The Jack Horkheimer Award for Exceptional Service by a Young Astronomer

Introduction

The Jack Horkheimer Award is presented to any Astronomical League member under the age of 19 on the date of the application.  The Award is based upon service to the League, either directly or service to any Astronomical League society. Service could be in the form of educational outreach, knowledge and skills at public star parties or other astronomical service. Young astronomers could apply for both National Young Astronomer Award and the Horkheimer award.

The Horkheimer Award for Exceptional Service by a Young Astronomer is made possible thanks to the generosity of Mr. Jack Horkheimer, The Star Gazer. The winner receives a check for $1,000 at our National Convention, ALCon. The award is named in Honor of Arthur P. Smith, Jr. Art Smith was the president of the Astronomical League from 1964-66, and he inspired Mr. Horkheimer to become active in astronomy.

This year, in addition to the $1,000 award, Celestron International is providing one of its higher quality telescopes to the 1st place winner.  We appreciation Celestron's generous contribution to promoting amateur astronomy among our country's youth.

Guidelines for Nomination

Nomination must be made in writing to the Award Committee Chair and contain the affiliation with the League, and the reasons the person should be considered for the award. It must be received by the nomination deadline, usually March 31. Announcement of the winner is made annually and the award is usually presented at the banquet held at the national convention.

The award committee will be chaired by the Vice President of the Astronomical League. The Chair will select at least three judges, all representing different Regions of the Astronomical League. The selected Judges will be approved by the President of the Astronomical League. No reasons will be furnished for not making the award to any person nor are the proceedings of the Award Committee to be made public.

The deadline for applying for the next Horkheimer Award is April 10, 2008.  The 2008 Application Form is available here in PDF format.  If you have any young astronomers who have provided service to your society or who are talented observers, please contact Carroll Iorg at:
Carroll-Iorg@kc.rr.com