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In Memoriam Kimberly A. Tilley (1953-2013)

Kim award2It is with very deep sorrow and a tremendous sense of loss that we must inform you that Kimberly A. Tilley Associate Executive Director and Director of Communications passed away suddenly Friday evening December 27 2013 at her home in Bethesda Maryland.

Kim was a very critical resource to ASPRS not only to her fellow staff members but to the Society’s leadership and the membership at large.  As a colleague she was an indispensable confidant and advisor to me and I could not imagine how I would have effectively functioned as the Executive Director these past 16 years without her help.  Her contributions to the health of the Society have been numerous.  Kim’s unending commitment and devotion to students in general and specifically to the ASPRS student members are well known.  She was also the Executive Editor of PE&RS where she was very instrumental in making the front part of the Journal of interest to the broadest audience possible.  However many of her other most significant contributions have occurred well below the radar screen and thus were mostly invisible to the membership.  Nevertheless ASPRS would not be where it is without Kim’s untiring devotion; she truly cared for the Society its members and its mission.  

The family has announced the details of her Memorial Service to be held:
Saturday January 18 2014
at 11:00 a.m.
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church
3401 Nebraska Avenue NW,
Washington DC  20016
Phone 202-363-4900

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ASPRS Selects John R. Jensen and Stanley Morain as Honorary Members

John R. Jensen and Stanley Morain have been selected as the next Honorary Members of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Their nominations were recently approved by the ASPRS Board of Directors. This is the highest award bestowed by ASPRS. There can be only 25 living Honorary Members of the Society at any given time. 

Initiated in 1937 this life-time award is given for professional excellence in recognition of individuals who have rendered distinguished service to ASPRS and/or who have attained distinction in advancing the science and use of the geospatial information sciences.  Jensen and Morain will receive their awards at the ASPRS 2014 Annual Conference in Louisville Kentucky.

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2014 ASPRS FELLOW AWARD WINNERS

Bon A. Dewitt Rongxing Li Richard A. Pearsall Karen L. Schuckman and Douglas A. Stow have been named the 2014 ASPRS Fellow Award winners.  The ASPRS designation of Fellow is conferred on active Society members who have performed excep¬tional service in advancing the science and use of the mapping sciences (photogrammetry remote sensing surveying geographic information systems and related disciplines). 

The designation of Fellow is awarded for pro-fessional excellence and for service to the Society. Candidates are nominated by other active members recommended to the Fellows Committee and elected by the ASPRS Board of Directors. Up to 0.3 percent of the Society’s active members may be elected as Fellows in any one year.  The nominees must have made outstanding contributions in a recognized Society specialization whether in practice research development administration or education in the mapping sciences. Members of the Fellows Committee and the Executive Committee are ineligible for nomination.  This year’s awards will be given in March at the ASPRS 2014 Annual Conference in Louisville Kentucky.

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Dr. Gordon L. Wells Joins the CaGIS/ASPRS Specialty Conference for Keynote Address

Gordon L. Wells PhD. Program Manager for the Mid-American Geospatial Information Center located at the University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research will address imaging mapping and geospatial information professionals as the keynote speaker for the CaGIS/ASPRS 2013 Specialty Conference Tuesday October 29 2013 in San Antonio Texas.

Dr. Wells also serves as a member of the Governor’s Emergency Management Council where his team supports the State’s preparedness and response programs for homeland security and natural disasters. His hurricane landfall modeling and simulation results for storm surge and wind impacts are used by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for public meetings planning and training and during activations of the State Operations Center for decision support during and after landfall. Dr. Wells will bring a wealth of knowledge supporting the conference theme Imaging and Mapping for Disaster Management: From the Individual to the Global Community.

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GeoLeague Challenge 2014

The 4th Annual ASPRS SAC GeoLeague ChallengeTo be held at the 2014 Annual Conference in Louisville KY USA March 23-27 2014 GeoLeague ChallengeThis will mark the fourth year of the …