This award recognizes current TWS members who have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to the wildlife profession. TWS Fellows serve as ambassadors of The Wildlife Society and are encouraged to engage in outreach and other activities that will benefit and promote both TWS and the wildlife profession. Fellows are appointed for life.
A maximum of two TWS Fellows per Section may be appointed annually, with an annual Society-wide total not to exceed 10, by vote of Council. Council has the discretion to select more than two nominees per Section up to a maximum of 10 Fellows. Sitting members of Council cannot be nominated.
In 2011, Council decided that all past presidents of TWS, upon completion of their term as immediate past president, should automatically become TWS Fellows if they hadn’t previously been honored in that manner. Any past president who was not already a Fellow was inducted in 2012. Past presidents do not count against the annual Society-wide maximum total of 10.
Award Criteria
- TWS member (current) for at least 10 years
- Active in TWS at section, chapter, working group, or main/international level
- Distinguished professional record that includes significant contributions to wildlife resources and the profession
Nomination Procedures
Nominations can come from Sections, Chapters, or individual TWS members. Nominations will require that you uploaded a completed Fellows Program application form into the online nominations system no later than March 1 at 11:59 pm ET of the award year.
For questions on the award or nomination process please email awards@wildlife.org.
TWS FELLOWS AWARD RECIPIENTS
| 2024 | Alan Franklin Daniel Greene Michael Gutzmer James Heffelfinger Michel Kohl Patrick Lederle Katie Moriarty John Moriarty Norman Budd Veverka Michael Wisdom |
| 2023 | Jessica Homyack Serra Hoagland Glynnis Hood Dee Patriquin Mindy Rice Sarah Rinkevich Kevin Monteith Ray Iglay Paul Johansen Quentin Hays |
| 2022 | Adam Ahlers Ed Arnett Al Arsenault Michael Fishman W. Daryl Jones John Kilgo John McNerney Jena Moon Larkin Powell Karen Powers |
| 2021 | Don Barnes Patrick Magee Nicki Frey Krysten M. Zummo Scott Hygnstrom Krysten Schuler Christopher S. DePerno Rachael E. Urbanek Christopher Moorman Mike Chapel |
| 2020 | Cynthia Perrine Erin McCance Fidel Hernandez Gary Roloff Timothy R. Van Deelen Harriet Allen Kelly Douglass Kerry Nicholson Leslie Burger Randy DeYoung |
| 2019 | Andrea C. Orabona Art R. Rodgers Carol I. Bocetti Colleen Olfenbuttel Courtney Conway John P. Carroll John P. Loegering Kelley M. Stewart Ken G. MacKenzie, Jr. Lisa Muller |
| 2018 | Jenniffer Bakke Steven Castleberry Calvin DuBrock Kathleen Granillo Kevin Hunting Craig Miller Terra Rentz Mark Smith Lowell Suring |
| 2017 | Angela Fuller Roger Applegate Eric Pelren David Andersen Shane Mahoney Katherine Parker Merav Ben-David Lisette Waits Warren Conway Kenneth Mayer |
| 2016 | Rick Baydack Carol Chambers Darren Miller David Haukos Karl Martin Karla Guyn Michael Gillingham Michael Mengak Rhys Evans Valorie Titus William Clark |
| 2015 | Steve Belinda Jon Haufler Eric Hellgren Dave Hewitt Ken Higgins Barb Hill Kevin Hurley Jim Ramakka Olin Rhodes Shawn Riley Thomas J. Ryder Don Yasuda |
| 2014 | Jane E. Austin L. Mike Conner Brian L. Cypher Jacqueline L. Frair Ralph J. Gutierrez John L. Koprowski Joshua J. Millspaugh Sara H. Schweitzer James S. Sedinger Thomas L. Serfass |
| 2013 | Leonard Brennan Loren W. Burger, Jr. Mark Ellingwood Rick Hoffman Robert Lanka Charles M. Pils Kerry Paul Reese H. Reed Sanderson John H. Schulz Donald A. Sexton |
| 2012 | Arthur A. Allen Durward L. Allen Thomas S. Baskett Logan J. Bennett Rudolf Bennitt Jack H. Berryman C.D. Besadny Lytle H. Blankenship Theodore A. Bookhout Mark S. Boyce Clait E. Braun Victor H. Cahalane Ellen G. Campbell Warren W. Chase Evelyn L. Cheatum C.H.D. Clarke Clarence Cottam Ian McTaggart Cowan Bill T. Crawford Alan X. Crossley Charles A. Dambach Raymond F. Dasmann Pennoyer F. English Erik K. Fritzell Richard Gerstell Ben Glading Timothy M. Green Laurence R. Jahn Dale A. Jones Willard D. Klimstra Edward L. Kozicky Daniel L. Leedy Justin W. Leonard Aldo Leopold A. Starker Leopold Joseph P. Linduska Richard J. Mackie Robert A. McCabe Evelyn Merrill E. Charles Meslow James E. Miller Henry S. Mosby Olaus J. Murie Paul R. Needham W. Leslie Pengelly Tony J. Peterle Mark R. Ryan Hal Salwasser Allyn J. Sapa Thomas G. Scott Tracy I. Storer Wendell G. Swank Gustav A. Swanson Walter P. Taylor James G. Teer Jack Ward Thomas Bill Vodehnal W. Alan Wentz Monty Whiting, Jr. Emily J. Williams Lee E. Yeager |
| 2011 | Robert Anthony William M. Block Henry Campa III David J. Case W. Daniel Edge Selma N. Glasscock Bruce Leopold Michael R. McEnroe |
| 2010 | DeeCee A. Darrow Daniel J. Decker Thomas Decker Steve Demarais Marti Kie William G. Minser Bruce Thompson Dan Svedarsky |
| 2009 | Robert D. Brown Winifred B. Kessler John F. Organ Gary Potts Misty Lee Sumner Robert J. Warren |
| 2008 | Michael R. Conover Duane R. Diefenbach William M. Giuliano Jeanne C. Jones Rollin D. Sparrowe |
| 2007 | Gordon Batcheller John W. Connelly David C. Guynn, Jr. Richard M. Kaminski Jerry R. Longcore Terry Messmer Wayne R. Porath Merlin Shoesmith |
| 2006 | William E. Berg James E. Cardoza Thomas M. Franklin Jonathon Jenks John E. McDonald John Schoen |
| 2005 | Warren B. Ballard Peter T. Bromley Len H. Carpenter Scott R. Craven Stephen DeStefano John G. Kie Ronald F. Labisky Federick Lindzey Frank R. Thompson III |
| 2004 | John A. Bissonette R. Terry Bowyer Richard M. DeGraaf Diana L. Hallett Gerald D. Kobriger Paul R. Krausman Richard A. Lancia Ray B. Owen, Jr. Nova J. Silvy Ollie Torgerson |
| 2003 | William Healy Fred W. Kinard, Jr. Stephen P. Havera Todd K. Fuller Gary C. White Dale Hein |