NOMINATION FOR FELLOW

Washington Academy of Sciences

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Room 631

Washington, DC 20005

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The undersigned Fellows hereby nominate for Fellow of the Washington Academy of Sciences:

Address:

Curriculum vitae: In electronic fomat in Word, Word Perfect, or pdf and either emailed to Membership@washacadsci.org or put on a disk and mailed along with the nomination form to the above address.

Citation: The nominee is recommended for election "in Recognition of...(state briefly his or her principal scientific contribution(s).

In preparing nominations for Fellow of the Academy, the following bylaws should be considered, especially Section 3.

ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP

Section 3. Fellows shall be persons who by reason of original research or other outstanding service to the sciences, mathematics, or engineering are deemed worthy of the honor of election to Academy fellowship, which may be attained only through nomination as provided In Section 3.(a).

Section 3.(a). Nominations of fellows shall be presented to the Committee on Membership on a form approved by the Committee. The form shall be signed by the sponsor, a fellow who has knowledge of the nominee's field, and shall be endorsed by at least one other fellow. An explanatory letter from the sponsor and a bibliography of the nominee's publications shall accompany the nomination form.

Section 3.(b). Election to fellowship shall be by vote of the Board on Managers upon recommendation of the Committee on Membership. Final action on nominations shall be deferred at least one week after presentation to the Board, and two-thirds of the vote cast shall be necessary to elect

Section 7. Members or fellows living more than 50 miles from the White House, Washington, 0. C., shall be classed as nonresident members or nonresident fellows.

Section 10. Dues. Annual dues for each membership class shall be fixed by the Board of Managers. No dues shall be paid by Emeritus Members. Emeritus Fellows, Life Members, Life Fellows, Patrons, or Affiliated Societies.

Action of the Board of Managers _____________________________________________________
Date

Application should be forwarded to:
Membership Committee
Washington Academy of Sciences
1200 New York Avenue, N.W.
Room 637
Washington, DC 20005