Robert A. Kramer Lifetime Service Award

The Robert A. Kramer Lifetime Service Award is presented to an individual who has given extraordinary service and distinguished leadership in Society activities over the course of their membership.

All completed nomination forms MUST be submitted by July 20, 2026 (11:59PM ET).

Eligibility & Judging Criteria

The following criteria shall be considered in the selection and evaluation of nominees:

• SCC Membership is required.
• Presented to an individual only once.
• Extraordinary service to the Society for a period of no less than 20 years.
• Presented at the discretion of the Board of Directors with recommendation from Achievement Awards Task Force.

Selection of Awardee

All complete nominations received by the published deadline are evaluated by the Achievement Awards Committee.  No late submissions will be considered.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, uses both objective and subjective means in the evaluation process including, but not limited to: quality of submission; completeness of submission; and demonstrated match to the published award criteria.  Nominations are evaluated individually and subsequently ranked by the Committee against all other submissions received that given year.  In its sole discretion, Committee reserves the right to request additional information regarding any nominee but is not obligated to do so.  The Committee does not provide feedback to nominees.  For all awardee selections, the Committee’s decision is final and non-appealable.
 

Note :  the nomination form cannot be saved and should be completed in one session. You may want to intially write your submission information in a separate document, so that you have a backup should you encounter any issues while submitting your nomination.
 

RECENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

2025 - Mindy S. Goldstein PhD

2024 - R. Randall Wickett, PhD

2023 – Eugene Frank

2021 – Stanley R. Milstein, PhD

2020 – Gary Agisim (posthumously)

2019 – Robert Y. Lochhead, PhD and Joseph P. Pavlichko (posthumously)

2015 – Donald Katz

2010 – Robert Sauté

Have someone in mind who should win, complete the form below to send your nomination.