At the 1999 Annual Meeting, the VAS Council approved a number of changes in the ByLaws. One of these changes was to establish a new category of membership, Honorary Life Membership, to honor persons for long and distinguished service to science. Honorary Life Members will have all the rights and privileges of Regular Members but will be except from paying dues. Previous active membership in VAS is not a requirement for eligibility.

VAS members are invited to submit nominations for Honorary Life Members to be named at the Annual Meeting. Nomination letters, with adequate supporting information, must be received by the Executive Secretary-Treasurer no later than October 1, in the year preceding the award. Nominations will be forwarded to the Awards Committee for consideration and possible recommendation to Council. Upon recommendation to Council, election to Honorary Life Member status will be by majority vote of the Academy Council.

In order to be considered by the Awards Committee, each nomination letter must be signed by at least three Academy members making and/or supporting the nomination. Alternatively, each person supporting the nomination may submit an individual nomination letter. The nomination letter should include detailed biographical information and adequate supporting information (including a current CV or resume) to be used by the members of the Awards Committee and the Academy Council in evaluating the credentials of the nominee for Honorary Life Membership status. The supporting information should be in a form appropriate for subsequent publication in the Virginia Journal of Science and/or Virginia Scientists.

Nomination letters with supporting materials should be sent to:

                    Executive Officer

Additional information about the Selection of Honorary Life Members may be found in the 1999 Spring issue of the Virginia Journal of Science [50(1):77].