Steve Walsh receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Steve Walsh received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the SouthEastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) on November 20th at the SEDAAG Annual Meeting held in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors Walsh's extensive record of research and publication, excellence in teaching and advising, his record of service contributions to UNC-Chapel Hill, and his long-standing record of support to the geography profession. He joins the following group who have received this award over the past twenty years.

1987 John Fraser Hart University of Minnesota

1989 Sam B. Hilliard Louisiana State University

1993 Karl B. Raitz University of Kentucky

1994 Charles F. Kovacik University of South Carolina

1995 Stephen S. Birdsall University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

1996 Morton D. Winsberg Florida State University

1999 Ron Abler Association of American Geographers

2000 James O. Wheeler University of Georgia

2001 Risa Palm University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

2002 J. Dennis Lord University of North Carolina, Charlotte

2004 Vernon G. Meentemeyer University of Georgia

2005 C.P. Lo University of Georgia Neal Lineback Appalachian State University

2006 Owen Faruseth University of North Carolina-Charlotte

2007 Stephen J. Walsh University of North Carolina