TAPPI Seeking Nominations For Awards In Five Categories Do you know a corrugated packaging professional who deserves one of our industry’s highest honors? TAPPI is seeking nominations for its most prestigious awards that will be presented in 2024. Nominees should be individuals who distinguish themselves with significant industry contributions. Nominations are currently being accepted in these fol- lowing categories: • Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award — the highest honor that TAPPI can bestow upon an individual. It is granted to those who have made preeminent scien- tific and engineering achievements of proven applied benefit to the pulp, paper, board, and forest product industries. The forst product industries include forestry, derived products, their process technology, and their applications. In addition to an engraved plaque and gold medallion, the winner receives a cash honorarium, which has been approximately $60,000 to $80,000 in recent years. • Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award — recognizes an individual that has exhibited exemplary leadership which has significantly contributed to the advancement of TAPPI. The award is accompanied by a cash honorarium, which has been approximately
$50,000 to $70,000 in recent years. • Paul W. Magnabosco Outstanding Local Section Mem- ber Award — was established to recognize an indi- vidual whose outstanding leadership and exceptional service to one or more local sections has resulted in significant and demonstrable benefits to members. The award is accompanied by a cash honorarium. • TAPPI PIMA Executive of the Year Award — is present- ed to senior-level executives in the pulp, paper, or con- verting industries for excellence in management and outstanding contributions to the industry as a whole. • TAPPI Young Professional of the Year Award — rec- ognizes young professionals employed in the global forest products, pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, and associated industries for their contributions in the fol- lowing areas: leadership, community service, and prob- lem-solving contributions to scientific or engineering projects. Eligible nominees are age 35 or younger, with no more than 10 years of industry experience, and have been a TAPPI member for a minimum of one year. The nomination forms must be submitted to TAPPI by August 1 for awards that will be presented in 2024. Start the nomination process now at tappi.org/nominate . Complete nomination and selection procedures are fully outlined in the Honors Manual found at tappi.org/ awardsmanual . For more information about the awards, contact TAPPI at awards@tappi.org.
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