| Oscar
S. Causey Award History of the Award
NRC awards the Oscar S. Causey Award each fall for outstanding
contributions to reading research. Dr. Oscar S. Causey was the founder
of the National Reading Conference and served many years as Chair of the
Executive Committee. The Award is awarded annually to recognize outstanding
contributions to literacy research and was first presented in 1967.
About Oscar Causey
Criteria for Consideration for the Award
Nominations should include: (a) a nominating letter, and (b) a copy of
the nominee’s current curriculum vita. Nominations are sent to the
chair. Nominations are considered active for a period of three years,
unless a nominee has received the award during this time.
Review Process
The chair has the prerogative of setting a fair and equitable review process.
In the past this has taken place by sending hard copy or electronic copies
of each nominee’s curriculum vita and nomination letter to members
of the committee. Committee members rank each nominee in order from highest
to lowest. The chair averages these rankings, and the recipient is selected
according to the person receiving the highest average ranking. This process
is completed by September 15 of each year. Tradition has it that only
the chair, the recipient, the President, and NRC headquarters know the
name of the recipient. This is done in order to make the award an important
announcement at the NRC Annual Meeting. The recipient is notified as soon
as possible (no later than October 1) so that he/she might attend the
conference to receive the award. The recipient of the Oscar S. Causey
Award will receive a plaque and a monetary award in the amount of $500.00.
Oscar S. Causey Award Winners
Arthur S. McDonald (1967)
Albert J. Kingston (1968)
George D. Spache (1969)
George B. Schick (1970)
Homer L. J. Carter (1971)
Al Lowe (1975)
Paul C. Berg (1978)
Earl E Rankin (1979)
Edward B. Fry (1980)
George R. Klare (1981)
J. Jaap Tuinman (1982)
Joanna P. Williams (1983)
Harry Singer (1984)
S. Jay Samuels (1985)
Philip Gough (1986)
Richard C. Anderson (1987)
Monte Penney (Citation of Merit -- 1987)
Isabel Beck (1988)
P. David Pearson (1989)
Ronald E Carver (1990)
Linnea C. Ehri (199l)
John T. Guthrie (1992)
Kenneth S. Goodman (1993)
Shirley Brice Heath (1994)
Robert Ruddell (1995)
Keith E. Stanovich (1996)
Donna E. Alvermann (1997)
Kathryn H. Au (1998)
Rebecca Barr (1999)
Michael Pressley (2000)
Patricia Ann Alexander (2001)
Connie Juel (2002)
Robert Calfee (2003)
Victoria Purcell-Gates (2004)
Steven Stahl (2004)
Annemarie Palincsar (2005)
Michael L. Kamil (2006)
Scott G. Paris (2007) |
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