At each Annual Meeting, NCURA recognizes up to five members who have made sustained and distinctive contributions to the organization with its Julia Jacobsen Distinguished Service Award.

As a Washington, DC local committed to the field of research administration, Julia Jacobsen played a paramount role in expanding the efforts of NCURA. Not only was she influential in bringing government speakers to the annual meetings, but when it came time for NCURA to establish an office in DC, Julia opened her home to the association. After she was elected as Secretary-Treasurer in 1974, she advocated for increased professional development opportunities and was instrumental in defining what would become NCURA’s Regions. In honor of the dedicated service to NCURA that Julia exemplified, the Distinguished Service Award was renamed the NCURA Julia Jacobsen Distinguished Service Award in 2013.

The Nominating and Leadership Development Committee (NLDC) invites nominations for this award. Nominees for NCURA’s Julia Jacobsen Distinguished Service Award must 1) be current or past members, and 2) have made significant contributions to NCURA. Please note, current National officers (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) and NCURA Standing Committee (FMC, NLDC and PDC) Chairs and Vice Chairs are ineligible for nomination for a Julia Jacobsen Distinguished Service Award.

Submission materials for this award are:

• A letter of nomination (300-400 words) written by someone with personal knowledge of the nominee that states why the individual should be considered for this honor and confirms that the nominee will be available to personally accept the award at the upcoming Annual Meeting.
• Up to three letters of support from NCURA members that comment on this person’s contribution to NCURA.
• To re-nominate a previous candidate, please submit a revised letter of nomination and supply copies of past, revised, or new letters of support.

All nominations and supporting materials from the nominees must be sent electronically to awards@ncura.edu on or before March 15, 2024.

Inquiries regarding the award may be directed to Kathleen Larmett at (202) 466-3894.

In 2023, NCURA recognized four members with the Julia Jabosen Distinguished Service Award. These recipients are:

Erin Bailey

University at Buffalo

Annika Glauner

University of Zurich

Jeff Seo

Northeastern University

Tony Ventimiglia

Auburn University

 

 

2023

Erin Bailey, University at Buffalo

Annika Glauner, University of Zurich

Jeff Seo, Northeastern University

Tony Ventimiglia, Auburn University

2022

Anne Albinak, Johns Hopkins University

Diane Hillebrand, University of North Dakota

Fadia Homeidan, American University of Beirut

Toni Shaklee, Oklahoma State University

2021

Mary Louise Healy, Johns Hopkins University

Derick Jones, Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Sue Kelch, University of Michigan- Ann Arbor

Stacy Riseman, College of the Holy Cross

Lori Ann Schultz, University of Arizona

2020

Tricia Callahan, Colorado State University

Rashonda Harris, Emory University

Lisa Mosley, Yale University

Ben Prince, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Jill Tincher, University of Georgia

2019

John Hanold, The Pennsylvania State University

Dennis Paffrath, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Shannon Sutton, Western Illinois University

Ara Tahmassian, Harvard University

Susan Zipkin, University of New Hampshire

2018

Bruce Morgan, University of California, Irvine

Mario Medina, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Robyn Remotigue, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

Twila Reighley, Michigan State University

Suzanne Rivera, Case Western Reserve University

2017

Jilda Garton, Georgia Institute of Technology

Agatha Keller, ETH Zurich / Univeristy of Zurich

Vicki Krell, Arizona State University

Rosemary Madnick, University of Alaska- Fairbanks

2016

Glenda Bullock, Washington University in St. Louis

Kris Monahan, Providence College

Denise Moody, Harvard University

Craig Reynolds, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Samantha Westcott, California Institute of Technology

2015

Brenda Kavanaugh, University of Rochester

Marjorie Forster, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Thomas E. Wilson, Rush University Medical Center

2014

Cindy Hope, The University of Alabama

Toni Lawson, University of Maryland College Park

Dan Nordquist, Washington State University

Timothy Reuter, Stanford University

Cathy Snyder, Vanderbilt University

2013

Judy Fredenberg, University of Montana

Barbara Gray, East Carolina University

Stephen Hansen, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Norm Hebert, Brown University

David Richardson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2012

Michele Codd, George Washington University

Barbara Cole, University of Miami

Francois Lemire, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Susan Sedwick, The Universityy of Texas at Austin

Michelle Vazin, Vanderbilt University

2011

Patrick Green, Vanderbilt University

F. Edward Herran, Purchase College, SUNY

Heather Offhaus, University of Michigan

Kerry Peluso, Emory University

Beth Seaton, Western Illinois University

2010

Denise J. Clark, University of Maryland College Park

Patrick Fitzgerald, Harvard University

Vivian Holmes, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Jane Youngers, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

2009

James Casey, Jr., University of Texas at San Antonio

David Mayo, California Institute of Technology

Georgette Sakumoto, University of Hawaii

Pamela Webb, University of Minnesota

Pamela Whitlock, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

2008

Vincent "Bo" Bogdanski, Colorado State University

F. John Case, University of Akron

Allen Soltow, University of Tulsa

Laura Wade, University of Houston - Texas Center for Superconductivity

Denise Wallen, University of New Mexico

2007

Jo Barnes, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Jamie Caldwell, Loyola University of Chicago

John Carfora, Amherst College

Jerry Fife, Vanderbilt University

Ann Holmes, University of Maryland, College Park

2006

Jan Fox, Texas Christian University

Patricia Hawk, Oregon State University

Robert Killoren, The Ohio State University

Peggy Lowry, Oregon State University

Cynthia White, Washington University

2005

Marti Dunne, New York University

Dick Keogh, Info Ed International, Inc.

Gunta Liders, University of Rochester

Garry Sanders, ORDWAY Research Institute, Inc.

Mary Ellen Sheridan, University of Chicago

2004

Thomas Coggins, University of South Carolina

Milton Cole, Villanova University

Stephen Erickson, Boston College

Cheryl-Lee Howard, The John Hopkins University

Regina White, Brown University

2003

Alice Tangredi-Hannon, University of Pennsylvania

2002

Christina Hansen, University of California-Irvine

Kim Moreland, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Marianne Rinaldo Woods, University of Alabama

Andrew Rudczynski, University of Pennsylvania

Steven Smartt, Vanderbilt University