Since 1984, a highlight of Sigma Xi's annual meeting has been the John P. McGovern Lecture, which is made by the recipient of the annual John P. McGovern Science and Society Medal. The award carries an honorarium of $5,000. The recipients of this award are selected by the Society's Committee on Awards and, in the past, have represented a broad spectrum of people involved with varied science and society activities.

Nominations
The deadline for submission of nomination materials is September 15 annually.

Nominations for the John P. McGovern Award should include:

• A current curriculum vita that follows the Sigma Xi Criteria for
  Curricula Vitae
• A letter of nomination that addresses the following:
  1. How has the nominee been a highly visible and prominent spokesperson for the public understanding and appreciation of science.
  2. Has the nominee received any particular recognition for this role.
  3. Ability of the nominee to give an address at the Sigma Xi annual meeting that is dynamic, engaging, and readily understood by young people, the public, and scientists across the disciplines.
• One to two additional letters of support of no more than one page each.

Nominations should be sent in email or hard copy to:

Fuller Bazer, Executive Director
Texas A&M University Chapter of Sigma Xi
312 Williams Administration Building
MS 1112
College Station, TX 77843-1112

or

SigmaXi@tamu.edu

John P. McGovern
Founder of the renowned McGovern Allergy Clinic in Houston, John P. McGovern has served on the Board of Directors of Sigma Xi and on several national committees. He received his B.S. and M.D. degrees at Duke University and conducted his postgraduate training at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, McGuire Hospital in Richmond and Duke. A noted physician, researcher, scholar, teacher and lecturer, he was a prime organizer and later president of the prestigious American Osler Society, as well as the American Association of Certified Allergists. His many honors include the Distinguished Award of Merit and the first recipient of the Fellow Distinguished Award of the American College of Allergists, the international Gold Medal Award for outstanding and meritorious achievements in the field of pediatric allergy and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Duke University School of Medicine. He has served as chairman of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine and as editor, associate editor, or on the editorial boards of 18 medical journals and publications series. The Sigma Xi award that bears his name was endowed by the John P. McGovern Foundation.

John P. McGovern Award Recipients
2008 Robert Boily
2007 Russell A. Mittermeier
2006 Alan Lightman
2005 Sylvia A. Earle
2004 David Suzuki
2003 Norman E. Borlaug
2002 Mario Molina
2001 Roald Hoffmann
2000 David L. Goodstein
1999 Rush D. Holt
1997 John H. Gibbons
1997 Nina V. Fedoroff
1996 Condoleezza Rice
1995 Sidney D. Drell
1994 Philip Morrison
1993 J. Michael Bishop
1990 Colin Blakemore
1989 Doug Walgren
1988 Sir George Porter
1987 William D. Carey
1986 Robert McC. Adams, Mary Good and David Hamburg
1985 Gerald Holton
1984 Clifford Grobstein