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Distinguished ATE Member Award
Nominations for ATE Distinguished Members
The Distinguished Member of the Association of Teacher Educators exemplifies the best of teacher education in this nation, which includes outstanding contributions to the Association; outstanding contributions to teacher education; and professional, academic, and ethical standards.
The Honors and Awards Committee receives and evaluates nominations and recommends candidates to the Board of Directors and Delegate Assembly. No more than two recommendations are made each year.
The Honors and Awards Committee invites nominations for the ATE Distinguished Member from current ATE members and/or state/regional units. The committee encourages nomination of all eligible members, recognizing differences in their opportunities to serve the Association. A person may not be nominated if he/she currently serves on the Honors and Awards Committee.
Eligibility for Consideration
• 15 years of consecutive membership in the Association of Teacher Educators
• Outstanding contributions to the Association of Teacher Educators
• Outstanding contributions to teacher education
• Consents to nominationPlease submit all completed forms by December 1 for review by the Honors and Awards Committee at the Annual Meeting.
All documentation and forms should be submitted to:
Christina Pfister, Honors and Awards Committee Chair
The College of Saint Rose
432 Western Avenue
Email: Christina PfisterAlbany, NY 12203
Click here to download the nomination forms in .PDF format. Nomination packet must arrive by the deadline and be complete for the ATE Honors and Awards Committee’s consideration. The nominator is responsible for the submission of the packet. All nominations are due by December 1.
Past Award Recipients
| 1977 | Floyd Perry | Minnesota | E. Brooks Smith | Michigan |
| 1978 | William A. Bennie | Texas | ||
| 1979 | Bill Fullerton | Arizona | Beradene Schunk | Nebraska |
| 1980 | Lois Blair | Pennsylvania | Hans C. Olsen | Texas |
| 1981 | James Collins | New York | Duaine Lang | Indiana |
| 1982 | Mary Ellen Perkins | Georgia | James A. Johnson | Illinois |
| 1983 | Pearlie Dove | Georgia | ||
| 1984 | Marvin Henry | Indiana | ||
| 1985 | Richard Collier | New York | Allen Warner | Texas |
| 1986 | Randall Bebb | Iowa | ||
| 1987 | Louise Dieterle | Illinois | Jane Grubb | Nebraska |
| 1988 | Robert Alley | Kansas | ||
| 1989 | Robert Roth | California | Robert Schuck | Rhode Island |
| 1990 | Peggy Elliott | Indiana | Richard Ishler | South Carolina |
| 1991 | Mike Shada | Nebraska | Robert Wright | New Mexico |
| 1992 | Billy Dixon | Illinois | John Williamson | Texas |
| 1993 | W. Robert Houston | Texas | Elizabeth Manera | Arizona |
| 1994 | John Sikula | California | Ray Sunderland | Pennsylvania |
| 1995 | Lyle Mottinger | Minnesota | ||
| 1996 | George Clarke | North Carolina | Linda Tafel | Illinois |
| 1997 | Leonard Kaplan | Michigan | Robert J. Stevenson | Virginia |
| 1998 | Janet Towslee | Georgia | Robert McNaughton | Ohio |
| 1999 | John McIntyre | Illinois | Shirley Robards | Oklahoma |
| 2000 | B. Keith Eicher | Virginia | ||
| 2002 | Peggy Wittliff | North Dakota | John Hicks | Pennsylvania |
| 2003 | James Whiteman | Ohio | Charlotte Mendoza | Colorado |
| 2004 | Fanchon Funk | Florida | ||
| 2005 | Alicia Mendoza | Florida | ||
| 2006 | Sheliah Dorton | Indiana | ||
| 2007 | Ann Gayles-Fenton | Florida | Ed Pultorak | Illinois |
| 2008 | Thomas Buttery | Tennessee | ||
| 2009 | Frances Van Tassell | Texas | ||
| 2010 | Candace Wells | Kansas | Carrie Robinson | New Jersey |
| 2011 | Marilyn Nicholas | Maryland | ||
| 2012 | Terry James | Arkansas | ||
| 2013 | Jane McCarthy | Nevada | ||
| 2014 | Karen McClusky | Illinois | Shirley DeLucia | Ohio |
| 2015 | Ann Shelly | Ohio | ||
| 2016 | Jim Alouf | Virginia | Nancy P. Gallavan | Arkansas |
| 2017 | no award |
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| 2018 | Deborah Barnes |
Arkansas | Terrell Peace |
Indiana |
| 2019 |
Shirley Lefever |
Kansas |
Emma Savage-Davis | North Carolina |
| 2020 | Annette Digby |
Arkansas |
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| 2021 | Freddie A. Bowles |
Arkansas | ||
| 2022 | Patricia Sari Tate |
Virginia | Christie McIntyre |
Illinois |
| 2023 | Linda R. Austin | Indiana | LeAnn Putney | Nevada |
| Additional Award Recipients L.O. Andrews |
North Dakota |
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| Edith E. Beechel | Colorado | |||
| Helen Marie Cookson | Louisiana | |||
| Dwight Curtis | Iowa | |||
| Edna Heilbronn | Michigan | |||
| William Henry Lawton | Rhode Island | |||
| Margaret Lindsay | New York | |||
| Alfred C. Moon | Iowa | |||
| Curtis Nash | Michigan | |||
| Allen D. Patterson | Pennsylvania | |||
| Florence Stratemeyer | New York | |||
| Edgar M. Tanruther | Indiana | |||
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Distinguished Members of ATE and AST
Thomas Alexander | Elizabeth Manera |
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