Dr. A. John Paul

The nomination was for Dr. Augustus John Paul.The committee met via teleconference on August 28 and unanimously supported A. J. Paul as a recipient for the award.Supporting documentation for the award was forwarded to the Executive Committee in early September for final approval.

Dr. A. J. Paul was a marine research scientist at the University of Alaska for over 30 years.A.J. received his MS degree at UAF in 1973 and a Ph.D. in 1987 at Hokkaido University in Japan.Most of his career was spent at the Seward Marine Center where he quickly established a very strong and extremely well funded research program.Much of his support came from agencies, which were eager to have him perform studies and experiments needed in support of fisheries management.The well-published A. J. exhibited a "broad discipline approach" to marine species, but was perhaps best known for research into crab life histories.A.J. retired in 2001 and now holds the title of Professor Emeritus.

Acceptance Statement by Dr. A. J. Paul