NASOH Awards

1) John Lyman Book Awards are given annually by the Society in the following six categories: Canadian naval and maritime history; U.S. naval history; U.S. maritime history; science and technology; reference works and published primary sources; and biography and autobiography. Books published during the previous year or bearing a copyright date of the previous year qualify for consideration. The award is named in honor of John Lyman (1921-1977), oceanographer, maritime historian, and a founder of NASOH.

For further information contact the Awards Committee chair, Gene Allen Smith (TCU), at g.smith@tcu.edu.

2) K. Jack Bauer Award to honor those who have given distinguished service to NASOH and have made life-time contributions to the field of maritime history. Created in 1988, the award is named in honor of E. Jack Bauer (1926-1987), naval historian and founder of the NASOH.

3) Chad Smith Student Travel Grants are awarded to assist students in funding travel to its annual meeting to deliver a paper at the meeting. The award is named in honor of Philip Chadwick Foster Smith, maritime museum curator, maritime historian, and an early member of NASOH.

4) Clark G. Reynolds Student Paper Award is provided each year to the author of the best paper by a graduate student delivered at the society's annual conference. Named in honor of Clark G. Reynolds (1939-2005)—naval historian, museum curator, and the first executive officer of NASOH—the prize will consist of assistance in publishing the essay in The Northern Mariner (the journal co-sponsored by NASOH and the Canadian Nautical Research Society), a membership in NASOH, a handsome plaque and the author's choice of $500 worth of books published by the University Press of Florida.