Nomination Deadline for Lyons Award is Friday, March 24
LEXINGTON, Ky., (March 21, 2017) — Nominations are being accepted through this Friday, March 24, for the 2017 William E. Lyons Award, co-sponsored by the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration and the Department of Political Science, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. The annual honor is given to an individual associated with the university who has given outstanding service to UK, the community and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The award is named for the late "Bill" Lyons, a former professor of political science and public administration, who during his much-admired tenure at UK served as director of the Martin School and chaired the political science department.
Those wishing to nominate a person for this award, which consists of an honorarium of $500 and a plaque, should submit a letter of nomination which includes information about the nominee’s career accomplishments and, especially, his or her service contributions to the university, the community and the state. Nominations must include the name, address, telephone number and email address of the nominator. If possible, please include a curriculum vitae or résumé of the person you nominate. All nominations should be submitted by mail or email to:
William E. Lyons Award Committee
419 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-00027
or
Again, the deadline for nominations is this Friday, March 24.
Lyons, the award's namesake, died in 1994. He is credited with crafting the charter which created a merged government for Lexington and Fayette County in the early 1970s. The Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) is now well into its fifth decade of existence.