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The Southern Lepidopterists' Society's Annual John Abbot Award

The Abbot Award is awarded annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to our understanding of the Lepidoptera of the Southern region of the U.S. These contributions can include, but are not limited to, research, publication, fostering public awareness and other projects. This person is chosen from a list of nominees by vote of the membership. The Abbot award was created to recognize the efforts of nominated individuals, major contributors to the knowlege of Lepidoptera fauna in the United States, with particular emphasis on the south, though not necessarily restricted to the region.

The award is named for John Abbot (1751-1840), one of the initial pioneers of studies of Lepidoptera of the southeastern United States. Abbot was an early naturalist, whose paintings and recorded observations provided a number of descriptions of southeastern species. He spent a significant portion of his life in Bulloch County, Georgia during the early nineteenth century, where he made many of his observations. 
2005 Winner

Lee and Jackie Miller are the 2005 Abbott Award recipients in recognition of their major contributions to the knowledge of lepidoptera in Florida and the Caribbean. More information about the Millers and about the 2005 meeting will appear in the December issue of the news.

2005 Abbot Award
Lee Miller, Jeff Slotten, Jacqueline Miller
Past Recipients of the Abbot Award:
  1. Charles P. Kimball
  2. Charles V. Covell, Jr.
  3. Bryant Mather
  4. Roy Kendall
  5. Andre Blanchard
  6. Ed Knudson, M.D.
  7. Dale H. Habeck
  8. Richard Heitzman
  9. (None)
  10. Tom Emmel
  11. Howard V. Weems
  12. Douglas C. Ferguson
  13. (None)
  14. (None)
  15. (None)
  16. (None)
  17. John Heppner
  18. Jeffrey R. Slotten, D.D.S.
  19. Marc Minno
  20. Vernon Brou
  21. Leroy C. Koehn
  22. James Adams and John Calhoun
  23. Irving Finkelstein
  24. Lee Miller and Jackie Miller

2001 Abbot Award
The 2001 Abbot Award,
Awarded to Leroy Koehn
Note: Although anyone can be nominated, only current members of the Southern Lepidopterists' Society may submit a nomination. 		 
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