Hello mineral sciences community: Every other year, MSA offers the Distinguished Public Service Award to individuals “*who have made important contributions to furthering the vitality of the geological sciences, especially but not necessarily in the fields of mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, and crystallography*.” There are many examples of possible significant contributions in the context of “distinguished public service”, including activities related to museums, geoscience education at any level, public outreach (including many different types of science communication), and extraordinary service to national or international organizations that foster greater public understanding of minerals and the mineral sciences (broadly defined). Nominees need not be “mineralogists” or members of MSA. Although the award is typically given to individuals, nominations of organizations or groups are also welcome, although only one award is given. Please consider nominating a candidate for the 2027 Distinguished Public Service Award. Nominations consist of a cover sheet (downloaded from the MSA webpage for the DPS Award <https://msaweb.org/distinguished-public-service-medal/>), a 2-page nomination statement explaining the nominee’s qualifications in light of criteria for the award, 3 support letters (2 page maximum each), and a CV for the nominee. The nomination is submitted as a single compiled pdf document to MSA via email to abenbow@minsocam.org on or before 1 June 2026. More information about the award and the nomination process can be found at this website <https://msaweb.org/distinguished-public-service-medal/>: https://msaweb.org/distinguished-public-service-medal/ ** I welcome communication with nominators and potential nominators in advance of the deadline. ** Thank you, Donna Whitney chair, 2027 DPS Award Committee DPS committee for the 2027 award: David Bish, Pamela Burnley, George Harlow, Astrid Holzheid, Elizabeth Rampe Past recipients of the Distinguished Public Service Award are: 1990 Malcolm Ross 1991 H. Catherine W. Skinner 1993 Paul H. Ribbe 1994 Konrad B. Krauskopf 1996 Robert I. Tilling 1998 Daniel E. Appleman 1999 Robert A. Howie 2000 Richard S. Fiske 2001 Jeffrey E. Post 2002 David P. Hill 2003 George E. Harlow 2004 Robert F. Martin 2005 Robin Brett 2007 Marie Huizing 2009 Robert M. Hazen 2011 Jolyon Ralph 2013 Pierrette Tremblay 2015 J. Alex Speer 2017 David W. Mogk 2019 Rodney C. Ewing 2021 Denton S. Ebel 2023 Sharon Tahirkheli 2025 Kerstin Lehnert