia M. L. Gomez-Mozo - Long Island City, New York
Fitch, Henry S. - Lawrence, Kansas
Fletcher, Deborah A. - Boston, Massachusetts
Foltz, Roger E. - Omaha, Nebraska
Francis, J. Scott - Kansas City, Missouri
Harju, Susanna - Kansas City, Missouri
Herman, Adriane K. - Kansas City, Missouri
Jensen, Don A. & Sallie H. - Kansas City, Missouri
Kenepaske, Linda - New York, New York
Kensett, James W. and Lenore B. - Chanute, Kansas
Knight, James and Karin - Aiken, South Carolina
Lambert, Jonathan B. - Kansas City, Missouri
Lokke, John - Omaha, Nebraska
Luther, Marilyn & Tal - Taos, New Mexico
Masterman, Lucy R. - Tucson, Arizona
McFarland, Ruth F. - Kansas City, Missouri
Meshaka, Walter E., Jr. - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Moriarty, Carolyn - Omaha, Nebraska
Moriarty, Emily C. - Austin, Texas
O'Neal, John T. & Patricia L. - Chicago, Illinois
Peters, Dee - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Pipkin, Nick and Kelsey - Topeka, Kansas
Polsky, Steven - San Francisco, California
Pypes, Evelyn L. - Roeland Park, Kansas
Rasmussen, Stanley and Teresa - Overland Park, Kansas
Rosenkrantz, Gail - New York, New York
Ryan, Ann - Hays, Kansas
Scott, John C., Jr. - New York, New York
Slowinski, Ronald J. - Kansas City, Missouri
Taggart, Bruce and Germaine - Hays, Kansas
Taggart, Travis W. - Hays, Kansas
Torrence, Gaylord - Des Moines, Iowa
Van Keppel, G. William - Kansas City, Missouri
Weaver, Chelsea R. - Salado, Arkansas
Whitacre, David - Lisle, Illinois
White, Fifi - Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Wiley, MacKenzie - Hays, Kansas
Williams, Eva - Wichita, Kansas
Windsor, Sean D. - New York, New York
Wurst, Timothy A. & Gwen E. - Denver, Colorado
The Center for North American Herpetology serves as a safe and secure haven for funds designated for herpetological awards and grants. Such funds are deposited in specific trusts in perpetuity, thus ensuring that they will be used only for the purposes for which they were donated. Individuals interested in establishing state or regional awards of a similar nature should contact The Center for North American Herpetology. All donations are tax deductible.
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