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V o l . XXXVIII, No. 1 89 Ceremonies Sandy Bederman, with guest speakers Allen Bushong, John Fraser Hart, James O. Wheeler, and Ronald Abler. In sequential panel sessions, the Com­ mittee on the Status of Women in Geography framed contemporary women’s re­ search and leadership across the Division’s 50 years. Field trips to Selma, Birmingham’s Civil Rights Museum and its'historic Sloss Furnace, and the Mercedes SUV plant appropriately captured much of the South’s past and con­ temporary geography. The World Geography Bowl, organized by Neal Lineback, continued to hold an exciting place on the program. Approximately 100 students were involved in the competition. The North Carolina team (Juan Bartelle, Benjamin Gersh, Katherine Nichols, Baker Perry, James Pleasants, Michael Russell, William Welsh, and David Wrubel) claimed the championship in a final round victory over the Alabama team. Coordinators for the winners were Elizabeth Hines and John Florin. Points leader Geoffrey Smith was the Bowl competition’s Most Valuable Player. At the Honors Luncheon, students from the University of South Carolina swept the Prunty Scholarship and Student Honors competition. Laura Fischer was awarded the Merle C. Prunty Scholarship, John Gartin won the Master’s-level Student Honors paper competition, and Jerry Mitchell garnered the award at the Ph.D. level. In Special Honors Awards, Denny Spetz was recognized with the Distinguished Service Award and Barney Warf was the recipient of the Research Honors Award. AAG President Patricia Gober concluded the luncheon with a lively and beautifully illustrated address, “Immigration and the Demographic Balkanization of America.” In sum, the Golden Anniversary Meeting underscored the Southeastern Divi­ sion’s rich traditions and its continued vitality. As we begin a second 50 years at the Memphis meeting, we proudly can carry that heritage into a renewed commit­ ment to future friendship and scholarship in the Southeast. Southeastern Geographer Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1, M ay 1998, pp. 89-92 REPORT OF THE HONORS COMMITTEE Howard G. Johnson Criteria for the special awards presented by the SEDAAG Honors Commit­ tee are published in the Southeastern Geographer, Vol. 37, No. 1, May 1997, pp. 109-110. Dr. Johnson is Professor and Chair o f the Department o fPhysical and Earth Sciences, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265. 90 S o u t h e a s t e r n G e o g r a p h e r RESEARCH HONORS AWARD Barney L. Warf Florida State University The 1997 Honors Committee of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers is pleased to present the Research Honors Award to Professor Barney L. Warf, Department of Geography, Florida State University. Professor W arfs scholarly productivity since receiving his Ph.D. in 1985 has been remarkable. His publications include a book, 13 chapters in books, over 60 journal articles, and over 25 book reviews. His publications have appeared in the most highly respected geography and interdisciplinary journals. Professor W arfs research on service economies and new industrial geogra­ phies is widely cited by other scholars in and outside the discipline. Other topics addressed in Barney’s research cover a range of economic, political, and social themes including information services, U.S. regions and the global economy, di­ mensions of international industry and trade, and teaching political economy and social theory. Recently he has embarked on studying telecommunications geogra­ phy and issues of cyberspace and has been cited as one of a handful of American geographers who are advancing a research agenda in new and exciting areas of economic geography and in the interfaces with social, technology, and political issues. In addition to a stellar research record, Barney Warfhas made significant con­ tributions to American geography by his ability to focus on theoretical and ap­ plied geography, by his frequent presentations at regional, national, and international meetings and conferences, and by his establishment ofpositive men­ tor relationships with his students. Professor Warf is a contributor to ongoing dis­ cussions and dialogues on theoretical issues of postmodernism and social theory that have appeared in major academic, teaching, applied, and interdisciplinary journals, while his applied work is especially important in apprising corporations of the utility of geographic research. He has advanced these dual perspectives as...

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