Each year, APA’s Division of School Psychology (Division 16) presents an award in honor of Jack Bardon, who helped bring the profession to maturity during a major expansion period. The Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award is given to mature professional and academic school psychologists who have continued this important work through voluntary professional service that goes above and beyond the requirements of the position the person holds and who has demonstrated an exceptional program of service across a career that merits special recognition. A sustained program of service to the profession of school psychology throughout one’s career is the primary consideration in making the award. Self-nominations welcome.

The recipient of the Jack Bardon award is a distinguished figure within the profession with a history of sustained contributions and accomplishments.  Nominees should meet the following criteria:

Major leadership in the development, delivery or administration of innovative psychological services or development and implementation of policy leading to psychologically and socially sound preservice and/or training and practice in school psychology; and sound evaluation of such training and service delivery models and policies.

Sustained professional organization contributions including holding offices and committee memberships in state and national professional organizations such as Division 16 and significant products from those contributions that further the profession of school psychology.  Examples include creation of and revisions to policy and practice manuals based on innovative guidance; guiding major policy or legislative initiatives; mentoring of new professionals into organizational contributions; administering dissemination of professional materials through such publication editing or convention programming; and representing psychology to the public and government through service on boards and commissions. The Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award is to be given for sustained service to the profession across a number of years and not for service in one office or major task force.

Be 20 years past the granting of their doctoral degree as of September 1, 2025.  

Be a Fellow or Member of Division 16.

The following materials must be submitted for each nominee: 

1) A copy of the nominee’s CV (required)    

2) A 1-2 page personal statement from the nominee describing their commitment to and impact of their service to the field (optional but encouraged)

3) Up to three letters of support from community partners and/or peers/colleagues to demonstrate impact of service. 

All nominations and related materials must be submitted by 11:59PM EST on March 15, 2025 via this form. Please contact Division 16’s Vice President for Education, Training and Scientific Affairs (VP-ETSA), Lindsay Fallon (lindsay.fallon@umb.edu) with questions.

1996: Joel Myers
1995: Jane C. Conoley
1994: Walter Pryswansky, Sylvia Rosenfield
1993: No award presented
1992: No award presented
1991: Thomas K. Fagan
1990: Thomas Oakland
1989: Judith L. Alpert
1988: Irwin Hyman
1987: Calvin L. Dyer
1986: John H. Jackson
1985: Joseph L. French
1984: Seymour Sarason
1983: Susan Gray
1982: C. Edward Meyer
1981: Gilbert O. Trachtman
1980: Nadine Lambert
1979: Rosa A. Hagin
1978: Beeman Phillips
1977: Virginia Bennett
1976: Jack I. Bardon
1975: T. Ernest Newland
1974: Mary Alice White
1973: David Wechsler (Special Award), Boyd V. McCandless
1972: Maria Skodak Crissey
1971: Frances Mullen
1970: Edward French